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1. Add MS 5289

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Add MS 5289
Title:
‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 88888/2/23-29

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Add MS 88888/2/23-29
Title:
Diary of World Tour
Scope & Content:
Countries visited include Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan, USA and Canada
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1928-Dec 1928
Extent:
7 volumes

3. Add MS 88907/1/1

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Add MS 88907/1/1
Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondence with Family and Friends in Sri Lanka
Scope & Content:
(1) Letter (manuscript, 1 August, 1946) from Bernard [first name], a contemporary of Tambimuttu, who has recently met (Major) Anthony Dickins when he was stationed in Sri Lanka. (2) Brief copy letter (21 January, 1948) to Ralph Deranayagala, of Colombo, referring to John Strachey. (3) Letter (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1939]-1948
Extent:
1 file

4. EAP450/1

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EAP450/1
Title:
B.D.K Saldin Collection of Malay Manuscripts [mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: Manuscripts not dated but probably from mid 19th century. They are part of a larger collection owned by BDK Saldin, including a printed book missing opening pages-no date visible but likely from around the same period. Manuscripts are compendiums of Islamic texts, including stories o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Malay
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 electronic folders containing 676 TIFF images

5. EAP450/4

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EAP450/4
Title:
Seenar Samath collection of Malay songs [late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: 2 typed Malay pantuns were digitised for the pilot project. This is part of a larger collection of other documents include letters, magazines and articles concerning Malays in Sri Lanka. There are also articles supplied for ‘Terang’ magazine, as former owner, Nizam Samath, was editor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Malay, and Sinhalese
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
electronic folder containing 6 TIFF images

6. EAP609/1

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EAP609/1
Title:
B.D.K. Saldin Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection includes several manuscripts, notebooks, song book and a Malay dictionary. Materials written in Malay, Arabic, and some sections in Javanese. Most manuscripts are compendiums including charms, theological texts and stories of the prophets. Approximate dating: mid-late 19th century. So...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Javanese, and Malay
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
1052 TIFF images

7. EAP609/1/3

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EAP609/1/3
Title:
Abdul Hamid Singalaxana Diary
Scope & Content:
Bound dark brown notebook, covered with cellophane. A record of family events – births, deaths etc. Abdul Hamid Singalaxana was B.D.K Saldin's grand-uncle from his paternal and maternal sides, due to intermarriage within the family. Creation dates: earliest entry 1868; latest 1963. Physical cha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1963
Extent:
104 TIFF images

8. EAP609/1/6

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EAP609/1/6
Title:
Pocket Prayer Book
Scope & Content:
Small book, seems to have been put together as a pocket book. Found inside a larger book (Arabic Religious Text), prayers Physical characteristics of original material: Good condition but pages damaged at edges, discolored. Dimensions: L 6 W 4. Extent and format of original material: small boo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

9. EAP609/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/7
Title:
A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang
Scope & Content:
James Howison’s A Grammar of the Malay Tongue, as spoken in the Peninsula of Malacca the Islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang (London, 1800). Printed Malay-English dictionary and grammar. First pages missing, including title and publishing details. End also missing. Recently re-bound....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Malay
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
174 TIFF images

10. EAP609/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/1/8
Title:
Saldin Family Records
Scope & Content:
This is the diary of family records of Tuan Junaideen Saldin, BDK Saldin’s father, recording events including births, deaths, marriages, career records. Creation dates: births recorded from as early as 1906 but most records are from the 1940s onwards. Physical characteristics of original materi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

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