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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP981/1 Language Portuguese Subject Politics and Government

1. EAP981/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1
Title:
Jaffna Bishop’s House Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection contains diverse types of documents; handwritten, bound registers and account books; letters and correspondence; and printed books and paper clippings. They cover the period between 1775 and 1948. They consist of rare documents like personal memoirs; chronicles; account books; co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1500-1999
Extent:
111,196 TIFF images

2. EAP981/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1
Title:
Letters and Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This series contains letters and varieties of documents. They bear testimony of the activity and functioning of the Jaffna Diocese, also on pilgrimage and festivals, public instruction, various reports to the Bishop's office and to the government, purchase of land, schools etc. This series cont...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1857-1947
Extent:
42,642 TIFF images

3. EAP981/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/4
Title:
Account Books
Scope & Content:
The account books in this series present detailed explanations of the income and different expenses related to the missions, churches and cathedral, daily accounts of the expenditures on different chapters like school, orphanage, and charity. This series contains the following 41 files: EAP981/...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1868-1940
Extent:
8,015 TIFF images

4. EAP981/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/9
Title:
Books, Maps and Genealogy Tree
Scope & Content:
This series contains mainly books translated into English and Tamil, illustrated maps and also a genealogical tree. This series contains the following 6 files: EAP981/1/9/1: "CONQUISTA ESPIRITUAL DO ORIENTE" (Spiritual Conquest of the East) [Copy] (17th century) EAP981/1/9/2: "CONQUISTA ESPIRIT...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1760-1783
Extent:
837 TIFF images

5. EAP981/1/9/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/9/5
Title:
Book of maps and designs (Portuguese period), north of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. (1606)
Scope & Content:
1606. Book of maps and designs (Portuguese period), north of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Contains descriptive notice in English and Dutch. Physical characteristics: 35 x 22.5 cm size. Author(s): Not mentioned. Scribe: Not mentioned. Publisher of original material: A.C. Richards, Acting Government Pr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1606
Extent:
114 TIFF images