Ava (deserted settlement)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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Burmese women bathing in the Irrawaddy near Ava, 1870 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
1870 - 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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Copy of a letter from Siam to Ava, about the British annexations, 1827 - 1838
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/46
Scope and Contents
1 sheet.
Dates:
1827 - 1838
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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Journal of Henry Burney during his residence at the Court of Ava, 1830-04-23 - 1832-04-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/2/12
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Archives created by the British soldier and diplomat Henry Burney relating to his service in Burma [Myanmar] and Siam [Thailand]. The cataloguing of the collection has occurred in several stages. In 1921, the RCI Librarian Evans Lewin listed the main English language material in four series, assigning each a letter, A to D. In 1958, Dr D.K. Wyatt examined the Siamese material, including some as yet uncatalogued European material. He listed it in three sections, with the letters E, F, and...
Dates:
1830-04-23 - 1832-04-13
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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List of place names, from a journey made 23-27 Sept 1832 from Rangoon to Ava, 1832-09-23 - 1832-09-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/40
Scope and Contents
European paper notebook, 140 x 100 mm, 8 sheets, in Burmese and English.
Dates:
1832-09-23 - 1832-09-27
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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Notes on Ava, Pegu, etc. by Mendez Pinto, 1825 - 1841
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/11
Scope and Contents
16 pages.
Dates:
1825 - 1841
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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Papers on the Kingdom of Ava, 1830 - 1841
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/8
Scope and Contents
Research material collected by Burney between 1830 and 1837, including an article 'On the titles of the kings of Ava' published in the ‘Transactions of the Asiatic Society.’ There are also notes on Shan place names (c 50 sheets).
Dates:
1830 - 1841
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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Papers relating to Burma, 1814 - 1841
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/10
Scope and Contents
1 List of towns and districts of the young princes of Ava. 2 pages.
2 List of houses in the City of Ava, according to 1783 and 1826 Censuses. 2 pages.
3 Information furnished in 1814 respecting the Province of Main Kaing. 8 pages.
Dates:
1814 - 1841
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 papers of measurements, 1834 - 1836
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/9/15
Scope and Contents
1 Water discharged by Erawadi [Irawaddy] measured opposite British residency 1834-36 (4 pages)
2 Measurements of Great Gun at Amarapura (1 page)
3 Captain Hannay's measurements of breadth of Erawadi [Irawaddy] opposite British Residence at Ava, 12 Nov 1835 (2 pages).
Dates:
1834 - 1836
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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Two documents, 1830
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/8/51
Scope and Contents
1 Copies of inscriptions at Tagaung with interpretation
2 Copies of two Christian tombstones at Ava
Dates:
1830
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).