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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP454/8 Subject Missionary work

1. EAP454/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8
Title:
C. S. Zawna's Collection of Ecclesiastical and Personal Records [1929-1953]
Scope & Content:
C. S. Zawna's collection is a wide-ranging one, and the largest personal collection that EAP454 encountered in southern Mizoram. C. S. Zawna was principal at 'sikul pui' (what is now known as Government Serkawn Middle School). He was highly involved in the local operations of Serkawn Baptist chu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
Oct 2011
Extent:
1481 Tiff images

2. EAP454/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/1
Title:
Useful Sentences: English – Lushai. Revised and Reprinted from “Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language.” [1949]
Scope & Content:
English sentences with their Mizo equivalents; Idiomatic sentences in both English and Mizo; numerals and days of the week. One bound book, measuring 122mm x 180mm. Good condition. CS Zauna has added a string binding to this book, as he has done with many others.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
32 Tiff images

3. EAP454/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/2
Title:
Hri Laka Inhumhim Dan i hria em; Hri a leng thin – natna chanchin leh inven dan leh enkawl dan. ""How to Protect Yourself from Infectious Diseases"" [undated]
Scope & Content:
Contains basic information on health relating to the title, “How to Protect Yourself from Infectious Diseases.” Seems to be a colonial-government-inspired publication, at least from the authorship. This book communicates in simple terms ideas about fighting diseases perceived as common to Lush...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1929-1953
Extent:
18 Tiff images

4. EAP454/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/3
Title:
Chaw Tha I Hria Em?. Do you Know About Nutritious Food? [1941]
Scope & Content:
Contains information about nutrition and cooking. This book particularly aims to spread awareness about healthy diet and vitamins. It lists vegetables, fruits, and meats locally available within Lushai Hills, and offers suggestions on what the author sees as ways to improve local food habits. N...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
28 Tiff images

5. EAP454/8/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/4
Title:
C. S. Zawna – English in The New Indiskul Excercise Book. Manufactured by the ISSD Calcutta [1936]
Scope & Content:
This workbook is probably from Serkawn Baptist School, of the South Lushai Hills Mission. Contains English composition, translation work, test completion, memory exercises, vowels, and idioms. One school workbook, measuring 166mm x 205mm. Binding has loosened; cover and back pages are now loo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
42 Tiff images

6. EAP454/8/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/5
Title:
Instrumental Music in Lushai Life [late 1930s-1950s]
Scope & Content:
Contains information on instrumental music in Lushai life, the 'Khuang' drum, Rawchhem, Phenglawng, Bengbung Hla, vocal music in Lushai life, etc. The workbook has no date written on it, but its provenience suggests something from the late1930s to the 1950s. The front cover says the book conta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
late 1930s-1950s
Extent:
56 Tiff images

7. EAP454/8/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/6
Title:
First Aid I. Rrecorded in The New Indiskul Excercise Book, Saizawna, Student Teacher, First Aid, 3.2.1936 [1936]
Scope & Content:
Containing a record of contemporary first aid techniques, this is a very important source for the burgeoning field of medical history in Mizoram. Human biology is discussed, as are symptoms and remedies, ranging from bleeding to methods for treating fractures, and from the treatment of strokes ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
51 Tiff images

8. EAP454/8/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/7
Title:
First Aid II [1936]
Scope & Content:
Containing a second record of contemporary first aid techniques, this is a very important source for the burgeoning field of medical history in Mizoram. Human biology is discussed, as are symptoms and remedies, ranging from bleeding to methods for treating fractures, and from the treatment of s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
34 Tiff images

9. EAP454/8/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/8
Title:
Criticisms [1937]
Scope & Content:
This seems to be a teacher-evaluation book (most likely from Serkawn Baptist Mission School). Teachers' presentations, methodology, illustrations and so on are explained and criticized. Subjects range from social studies (i.e.., caravan- and canal-dwellers) to practical arithmetic. One bookle...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
48 Tiff images

10. EAP454/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/9
Title:
Rai Laia Awm Dan Turte. ""How to Take Care of Yourself During Pregnancy"" [1940]
Scope & Content:
Notes on rotation of crops (2 Nov 1940, copied from Pionghleia), and studies (7 Nov 1941, conference, by HWC [?]) on the effects of Zu (alcohol, or, specifically, Mizo rice liquor) on digestion, motor functioning, blood circulation, etc., and on the effects of caffeine. This all appears to be c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
40 Tiff images

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