Malay Peninsula
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Barlow of Thornby Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Barlow of Thornby
Scope and Contents
1. Provenance and significance of the collectionThe papers in this collection document the varied interests of several generations of the Barlow family of Thornby, Northants, between c. 1850 and 2015, with some material going back to the 18th century.The collection is of considerable interest to a wide range of research: to social historians, as charting the rise of a yeoman and merchant family over several generations; to political historians, as covering the careers of...
Dates:
1707-2015
Conditions Governing Access:
Subject to the terms of the donation, access to papers after 1969 requires the permission of Mr Henry S. Barlow (hsbar@hotmail.com).
Additionally, access to some items is restricted under data protection legislation. These restrictions are marked on the catalogue.
Most of the papers are in good condition. In a few cases, where indicated, papers are currently awaiting conservation and therefore not available to readers.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Kuala Krai [Kuala Kerai] tunnel construction photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30325A
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs assembled by Albert George Clark (b. 1880), a railway tunnel foreman working on the Malay Peninsula [Malaysia] on the construction of tunnels in Kelantan state, forming part of the railway line from Kuala Lipis north to Tumpat. The precise location of the tunnels has not been established, but Clark seems to have been based in or around the town of Kuala Krai. The photographs depict some social scenes, aspects of the tunnel construction and railway construction...
Dates:
mid-1920s
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
Item
Letter of Colonel Murdoch to his wife, 1942, on conditions in Malaya before its fall to Japan, 31 Dec. 1942
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/67
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter extract.
Dates:
31 Dec. 1942
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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