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61. 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

62. 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

63. EAP971/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/7
Title:
Anonymous Private Collection 7
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of one book held by an anonymous private collector in Sri Lanka.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1815-1883
Extent:
246 Tiff images

64. EAP971/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/7/1
Title:
Christian Friend
Scope & Content:
Bound copy of the Christian Friend. Includes mostly essays for (moral) education in the style of the Jaffna Religious Tract Society's other publications. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 238 pages. Condition of original material: 13 x 20cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
246 Tiff images

65. EAP971/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/8
Title:
Uduvil Girls' College Collection 8
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of two samplers hanging in the principal's office at Uduvil Girls' College. Size and dimensions of original material: 2 samplers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1845-1846
Extent:
4 Tiff images

66. EAP971/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/8/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Hall sampler was produced in 1846 by a female American Ceylon Mission student at Oodooville Girls Boarding School, Frances A. Hall (b. 1828). Prior to arrival at the mission, Hall’s Tamil name was Viṉācittampi Kaṟpakam. The sampler’s main subject is a Berlinwork design of a riverside chalet ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
2 Tiff images

67. EAP971/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/8/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Pratt sampler was produced in 1845 by a female American Ceylon Mission student at Oodooville Girls Boarding School, Betsey Pratt (1826-1845). Prior to arrival at the mission, Pratt’s Tamil name was Ciṉṉattampi Kitevaṉ. The sampler’s main subject is a doubled Berlinwork floral arrangement of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
2 Tiff images

68. 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

69. 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

70. EAP981/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP981/1/1/4
Title:
Correspondence related mostly to Anuradhapura; from and to Melizan, Bonjean (1858-1881)
Scope & Content:
1858-1881. Contains an index. Correspondence related mostly to Anuradapura; from and to Melizan, Bonjean. Physical characteristics: 37 x 22.5 cm size. Author(s): Several authors. Scribe: Not mentioned.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, and Tamil
Date Range:
1858-1881
Extent:
390 TIFF images

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