China (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 731 Collections and/or Records:
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Burial urns near Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4541A
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). (Bones gathered from coffin after flesh decayed, and then put in urns). [Showing urns dotted among vegetation on the hill side].
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).
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[Burial urns near Kowloon], 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4542A
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Closer view of urns among bushes].
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).
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Busy market area, Hong Kong Island, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038E/22
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A series of thirty-two photographs taken by Douglas Moore in 1949, depicting views and aspects of the lives and conditions of the inhabitants of Hong Kong. The photographs were printed and mounted for an exhibition at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in the 1980s. The average size of each print (inner mount measurement) is 290 mm x 360 mm. The photographs are each individually captioned on the reverse and are accompanied by Mr Moore’s introductory caption for the exhibition:Hong...
Dates:
1949
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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Canton [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/28
Scope and Contents
276 x 182 mm. View on the river at Canton, with floating houses in the foreground. Photographer unknown.
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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Canton Christian College, 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/220
Scope and Contents
A view looking over the well-tended lawn and garden towards the College buildings.
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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[(?) Canton [i.e. Chu] River], 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/206
Scope and Contents
A view showing a crowded settlement of sampans, probably on the Chu River, with a bridge and a small island in the background.
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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[Canton [i.e. Chu] River], 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/211
Scope and Contents
A well composed photograph showing a junk in the wide Chu River estuary.
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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[Capsized submarine, Hong Kong], 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/166
Scope and Contents
A view showing a listing and partially submerged submarine lashed to two barges. Another submarine can be partially seen at the right of the slide. The exact nature of the incident is unknown.
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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Cargo boats anchored just outside the southern fairway, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4432
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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Carts bring in peanuts for exportation, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4037
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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Cattle depot near Kowloon, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4524
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [Cattle gathered in field with bungalows to the right and hills in the background].
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).
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Chang Fang Village, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4073
Scope and Contents
View from bridge, Weihaiwei.
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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Chang Fang Village, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4074
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. View from bridge, Weihaiwei. [Houses hidden from view by trees].
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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Chang Fang Village, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4075
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. View from bridge, Weihaiwei. [Houses hidden from view by trees].
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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Changpoo [also known as Chang-pu] Church (Gregory's), Feb. 1.90, 4.45pm, dull and raining(?), F.32, 4 secs, 1890-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/10
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:
1890-02-01
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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Changpoo [also known as Chang-pu] Dispensary (Howie's), Feb. 1.90, 4.45pm, dull rain(?), F.32, 4 secs, 1890-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/11
Scope and Contents
The Rev. Alex Gregory, a young minister, and Dr James M. Howie, trained at Edinburgh, came out to China in 1888 and began work at Chang-pu (Changpoo) early in 1889. Gregory opened a boys' school but was invalided in 1892; he continued his interest in the mission until his death in 1945. Howie was joined by his wife after two years; he died of tuberculosis, aged 43, in 1904, Edward Band, ‘Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Mission, 1847-1947' (London, 1948),...
Dates:
1890-02-01
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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Chapel at Pi-ô, Feb. 4.91, 9.10am, bright, F.32, 5 secs, 1891-02-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/25
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:
1891-02-04
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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Chapter 4, 1900-07-13 - 1900-10-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/4
Scope and Contents
24 sheets.
Dates:
1900-07-13 - 1900-10-07
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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Chapter 5, 1900-10-17 - 1901-02-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/5
Scope and Contents
11 sheets.
Dates:
1900-10-17 - 1901-02-12
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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Chapter 6, 1901-02-24 - 1902-01-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/6
Scope and Contents
27 sheets.
Dates:
1901-02-24 - 1902-01-26
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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Chefoo [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/43
Scope and Contents
569 x 99 mm. (four prints joined). Panoramic view looking eastwards along the waterfront at Chefoo, a treaty port on the Shantung coast west of Weihaiwei opened to foreign trade in 1863.
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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Chefoo [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/44
Scope and Contents
142 x 100mm. View from a hillside overlooking the town, with the harbour beyond.
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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[Chefoo 1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/45
Scope and Contents
135 x 99 mm. View looking across a sloping field towards bungalows. Photographer unknown.
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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Chengtu Conference, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/46
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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'Chhong-'a' and 'Lôe-á', April 7.90, 1pm, sunny, F.32, 2 secs, 1890-04-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/13
Scope and Contents
Two Chinese men on a verandah.
Dates:
1890-04-07
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).