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032-004067140 Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Name University of Ceylon, 1942-1972

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. EAP971/5/2/58

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/58
Title:
Alexander Johnston Paper
Scope & Content:
(1) 1954 letter to Dr. James T. Rutnam from R.H.L. Goffin, the Director of the Book Exhibitions Department at the British Museum regarding materials on Sir Alexander Johnston; (2) 1982 schedule of the Church of Angels in Pasadena, California; (3) 1967 letter to Professor T. NadarA.J.a of the Uni...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1882
Extent:
42 Tiff images

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