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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Subject Religious activities

141. EAP454/12/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/12/1/12
Title:
Tug of War Championship, Durtlang [1936]
Scope & Content:
Various sports were introduced during the British rule, including the tug of war. Here, Pu Suaka, chief of Durtlang, poses with the winning team in 1936. One can recognize Pu Suaka's colonial style bungalow in the background; he has had written in chalk the words “WINNERS OF THE TUG OF WAR, NO...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 Tiff image

142. EAP454/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/12/2
Title:
Paper records of Pu M. Suaka, Durtlang Chief [1917-1930]
Scope & Content:
Exam certificates (x2). The third record is an early (1930), full-scale census of the Christians in North Lushai Hills. The record covers twelve villages, and includes information on the numbers and sexes and ages of church attendees, the numbers of (thuhriltu) preachers, church elders, Sunday...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1917-1930
Extent:
5 Tiff images

143. EAP454/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13
Title:
Prof. Laltluangliana's collection of manuscripts, diaries, and photographs. [1905-1949]
Scope & Content:
This very large collection concerns chiefly the life and times of Pu Liangkhaia, the famous Mizo poet, author, community leader, pastor, and activist. This material has been well-kept and promoted by Prof. Laltluangliana Khiangte, who maintains his own public library in the basement of his resid...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
14 Oct 2011-19 Dec 2011
Extent:
2597 Tiff images

144. EAP454/13/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/1
Title:
My Sermons [May 1921]
Scope & Content:
Contains Rev. Liangkhaia's 1921 notes for a wide range of sermons delivered in Mizo Presbyterian churches. Rev. Liangkhaia (1884—1979), one of the early Christian Mizo pastors and historians, wrote nearly fifty books and hundreds of articles during his lifetime. His works on the origin and cul...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
01 May 1921
Extent:
86 Tiff images

145. EAP454/13/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/2
Title:
Kristian nun dan thur. Christian Character [1932]
Scope & Content:
Contains teaching by pioneer Baptist Missionary Society missionary F. W. Savidge and the first ordained Mizo pastor, Chuautera, mainly on proper moral conduct and Christian character. Chuautera had been ordained in 1914. One bound booklet, measuring 105mm x 170mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
77 Tiff images

146. EAP454/13/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/3
Title:
Grammatical Primer: Hrilfiahna, tawng dan zirna. A primer of English grammar in Lushai, explanatory of the Grammatical Primer of the of the Christian Literature Society. [1949]
Scope & Content:
A grammar in English and Lushai (Mizo), written by Welsh missionary Edwin Rowlands, 4th edition. The first edition seems to have been published in 1926. One bound book, measuring 144mm x 205mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
107 Tiff images

147. EAP454/13/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/4
Title:
Geography of India: India Ram Thu, Pasena Ziak [1941]
Scope & Content:
An early book in Mizo on India's broader physical, human, and political geography, including notes on landscape, weather, language, government, postal services, and individual political units, like Bengal, Agra, Oudh, Punjab, Ajmer, Madras, Bombay, Burma, etc. One bound book, measuring 135mm x ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
36 Tiff images

148. EAP454/13/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/5
Title:
Diary of Rev. Liangkhaia [1942]
Scope & Content:
Rev. Liangkhaia's personal notations aside, this “Sen's Diary” contains interesting information in its printed forward including: contemporary, war-time advertisements; important dates in history (featuring events in the history of the British Empire and the British Raj in India); notes on vario...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
177 Tiff images

149. EAP454/13/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/6
Title:
Liangkhaia Diary [1940]
Scope & Content:
This Diary opens with a standard, printed “Everyman's Diary” forward, that gives details on contemporary India, world events, general knowledge, measurements, postage rates, basic medicine, and the like. The second portion of the Diary contains Rev. Liangkhaia's notes on his own personal and da...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
437 Tiff images

150. EAP454/13/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/13/7
Title:
Notes on Lushai Grammar: the Lushai Verb. [1918]
Scope & Content:
This book, as missionary and author F. J. Sandy writes in its forward, was intended to teach would-be leaners of the Lushai language when and how to employ the language's different verb forms. The book provides notes on conjugation and tenses, as well as example sentences. The book was likely ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
34 Tiff images