Kedah (state)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
H.P. Brysons house at Alor Star, Kedah, 1937, 1937
84 x 53 mm. A view looking across the garden towards Brysons spacious two storey house in Alor Star. He was at this period acting Assistant Adviser, Kedah. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.
Kedah, 1958-10-14 - 1961-06-23
1. 'How krah (forced labour) was abolished in Kedah' by Sir George Maxwell (2 copies, 4 sheets).
2. Correspondence between Hugh Bryson and Julian Dudley Hall on the evacuation of the Sultan of Kedah, Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, to Kulim during the Japanese invasion of Dec. 1941 (5 sheets).
Moving a house, Alor Star, Kedah, March 1937, 1937-03
106 x 62 mm. Showing a large Malay crowd carrying a complete house, shoulder high to a new location.
'Odd memories - wearing two hats', 1964
Bryson's account of juggling overlapping duties during his administrative career in Kedah.
R.A.F. plane at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10
85 x 55 mm. A closer view of one of the aircraft seen in the preceding print.
R.A.F. planes at Alor Star, Kedah, October 1936, 1936-10
86 x 55 mm. Showing two R.A.F. biplanes parked on the runway at Alor Star. Photograph probably by H.P. Bryson.
'When Bunga Mas was offered to King Edward VII', 1965-01-11 - 1965-01-22
Two annotated drafts of an article by Hugh Bryson describing how the tribute of golden and silver trees and flowers was sent from the Sultan of Kedah to King Edward VII in 1909, following the transfer of the suzerainty of Kedah from Siam to Britain. There is also a letter from Bryson to the Royal Archives at Windsor, enquiring about their location (7 sheets).