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1. EAP835/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/1
Title:
Oodooville Church Record Book 1820-1848
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Oodooville (Uduvil) Church between the years of 1820-1848. It includes entries by Levi Spaulding (1791-1873).Physical characteristics of original material: Manuscript volume. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1820-1848
Extent:
300 TIFF files

2. EAP835/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/2
Title:
Batticotta Church Record Book 1816-1845, Volume I
Scope & Content:
This file records church admissions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and excommunications from the American Ceylon Mission's Batticotta (Vaddukoddai) Church between the years of 1816-1845. It includes entries by Benjamin C. Meigs (1789-1862) and Daniel Poor (1789-1855).Physical characteristics of or...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1845
Extent:
198 TIFF files

3. EAP835/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/5
Title:
Report of the Uduvil School Committee 1841-(1864) 1875
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Uduvil Girls' and Boys' Boarding Schools by a number of missionaries and mission Tamil assistants, including Daniel Poor (1789-1855), Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Francis Asbury (1810-?), Edward Cope (1806-?), and Robert Wyman (?-?). General information provided on classes, pupils...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1841-1864
Extent:
200 TIFF files

4. EAP835/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/6
Title:
Ecclesiastical Reports 1855-1860
Scope & Content:
This file holds reports from numerous mission stations in the Jaffna peninsula, including Batticotta, Chavagachery, Karativoe, Manipay, Oodoopitty, Oodooville, and Valany. Some of the reports are signed by missinoaryes like E.P. Hastings (?-1890), and Levi Spaulding (1791-1873), and mission assis...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1855-1860
Extent:
478 TIFF files

5. EAP835/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/7
Title:
Mission Tapal Book. 1854-1856.
Scope & Content:
Letter book containing sundry letters and notes of the missionaries in various parts of the Jaffna district, such as Batticotta and Manepy. It was probably circulated among the missionaries as a cheaper method of communication than the post. Some of the contributors are by mission printer Thomas ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1854-1856
Extent:
342 TIFF files

6. EAP835/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1/9
Title:
Records of the Committees on Uduvil School 1855-1883
Scope & Content:
This file contains records of examinations of the Uduvil Female Boarding School periodically held by the missionaries appointed to the Committees. Comments include concerns about specific pupils, feedback on teachers, criticisms of class levels, and other issues related to the schools and the lev...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1855-1883
Extent:
346 TIFF files

7. EAP835/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/2
Title:
Notebook Fragment, c. 1837
Scope & Content:
This file consists of sundry mission reports such as baptismal records, marriages, admissions to the church, etc., retranscriptions of important events, and several floor plans. It also includes a fragment of Tamil and English versions of a church convenant presumably to be repeated by converts. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1837-1838
Extent:
70 TIFF files

8. EAP835/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/3
Title:
Chavagacherry 1836-1859
Scope & Content:
This file contains typical records from the mission station Chavagacherry. According to Bate's finding aid, it may be a transcription of earlier records. Issues discussed include admissions, appointments, baptisms, transfers, deaths, and issues within the congregation. Some records are signed by ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1836-1859
Extent:
108 TIFF files

9. EAP835/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/4
Title:
Diary Fragment, 1836-1838
Scope & Content:
This file describes church admissions, schools, the printing press, religious vocations, mission meetings, and funds of the mission. The writer mentions Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Benjamin Meigs (1789-1862), M.D. Sanders (?-?), and Miron Winslow (1789-1864) in his reports.Physical characteris...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1836-1838
Extent:
84 TIFF files

10. EAP835/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/5
Title:
Letters to B. Meigs from H. Hill, 1825-1838
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters from Henry Hill (?-?), Treasurer of the A.B.C.F.M., addressed to Miron Winslow and Benjamin Meigs. These letters, sent from India, London, and Boston, concern funds for the ACM in the form of payments and donations for supplies and for Tamil children to attend school.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1825-1838
Extent:
68 TIFF files

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