Subject: Castes and Tribes - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1230/1
Title:: Presidency College Collection
Scope & Content:: This whole collection includes official documents like admission form, notice, official letters, salary books, seminar books, library catalogues, gazetteers etc. Arrangement: The collection has been divided into series like admission form, notice, letters etc. Each series has been divided into ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1847-1950
Extent:: 3058 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1230/1/1
Title:: Admission Forms
Scope & Content:: Fromadmission forms we can know about the socio-economic background of eachstudent. The forms contain the following fields - Name, Class to whichadmission is sought, Father’s Name and Occupation, Religion, Caste, MonthlyFamily Income of Father or Guardian etc. Extent: A series of admission for...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1943-1950
Extent:: 2000 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1
Title:: Collection of Colonial Period Newspapers
Scope & Content:: This is a collection of newspapers published during the colonial period in Malawi formelry Nyasaland. The collection comprises of publications from 1895 to 1965. The newspaper titles are Nyasaland Times, Msimbi and Nkhani Za Nyasaland. Extent: Acollection of newspapers containing 12,894images. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, Tumbuka, and Yao
Date Range:: 1939-1962
Extent:: 15098

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1/3
Title:: MSIMBI
Scope & Content:: This is a newspaper whose publication started in 1949 and was mainly focusing on local Nyasaland news. This publication mostly was published in two local languages (Nyanja and Tumbuka) and a little bit of english. Extent: 12 volumes of newspapers containing 1688 pages. Condition of original ma...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, and Tumbuka
Date Range:: 1949-1957
Extent:: 1688

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1256/1/3/8
Title:: MSIMBI Vol.5 Jan-Jun 1953
Scope & Content:: Report on Foundation of a University College as first step towards a full University in Central Africa, Picture of Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, special delegates from Canada, Brief on dinner and dance concert at police ground in Zomba, Arrival of 2nd (N...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chichewa, English, and Tumbuka
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1953-27 Jun 1953
Extent:: 100

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/3
Title:: கிருஷ்ணராஜா செல்லையா சேகரம்
Scope & Content:: There are 36 files in this collection. Mantras, mythology, land registration records, and medical information are all included in the collection. Extent: 1196.0. Custodial history: The manuscript collector says that the custody of the material transfers to the paternal member of the family. Th...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit and Tamil
Date Range:: 1860-1900
Extent:: 1196

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/3/2
Title:: குடிமக்கள் வரவு
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript from Kondavil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. However, the manuscript indicates that it was originally written in …….at Tāḻaṅkuṭi by śrī cempāy pōṭi, a teacher and the only son of Ka. Va. Vi. Aḻakiya Pōṭiyār from the Periya Pālakap Pōṭiyār Kukaṉ tradition, wh...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1860-1900
Extent:: 92

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/11
Title:: பத்மநாதன் வல்லிபுரநாதர் சேகரம்
Scope & Content:: There is one file in this collection. It contains Kanagi and Kovalan's tale. Extent: 634.0. Custodial history: This manuscript has been preserved in the Nagar temple which is situated 18km from Point Pedro as the collector mentioned. These have been preserved by his paternal line. The manuscri...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 634

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/11/1
Title:: கோவலன் கண்ணகி கதை (சிலம்பு கூறல்)
Scope & Content:: This material is a Tamil palm-leaf manuscript titled ‘Story of Kovalan’ from Northern Province, Sri Lanka. This manuscript is written by Kaṇapatippiḷḷai from Tumpaḷai on 3rd May 1786. This is created by Veṟṟivēlup pulavar (Veṟṟivēlu caṭṭampiyār). This manuscript contains twelve stories of Kovala...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 634

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1260/15
Title:: தேகதாஸ் அற்புதராசா சேகரம்
Scope & Content:: There is one file in this collection. It contains Ammanai. Extent: 428.0. Custodial history: The manuscript collection is owned by Thegadas Atputharasa of Muthalaikuda, Baticaloa.The manuscript is about Baratha Ammanai. He mentioned that he got it from Murugu Thayanithi (lecturer Of National E...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tamil
Date Range:: 1801-1899
Extent:: 428

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