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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language English Subject Missionary work

1. EAP454/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2
Title:
Pi Lalengliani collection of Chaltlang chief R. D. Leta's materials [1906-1929]
Scope & Content:
Held at Pi Lalengliani's home in Chaltlang, these materials are mainly those of her great-grandfather, R. D. Leta, Chief of Chaltlang, and cluster around themes of judgement, education, government, religion, and everyday life in Aizawl, from 1906 to 1929. This collection's epicentre is clearly t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, English, Hindi, and Lushai
Date Range:
Oct 2011
Extent:
327 Tiff images

2. EAP454/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/1
Title:
Paper records of Pi Lalengliani [undated]
Scope & Content:
1) University of Calcutta, Matriculation Examination Certificate; 1 March, 1910; measures 290mm x 210mm; 2) [Biography of R. D. Leta in Mizo by Thahluana]; n.d.; measures 200mm x 310mm; 3) [Letter to R. D. Leta from Mackenzie Bawrsap (official)]; n.d.; measures 170mm x 210mm; 4) Lower Primary Le...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Hindi, and Lushai
Date Range:
1906-1929
Extent:
28 Tiff images

3. EAP454/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/2
Title:
India Post Office Savings Bank Pass Book of Lalsikula, son of R. D. Leta [22 Jul 1917]
Scope & Content:
Contains a record of deposits made up to 1922 by Lalsikula, son of R. D. Leta to the Indian Post Office Savings Bank. Also contains the general rules and regulations then governing the Indian Post Office Savings Bank and its accounts. Bound pass-book, measuring 135mm x 170mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1917
Extent:
24 Tiff images

4. EAP454/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/6
Title:
R. D. Leta Grammar and Composition. 1917 vel a mi, sap Mizotawng a zirtirna anih a rinawm [1917]
Scope & Content:
This grammar was used by Pu Leta to teach the early, British colonials the Lushai language. The last three pages have been typewritten, as the originals were lost, notes Pi Lalengliani, the document's custodian. No date is available for these typewritten pages. Bound, hand-written booklet, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
21 Tiff images

5. EAP454/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/8
Title:
L.S. Kulla Diary [1933]
Scope & Content:
Contains L. S. Kulla's daily diary for 1933, written apparently in Burma. The diary orbits mainly around daily, sometimes mundane, goings-on: meetings for tea with friends, medical appointments, personal news, work responsibilities (apparently closely tied to the operations of the Assam Rifles,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and English
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
84 Tiff images

6. EAP454/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/3
Title:
Pi Thanbuangi's collection of Dr. Zokhuma's materials [1914-1977]
Scope & Content:
The custodian, Pi Thanbuangi, said that much more material is available; however, she is planning to publish these materials and did not wish to share them with us, considering they would then be made freely and publicly available. She mentioned that her records are kept in two places: in her ow...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
2 Dec 2011
Extent:
104 Tiff images

7. EAP454/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/3/1
Title:
Thalak Tinreng Photo Album [1942-1977]
Scope & Content:
An album of photographs collected by Dr. Zokhuma. He has pasted the photographs in seemingly random order inside a register book. The photographs range in date from 1942 to 1977. Themes include family, important persons, travels around northeast India (Assam, Tripera, Guwahati), graduations, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1942-1977
Extent:
78 Tiff images

8. EAP454/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/3/2
Title:
Paper records of Dr. Zokhuma [1914-1945]
Scope & Content:
Three of the earliest matriculation certificates available in Lushai Hills (today's Mizoram). All bear the seal of the University of Calcutta. The certificates are of both Dr. Zokhuma and his father, T. Luaia, the son of M. Suaka, legendary chief of Durtlang. Also included is Dr. Zokhuma's p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1945
Extent:
7 Tiff images

9. EAP454/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/4
Title:
Pi Lalzami's collection, consisting of a single manuscript [undated]
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of one, bound manuscript called Pathian Robawm, which was an important early publication in Christian literature in South Lushai Hills. Collection consists of one, rare, bound manuscript. Additional online resources from the Lushai Hillas are available at the British Mu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
15 Oct 2011
Extent:
316 Tiff images

10. EAP454/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/4/1
Title:
Pathian Robawm. God's Treasure Chest [undated]
Scope & Content:
Sermons on and interpretations of the Bible are provided, through the lens of the local Lushai culture. The language structure is noticeably archaic. It reflects a British understanding of the local language, and feels unwieldy to modern readers of Mizo. English idiom is detectable in the lan...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1914-1977
Extent:
316 Tiff images

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