[A small set of letters written from Rome to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar or written from Jaffna Peninsula or from Colombo to the Vicar General, Fr. Emilianuspillai. (1926-1948)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 22 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36.2cm, W-24.5cm, D-0.4cm.
[A series of Encyclical letters by Pope Leo XIII published in Rome. (1883-1890)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 262 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-29.8cm, W-22.5cm, D-1.5cm. Condition of original material: Slightly worm-eaten.
[A set of letters (1883-1889) and various official Church certificates in Latin and letters concerning several priests, established in the 1880s and arranged together in the 1900s. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 90 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34.3cm, W-22.8cm, D-0.3cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[Letters (1925-1940) to Mgr. Guyomar from British India, mainly Kottayam, Travancore, Shillong, Madras. Including letters from Malankara Syrian Church from Travancore (dated 19.01.1931). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 234 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-37cm, W-26.2cm, D-1.4cm. Condition of original material: Fragile.
[Set of letters addressed to the Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Guyomar and sent mainly by official religious bodies such as the OMI (Rome), the St. Thomas Monastery (South India), the Propagation of the Faith (Rome), etc. (1927-1939)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 302 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.5cm, W-25.5cm, D-2.4cm. Condition of original material: Worm-eaten and dilapidated condition.
[A small set of official letters sent to Mgr. Guyomar, Jaffna Bishop, by donor organisations from abroad such as Oeuvre de la Saint Enfance (1934-1939). ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 44 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-36cm, W-24.5cm, D-0.6cm.
[A collection of official letters to and from Jaffna Bishops Mgr. Joulain and Mgr. Guyomar - concerning, among other subjects, the Parapankandal Church Case. (1889-1947)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 943 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-35.6cm, W-22.7cm, D-5.2cm. Condition of original material: Extremely fragile.
[Damaged printed documents e.g. religious commentaries in Latin from Rome published in the year 1922, up to 1946. ]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 set containing 564 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-27.2cm, W-21cm, D-3cm. Condition of original material: Badly rat-eaten.
