[A set of typewritten and handwritten letters on Diocese life and adressed to the Vicar General & Administrator Fr. Emilianuspillai (1940-1948). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 627 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36cm, W-23.7cm, D-3cm. Condition of original material: Badly worm-eaten.
[Set of letters, more or less official, related to school management, written to or by Fr. Emilianuspillai, Vicar General and Manager of RC Schools, Jaffna Bishop's House. (1939-1946) ]
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Extent: 1 set containing 40 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34cm, W-22.9cm, D-0.7cm. Condition of original material: Badly worm-eaten.
[A set of school related letters, handwritten or typewritten, mainly from Kayts and the Islands or from Ilavalai, addressed to the General Manager of Roman Catholic Schools, Fr. Emilianuspillai. (1941-1943)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 96 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.2cm, W-22.4cm, D-0.4cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[A collection of letters addressed mainly to Mgr. Semeria and to Mgr. Bonjean (1854-1882). Table of Content established by Fr. Batayron. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 hard-bound volume containing 1100 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36.8cm, W-23.8cm, D-5.5cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
[A set of doctrinal letters in Latin ("Facultates concessa") exchanged between the Pope and the Jaffna Bishops of the period 1847-1883. With a Table of Content established by Fr. Batayron. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 bound volume of letters containing 179 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-28cm, W-19.7cm, D-1.4cm. Condition of original material: Partly worm-eaten.
[A collection of letters addressed mainly to Mgr. Semeria and to Mgr. Bonjean (1850-1883). Table of Content established by Fr. Batayron. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 hard-bound volume containing 857 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36.3cm, W-23cm, D-4.4cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
[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.