Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Castes and Tribes - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/17/24
Title:: [A hard-bound register mentioning the Paschal duties for a year probably in the 1910s and for the St. Anne's parish at Pandiantalvu, for the Vellalar caste. ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 set containing 90 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-33.3cm, W-20.5cm, D-1.7cm.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: French, Latin, and Tamil
Date Range:: Early 20th century
Extent:: 280

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/18
Title:: Series 18 - Miscellaneous letters and documents: after 1918 (period after Mgr. Joulain and until 1948)
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: French, Italian, Latin, Sinhalese, Spanish, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1775-1948
Extent:: 74

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/18/62
Title:: [A series of letters as Memorials and Petitions on caste conflicts concerning several churches such as St. John the Baptist or OLR over the period 1913 to 1948. Interesting letters dated 08.06.1932 and 28.02.1933. ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 set containing 244 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34.5cm, W-25cm, D-2cm. Condition of original material: Dilapidated Condition.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1913-1948
Extent:: 90

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/18/67
Title:: [A series of letters and petitions addressed to Mgr. Brault (1920-1922). On 23.12.1920: a petition mentioning the "Panchamar" (the five Untouchable castes) being denied access to a Church drama at OLR church. ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 set containing 322 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.7cm, W-23cm, D-2.3cm. Condition of original material: Dilapidated Condition.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, French, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1920-1922
Extent:: 140

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/18/103
Title:: [A typewritten petition (1930) in English addressed to Mgr. Guyomar, Jaffna Bishop, by the Vellala caste of the St. John church at Pirakkudiyiruppu. ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 volume containing 52 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-33.5cm, W-21.5cm, D-0.7cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1930
Extent:: 52.0

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1230/1
Title:: Presidency College Collection
Scope & Content:: This whole collection includes official documents like admission form, notice, official letters, salary books, seminar books, library catalogues, gazetteers etc. Arrangement: The collection has been divided into series like admission form, notice, letters etc. Each series has been divided into ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1847-1950
Extent:: 3058 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1230/1/1
Title:: Admission Forms
Scope & Content:: Fromadmission forms we can know about the socio-economic background of eachstudent. The forms contain the following fields - Name, Class to whichadmission is sought, Father’s Name and Occupation, Religion, Caste, MonthlyFamily Income of Father or Guardian etc. Extent: A series of admission for...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1943-1950
Extent:: 2000 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1
Title:: Collection of Colonial Period Newspapers
Scope & Content:: This is a collection of newspapers published during the colonial period in Malawi formelry Nyasaland. The collection comprises of publications from 1895 to 1965. The newspaper titles are Nyasaland Times, Msimbi and Nkhani Za Nyasaland. Extent: Acollection of newspapers containing 12,894images. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, Tumbuka, and Yao
Date Range:: 1939-1962
Extent:: 15098

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1/3
Title:: MSIMBI
Scope & Content:: This is a newspaper whose publication started in 1949 and was mainly focusing on local Nyasaland news. This publication mostly was published in two local languages (Nyanja and Tumbuka) and a little bit of english. Extent: 12 volumes of newspapers containing 1688 pages. Condition of original ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, and Tumbuka
Date Range:: 1949-1957
Extent:: 1688

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1/3/8
Title:: MSIMBI Vol.5 Jan-Jun 1953
Scope & Content:: Report on Foundation of a University College as first step towards a full University in Central Africa, Picture of Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, special delegates from Canada, Brief on dinner and dance concert at police ground in Zomba, Arrival of 2nd (N...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, and Tumbuka
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1953-27 Jun 1953
Extent:: 100

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