Digitised Content Platform: Endangered Archives Programme / Level: [36] Series - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP689/36/6
Title:: Official communications and documents
Scope & Content:: This series consists 16 paper documents deals with official documents. It contains letters, notices, records and order issued by the colonial government. The letter are written by individuals and by the Uur panchayat regarding disputes and cases. The notice documents are issued by the police depa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1650-1950
Extent:: 70 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP689/36/7
Title:: Personal diairy [1916-1946]
Scope & Content:: This 29 diaries. These were written between 1911 and 1946 (1937 & 1945 are missing) by E.V. Ramacami Tevar. It has details on day to day activities, shop transactions, panchayat board activities,panchayat cases, land and other document registrations, court summon details, jallikattu events, v...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 2014
Extent:: 5188 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP689/36/8
Title:: Various books - Paper [1903-1923]
Scope & Content:: This 3 printed books. One is a history of Kallar and the other two are mathematics and geography subjects books for school student. Dates of original material: 1903-1923. Extent and format of original material: 3 printed books.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1903-1923
Extent:: 221 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/1/1
Title:: Manuscripts of the Vat Pak Khan in the red walled building
Scope & Content:: The manuscripts kept in this repositery are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 1084 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/1
Title:: Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:: With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 1684 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2
Title:: Mulberries paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:: The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 188 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/1
Title:: Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:: The largest repositery is based in the old Kuti (abode) of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thera (1920–2007), the former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. Roughly three-quarters of the manuscripts deal with religious matters. Doctrinal teachings (Suttanta), Jataka tales, but also Anisong (blessing) texts ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao, Pali, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 6635 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/2
Title:: Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sim [ordination hall]
Scope & Content:: The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). .
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 4322 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/3
Title:: Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:: The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. In addition to the 119 palm-leaf fascicles in this collection, there are also 15 paper manuscripts found (see below). As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list)....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 2970 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/4
Title:: Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Hò Phiphitthaphan [museum] of Vat Saen Sukharam
Scope & Content:: The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). The collection is under the custody of the monastery administrati...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 3367 Tiff images

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