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Subject Christianity Place Ceylon, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP835/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/1
Title:
Manuscripts relating to the American Ceylon Mission
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of nine manuscript files related to the 19th-century American Ceylon Mission, including reports, church record books, and minutes from meetings. Anonymous private collection.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1883
Extent:
2732 Tiff images

2. 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

3. EAP835/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2
Title:
Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
Scope & Content:
This description comes in part from Professor Bernard Bate's finding aid for the JDCSI's archive, published in 2005. This collection consists mostly of manuscript materials "from the establishment of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in 1816 by the American Ceylon Board of Commissioners for Forei...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1866
Extent:
1300 Tiff images

4. 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

5. EAP835/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/8
Title:
Sundry Reports, 1855-1866
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports on the process of ordaination for Ceylonese preachers, certificates of ordination, and license to preach. It also contains detailed data relating to the ACM's printing establishment, with tract-by-tract descriptions by Levi Spaulding (1791-1873), and information on clas...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1855-1866
Extent:
356 TIFF files

6. EAP835/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/9
Title:
Letterbook Fragment, 1858-1866
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of letters sent from E.P. Hastings (?-1890) to Rufus Anderson (1796-1880), Secretary of the ABCFM. These letters refer to ACM business and concerns such as methods for village schools, the uses of the Native Evangelical Society in Jaffna, and financial burdens as well as...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1858-1866
Extent:
224 TIFF files

7. EAP835/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/3
Title:
Jaffna College Archive Collection
Scope & Content:
The archive belongs to Jaffna College and holds diverse materials ranging from 1710 to the present, with a focus on late nineteeneth- and early-twentieth century materials. The materials are divided into seven shelves categorized by major subject: history, religion, medicine, astronomy, the Tamil...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1841-1895
Extent:
1635 Tiff images

8. EAP835/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/3/1
Title:
Religious Tract Society 1841
Scope & Content:
This file contains 95 tracts published by various American Ceylon Mission-affiliated presses in Jaffna between 1841 and 1891. The tracts range from four to over 30 pages, and discuss various topics including caste, Catholicism, Christian morality, Hinduism, jewelry, motherhood, etc. Several are ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1841-1891
Extent:
1339 TIFF files

9. EAP835/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/4
Title:
St John's College Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection is comprised of a set of St. John's College magazines, beginning in 1905, and housed in a metal cabinet in the St. John's College Library. The magazine is broken up by term and year, each volume listing an academic calender for the term, a brief history of the college, followed by ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1905-1918
Extent:
1129 Tiff images

10. EAP835/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/4/1
Title:
St. John's College Magazine [1905-1914]
Scope & Content:
This file contains St. John's Magazines for the years 1905-1914. The magazine is broken up by term and year, each volume listing an academic calender for the term, a brief history of the college, followed by lists of administration, faculty, courses, fees and rules. The balance of each magazine c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1905-1914
Extent:
778 TIFF files