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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP971/5 Language French

1. EAP971/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5
Title:
Evelyn Rutnam Institute
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of two parts: (1) print books, and (2) a series of 148 non-sequential numbered files relating to the life, work, and immediate family of Ceylon’s third Chief Justice, Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849), a critical advocate of early nineteenth-century Protestant mission t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10649 Tiff images

2. EAP971/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
A series of 148 files relating to the life, work and family of Sir Alexander Johnston (1775–1849), the third Chief Justice of Ceylon and a famous orientalist. Johnston was known for pursuing a number of administrative reforms within the British government including the introduction of trial by j...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10413 Tiff images

3. EAP971/5/2/75

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/75
Title:
Alex. Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) French-language color pamphlet entitled, "Collections Révolutionnaires"; (2) typed extract of the Madras Gazette, 24th December 1796. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 50 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1796-1968
Extent:
54 Tiff images

4. EAP971/5/2/78

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/78
Title:
Alex. Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) photograph negatives sent to Captain Campbell-Johnston; (2) letter from the Office of the Censor Staff, British Army, to Lieutenant D.G. Campbell-Johnston; (3) 1889 letter written by F.E. Campbell Johnston, making preparations for his death; (4) 1905 letter to Miss Hannay; (5) David Campbell...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1803-1905
Extent:
100 Tiff images

5. EAP971/5/2/98

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/98
Title:
Alexander Johnston Paper
Scope & Content:
(1) eight mss pages about Sir Alexander Johnston, poor condition; (2) mss document marked, "delivered by the Chief Justice April 19, 1837"; (3) 1815 mss letter; (4) 1901 letter from Louis Campbell-Johnston to Conway; (5) typed copy of, "Report on the Tamil documents in the Government Archives: R...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1813-1834
Extent:
110 Tiff images