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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Tamil Subject Missionary work

1. EAP810/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP810/2
Title:
Centre of Traditional Medicine and Research Collection
Scope & Content:
During the four last decades, the family transmission of Siddha medical practice has drastically decreased due to the government policy towards siddha practitioners trained traditionally. Because of the lack of interest of their children, some practitioners prefer to give their manuscripts when ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1700-1999
Extent:
2692 TIFF images

2. EAP810/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP810/2/3
Title:
Manuscript from Kanniyakumari District (KK)
Scope & Content:
The series KK_MSS comprises a manuscript which belonged to Dr Arul. lt concerns Christianity, a religion very present in this region which experienced mass conversions during the colonial period.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1840-1940
Extent:
227 TIFF images

3. EAP810/2/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP810/2/3/1
Title:
குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மரியாள் மற்றும் ஏசு காவிய பிரசங்கம்)
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: குறிப்பிடபடவில்லை (மரியாள் மற்றும் ஏசு காவிய பிரசங்கம்) The manuscript is composed of a text comprises written palm leaves numbered from 1 to 93 and 15 blank leaves whose the last is numbered 142. The manuscript is in excellent condition. The author of the text is Ārōk...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
227 TIFF images

4. EAP835/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1
Title:
Manuscripts relating to the American Ceylon Mission
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of nine manuscript files related to the 19th-century American Ceylon Mission, including reports, church record books, and minutes from meetings. Anonymous private collection.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1883
Extent:
2732 Tiff images

5. EAP835/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/1
Title:
Oodooville Church Record Book 1820-1848
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Oodooville (Uduvil) Church between the years of 1820-1848. It includes entries by Levi Spaulding (1791-1873).Physical characteristics of original material: Manuscript volume. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1820-1848
Extent:
300 TIFF files

6. EAP835/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/2
Title:
Batticotta Church Record Book 1816-1845, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Batticotta (Vaddukoddai) Church between the years of 1816-1845. It includes entries by Benjamin C. Meigs (1789-1862) and Daniel Poor (1789-1855).Physical characteristics of or...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1845
Extent:
198 TIFF files

7. EAP835/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/5
Title:
Report of the Uduvil School Committee 1841-(1864) 1875
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Uduvil Girls' and Boys' Boarding Schools by a number of missionaries and mission Tamil assistants, including Daniel Poor (1789-1855), Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Francis Asbury (1810-?), Edward Cope (1806-?), and Robert Wyman (?-?). General information provided on classes, pupils...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1841-1864
Extent:
200 TIFF files

8. EAP835/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/6
Title:
Ecclesiastical Reports 1855-1860
Scope & Content:
This file holds reports from numerous mission stations in the Jaffna peninsula, including Batticotta, Chavagachery, Karativoe, Manipay, Oodoopitty, Oodooville, and Valany. Some of the reports are signed by missinoaryes like E.P. Hastings (?-1890), and Levi Spaulding (1791-1873), and mission assis...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1855-1860
Extent:
478 TIFF files

9. EAP835/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/7
Title:
Mission Tapal Book. 1854-1856.
Scope & Content:
Letter book containing sundry letters and notes of the missionaries in various parts of the Jaffna district, such as Batticotta and Manepy. It was probably circulated among the missionaries as a cheaper method of communication than the post. Some of the contributors are by mission printer Thomas ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1854-1856
Extent:
342 TIFF files

10. EAP835/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/9
Title:
Records of the Committees on Uduvil School 1855-1883
Scope & Content:
This file contains records of examinations of the Uduvil Female Boarding School periodically held by the missionaries appointed to the Committees. Comments include concerns about specific pupils, feedback on teachers, criticisms of class levels, and other issues related to the schools and the lev...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1855-1883
Extent:
346 TIFF files

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