Kuala Lumpur (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
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Near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/115
Scope and Contents
River scene with reeds.
Dates:
1904 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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North Corner of Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur, from a Malay Cemetery [circa 1900], 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/42
Scope and Contents
153 x 112 mm. A view looking westwards across the Gombah River towards the Government Offices, only a small part of which are visible. In the foreground are tombstones in the Malay Cemetery situated just north of the confluence of the Gombah and Klang River.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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North end of Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur [circa 1910], 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/17
Scope and Contents
156 x 112 mm. A view looking across the Gombah River towards the Government Offices built between 1893-1896 to serve as the centre of administration for the Federated Malay States, which came into being in 1895. The original design of the building, by A.C. Norman, was for a classical building in renaissance style, but although the general layout of the Offices were accepted by C.E. Spooner, the State Engineer, he made Norman change the decorative features to the modern Saracenic style...
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur, 1883 [?], 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/12
Scope and Contents
163 x 110 mm. A view looking northwest over Kuala Lumpur from the Residency Hill. The Federal Government Offices can be seen in the distance. The buildings (erected 1893-1896) appear to be completed, although the clock for the central tower is not yet in position. This was imported from England and placed in the tower in 1897.
Dates:
1883
Conditions Governing Access:
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Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur, July 1964, 1964-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/2
Scope and Contents
206 x 152 mm. A view looking across landscaped parkland and an approach road towards the modern Parliament buildings.
Dates:
1964-07
Conditions Governing Access:
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[Participants at Federal Conference, Kuala Lumpur, July 1903], 1903-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/27
Scope and Contents
366 x 283 mm (mounted on card). An official group portrait of the conference participants taken in the specially built wooden pavilion. Figures identified are (front row, left to right starting from first European figure): (Sir) Henry Conway BELFIELD (1855-1923); British Resident, Selangor 1902-1912; (Sir) John Pickersgill RODGER (1851-1910); British Resident, Perak 1901-1904; (Sir) William Hood TREACHER (1849-1919); Resident General, F.M.S. 1902-1904; Allh el din Suleiman Shah; Sultan of...
Dates:
1903-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Participants at Federal Conference, Kuala Lumpur, July 1903], 1903-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/28
Scope and Contents
366 x 283 mm.
Dates:
1903-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Participants at Federal Conference, Kuala Lumpur, July 1903], 1903-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/29
Scope and Contents
157 x 111 mm (mounted on card). The print is accompanied by handwritten identifications of several of the figures, but these include several errors. The most import of these appears to be the identification of the figure behind Egerton as Gaston Augustus Ives BOSANQUET, A.D.C to Swettenham. Bosanquet was in fact Private Secretary to Swettenham and is more likely to be the figure to the right of George Cumming. A.D.C. to Swettenham from 1900-1903 was Captain Frederic Delmar BARRY and...
Dates:
1903-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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[Perspective drawing of the proposed Stadium Negasa, Kuala Lumpur 1960], 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/5
Scope and Contents
233 x 91 mm. Photographic copy of an architect's drawing of the proposed stadium. A note on the reverse reads:'A perspective drawing of the proposed Stadium Negara, national indoor stadium in Kuala Lumpur. The Stadium Negara, which will be complementary to the Merdeka Stadium, is designed to cater for indoor games and indoor functions of national importance. It will be sited on the present playing field in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park between the Victoria Institution and Davidson...
Dates:
1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Series
Photographs of Malaya, 1936 - 1940
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 107/1
Scope and Contents
There are four main sets of photographs: jungle-dwelling Sakai men, a beach at Port Dickson, the Buckleys' bungalow at Swettenham Road, Kuala Lumpur, where they lived 1937-1940, and the Cameron Hills. These are followed by a number of individual photographs dating from the Buckleys' time in Malaya, with one taken in Australia. All of the photographs are in black-and-white.
Dates:
1936 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Police Review, Kuala Lumpur, circa 1924, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/31
Scope and Contents
75 x 127 mm. Showing Sir Laurence Nunns GUILLEMARD, Governor of the Straits Settlement 1919-1927 and Charles HARRIGAN (b 1877), Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. 1924-, review a police parade at Kuala Lumpur. Other figures identified in the print are (with rank in 1924): John Drew HUSSEY (1900-), Assistant Commissioner of Police; John Pennefather PENNEFATHER-EVANS (1894-), Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.S., John Douglas DALLEY (1900-), First Assistant Commissioner of Police,...
Dates:
1924
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Programme for Gilbert and Sullivan concert and newspaper review of the Gondoliers and Iolanthe, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/14/6
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
From 1952 to 1967 the Secretary of the Association was Hugh Bryson. He organised the accumulation of two important collections of historical material through the BAM. In 1960, in cooperation with the Royal Commonwealth Society, Bryson initiated the gathering of original documents - memoranda, diaries, correspondence - and the writing of special reminiscences by those with first hand experience of the geographic area covered by the Association. Subjects of particular significance include...
