Himalayas (mountain system)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 71
Scope and Contents
A collection of 126 family photographs, with an undated linking narrative illustrating personal matters and giving an account of the Raj. The typescript describes the association of the author's family with India from the 1890s, when her grandparents, the Wrenches, were in the country, up to her father's retirement. The final chapter, 'The end of 300 years in India' reflects on Indian independence.The photographs were taken by Redmond, Aileen and Hubert Burke, and others. Some are...
Dates:
1890 - 1971
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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Cambridge University Library
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The Snows from Sandakfoo, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/11
Scope and Contents
307 188 mm. View looking north towards the Himalayas from Sandakfoo (or Sundukpho) some fifteen miles from Darjeeling. No. 1898.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Top of Zojji-La Pass [Zoji-la Pass], 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/57
Scope and Contents
96 x 108 mm. View from the top of the pass where a glacier descends the gorge between two mountains. Photograph by Bourne, no. 909.
Dates:
1864
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 the Thibet [Tibet] Road at Pangi - the great China Peaks in the distance, 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/62
Scope and Contents
292 x 238 mm. Duplicate of Y3022C/30. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1478.
Dates:
1866
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 Zojji-La Pass [Zoji-la Pass], 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/58
Scope and Contents
96 x 108 mm. View looking across the Himalayas. Photograph by Bourne, no. 910.
Dates:
1864
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
Volume IV : Bengal, Himalayas, United Provinces, January-February 1908, 1908-01 - 1908-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 512-669 (originally there were 162). Added numbers are: 605A, 598A, 719A-B, 529A (refers to a painting); spoiled: 515, 555-559, 650; not used: 517, 530, 535, 569, 591, 625, 639, 649, 653 and 664; missing: 558. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 605A follows 528; 554 follows 598; 719A-B follow 669. Subjects covered in the album are: India: Calcutta, Botanical Gardens;...
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-02
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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Wanga Valley, 1863
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/68
Scope and Contents
285 x 235 mm. View looking across the valley with conifer covered hillside in the foreground, mountain peaks on the farther side, and the glacier at the head of the valley. This photograph was the 1863-64 prize photograph of the Bengal Photographic Society. Photograph by Bourne, no. 279.
Dates:
1863
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).