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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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/3/2
Title:: List of Parishes and Villages showing Udayarships, Vidanships, etc., with a note of Dutch Parish Churches, a return of other Christian Churches, Old Dutch Forts and Buildings. 1895
Scope & Content:: This 1895 manuscript file provides lists of administrative positions (village headman, udayars, and vidaiyars) for each village and parish in the Jaffna province, described as: "List of Villages showing the number of Headmen, Police Vidahns, Division Officers and Enquiries into sudden deaths with...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1884-1895
Extent:: 296 TIFF files

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