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Project / Collection Jaffna Protestant digital archive project Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP835/2 Subject Education

1. EAP835/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/1
Title:
Letters of the A.C.M. to A.B.C.F.M. 1816-1854
Scope & Content:
This file contains a typical collection of letters concerned with American Ceylon Mission affairs. Some points discussed in the manuscript include the mission schools, the Press, missionary travel between America, Ceylon, and India, and the relationship between ACM missionaries and the British go...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1854
Extent:
358 TIFF files

2. 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

3. EAP835/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP835/2/7
Title:
Report Fragments, 1851-1855
Scope & Content:
This file consists of three tabular sheets and one eight-page report: a. Chavagacherry, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; b. Panditeripo, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; c. Oodooville, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; d. "Programme of Results of Preaching an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1855
Extent:
18 TIFF files

4. 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

5. 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

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