Railways
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Fieldwork, 1878-1938
Series
Reference Code: GBR/590/HRKR/02
Scope and Contents
The series comprises numbered and un-numbered field notebooks;specimen catalogues; sketchbooks, photograph albums, and maps.
Dates:
1878-1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00.
A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and two forms of identification are required.
Sub-Series
Papers of the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd, 1904-1973
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports of the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd, including a set of numbered volumes and files (I2/9-15) kept by Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd as Agents of the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd, and including some correspondence of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd acting in its role of Agents.
Dates:
1904-1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Fonds
Photographs of India and Egypt
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302N
Content Description
A set of 86 glass slides, mostly late 19th and early 20th century, originally stored in 12 cardboard slide boxes. The content relates to India (people and places), Indian railways, including maps, and Egypt. A number of slides are marked 'Imperial Institute', some relate to the work of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee (COVIC) and some relate to the publication 'Views of Gaur and Pandua' by John Henry Ravenshaw. A significant number of slides are unidentified. Where possible,...
Dates:
undated, [early to mid 20th century]
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Railway Staff National Tribunal , 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 5/6
Scope and Contents
Minutes of the tribunal (days 2-4, day 1 not present).
Dates:
1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
sub-subseries
Railways correspondence, 1935-1940
sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J8/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers regarding railways, including material concerning the British & Chinese Corporation Ltd. Much of the correspondence is with J.J. Paterson, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's Taipan at Hong Kong. The papers are mainly in English, but there are also some Chinese items.
Dates:
1935-1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.