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

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. EAP971/5/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/13
Title:
Alexander Johnstone Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) 1808 letter from Alexander Johnston to English writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833) about Tamil and Sinhala translations/adaptations of St. Paul's life and of "the sacred dramas," for native audiences in Ceylon. Johnston notes that his depth of experience in Ceylon makes him cer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1798-1965
Extent:
566 Tiff images

4. EAP971/5/2/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/24
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) mss letter sent by Sir Alexander Johnston in March 1841; (2) 1901 letter addressed to Louis Campbell-Johnston from his sister, Charlie, about a photograph of Lady William Campbell; (3) various mss notes or parts of letters; (4) 183[?] letter from Edwin Norris To A.J. regarding an arabic-lang...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1790-1901
Extent:
226 Tiff images

5. EAP971/5/2/121

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/121
Title:
Alex. Johnston Paper
Scope & Content:
Print copy of 1876 Parliamentary Records. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 272 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
276 Tiff images