Contains burial records of enslaved and free individuals dating from 1863-1902. Owner(s) of original material: Arquivo da Cúria Metropolitana de Niterói.
This volume contains burial records of freed (forro) and free indivduals registered in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Porto das Caixas, Itaboraí-RJ.The entries date from 31 Jan 1860 through 26 Jan 1880. Of the opening and closing charters, only the opening charter has urvived and wa...
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Kandasamy (late 19th century), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Mr. Kanadasamy is the father of Selvarani and grandparent of custodian Poovarajan Vaikunthananthan. It contains astrological information such as rasi chakra and navamsa...
The material is a palm-leaf family archival record of the birth chart of Pathmanathan Sellappa (20th century), from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. His daughter, Kosala Pathmanathan, provided the material. It is representative of birth charts used by Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus during the early 20th century. It ...
காரைநகர் அருணாச்சலம் முத்துக்குமார் மகன் சாதகம் [1929]
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This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Karainagar, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is a birth chart of son of Karainagar Arunachalam Muthukumaru, born in 1929, April 19th. Extent and format of original material: Palm-leaf manuscript, 002 leaves. Physical characteristics: L 30 cm, W 3.5 cm.
This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is written in fork format. It is dated to be 18th century or before based on Tamil script used in the manuscript. The manuscript tells the story of the birth of Vetha Viyasar, author of Mahabaratham epic. It is a mythologic...
This collection is made up of the personal photographic material of Ali Muhammad Osman from his childhood, his teenage years in which he experimented as a photographer and sought connections with other photographers, and into his early adulthood in which he went to university and studied visual ...
Salvaged archives of the Cercle (administrative district) of Kita, Mali
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Archival collection the Cercle (administrative distict) of Kita, Mali, dating back to the very early times of French colonisation in the region (1880s). Documentation on the micro and local Malian history in the twentieth century, and on slavery and post-slavery in Kita. Kita is one of the most ...