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China (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

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Going up the Yangtse [i.e. Yangtze] to Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4551
Scope and Contents

[Showing boats on the river].

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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Going up the Yangtse [i.e. Yangtze] to Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4553
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

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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Government House, Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4460
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. (Chinese Gardener at work). [Gardener with Chinese hat raking grass slope below Government House].

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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Government House, Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4461
Scope and Contents

Half-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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Grasscutter, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/83
Scope and Contents

89 x 130 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Chinese man carrying bundles of grass on a pole.

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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[Group of 38 Chinese people (mostly children)], May 8.93, 7am, bright, no stop, counted 4, 1993-05-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/40
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: 1993-05-08
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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Group of Chinese Employees of British Government, Weihaiwei, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4123
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Showing seven adults and a small child posed in padded jackets in front of stone building with wooden lattice over the windows].

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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Group of District Head Men awarded silver medals, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4126
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. By the Commissioner. [Showing eleven men, two of the older ones seated on wicker chairs, in long dark coats with their medal pinned on].

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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[Group of European adults and one child], 1892-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/37
Scope and Contents The photograph is captioned underneath: 'Mr Johnston, Mr Watson, Miss Talmage [?], Mr Toseland, Miss Miller, Mrs Van Dyck, Mr Rapalje [?], Miss Zweimer[?], Miss M. Talmage [?], Dr Fahony[?], Miss Green, Miss Johnston, Mrs Fahony[?], Miss Steele, Mr Sadler, Mrs Otte, Dr Kip, Mrs Macgowan, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Kip, Mr Wales, Mr Thompson, Cecil, Mrs Toseland, Mrs Howie, Dr Otte, Miss Capon, Mr Van Dyck. Taken by Dr Howie, Aug. 1892'. Eight are missionaries: Mr Wales, Mr Thompson, Mr Watson, Mrs...
Dates: 1892-08
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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[Group of female missionaries], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/100
Scope and Contents

145 x 100mm. Those present appear to be: Rear row - Miss M. Fraser (Chang-Pu 1926-1931); Dr L.G. Thacker (Chuan-Chow 1906-1932), Miss M.A.F. Roxburgh (Chuan-Chow 1905-1934). Centre row - ?, Miss L. Ramsay, ?. Bottom row - Miss A.N. Duncan (Chuan-Chow 1893-1932), Dr M.E. Bryson (Chuan-Chow 1905-1934).

Dates: 1928
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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[Group of fifteen Chinese men], May 25.93, fine, F16, 8'', 1893-05-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/42
Scope and Contents

All the men are identified beneath the photograph but the text is now very hard to read.

Dates: 1893-05-25
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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Group of five Chinese bishops and one Japanese bishop, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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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Group of Manchu women and children, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4475
Scope and Contents

From same point on wall (all Manchu).

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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Group of shark fishers cutting up sharks, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4132
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Caught in the neighbourhood of Wei hai Wei: shark fin is a great Chinese delicacy. [Showing two fishermen cutting shark meat, two carrying meat hung from a pole and three other men standing by on a beach with cliffs behind].

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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[Group of thirteen Chinese people (mostly children)], Apr. 22.93, bright, no stop, counted 8, 1993-04-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/39
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: 1993-04-22
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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Groups of children on market day, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4036
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Five good faces].

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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Hangchow city, showing city section of Hangchow hospital, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/15
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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Hankow, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/33
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268 x 210 mm. View looking along the Bund at Hankow, with the Yangtze on the right and European commercial premises lining the street on the left. Situated some 420 miles west of Shanghai, Hankow was one of the first inland cities in China to be opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858.

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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Hankow [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/47
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278 x 213 mm. View looking along the Bund at Hankow, a spacious avenue with lawns laid out at the waterside and European premises at the left.

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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Harbour showing Kowloon, Hong Kong [late 1890s], 1895 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/3
Scope and Contents

268 x 200 mm. View from Victoria looking out across the harbour towards the Kowloon Peninsula. The harbour itself is crowded with various types of vessels at anchor.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Harbour showing Kowloon, Hong Kong [late 1890s], 1895 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/4
Scope and Contents

268 x 207 mm. Duplicate of Y3077C/3.

Dates: 1895 - 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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Harvest Festival, Yungchow, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/12
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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Headman of Feng Lin, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4089
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Who is also a District Headman. [Head and shoulders portrait]

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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Hôchhi chapel, Jan 21.95, dull, 8am, F.11, counted 30, 1895-01-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/48
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: 1895-01-21
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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Honan Road, Shanghai [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/18
Scope and Contents

273 x 202 mm. View looking along Honan Road, the street lined with Chinese commercial premises, and with banners with Chinese inscriptions hanging outside the shops and over the roadway. Honan Road ran north to south through the Central District of the city.

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).