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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Lushai Level [40] File

1. EAP454/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/1/1
Title:
Money lending and usury records [16 May 1927-25 Mar 1945]
Scope & Content:
1) A record of a loan for 12 rupees. 2) Receipt from money lender for a colossal 85.8 rupees. 3) Bride price. Rs [20? Second digit illegible]. Contains a fabulous fingerprint-signature. Concerns bride price [Bru bride]. The line showing the rupee total has been ripped out, perhaps significantly. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Lushai
Date Range:
16 May 1927-25 Mar 1945
Extent:
8 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. EAP454/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/3
Title:
R. D. Leta Poetry Bu & Chanchin. R.D. Leta's Poetry Book [1906-1909]
Scope & Content:
Contains original poems in Mizo and English, translated poems from English, as well as other quotes from literature. We suspect that this work, previously unknown to scholars, is one of the earliest books of original poetry by a Mizo. Unfortunately, the book is in very poor condition. Bound w...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
3 Oct 2011
Extent:
44 Tiff images

4. EAP454/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/4
Title:
R. D. Leta Diary 1906 [1906]
Scope & Content:
The diary of R. D. Leta for 1906. This diary contains notes on Pu R. D. Leta's daily activities, his involvement with the local Church, his personal reflections on the Gospel, and his experiences in the local Government Office. The local Treasury Office appears several times in the diary. Sev...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
53 Tiff images

5. EAP454/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/5
Title:
Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Bu [c 1925]
Scope & Content:
Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Bu was a monthly magazine (characteristically fourteen pages long) which was first published in 1902 by Superintendent Capt. J. Shakespeare. The magazine generally covered news on government orders, local administration, general knowledge, health issues, local knowledge, an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
20 Tiff images

6. 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

7. EAP454/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2/7
Title:
RD Leta Lungphun Tanpuina List. List of donors to R. D. Leta's tomb [undated]
Scope & Content:
Contains a list of those villagers who donated towards the construction of Pu R. D. Leta's tomb. Bound, hand-written booklet, measuring 220mm x 340mm. Frayed edges, but otherwise okay.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1906-1929
Extent:
4 Tiff images

8. 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

9. 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

10. EAP454/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/1
Title:
Useful Sentences: English – Lushai. Revised and Reprinted from “Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language.” [1949]
Scope & Content:
English sentences with their Mizo equivalents; Idiomatic sentences in both English and Mizo; numerals and days of the week. One bound book, measuring 122mm x 180mm. Good condition. CS Zauna has added a string binding to this book, as he has done with many others.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
32 Tiff images

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