[A small set comprising parts of various letters and documents concerning the Diocese of Jaffna and written in the 1940s. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 20 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.3cm, W-24.8cm, D-0.3cm. Condition of original material: Partly worm-eaten.
[A small but coherent set of letters written by or on Mgr. Edmund Peiris, the first Ceylonese, and Sinhalese, bishop appointed for the newly created Diocese (created out of the Jaffna Diocese). Letters are addressed to the French Bishop of Jaffna Mgr. Guyomar. (Year 1940)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 20 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.4cm, W-24.5cm, D-0.6cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[Register of payments to various sorts of persons in the Jaffna diocese (charity, estate, mechanics, etc.) during the early period of Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar (1924-1930). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 hard bound register containing 500 pages with leather back. Size and dimensions of original material: H-33cm, W-20.8cm, D-4.5cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[A collection of circulars and letters from the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar. Including letters related to his trips abroad or to the building of the new Cathedral in Jaffna. (1930-1946)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 222 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.5cm, W-22.3cm, D-1.1cm. Condition of original material: Partly worm-eaten.