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Language Arabic Name University of Colombo, 1921

1. EAP971/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5
Title:
Evelyn Rutnam Institute
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of two parts: (1) print books, and (2) a series of 148 non-sequential numbered files relating to the life, work, and immediate family of Ceylon’s third Chief Justice, Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849), a critical advocate of early nineteenth-century Protestant mission t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10649 Tiff images

2. EAP971/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
A series of 148 files relating to the life, work and family of Sir Alexander Johnston (1775–1849), the third Chief Justice of Ceylon and a famous orientalist. Johnston was known for pursuing a number of administrative reforms within the British government including the introduction of trial by j...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10413 Tiff images