Archival material about the First World War suitable for interdisciplinary approach which includes several letters, notes, postcards, war posters and other documents. Extent and format of original material: 4 files This series contains the following 4 files: EAP833/1/3/1: Telegrams [21–27 Janua...
Formal letters addressed to the family of Field Marshal Živojin Mišić, one of the most renowned Serbian commanders who led Serbian army in the Battle of Kolubara, when at the very beginning of the War much weaker Serbian army defeated Austro-Hungarian army. Letters sent on the occasion of his de...
Report of the Uduvil School Committee 1841-(1864) 1875
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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...
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...
Records of the Committees on Uduvil School 1855-1883
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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...
Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
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This description comes in part from Professor Bernard Bate's finding aid for the JDCSI's archive, published in 2005. This collection consists mostly of manuscript materials "from the establishment of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in 1816 by the American Ceylon Board of Commissioners for Forei...
This file contains a typical collection of letters concerned with American Ceylon Mission affairs. Some points discussed in the manuscript include the mission schools, the Press, missionary travel between America, Ceylon, and India, and the relationship between ACM missionaries and the British go...
This file describes church admissions, schools, the printing press, religious vocations, mission meetings, and funds of the mission. The writer mentions Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Benjamin Meigs (1789-1862), M.D. Sanders (?-?), and Miron Winslow (1789-1864) in his reports.Physical characteris...
This file consists of three tabular sheets and one eight-page report: a. Chavagacherry, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; b. Panditeripo, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; c. Oodooville, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; d. "Programme of Results of Preaching an...