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1. EAP454/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/2
Title:
Pi Lalengliani collection of Chaltlang chief R. D. Leta's materials [1906-1929]
Scope & Content:
Held at Pi Lalengliani's home in Chaltlang, these materials are mainly those of her great-grandfather, R. D. Leta, Chief of Chaltlang, and cluster around themes of judgement, education, government, religion, and everyday life in Aizawl, from 1906 to 1929. This collection's epicentre is clearly t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, English, Hindi, and Lushai
Date Range:
Oct 2011
Extent:
327 Tiff images

2. EAP454/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/3
Title:
Pi Thanbuangi's collection of Dr. Zokhuma's materials [1914-1977]
Scope & Content:
The custodian, Pi Thanbuangi, said that much more material is available; however, she is planning to publish these materials and did not wish to share them with us, considering they would then be made freely and publicly available. She mentioned that her records are kept in two places: in her ow...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
2 Dec 2011
Extent:
104 Tiff images

3. EAP454/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/4
Title:
Pi Lalzami's collection, consisting of a single manuscript [undated]
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of one, bound manuscript called Pathian Robawm, which was an important early publication in Christian literature in South Lushai Hills. Collection consists of one, rare, bound manuscript. Additional online resources from the Lushai Hillas are available at the British Mu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
15 Oct 2011
Extent:
316 Tiff images

4. EAP454/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6
Title:
Reverend C. L. Hminga's Collection of Ecclesiastical Records and Early Photographs [1914-1940]
Scope & Content:
This collection is centred on South Lushai Hills and Serkawn--regions typically underrepresented in Mizoram's historiography. Particularly strong on ecclesiastical themes, the collection contains rare photographs of the earliest Lushai evangelists, pastors, nurses, and printers, as well as two m...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 2011
Extent:
199 Tiff images

5. EAP454/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7
Title:
Serkawn Dispensary Collection of Medical Records [1923-1950]
Scope & Content:
The only two extant record books from the historical Serkawn Dispensary of the Baptist Missionary Society. Records begin from the 1920s, and allow a glimpse into the geographic reach of the Dispensary's activities, the common ailments suffered by locales, and the successes (and failures) of trea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 2011
Extent:
399 Tiff images

6. 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

7. EAP454/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/9
Title:
Lunglei Office of the District Commissioner's collection of manuscripts [1908-1931]
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of administrative books produced by the British Raj through and for governing the northeast extremities of India. Tragically, the DC Office in Lunglei has disposed of its earliest records. The rare books that EAP454 digitized there were the only remaining. Four bound ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 2011
Extent:
560 Tiff images

8. EAP454/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/12
Title:
M. Suaka Records and Photographs [1907-1950]
Scope & Content:
The custodian had plastic wrapped the poster board on which the photos are pasted. The wrap covered the photos, but this was removed for us to take pictures. The poster boards (which are actually the cardboard box packaging of a television set) each measure 1075mm x 475mm. Small collection of p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
6 Nov 2011
Extent:
24 Tiff images

9. 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

10. EAP454/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/14
Title:
Pi Violi and Pu Mark's collection of Saikao/Serkawr materials [1908-1950]
Scope & Content:
This collection is held at the original residence of R. A. Lorrain, founder of the Lakher Pioneer Mission to the Mara or Lakher tribe of eastern Lushai Hills (what is today Maraland in Mizoram). The collection is unique in providing a glimpse into the religious history of a marginalized tribe. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Haka Chin, Lushai, and Mara Chin
Date Range:
Oct 2011
Extent:
606 Tiff images

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