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Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP971/5/2

21. EAP971/5/2/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/21
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) 1814 mss letter from Will. Wilson to Sir Alexander Johnston; (2) 1815 mss letter; (3) 1814 mss letter; (4) 1815 mss letter from A.J. to His MA.J.esty's Advocate Fiscal; (5) 1815 mss letter to A.J. concerning the selection of laborers from the Colombo prison; (6) 1854 mss letter addressed to ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1854
Extent:
134 Tiff images

22. EAP971/5/2/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/22
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) loose handwritten notes; (2) fragment of a letter sent to Dr. James T. Rutnam by a Campbell-Johnson regarding a painting of Sir Alexander Johnson as a boy; (3) letter to Rutnam from A.J. Broome, Director of Requests and Textbooks Department at the British Museum detailing a bibliographical r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1956
Extent:
64 Tiff images

23. EAP971/5/2/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/23
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Statement by Sir Alexander Johnston about his work with customary law in Ceylon; other enumerations of A.J.'s accomplishements. Paper is very damaged. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 60 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1829
Extent:
64 Tiff images

24. EAP971/5/2/24

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/24
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
(1) mss letter sent by Sir Alexander Johnston in March 1841; (2) 1901 letter addressed to Louis Campbell-Johnston from his sister, Charlie, about a photograph of Lady William Campbell; (3) various mss notes or parts of letters; (4) 183[?] letter from Edwin Norris To A.J. regarding an arabic-lang...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1790-1901
Extent:
226 Tiff images

25. EAP971/5/2/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/25
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Typed article entitled, "A Picture of Copley Fielding From the Back Veranda of Sir Alexander Johnston' House in Colpitty." Description of A.J.'s house, Colombo, and A.J.'s work as Chief Justice of Ceylon. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 4 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
8 Tiff images

26. EAP971/5/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/26
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Typed copy of article entitled, "Sir Alexander Johnston". Lengthy description of his work as Chief Justice of Ceylon. Includes some information about his descendants. Paper is very damaged. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 40 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
44 Tiff images

27. EAP971/5/2/27

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/27
Title:
Map of Westerhall Estate Dumfriesshire
Scope & Content:
Map of Westerhall Estate Dumfriesshire (50cm x 76cm); not photographed in its entirety due to lack of necessary equipment to digitize such a large item. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 6 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
10 Tiff images

28. EAP971/5/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/28
Title:
Scope & Content:
Includes: (1) "The Native Voice": periodical founded by Maisie Hurley, descendant of Sir Alexander Johnston in Vancouver who claimed the famous embalmed heart of the Marquis of Montrose in the 1950s. Hurley was a well-known scholar who worked with indigenous communities in Canada. And (2) typed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809-1961
Extent:
76 Tiff images

29. EAP971/5/2/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/29
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1) Copy of article entitled "Ninteenth-century Electioneering," by Craig Bryce (1969); (2) photographs of a manuscript book containing A.J.'s letters; (3) typed copies of a paper sent by A.J. in 1806 to Mr. Charles Fox, head of the Administration of Affairs in England, regarding Britain's polic...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1806-1969
Extent:
48 Tiff images

30. EAP971/5/2/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/30
Title:
Alexander Johnston Papers
Scope & Content:
Pencil copy of document entitled, "Register of Privy Council from June 1599 to August 1600". Likely related to the history of Sir Alexander Johnston's ancestors in Scotland. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 4 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600
Extent:
8 Tiff images