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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP352/8/1
Title:: Treatise on Minangkabau customs and laws
Scope & Content:: Part of a treatise on Minangkabau customs, listed from number 77 to 131. Pages numbered 258-460 (some folios out of order towards end). Physical characteristics: Black ink on paper. Water-damaged towards end of volume.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malay and Minangkabau
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 173 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/3/1/12
Title:: National Archives of Ghana Certificate of Authentication – ADM 11/1106. Correspondence between District Commissioner, Axim and Colonial Secretary, on presents made to the Native Chiefs during the celebration of the Kuntum custom
Scope & Content:: Certificate of Authentication, reproduction of handwritten documents. Reproductions have the stamp "The National Archive of Ghana." on the back. Ghana Certificate and reproductions are bound by the original binding with sealing wax. The dossier is indicated as “Exhibit 7” by a small ticket glued...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: 24 Nov 1893-7 Jul 1975
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/4/1/55
Title:: Tributes and burials
Scope & Content:: File, 10 pages. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: 14 Mar 1997-5 Dec 2013
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/4/1/59
Title:: Kundum festival (Vol. III)
Scope & Content:: File, 141 pages and 1 Kundum Programme. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: 31 Aug 2001-1 Nov 2015
Extent:: 158 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/5/2/5
Title:: Extract from the Akan Traditions of Origin, Custom, by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz
Scope & Content:: File, 2 pages. Handwritten family trees, draft and notes concerning them. Condition: Good. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: Late 19th century-Early 21st century
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP722/5/2/12
Title:: Kundum celebration
Scope & Content:: File, 213 pages. Correspondence, programs, invitations, expenses, handwritten notes, newspaper cutting, photograph. Condition: Metal rusting. It uses Latin script with Nzima phonetic characters.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Nzima
Date Range:: 1939-2006
Extent:: 233 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/2/53
Title:: Receipt issued by Customs to Dalvāhādur Śreṣṭa
Scope & Content:: Acknowledging the receipt of Rupees 3. Owner(s) of original material: Rita Rajbhandari, Rina Rajbhandari. Author(s) of original material: Śrī Bhansār. Publisher of original material: Śrī Bhansār. Alternative calendar and dates: Vikram; 1985 Jeṣṭha 16. Additional script information: Old Deva...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: 1928
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/5/41
Title:: Golodhyāya
Scope & Content:: Contains descriptions of various lands including geography, peoples, customs, languages and cultures. Copy. Incomplete. 1840-1850. Additional language information: Hindi (Old). Physical characteristics: Nepali Paper, threadbound, left, written in both directions; 48 fols, 17.5 cm X 19 cm. Re...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1840-1850
Extent:: 49 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP760/1/6/242
Title:: Patākā (Patāl)
Scope & Content:: Article on the disappearance of the tradition of Patāl, special long cloth hung from the spire of the Seto Matchendranāth chariot. Draft ms. Custodial history: TLP. Owner(s) of original material: Rita Rajbhandari, Rina Rajbhandari. Author(s) of original material: Tīrthalāl Na:gha:bhanī (Rājbh...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Nepali
Date Range:: c 1983
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP790/1/38
Title:: Natyasvara Stotra
Scope & Content:: This is the Stotra of the God of Dance in the Hindu tradition in sanskrit. It is written in Pracalit Newari script. It is partly damaged. Extent: Folios: 6
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 7 TIFF images

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