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1. EAP981/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1
Title:
Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection contains diverse types of documents; handwritten, bound registers and account books; letters and correspondence; and printed books and paper clippings. They cover the period between 1775 and 1948. They consist of rare documents like personal memoirs; chronicles; account books; co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1999
Extent:
111,196 TIFF images

2. EAP981/1/15/51

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/15/51
Title:
Pastoral letters, letters to the missionaries and school masters, financial organisation projects, and notes on missions (1878-1883)
Scope & Content:
1878-1883.This collection contains pastoral letters, letters to the missionaries and school masters, financial rorganisation projects, and notes on missions. Physical characteristics: 19.5 x 12.5 cm size. Author(s): Batayron, Bonjean. Publisher of original material: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1878-1883
Extent:
246 TIFF images

3. EAP1222/1

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

4. EAP1222/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/13
Title:
Series 13 - Collections of letters classified and assembled by Fr. Batayron (beginning of the 20th Century) under green, hard binding, with Table of Content established by the same Batayron. Additional such collections are mentioned in other series.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1775-1948
Extent:
120

5. EAP1222/1/13/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/13/18
Title:
[A bound set of 16 compilations of letters ("fascicules") written mainly by or to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Bonjean. The very first documents are dated from Dutch period and from pre-OMI period. Table of content established by Fr. Batayron. (1744-1883)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 bound set containing 1296 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34.7cm, W-21.6cm, D-6cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1744-1883
Extent:
154