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Jawa (island)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

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Kali Mas (gold River) in Soerabaija, with the Roodebrug (Red Bridge), centre of European trade, 1880 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/10
Scope and Contents

287 x 204 mm. View looking along the Kali Mas, with wharves crowded with small vessels and lighters. The Red Bridge, presumably hidden behind boats, is not visible in this print.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Kali Mas (Gold River), Soerabaija, 1880 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/9
Scope and Contents

277 x 186 mm. View looking along the Kali Mas in Surabaya, here seen crowded with small trading vessels. The river is here embanked into a canal lined with commercial premises, with a railway running along the road to the left of the river.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Kleine Boom, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/22
Scope and Contents

170 x 118 mm. View looking along a canal lined with small steam vessels.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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

Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/19
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sir Stamford Raffles in Batavia to Charles Grant, Chairman of the East India Company, 25 October 1815 (3 pages), defending Raffles' administrative record in Java, written before he had received news of the decision to return Java to the Dutch. There is an undated typescript copy of this letter (2 pages) and a photocopy of a second letter, written by Raffles in Singapore to David Brown, 12 November 1822 (3 pages).

Dates: 1815 - 1915
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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Near Garoet [Garut], Java, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/63
Scope and Contents

241 x 189 mm. View showing a roadside thatched hut, with cloud-wreathed mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1870 - 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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On the Poentjak Pass, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/64
Scope and Contents

242 x 190 mm. View looking along scrub covered hillside towards a vertical ridge of rock. With a small building (? containing a well) and a Javanese group in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Panorama (Paradeplein), Samarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/19
Scope and Contents

167 x 118 mm. General view from across a canal looking towards the Government Offices.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Protestaantsche Kerk, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/21
Scope and Contents

170 x 120 mm. General view of the Protestant Church on Heerenstraat, with a well in the foreground. The main body of the church is polygonal, capped by an unattractive dome. The main entrance from Heerenstraat is in the form of two towers fronted by a portico.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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

Reception for Queen's Day, 1952, Djakarta [i.e. Jakarta]

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333C
Scope and Contents

175 x 120 mm. Photograph of the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Wilope, proposing the toast of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at a reception given by H.E. Sir Derwent William Kermode (1898-1960) British Ambassador in Djakarta on 5 June 1952. Photograph by Ipphas, Indonesia. With accompanying correspondence.

Dates: 1952-06-19
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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Road to Sindanglaija, Java, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/66
Scope and Contents

239 x 193 mm. View looking along the road which runs downhill between a deep cutting. Precise location unidentified (? possibly the further side of the Poetjak Pass).

Dates: 1870 - 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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Ronding Semarangsche Rivier voor het Bandjir Kanaal, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/24
Scope and Contents

167 x 119 mm. View showing a bend in the Semarang River, with open country beyond. The Bandjir Canal presumably runs beyond the further bank along the line of raised level ground.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Stadhuis (Government Offices), Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/20
Scope and Contents

167 x 118 mm. General view from across a canal looking towards the Government Offices, a three storey terrace roofed building with paired pilasters in the piers between the bay of windows.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Street with temple in Soerabaija, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/8
Scope and Contents

277 x 186 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in Surabaya towards a temple at the further end.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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 River Tji-liwong at Batavia, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/6
Scope and Contents

275 x 201 mm. View looking along the river (here embanked to form a canal), with a tree-lined avenue running along the left-hand bank.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Uitkyk (Look-Out), Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/23
Scope and Contents

169 x 120 mm. View from the waterfront looking toward the harbour look-out building.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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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Verlengede Kerkstraat, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/18
Scope and Contents

167 x 120 mm. View looking along the street, with the Protestant Church visible at the far end. With the Smarangsche Apotheek in the left foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1899
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

War diary, 1941-12 - 1942-03

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/24
Scope and Contents

A narrative of Reilly's experience of the war in Singapore and her evacuation to Australia via Java (20 sheets). The file includes a letter from Reilly explaining the diary' s background.

Dates: 1941-12 - 1942-03
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8236.
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Young orang-utang, 2 yrs old, Buitenzorg [probably now known as Bogor], 1926-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011H/5
Scope and Contents

60 x 105 mm. Showing a young orang-utang clinging to the post of a verandah. Bell saw the animal at the home of the Director of the Garden of Economic Planning on January 18 1926.

Dates: 1926-01
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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