Western Nzema Traditional Council Archive: Stool Affairs
Scope & Content:
The Western Nzema Traditional Council Archive consists of 194 files and volumes of varying sizes, sorted into 5 series. It has already been the target of a preservation intervention implemented under the auspices of the EAP569 project, which provided decent standards to ensure the long-term dura...
This collection contains the following 6 series: EAP760/1/1: Candannāth Papers, 1867-1918 EAP760/1/2: Tīrthalāl Collection (TLC) [The Family and the Regime], 1763-1968 EAP760/1/3: Financial Transactions, 1860-1983 EAP760/1/4: Photographs, 1989-1996 EAP760/1/5: Family Collection (TLF), 1125-1996 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Newari, Newari, Classical, Not applicable, and Sanskrit
The Tīrthalāl Naghabhanī Archive (TLA): Financial Transactions
Scope & Content:
Financial Transactions (FT): Papers mainly related to financial transactions (loan deeds, mortgage, contracts, revenue documents, details related to land and other assets) have been kept in this category. Custodial history: TLF (Collection inherited by Tīrthalāl through his family) --TLC (Tīrth...
Mortgage deed between Daṇḍirāj Gurūgharānā and Hirādevī Kṣetryānī
Scope & Content:
Daṇḍirāj provides Hirādevī a loan of Moru 525 against collateral of land, the extent and boundaries of which are mentioned in detail. Owner(s) of original material: Rita Rajbhandari, Rina Rajbhandari. Author(s) of original material: Suvvā Daṇḍirāj Gurūgharānā Paṇḍīt, Karṇelni Hirādevi Kṣetryān...
The vault of the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Nevis, holds numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the legal and colonial administration of the island. The earliest records date from 1705, with records continuing through to the 20th century. Some recent court documents are also h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1705-1974
Extent:
10 series comprised of 155 files containing 53149 TIFF images
This series includes the records of those courts which could not sensibly be included in other series. It includes one volume of a Court of Complaints. This was essentially a court for the recovery of small debts and was established as a result of discussions in the local Nevis legislature in, o...
This series of Miscellaneous Records encompasses anything from a single book of prescriptions, formerly the Infirmary Book, to a volume of commissions to various public appointees by the Lieutenant Governor of the Leeward Islands between 1863 and 1919 and two surveyor's field notebooks. There ar...