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Language Sinhalese Subject Missionary work Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. EAP971/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5
Title:
Evelyn Rutnam Institute
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of two parts: (1) print books, and (2) a series of 148 non-sequential numbered files relating to the life, work, and immediate family of Ceylon’s third Chief Justice, Sir Alexander Johnston (1775-1849), a critical advocate of early nineteenth-century Protestant mission t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10649 Tiff images

2. EAP971/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
A series of 148 files relating to the life, work and family of Sir Alexander Johnston (1775–1849), the third Chief Justice of Ceylon and a famous orientalist. Johnston was known for pursuing a number of administrative reforms within the British government including the introduction of trial by j...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1781-1983
Extent:
10413 Tiff images

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. EAP1222/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/8
Title:
Series 8 - Sermons and meditations
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1775-1948
Extent:
16

7. EAP1222/1/8/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/8/4
Title:
[A collection of handwritten sermons and meditations. Without date but probably ranging from end of the 19th century till beginning of the 20th century. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 bound collection containing 318 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34cm, W-20.5cm, D-3cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
16

8. EAP1222/1/8/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/8/16
Title:
[A collection of meditations for retreats and other notes, written among others by the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Bonjean. (1884-1891)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 302 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.6cm, W-23.6cm, D-2cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1884-1891
Extent:
210

9. EAP1222/1/8/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/8/22
Title:
[A collection of handwritten sermons in Sinhala, some in French, probably originating from Chilaw in the first decade of the 20th Century. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 454 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-37.5cm, W-23.5cm, D-4cm. Condition of original material: Dilapidated Condition.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
56

10. EAP1222/1/8/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/8/23
Title:
[A collection of sermons and meditations in Sinhala as rendered in Latin script (probably end of 19th century). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 210 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-33.2cm, W-21.5cm, D-1.9cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French and Sinhalese
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
40