Calcutta (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Journal of a voyage to India
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 81
Scope and Contents
A journal of a voyage on the 'Frances Anne' from Liverpool to Calcutta, 42 pages. Mackinnon probably kept the account to send to his mother: the last page closes with greetings to her.
Dates:
1830-03-31 - 1830-08
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Original photographic views of Calcutta old and new used in illustrating Mr Montague Massey's 'Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century', in aid of the Red Cross Fund
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA-BB
Scope and Contents
Albums containing photographs of street scenes and architectural views of buildings in Calcutta, in various sizes with the majority captioned. Titles of uncaptioned prints which have been composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. The majority of the prints are blue toned collodio chloride prints and in several the contrast is rather harsh. This is particularly true of the older material which are either later prints from the original negatives or copy prints made by...
Dates:
1864 - 1918
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Photographs of William Joseph Ward
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302P
Scope and Contents
Comprises a series of photograph albums relating to Ward's work and travels in India, particularly relating to Rangoon and Calcutta, and various customs houses in British India. The albums also cover Ward's war service in East Africa and Iraq. There is a small amount of personal family material which gives an indication of the social life of the Wards.
Dates:
1911 - 1938
Found in:
Cambridge University Library