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
The collection is built by Acharya Gopal Khettry, a Hindu religious leader, disciple of famous saint-songwriter Bhaba Pagla. The collection includes manuscripts of songs written and composed by Bhaba Pagla, albums containing correspondence between the Bhaba Pagla and Gopal Khettry. He has also c...
This collection runs the gamut from Chinese epics to cookbooks. It covers the administration of several small entrepreneurs, often of Chinese origin. It also contain notebooks from colonial schools for indigenous and Oriental (often Chinese or Arab) students and Chinese schools which were abolis...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Javanese, and Malay
The State Silk Museum's Collection of Photographs (1889-1910)
Scope & Content:
The State Silk Museum's collection of the printed individual photographs and photo albums from 19th-20th centuries. The photos depict process of silk production, ethnography, portraits, natural environment, architecture etc. The project digitised the following series: • EAP1306/1/1 Mulberry cu...
Photographs depicting sericulture stations. Extent: 16 individual photos, 2 photos on 1 mount and 4 albums including 215 photos. Condition of original material: The photos and mounts are mostly deformed and stained, sometimes torn, the album covers are damaged. Author(s)/Creator(s): Konstanti...
Photo album of the Caucasian Sericulture Station in French
Scope & Content:
A photo album including photos of the different buildings and surroundings of the Caucasian Sericulture Station. Extent: A photo album including 16 photographs. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 24cm, width 32cm. depth 2.5cm. Condition of original material: The cover is damaged...
An album page with a photograph depicting a museum interior with vitrines on the right. Extent: 1 page including 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 15cm, width 22cm. Condition of original material: The page is deformed and stained. Related places: Russian Empire,G...