Bengal (region (general))
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Item
A Nautch dance, Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/94
Scope and Contents
288 x 232 mm. Possibly by Shepherd and Robertson.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Baratre Bridge, N.B.S.R., 1870 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/29
Scope and Contents
211 x 140 mm. Showing bridge construction work, with a girder lying on scaffolding between two masonry piers about to be hoisted into position.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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
Bengal, a holy Brahmin, 1901
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/103
Scope and Contents
Half length, full face portrait of a young Brahmin man.
Dates:
1901
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
‘Bengal Hurkaru’, 28 May 1827, 1827-05-28
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/18
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1827-05-28
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
Bengal transcript
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 68/3
Scope and Contents
An undated transcription of the MacInerny tape, a piece on Bengal, 2 pages.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Item
Burrul Bridge, N.B.S.R., 1871 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/31
Scope and Contents
205 x 152 mm. View of the bridge under construction, with masonry piers in position, but without the spans in place. Photographer unknown, possibly ‘N.W.’
Dates:
1871 - 1879
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
Burrul Bridge, N.B.S.R. 1870s, 1870 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/32
Scope and Contents
204 x 156 mm. View of the completed structure, with spans in position. Photograph by ‘N.W.’
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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
Dr. H.C. Edmunds of the Hiranpur (Bengal) medical mission with his wife and baby, 1900 - 1930
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/66
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1930
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
F.A. Hawkes house at Sara, N.B.R., 1871 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/3
Scope and Contents
203 x 123 mm. View of the Hawkes’ large thatched bungalow at Sara on the line of the North Bengal State Railway. Sara is situated 15 miles WNW of Pabna; the railway bridge across the Padona is three miles S at Paksey.
Dates:
1871 - 1879
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
First Santal man ordained, Bengal Mission, 1900 - 1930
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/4
Scope and Contents
Colour.
Dates:
1900 - 1930
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
Ganges ferry steamer, Sara, N.B.S.R., 1871 - 1894
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/24
Scope and Contents
240 x 156 mm. Showing a twin-funnelled paddle steamer moored on the Ganges at Sara, 15 miles WNW of Pabua. For a history of companies operating river transport on the Ganges, see Sir Percival Griffiths, ‘A history of the joint steamer companies’ (London 1979).
Dates:
1871 - 1894
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
Hawkes bungalow, Sara, N.B.S.R., 1871 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/39
Scope and Contents
242 x 187 mm. Group portrait of engineering staff photographed in front of the Hawkes bungalow at Sara. Figures identified are: Mr Larkins; G. Hawkes; Mr De Vine; Mr Drury; Mr Tanner C.E.; F.A. Hawkes C.E.; Mrs F.A. Hawkes; Dr Halpin; Toots (dog); Colonel Lindsay R.E.; Captain Trevor R.E.; Mr Finny C.E.; Mr Braham C.E.; Mr Carter C.E.
Dates:
1871 - 1879
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
Hawkes’ house, Parbuttipore, 1870 - 1879
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/77
Scope and Contents
154 x 80 mm. View looking across a level open space towards a compound of bungalows. Parvatipur is 17 miles east of Dinajpur.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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).
Sub-Fonds
Indian letters of William Millar, 1874 - 1971
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/10
Scope and Contents
Three letters written by Millar in Dacca to his sister Louisa concerning his daily life and early administrative experience. The letters are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 175 (October, 1971), featuring the article 'A strut in the steel frame', which includes extracts from the letters. There is also an undated biographical note on Millar.
Dates:
1874 - 1971
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
Native Rajah's Durbar, Bengal, 1862
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/93
Scope and Contents
282 x 224 mm. View of the young Maharaja of Bharatpur seated on carpets in the centre of two rows of nobles with servants standing behind. Sir Jaswant Singh Behadur (1851-1893) succeeded to the gadi of Bharatpur in 1853 and was invested with full powers in 1871.
Dates:
1862
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
Rustic scene, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/59
Scope and Contents
306 x 183 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/14. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1738.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/61
Scope and Contents
288 x 234 mm. Duplicate at Y3022E/10. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1730.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene and village life in Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/10
Scope and Contents
295 x 239 mm. View looking along the street in an Indian village, with thatched huts lining the roadway. Traders' stalls are set up on the verandahs and a number of figures, including one European, are posed in the foreground. Precise location unidentified but probably in the Calcutta area. The photograph is one of a series of ten prints (negative numbers 1730-1739) offered for sale in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue under this title in the Calcutta section. Duplicate at Y3022G/61. Bourne no....
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene and village life in Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/12
Scope and Contents
296 x 241 mm. View looking across a pond towards a large mud and thatch house, with villagers posed at the water's edge. Bourne no. 1733.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene and village life in Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/13
Scope and Contents
287 x 236 mm. View looking across a tank and a pond towards the thatched huts of a village, with a bullock and two Indians posed among the palm trees in the foreground. Bourne no. 1735.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene and village life in Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/14
Scope and Contents
316 x 195 mm. View looking across a pond towards the thatched huts of the village, with Indian figures posed at the water's edge. Duplicate at Y3022G/59. Bourne no. 1738.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Rustic scene in Bengal, 1860 - 1869
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/11
Scope and Contents
279 x 227 mm. View looking across a palm lined pool towards the thatched houses of an Indian village, with a flat-roofed brick building in European style in the centre. Bourne no. 1731.
Dates:
1860 - 1869
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
Sir John Anderson, 1932 - 1937
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302J/1
Scope and Contents
138 x 195 mm. full-length portrait showing Anderson in his ceremonial robes as Governor of Bengal (1932-37). It is signed by Anderson.
Dates:
1932 - 1937
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
Steam launch, Sara N.B.S.R., 1871 - 1894
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/25
Scope and Contents
256 x 150 mm. Showing a steamer launch moored on the Ganges at Sara.
Dates:
1871 - 1894
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).
Fonds
Tennant family papers
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 357
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Brigadier-General Sir James Tennnat and his son Lieutenant-General James Francis Tennant
Dates:
1805 - 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Tennant family papers