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Subject Religious activities Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

21. EAP454/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/6/6
Title:
Light on the Lushai Hills: the Story of a Dream that Came True [c 1928]
Scope & Content:
A rare book explaining the history of Christianity in Mizoram from a missionary perspective. This book has been bound together with another book called Lorrain of the Lushais. Bound, hand-written booklet, measuring 125mm x 185mm. Good condition. Some underlining in yellow highlighter.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1928
Extent:
32 Tiff images

22. EAP454/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7
Title:
Serkawn Dispensary Collection of Medical Records [1923-1950]
Scope & Content:
The only two extant record books from the historical Serkawn Dispensary of the Baptist Missionary Society. Records begin from the 1920s, and allow a glimpse into the geographic reach of the Dispensary's activities, the common ailments suffered by locales, and the successes (and failures) of trea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 2011
Extent:
399 Tiff images

23. EAP454/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7/1
Title:
Doctors' in-patient case register, book 1 [1924-1936]
Scope & Content:
Contains patient records, including name, age, village, admission and discharge dates, disease, doctor's remarks, and results. This document contains entries in tiny rows which span across two pages. We first digitized both pages together, maintaining the integrity of the rows in a single imag...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1936
Extent:
133 Tiff images

24. EAP454/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/7/2
Title:
Doctors' in-patient case register, book 2 [1936-1950]
Scope & Content:
First page concerns motherless babies. Rest of book contains patient records, including age, village, duration of stay, admit- and discharge dates, and remarks. The Hospital was surprisingly accommodating, even letting us borrow the records for digitization. This document contains entries in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1950
Extent:
266 Tiff images

25. EAP454/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8
Title:
C. S. Zawna's Collection of Ecclesiastical and Personal Records [1929-1953]
Scope & Content:
C. S. Zawna's collection is a wide-ranging one, and the largest personal collection that EAP454 encountered in southern Mizoram. C. S. Zawna was principal at 'sikul pui' (what is now known as Government Serkawn Middle School). He was highly involved in the local operations of Serkawn Baptist chu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
Oct 2011
Extent:
1481 Tiff images

26. EAP454/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/1
Title:
Useful Sentences: English – Lushai. Revised and Reprinted from “Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language.” [1949]
Scope & Content:
English sentences with their Mizo equivalents; Idiomatic sentences in both English and Mizo; numerals and days of the week. One bound book, measuring 122mm x 180mm. Good condition. CS Zauna has added a string binding to this book, as he has done with many others.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
32 Tiff images

27. EAP454/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/2
Title:
Hri Laka Inhumhim Dan i hria em; Hri a leng thin – natna chanchin leh inven dan leh enkawl dan. ""How to Protect Yourself from Infectious Diseases"" [undated]
Scope & Content:
Contains basic information on health relating to the title, “How to Protect Yourself from Infectious Diseases.” Seems to be a colonial-government-inspired publication, at least from the authorship. This book communicates in simple terms ideas about fighting diseases perceived as common to Lush...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1929-1953
Extent:
18 Tiff images

28. EAP454/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/3
Title:
Chaw Tha I Hria Em?. Do you Know About Nutritious Food? [1941]
Scope & Content:
Contains information about nutrition and cooking. This book particularly aims to spread awareness about healthy diet and vitamins. It lists vegetables, fruits, and meats locally available within Lushai Hills, and offers suggestions on what the author sees as ways to improve local food habits. N...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lushai
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
28 Tiff images

29. EAP454/8/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/4
Title:
C. S. Zawna – English in The New Indiskul Excercise Book. Manufactured by the ISSD Calcutta [1936]
Scope & Content:
This workbook is probably from Serkawn Baptist School, of the South Lushai Hills Mission. Contains English composition, translation work, test completion, memory exercises, vowels, and idioms. One school workbook, measuring 166mm x 205mm. Binding has loosened; cover and back pages are now loo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
42 Tiff images

30. EAP454/8/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP454/8/5
Title:
Instrumental Music in Lushai Life [late 1930s-1950s]
Scope & Content:
Contains information on instrumental music in Lushai life, the 'Khuang' drum, Rawchhem, Phenglawng, Bengbung Hla, vocal music in Lushai life, etc. The workbook has no date written on it, but its provenience suggests something from the late1930s to the 1950s. The front cover says the book conta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Lushai
Date Range:
late 1930s-1950s
Extent:
56 Tiff images