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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21
Title:: Tenzin Chhoephel Collection
Scope & Content:: The household collection of Tenzin Chhoephel. A collection of ritual texts and artefacts. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be me...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1800-2023
Extent:: 514

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/2/2
Title:: Two horns
Scope & Content:: Two animal horns. According to the owner, these are the horns of mythical creatures. Both coming from the realm of the nagas and originally from Tibet. Two rare and special objects, used for rituals and blessings. The twisted black horn, covered in leather, the horn of a "water horse" (water unic...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 12

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22
Title:: Onpo Tenzin Takpa Collection
Scope & Content:: The household collection of Onpo Tenzin Takpa. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1800-2023
Extent:: 479

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/1
Title:: དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:: A wooden block, carved with dozens of figures and symbols, used for making imprints of figures or symbols into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). The figure on the horse is called Tarak mi rak (tib. རྟ་རག་མི་རག wylie. rta rag mi rag). Extent: One wooden dough mould. Size a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 11

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1
Title:: Jaffna Bishop’s House Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection consists of documents and manuscripts (including some typed letters and some printed documents) dating from the period 1750 to 1950. They reflect the history of the Roman Catholic missions in Ceylon or describe the day to day administrative and managerial activities of the Oblate...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:: 1775-1948
Extent:: 110642

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):: EAP1222/1/18/76
Title:: [A collection of invoices and contractors' receipts addressed to Fr. Guitot, Procurator General of the Jaffna Bishop's House. Some documents concern the building of a library or the purchase of Mass wine, animal food, and bulls for bullock carts. (1935-1948) ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 set containing 60 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35cm, W-25.7cm, D-1.5cm.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Sinhalese
Date Range:: 1935-1948
Extent:: 373

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1234/1
Title:: Manuel Moral - Elias del Aguila archive [1900s-1930s]
Scope & Content:: Elias del Aguila was born in Tarapoto in 1875. He was disciple, collaborator and close friend to Portuguese photographer Manuel Moral. In 1903, when Moral opens a new studio at Mercaderes Street in Callao, Del Aguila takes over the studio that Moral previously had at 23-25 Mantas Street in Lima,...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900s-1930s
Extent:: 2405 TIFF images

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