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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP835/2 Language English Subject Missionary work

1. EAP835/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2
Title:
Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
Scope & Content:
This description comes in part from Professor Bernard Bate's finding aid for the JDCSI's archive, published in 2005. This collection consists mostly of manuscript materials "from the establishment of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in 1816 by the American Ceylon Board of Commissioners for Forei...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1866
Extent:
1300 Tiff images

2. EAP835/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/1
Title:
Letters of the A.C.M. to A.B.C.F.M. 1816-1854
Scope & Content:
This file contains a typical collection of letters concerned with American Ceylon Mission affairs. Some points discussed in the manuscript include the mission schools, the Press, missionary travel between America, Ceylon, and India, and the relationship between ACM missionaries and the British go...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1854
Extent:
358 TIFF files

3. EAP835/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/4
Title:
Diary Fragment, 1836-1838
Scope & Content:
This file describes church admissions, schools, the printing press, religious vocations, mission meetings, and funds of the mission. The writer mentions Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Benjamin Meigs (1789-1862), M.D. Sanders (?-?), and Miron Winslow (1789-1864) in his reports.Physical characteris...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1836-1838
Extent:
84 TIFF files

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