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11. EAP454/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/4/1
Title:
Pathian Robawm. God's Treasure Chest [undated]
Scope & Content:
Sermons on and interpretations of the Bible are provided, through the lens of the local Lushai culture. The language structure is noticeably archaic. It reflects a British understanding of the local language, and feels unwieldy to modern readers of Mizo. English idiom is detectable in the lan...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1914-1977
Extent:
316 Tiff images

12. 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

13. EAP454/6/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/2
Title:
Paper records of Reverend C. L. Hminga [1916-1942]
Scope & Content:
1) Record of literary works published as of March 1916 by Baptist Missionary Society pioneer missionary Rev. J. H. Lorrain. 2) An letter from the University of Cambridge addressed to missionary J. H. Lorrain acknowledging the receipt of Lorrain's colossal life-work, the Dictionary of the Lushai ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1942
Extent:
2 Tiff images

14. EAP454/6/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/3
Title:
Among the Lushais [1914]
Scope & Content:
This book follows Herbert Anderson (then Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society in Calcutta, and thus a supervisor to the activities of the BMS in South Lushai Hills) on his tour through Lushai Hills. The book covers: Anderson's journey; the contemporary village of Serkawn; a discussion of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
68 Tiff images

15. EAP454/6/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/4
Title:
Set on a Hill: the Record of Fifty Years in the Lushai Country [1944]
Scope & Content:
This book came out of the author's 1928 visit to Lushai Hills, where she was asked to compile a book outlining a history of the previous decades' work. The book is thus an important record of the early days of Christianization in Lushai Hills (today's Mizoram), and contains valuable information...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
40 Tiff images

16. EAP454/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/5
Title:
Lorrain of the Lushais [1944]
Scope & Content:
Geared mainly towards younger generations contemporary to its publication in the mid-1940, this book characterizes the story of missionary J. H. Lorrain's experiences in Lushai Hills as “one of the great romances of the mission field” (p. 3). It contains some photographs. This book has been bo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
47 Tiff images

17. EAP454/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/6
Title:
Light on the Lushai Hills: the Story of a Dream that Came True [c 1928]
Scope & Content:
A rare book explaining the history of Christianity in Mizoram from a missionary perspective. This book has been bound together with another book called Lorrain of the Lushais. Bound, hand-written booklet, measuring 125mm x 185mm. Good condition. Some underlining in yellow highlighter.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1928
Extent:
32 Tiff images

18. 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

19. EAP454/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7/1
Title:
Doctors' in-patient case register, book 1 [1924-1936]
Scope & Content:
Contains patient records, including name, age, village, admission and discharge dates, disease, doctor's remarks, and results. This document contains entries in tiny rows which span across two pages. We first digitized both pages together, maintaining the integrity of the rows in a single imag...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1936
Extent:
133 Tiff images

20. EAP454/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7/2
Title:
Doctors' in-patient case register, book 2 [1936-1950]
Scope & Content:
First page concerns motherless babies. Rest of book contains patient records, including age, village, duration of stay, admit- and discharge dates, and remarks. The Hospital was surprisingly accommodating, even letting us borrow the records for digitization. This document contains entries in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1950
Extent:
266 Tiff images

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