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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1160/1
Title:: Idayakottai Zamin Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 2 Series 1) handwritten Notebooks and 2) Registers. The notebook series have 7 Sub-Series and 37 Notebooks comprising 689 images. The registers series have 20 Sub-Series and 136 registers comprising 6317 images. They are addressing a variety issues of Idayakottai Zamin a...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1905-1966
Extent:: 7006 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1167/1
Title:: Colonial Plantation Records of Malawi
Scope & Content:: This collection contains digitised samples of the records from thirteen tea and tobacco plantations in Nyasaland (Malawi), during the colonial period. The original material is currently located at the National Archives of Malawi. Extent and format of original material: 13 files. This collectio...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1922-1966
Extent:: 564 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1167/1/11
Title:: Nchenga and Falls Dairy
Scope & Content:: Correspondence between Commissioner of Lands and Regional Agriculture Officer on lease of farm land,farm inspection report by Livestock Officer explaining diseases that attacked crops and animals, income and expenditure, and recommendations. Correspondence between Geological Survey and Agricultu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1954-1966
Extent:: 55 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1
Title:: Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
Scope & Content:: Boyden Observatory - named for the American engineer Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879) - was established as a southern station of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College (popularly known as Harvard College Observatory) in 1890, at Arequipa in Peru. In 1927 it was relocated to South Africa, 26 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1891-1994
Extent:: 25432 File(s)

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/1
Title:: Variable star observations by Alexander William Roberts for the period 1891-1933
Scope & Content:: This series contains 95 sets of handwritten documents, dated between 1891 and 1933, containing original astronomical observations made by A. W. Roberts from his private observatory, Lovedale Observatory, near the town of Alice in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In addition to the raw ob...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1891-1933
Extent:: 22578

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/1/15
Title:: A. W. Roberts Miscellaneous Papers No. 10 (Part 2 of 2).
Scope & Content:: An undated collection of papers, which, with a single exception, are astronomically themed, mostly about variable stars. The single exception is one page headed "Third Year - Boys." listing 10 names and surnames. The bulk of the material, about 275 pages, consists of calculations and diagrams re...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1890-1925
Extent:: 335

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1190/1/1/19
Title:: A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of Y Carinae (Part 2 of 2).
Scope & Content:: Observations of Y Car. The star is designated as AZC 2067, and as both Ch 3767 and Ch 3777. Includes notes, diagrams, register of observations and annual light curves (1893 to 1920), and original observations (1906 January 28 to 1920 May 19). One note pages bears the stamp of the "RAND CLUB, / J...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Jan 1906-19 May 1920
Extent:: 336

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1222/1/18/3
Title:: [A set of mainly typewritten official letters and adressed to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar. Among other subjets of interest: Fr. Deslandes' method of siragu nets (for lagoon fishing); fishing disputes (1923-1940). ]
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 set containing 166 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.1cm, W-24.4cm, D-1.5cm.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1923-1940
Extent:: 56

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