Correspondence, télégrams, information sheets, decisions, certificates of good life and manners, birth certificates. Correspondance, télégrammes, fiches de renseignement, décisions, certificats de bonne vie et mœurs, actes de naissaance. Extent: 77 pages.
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
[Set of letters addressed to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar and mainly sent by the Apostolic Delegation of the East Indies in Bangalore, South India, with some replies and reports sent by Mgr. Guyomar. Among others: a report on the Brothers of St. Joseph in Jaffna Diocese; a report on the absence of Communism in Jaffna (in French and in English). (1931-1946)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 358 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.6cm, W-23.1cm, D-2cm. Condition of original material: Partly worm-eaten.
[A series of interesting reports by Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar on the situation in Ceylon and in the Diocese in the 1930s. With references to the Independence movement. Some documents concern the St. Joseph's Institute, Colombogam. (1927-1939)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 246 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34.8cm, W-23.3cm, D-2.3cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
[A small set of letters addressed to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar by priests in charge of the St. Joseph's Institute, Colombogam. Among others: Fr. K. Sebastian; Fr. J. Emilianus OMI; Fr. Francis Gautier OMI (1924-1935). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 36 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36cm, W-25.4cm, D-0.5cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.