Alienation of Stool land (draft); Lessee - Sophia Asokoah Arthur
Scope & Content:
File, 4 pages. Draft of indenture with handwritten notes, plans. Condition: Metal rusting, crumpled. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
54 files. The series includes documents and correspondence concerning stool affairs (enstoolment, destoolment, disputes), family trees, list of chiefs, traditional ceremonies and festivals (Kundum festival, traditional funerals). It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters. This colle...
File, 10 pages. Correspondence between Awulae Neba Kwaw III and memebers of Ayosakro Stool Family, handwritten drafts, copy of Archive Records concerning land concessions. Condition: Usable. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Western Nzema Traditional Council Archive: Stool Affairs
Scope & Content:
The Western Nzema Traditional Council Archive consists of 194 files and volumes of varying sizes, sorted into 5 series. It has already been the target of a preservation intervention implemented under the auspices of the EAP569 project, which provided decent standards to ensure the long-term dura...
This collection contains the following 6 series: EAP760/1/1: Candannāth Papers, 1867-1918 EAP760/1/2: Tīrthalāl Collection (TLC) [The Family and the Regime], 1763-1968 EAP760/1/3: Financial Transactions, 1860-1983 EAP760/1/4: Photographs, 1989-1996 EAP760/1/5: Family Collection (TLF), 1125-1996 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Newari, Newari, Classical, Not applicable, and Sanskrit
The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Candannāth Papers
Scope & Content:
The collection contains documents related to Tīrthalāl’s ancestor Gayālāl Rajbhandari and his stint as a government employee in the Candannath Kampani, Jumla and neighbouring areas during the latter half of the XIX Century. This includes Gayālāl’s personal papers (loan deeds, letters, legal disp...