China (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 785 Collections and/or Records:
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Drying cloth, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4056
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Drying the dipped cloth in the wind
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Early naval subjects, c 1920-47
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WDVS 2/1
Scope and Contents
Lectures and notes on subjects including: the duties, ships and operations of the Navy; India, c 1920; naval history; torpedo development (including letters and notes from Bernard Haigh [Professor of Applied Mechanics, Royal Naval College, Greenwich] and Engineer-Captain Francis Haigh [Superintendent, Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock],1927); Davis's reflections on China and Japan, 1934-35; the situation in Germany, Oct-Dec 1933.Also includes a letter and poems from Davis's...
Dates:
c 1920-47
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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East Gate of Weihaiwei City, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4140
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Eastern Gate of Wei hai wei city, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4045
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Edith Nettleton and Eleanor Harrison, 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/13
Scope and Contents
Two missionaries captured by Chinese Communist rebels in June 1930 and murdered in Oct.
Dates:
1930
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Elderly Chinese man and woman, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Engleham [?] group in Girls' and Women's School, Chinchew [Quanzhou ?], Jan 12.97, 1897-01-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/94
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...
Dates:
1897-01-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Exercise time for small Chinese children, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Feng Lin: black pottery made in this village, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4087
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Men seated against a wall with bowls and pots in front of them].
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Fenglin, a big village, Weihaiwei, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4076
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Drying peanuts spread on a threshing floor. [Two men raking the nuts. Haystacks in the background].
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ferry to Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4431
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. [Showing the ferry pier and large stone building behind]
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Filling up : reclaiming land at Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4523
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [No print]. Missing.
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Fisher photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher
Scope and Contents
Collection of 29 albums consisting of approximately 3864 photographs taken or collected by A.H. Fisher for the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee 1907-1910. The numbering of the collection is problematic and details are provided for each separate album. Photographers: Some of the names which appear are:Hutchins: donor of some photographs of India, but not otherwise identifiedFirebrace: donor of some photographs of India, but not otherwise identifiedRighi: ...
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Five storied Pagoda, Canton, 1870 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/85
Scope and Contents
287 x 227 mm. General view of the Five storied Pagoda at Canton. Photographer unknown, possibly Dutton & Michaels.
Dates:
1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foochow, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/45
Scope and Contents
195 x 240 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto the River Min which is crowded with small boats at their moorings.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foochow [Fuzhou] Cathedral, Southeast China, general synod, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/42
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foochow Road, Shanghai [1890s], 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/20
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. View looking along the Foochow Road, with Chinese commercial premises on either side of the street. The road runs from east to west through the Central District.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foochow Road, Shanghai [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/21
Scope and Contents
273 x 209 mm. View looking towards a large three storey verandahed building in timber in the Foochow Road. The building appears to house a number of commercial premises.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Food stall on Market Day, Wei hai wei, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4049
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Food stall scene, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4052
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Market day, Wei hai wei.
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foot of Chinese lady, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/30
Scope and Contents
197 x 262 mm. Close-up view of the foot of a Chinese woman, shrunken and misshapen through binding.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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For colour of Native Chinese Guard shown in the photographs, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/4029
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1908-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Foreign Office, Peking, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/6
Scope and Contents
View from the courtyard looking towards the single storey Chinese Foreign Office buildings.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Formosa [i.e. Taiwan], 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/229
Scope and Contents
A view from the sea showing a harbour and water front, possibly at Chi-lung.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Formosa - Keelung [i.e. Taiwan - Chi-lung], 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/227
Scope and Contents
An indistinct view from the sea showing the harbour and water front of Chi-lung with mountains beyond.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).