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Kuala Lumpur (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

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Sulaiman Bin Hagi Mohdi Yassim Malay Officer, 1932-11-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/108
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Outside my bungalow; died of typhoid at Ranb Nov 1931.

Dates: 1932-11-01
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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Sultan of Selangor at parade in Kuala Lumpur [early 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/94
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203 x 154 mm. Showing Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni AlMarhum Sultan Alaibin SULEIMAN SHAH (d 1960), Sultan of Selangor 1938-1960, standing on a platform with the British Resident Richard John Fronde [i.e. Froude] CURTIS. Sultan Hisamuddin was elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1960, but died before taking up his post.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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The Caves, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/73
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154 x 202 mm. View of the entrance to one of the Batu Caves.

Dates: 1907
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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'The court interpreter', 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/29
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An account of the important part played by interpreters in the administration of justice, illustrated by the example of three Chinese interpreters. The file includes a letter from Shelley to Hugh Bryson (2 copies, 6 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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The history of the Sentul Golf Club, 1962-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/7/4
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The draft of an article which appeared in 'Malaya', Aug. 1962, 17-19 and a letter regarding its submission.

Dates: 1962-01
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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The Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302D/5
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189 x 141 mm. General view of the exterior of the Mosque, with palms in the foreground.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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The railway station at Kuala Lumpur, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302D/4
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189 x 141 mm. General view of the exterior of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, built in an exuberant 'Saracenic' style.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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The Residency [Carcosa, Kuala Lumpur, circa 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/15
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355 x 269 mm. A view of Carcosa taken from a similar angle to the preceding print, but from a closer viewpoint. The first mention of the Residency in the Selangor Annual Reports is in 1897 (in C.9108 of 1898) and the following years entry (in C.9524 of 1899, p. 36) appears to indicate the completion of the building. This photograph was almost certainly taken on the same occasion as the preceding print.

Dates: 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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The Residency, Kuala Lumpur 1882-1883, 1882 - 1883

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/8
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251 x 188 mm (mounted on card). A view looking up the Residency Hill towards the square, two-storey Residency buildings at the summit. The Residency, was originally the Klang Residency and was dismantled and rebuilt at Kuala Lumpur in 1881-1882.

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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Three monuments on Jalan Raja, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/7/7
Scope and Contents

The article was printed in 'Malaya', Oct. 1963, 14-15.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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Town Hall, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 17/65
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206 x 143 mm.

Dates: 1907
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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Trade School, Kuala Lumpur, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/3
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165 x 114 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The engineering students are given as wide as possible range of instruction to train for various types of work they are likely to get in later life. These students are working in the school's forging section'. It continues, at length, giving a brief history of the Trade Schools in Malaya.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Trade School, Kuala Lumpur, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/4
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115 x 138 mm. Showing three Chinese students at work at a bench. The lengthy caption on the reverse gives a brief history of the Trade Schools in Malaya.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Tuanku Abdul Halim and family, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/6
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204 x 152 mm. Showing Tuanku Abdul Halim walking with his wife and three daughters in the grounds of the Istana Negara.

Dates: 1974
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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Tuanku Abdul Halim and Tuanku Bahiyah in the grounds of the Istana Negara, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/8
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204 x 151 mm. As captioned.

Dates: 1974
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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Tuanku Bahiyah at Convocation Ceremony, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/5
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241 x 190 mm. Colour print. Showing Tuanku Bahiyah making a speech as Chancellor of the University of Malaya.

Dates: 1974
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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Tuanku Bahiyah at the Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/4
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241 x 190 mm. Colour print. Showing Tuanku Bahiyah, surrounded by her husband and children, playing the organ at the Istana Negara, the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Dates: 1974
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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Tuanku Bahiyah at the Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/7
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205 x 153 mm.

Dates: 1974
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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Tuanku Bahiyah painting, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B/9
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206 x 153 mm. Showing Tuanku Bahiyah painting a view of an unidentified building, probably the Istana Negara.

Dates: 1974
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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'Twenty-five years in the Malayan Civil Service', 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/30
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Report in 'The Singapore Free Press', 7 May 1936, of a talk given to the Singapore Rotary Club by Small reflecting upon his career.

Dates: 1936
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8227C.
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View of the Residency, Carcosa [circa 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/14
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352 x 269 mm. A view looking up from the Lake Gardens towards Carcosa, the official residence of the Resident General of the Federated Malay States. The building with its timber gables looks over the ornamental gardens and was constructed in 1897-1898 under the supervision of Charles Edwin Spooner who as State Engineer was also responsible for the Federal Government Offices. It is probable that the building was designed by A.C. Norman.

Dates: 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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Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to Malaya, 1922-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031F/1
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77 x 100 mm. Chief Commissioner Mrs A. Cavendish presented to H.R.H. at Guide function in Kuala Lumpur.

Dates: 1922-05
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).