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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language English Place United States, North America

1. EAP1190/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1
Title:
Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
Scope & Content:
Boyden Observatory - named for the American engineer Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879) - was established as a southern station of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College (popularly known as Harvard College Observatory) in 1890, at Arequipa in Peru. In 1927 it was relocated to South Africa, 26 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
25432 File(s)

2. EAP1222/1/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/12/2
Title:
[A set of letters related to school affairs and addressed to the Vicar General Fr. Emilianuspillai. (1944-1948) ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 146 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35cm, W-26.9cm, D-0.8cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1948
Extent:
36

3. EAP1222/1/18/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/18/6
Title:
[A small set of letters from various Catholic congregations in Canada or in the United States, addressed to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar. (1932-1940)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 14 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35cm, W-24cm, D-0.4cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1932-1940
Extent:
228

4. EAP1222/1/18/37

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/18/37
Title:
[Set of letters (recommendations, requests, petitions...) with documents on the Diocese of Jaffna. The letters were written to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar from different parts of Ceylon and from various countries. (1921-1940)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 470 pages including 1 booklet. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36cm, W-23.7cm, D-3.1cm. Condition of original material: Badly worm-eaten.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Tamil
Date Range:
1921-1940
Extent:
20

5. EAP1222/1/18/83

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/18/83
Title:
[A small set of official letters sent to Mgr. Guyomar, Jaffna Bishop, by donor organisations from abroad such as Oeuvre de la Saint Enfance (1934-1939). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 44 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36cm, W-24.5cm, D-0.6cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1934-1939
Extent:
22

6. EAP1256/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1256/1/1/3
Title:
The Nyasaland Times-Vol.49 Jan-Jun 1946
Scope & Content:
Collection contains news about meetings of UN delegates, end of civil war in China, wires in brief, disease outbreak like that of Malaria, sports news, reports from the African Lakes corporation, advertisements of goods and services, enetertainement news, orbtuaries, local and international trad...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chichewa and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1946-27 Jun 1946
Extent:
447

7. EAP1256/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1256/1/1/12
Title:
The Nyasaland Times Vol.57 Jan-Jun 1954
Scope & Content:
The visit og Governor-General Lord Llewellin on his six day assignment to Nyasland to fulfill 33 enagements including visiting the Batallion of the Kings African Riffles (KAR), meeting with provincial Commisioners and see interesting places like Zomba plateau, New year celebrations at Blantyre s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chichewa and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1954-13 Apr 1954
Extent:
434

8. EAP1256/1/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1256/1/1/15
Title:
The_Nyasaland_Times-Vol.61_Jan-Jun_1958
Scope & Content:
Rebuilding of the Reichstag Parliament builiding which was destroyed by fire in 1933 into a Museum. Status on Rhodesian stock exchange. Published short stories. Weather reports. Plea by African teachers to change syllabus as they felt it was made to popularize federation in students. Opening of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chichewa and English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1958-28 Jun 1958
Extent:
994

9. EAP1256/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1256/1/2
Title:
The Daily News Weekend Edition
Scope & Content:
This was weekend series of the Nyasaland newspapers. Extent: 1 volume of unbound newspapers containing 534 pages. Condition of original material: The documents are generally in good condition, however some ink is fadind and slightly torn. Custodial history: The Material was published at Blant...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963
Extent:
534

10. EAP1256/1/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1256/1/2/1
Title:
The_Daily_News_Wknd_Edition_1963
Scope & Content:
The series contains news of the President Kamuzu Banda of Nyasaland refusal to help Tshombe president of Katanga in ousting the United Nations when they were planning war aimed at monopolising the wealth of Katanga and how Aafrican National Congress became worried about the number of refugees fl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1963-26 Jul 1963
Extent:
534