[A collection of handwritten letters and printed circulars or pastoral letters authored by the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar, addressed to local priests. (1924-1939)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 570 pages and including several printed booklets. Size and dimensions of original material: H-32.3cm, W-25cm, D-3cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[A small collection of newspapers in English comprising The Jaffna Catholic Guardian (1908), The Catholic Guardian (Jaffna, 1939), The New Leader (India, 1939). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 74 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-31.2cm, W-23.8cm, D-1cm.
[A collection of several dozens of filled forms showing yearly reports as of August 1929 and concerning Ecclesiastical Administration (number of baptisms, communions, marriages, deaths of children/adults…) in various missions of the Jaffna Diocese. Includes a few scattered documents (year 1929). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 72 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-32cm, W-25.2cm, D-0.5cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[Letters (1925-1940) to Mgr. Guyomar from British India, mainly Kottayam, Travancore, Shillong, Madras. Including letters from Malankara Syrian Church from Travancore (dated 19.01.1931). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 234 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-37cm, W-26.2cm, D-1.4cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[A set of letters to and from St. Joseph's Orphanage at Murunkan (1944-1948). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 186 pages including a map. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.5cm, W-25.8cm, D-1.1cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[A set of letters by and to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Joulain, with several handwritten memoirs in French by the same Mgr. Joulain, with paper-cuttings, and with one leaflet composed by Fr. Gnanapragasar. (1893-1922)]
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Extent: 1 set containing 204 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-32cm, W-25.2cm, D-2.1cm. Condition of original material: Dilapidated Condition.
[A set of letters concerning the St. Joseph's English School at Anuradhapura and Fr. J.B. Gregory OMI, including complaints as well as bills and financial statements by suppliers of the school - some letters being addressed to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Joulain (1910-1915). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 517 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-32cm, W-25cm, D-3.2cm. Condition of original material: Dilapidated Condition.
[A set of letters written mainly to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Joulain by various OMI parish priests: Larnaudie, Matthews, Guitot, etc. One letter from Iranaitivu. (1897-1918)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 218 pages with some charts. Size and dimensions of original material: H-32cm, W-25.3cm, D-2cm.