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121. EAP971/5/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/1/2
Title:
A brief sketch of the life of Charles Ambrose Lorenz
Scope & Content:
Written by M.S. Mahendran & published by the American Ceylon Mission Press at Tellippalai, 1918. Charles Ambrose Lorenz (1829-1871), a Dutch Burgher born in Matara, was a barrister, member of the Ceylon Legislative Council (1856-1864), and chief editor and proprietor of The Ceylon Examiner (...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
62 Tiff images

122. EAP971/5/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/4
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Scope & Content:
Includes (1) seven photographs of American missionaries and Green Hospital students [early period]; (2) handwritten notes on American Missionaries; (3) Chandabarkar, G.L. / "Rammohun Roy and Western Education"; (4) photocopy of Pp.38-43 from the book "Instructions to Missionaries"; (5) photocopy...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1978
Extent:
98 Tiff images

123. EAP971/5/2/61

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/61
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Scope & Content:
(1) Pamphlet entitled "Hodges & Dean Auctioneers, Estate Agents, Surveyors, Valuers"; (2) typed copy of "The Supreme Court Site and an Independent Judiciary: A Historic Dispute of Dutch Times," by 'Vetus'; (3) typed copy of article entitled, "A Famous Chief Justice: How the Jury System Came ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1999
Extent:
180 Tiff images

124. EAP971/5/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/28
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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

125. EAP971/5/2/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/29
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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

126. EAP971/5/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/1/1
Title:
William Mather: a sketch of his life and work by one of his sons
Scope & Content:
Published in Jaffna by M. Nalliah and Sons, Printers, 1922. Table of Contents: Part I. The story of his life; II. As others saw him; III. Funeral and friends; IV. The end. William Mather (1851-1920) was a succesful Jaffna business man and prominent Jaffna Christian, educated at the mission schoo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
68 Tiff images

127. EAP971/5/2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/11
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Scope & Content:
Includes: (1) typed copies of, "Alexander Johnston - Third Chief of Ceylon"; (2) 1978 letter from Seven Gables bookshop in New York to Dr. James T. Rutnam; notes taken by Rutnam. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 56 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
60 Tiff images

128. EAP971/5/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/1
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Scope & Content:
Includes (1) article by K. Indrapala titled, "The American Contribution to the modernisation of Tamil Studies: the work of Daniel Poor and his Colleagues; (2) copy of a 12-page article by James Rutnam titled, "The Batticotta Seminary"; (3) the original drafts with handwritten edits of Rutnam's a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
234 Tiff images

129. EAP971/5/2/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/36
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Scope & Content:
(1) Copy of article entitled, "Account of a Ceremonial Exhibition of the Relic termed 'the Tooth of the Buddha,' at Kandy, Ceylon, in May 1828."; (2) Copy of article entitled, "Account of the Province of Ramnad, Southern Peninsula of India. Compiled from the 'Mackenzie Collection,' and edited by...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1842
Extent:
68 Tiff images

130. EAP971/5/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP971/5/2/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of George Elers, Captain in the 12th Regiment of Foot (1777-1842), including a letter from his nephew and family tree [typed copy]. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 8 pages.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833-1837
Extent:
12 Tiff images