Dates:
1924
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Radio Malaya broadcasts, 1954-12 - 1955-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/6/3
Scope and Contents
Material from broadcasts by Radio Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in which Michael Smee discusses the subjects of illiteracy and malnutrition. It includes three copies of the script for the programme on malnutrition, in which Smee interviewed Dr. I.A. Simpson and Miss E.B. Cheek of the Malayan Institute for Medical Research (35 sheets).
Dates:
1954-12 - 1955-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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'Recollections of Kuala Lumpur', 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/3/2
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences by Coe upon his three periods of service in Kuala Lumpur.1. 2nd Assistant Secretary in the Federal Secretariat between 1912 and 1915, drafting papers and letters for the Under Secretary and compiling the Civil Service List and Annual Federal Estimates. Coe describes the working and living conditions of junior officers, the colleagues he served with, the suppression of gambling, and volunteering to serve in the First World War.2. This section describes Coe’s...
Dates:
1961
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel MC 47.
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'Reminiscences of a bygone Malaya', 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/35
Scope and Contents
A personal memoir of life in Malaysia from the 1890s to the late 1940s, including descriptions of social life and living conditions, and developments in economics, transportation, communications and government.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8229C.
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Residency, Kuala Lumpur, 1883 [?], 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/13
Scope and Contents
163 x 110 mm. A general view of the Residency building, a two storey house with tiled roof and a colonade of pillars running round the house supporting the verandahs on the first floor. The pencilled caption is in Swettenhams hand, but there is some doubt about the date: it appears to be a later picture than BAM 4/8 which is dated (again by Swettenham) 1882-1883 and considerable alterations have been effected. The original Residency is recorded in the Selangor Annual Report for 1881 as...
Dates:
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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Road K. Kubu, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/82
Scope and Contents
83 x 152 mm. Showing oxcarts on the Kuala Kubu road.
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Selangor Club vs. S.C.C. Trophy Match, December 1940, 1940-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/40
Scope and Contents
191 x 144 mm. Showing the two rugby teams posed on the steps of the Selangor Club.
Dates:
1940-12
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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Sir John Anderson and suite at Istana of Sultan of Selangor circa 1905, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/30
Scope and Contents
273 x 228 mm (mounted on card). A group photograph taken in front of the Palace of the Sultan at Kuala Lumpur. Originally dated 1904, the photograph can however have been taken in 1905 at the earliest, since Sir William Taylor wears the order of the K.C.M.G awarded to him in that year. Figures identified in the group are: Oliver MARKS (1866-1940); Secretary to the High Commissioner and later British Resident in Negri Sembilan and Selangor; Eric MAXWELL; no information; (?) R.W. BROOKS; no...
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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'Some early recollections of Kuala Lumpur Flying Club', 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/11
Scope and Contents
A narrative of the formation of the Federated Malay States’ first flying club in 1930 (three copies, 16 sheets).
Dates:
1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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Some reminiscences of Malaya, 1934-1957, 1961-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/3/1
Scope and Contents
Personal memoir by J.S. Potter describing his experiences.
Dates:
1961-08
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8226C.
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Spectators at football match, Kuala Lumpur, circa 1949, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/48
Scope and Contents
130 x 78 mm. Showing a group of seated spectators at a football match. Identified on the reverse of print are: Dato' HAMZAH; Mrs H.P. BRYSON; H.P. BRYSON; Dr C.P. RAWSON; Chief Social Welfare Officer.
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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Spectators at football (? or rugby) match, Kuala Lumpur [1948-1949], 1948 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/49
Scope and Contents
133 x 81 mm. Showing row of seated spectators watching the match. Identified on the reverse of the print are: (?) Mrs CURTIS; wife of R.J.F. Curtis; C.P. RAWSON; The Raja Muda, later Sultan SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ (1926-); Sultan of Selangor 1960- ; Richard John Froude CURTIS (1897-); Malayan Civil Service 1920-1950; Chief Secretary 1946-1950; Lady GURNEY; Sir HISAMUDDIN ALAM SHAH (circa 1898-1960); Sultan of Selangor 1938-1960; Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy GURNEY (1898-1951); High...
Dates:
1948 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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St Andrew's Night KL [Kuala Lumpur], 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/59
Scope and Contents
Mo Spooner, Sheppard.
Dates:
Copyright: 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Street of Chinese shops, Kuala Lumpur, 1960 - 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 23/137
Scope and Contents
Print and negative.
Dates:
1960 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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