Eastern Province (province)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Baobab - Makindu landing ground site, 1925
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/49
Scope and Contents
100 x 135 mm. A large Baobab tree.
Dates:
1925
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).
File
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1910-11, 1910 - 1911
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/327-419
Scope and Contents
Includes a number of photographs of tea estates.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalai Rest House, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/401
Scope and Contents
A poorly defined view showing the resthouse on the banks of the great artificial reservoir south west of Trincomalee.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalai Tank, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/402
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the vast artificial reservoir towards wooded hills on the far shore. These tanks, like the Minneriya Tanks were built by King Maha Sen, circa 335 AD.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalia [i.e. Kantalai] Tank, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/403
Scope and Contents
A view showing a party of Europeans and Sinhalese in a wooden canoe on the shores of the Tank.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Kantalia [i.e. Kantalai] Tank, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/404
Scope and Contents
A view showing a wooden canoe in the shallow water of the Tank.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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).
Item
Cotton market at Kumi in Bukedi, 1906 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/84
Scope and Contents
104 x 77 mm. Showing traders and porters grouped around baskets of cotton in the town of Kumi. The Kumi District, some eighty miles north of Lake Victoria, is more properly part of Teso rather than Bukedi.
Dates:
1906 - 1911
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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Fort Frederick from Ostenberg Ridge above Rocky Point, Trincomalie, 1882 - 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/32
Scope and Contents
276 x 214 mm. A view looking north from Ostenberg Ridge, across Dutch Point and Dutch Bay towards Fort Frederick situated on the promontory at the far side of the Bay. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/50
Scope and Contents
80 x 50 mm. A general view of the landscape.
Dates:
1925
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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Makindu landing ground site, 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/6/51
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Showing men stood next to a very large corrugated iron building, which contains some kind of machinery. It may be a well, or a water mill.
Dates:
1925
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).
File
Miscellaneous, 1908 - 1914
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/420-464
Scope and Contents
Includes a number of scenes on board ship in 1914 and some miscellaneous unbacked slides which are largely duplicates, or similar to, those in other boxes.
Dates:
1908 - 1914
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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No. 228. View of road below walls, Trincomalie, Ceylon [i.e. Trincomalee, Sri Lanka], 1895 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/44
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards showing views in Colombo, Kandy and the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, published by Platé Ltd.
Dates:
1895 - 1900
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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Officers quarters, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee], 1882 - 1883
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/30
Scope and Contents
202 x 137 mm. Showing the compound inside Fort Frederick, which is situated on a promontory to the east of the town and protected by the northern approaches to the harbour. At the left of the print is the road leading to the main entrance, while at the right are the Officers quarters which back onto the sea. The road and quarters are separated by a tree-lined grass recreational area. Accompanying the print is a diagram listing the occupants of the various bungalows. Trincomalie was...
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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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[Sri Lanka - Kantalai Tank], 1908 - 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/461
Scope and Contents
A view showing a wooden canoe in the shallow water of the Tank.
Dates:
1908 - 1914
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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View from Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee], 1882 - 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/33A
Scope and Contents
265 x 204 mm. Duplicate of preceding print. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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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View from Signal Station, Fort Frederick, Trincomalie [i.e. Trincomalee], 1882 - 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/33
Scope and Contents
277 x 214 mm. A view looking south across Dutch Bay towards Dutch Point with army quarters in the foreground. The view looks back towards the location from which the preceding print was photographed. Photograph probably by M.A. Cameron.
Dates:
1882 - 1883
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).