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Language Sinhalese Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. Add MS 26604

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 26604
Title:
[Philological collections by William Erskine]
Scope & Content:
PHILOLOGICAL collections by William Erskine:- 1. A printed table showing "the form of the characters, pronunciation, andpower,ofthe Guzzerat alphabet", and a comparative vocabulary of Sanskrit, Latin, and English, ff. 2, 4. 2. Vocabulary of Catharine II, Empress of Russia, in Sanskrit, Mahra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hindustani, Manchu, Marathi, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, and Uighur
Date Range:
1796-1810
Extent:
1 item

2. EAP450/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/4/1
Title:
Malay poems (pantong) [late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: There are 2 typed Malay pantuns. They are in the Roman script. The same songs are written in the Sinhala script in 2 pages and in Roman script in another page. The collection seems to be recent. The 2 typed pantuns in Roman scripts are perhaps old. But the others versions are re-writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Malay and Sinhalese
Date Range:
12 Feb 2012
Extent:
6 TIFF images

3. EAP609/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/3/1
Title:
Java Lane 1876 Deed
Scope & Content:
Title deed of Masjidul Jamiah Jawatta Malay burial ground deed no. 4209 of 22.12.1876 Physical characteristics of original material: Some running ink, much of writing still clean, some holes in paper, some pages are very dark. Extent and format of original material: collated documents, 57 folio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
60 TIFF images

4. EAP609/21/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/21/2
Title:
Selected Suras and Recitals
Scope & Content:
A booklet of suras and recitations compiled in memory of the late Nona Fareena Hannan who passed away in 2005. Contains a Dua ul-Slamat in the last two pages. Arabic, Arabu-Tamil, Sinhala, English, Sri Lankan Malay. Physical characteristics of original material: Green cover, well kept. Extent a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, Malay, and Sinhalese
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
148 TIFF images

5. EAP609/28/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP609/28/2
Title:
Property Deeds
Scope & Content:
House and land deeds. The house deed was drawn in 1894 and the land deed in 1901. The house and land belonged to Mr. Cassim's great grandmother, Gnei Baba Noor Sabina Cassim (father’s grandmother). Her husband was Mr. Maas Tuan Amjadeen. Sabina Cassim’s father was Mr. Baba Noor Muhamath Cassim w...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Sinhalese
Date Range:
1894-1901
Extent:
10 TIFF images

6. EAP700/1/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP700/1/5/3
Title:
Sermons [1850-1900]
Scope & Content:
Sermons copies & drafts. Sinhala Sermons II. Extent, format and physcial characteristics of original material: 4 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French and Sinhalese
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
240 Tiff images

7. EAP971/5/2/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/29
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1) Copy of article entitled "Ninteenth-century Electioneering," by Craig Bryce (1969); (2) photographs of a manuscript book containing A.J.'s letters; (3) typed copies of a paper sent by A.J. in 1806 to Mr. Charles Fox, head of the Administration of Affairs in England, regarding Britain's polic...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1806-1969
Extent:
48 Tiff images

8. EAP971/5/2/66

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/66
Title:
Alex. Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Various original mss documents and scans of original documents regarding Sir Alexander Johnston's property in Colpitti, Colombo. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 56 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
60 Tiff images

9. EAP981/1/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1/25
Title:
Letters related to the Convent of Trincomalee addressed mostly to Bishop Bonjean, and notes concerning the indigenous Sisters (1876-1881)
Scope & Content:
1876-1881. Letters related to the Convent of Trincomalie addressed mostly to Bishop Bonjean., notes concerning the indigenous Sisiters. Physical characteristics: 35 x 23 cm size. Author(s): Several authors. Scribe: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1876-1881
Extent:
394 TIFF images

10. EAP981/1/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1/29
Title:
Letters and correspondence from the public and priests (1921-1922)
Scope & Content:
1921-1922. Contains letters and correspondence from public and Priests. Physical characteristics: 27 x 16.05 cm size. Author(s): Several authors. Scribe: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1921-1922
Extent:
290 TIFF images