Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP454/2 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2
Title:: Pi Lalengliani collection of Chaltlang chief R. D. Leta's materials [1906-1929]
Scope & Content:: Held at Pi Lalengliani's home in Chaltlang, these materials are mainly those of her great-grandfather, R. D. Leta, Chief of Chaltlang, and cluster around themes of judgement, education, government, religion, and everyday life in Aizawl, from 1906 to 1929. This collection's epicentre is clearly t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese, English, Hindi, and Lushai
Date Range:: Oct 2011
Extent:: 327 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/1
Title:: Paper records of Pi Lalengliani [undated]
Scope & Content:: 1) University of Calcutta, Matriculation Examination Certificate; 1 March, 1910; measures 290mm x 210mm; 2) [Biography of R. D. Leta in Mizo by Thahluana]; n.d.; measures 200mm x 310mm; 3) [Letter to R. D. Leta from Mackenzie Bawrsap (official)]; n.d.; measures 170mm x 210mm; 4) Lower Primary Le...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Hindi, and Lushai
Date Range:: 1906-1929
Extent:: 28 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/2
Title:: India Post Office Savings Bank Pass Book of Lalsikula, son of R. D. Leta [22 Jul 1917]
Scope & Content:: Contains a record of deposits made up to 1922 by Lalsikula, son of R. D. Leta to the Indian Post Office Savings Bank. Also contains the general rules and regulations then governing the Indian Post Office Savings Bank and its accounts. Bound pass-book, measuring 135mm x 170mm. Good condition.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jul 1917
Extent:: 24 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/3
Title:: R. D. Leta Poetry Bu & Chanchin. R.D. Leta's Poetry Book [1906-1909]
Scope & Content:: Contains original poems in Mizo and English, translated poems from English, as well as other quotes from literature. We suspect that this work, previously unknown to scholars, is one of the earliest books of original poetry by a Mizo. Unfortunately, the book is in very poor condition. Bound w...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Lushai
Date Range:: 3 Oct 2011
Extent:: 44 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/4
Title:: R. D. Leta Diary 1906 [1906]
Scope & Content:: The diary of R. D. Leta for 1906. This diary contains notes on Pu R. D. Leta's daily activities, his involvement with the local Church, his personal reflections on the Gospel, and his experiences in the local Government Office. The local Treasury Office appears several times in the diary. Sev...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lushai
Date Range:: 1906
Extent:: 53 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/5
Title:: Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Bu [c 1925]
Scope & Content:: Mizo leh Vai Chanchin Bu was a monthly magazine (characteristically fourteen pages long) which was first published in 1902 by Superintendent Capt. J. Shakespeare. The magazine generally covered news on government orders, local administration, general knowledge, health issues, local knowledge, an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lushai
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 20 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/6
Title:: R. D. Leta Grammar and Composition. 1917 vel a mi, sap Mizotawng a zirtirna anih a rinawm [1917]
Scope & Content:: This grammar was used by Pu Leta to teach the early, British colonials the Lushai language. The last three pages have been typewritten, as the originals were lost, notes Pi Lalengliani, the document's custodian. No date is available for these typewritten pages. Bound, hand-written booklet, ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Lushai
Date Range:: 1917
Extent:: 21 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/7
Title:: RD Leta Lungphun Tanpuina List. List of donors to R. D. Leta's tomb [undated]
Scope & Content:: Contains a list of those villagers who donated towards the construction of Pu R. D. Leta's tomb. Bound, hand-written booklet, measuring 220mm x 340mm. Frayed edges, but otherwise okay.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lushai
Date Range:: 1906-1929
Extent:: 4 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP454/2/8
Title:: L.S. Kulla Diary [1933]
Scope & Content:: Contains L. S. Kulla's daily diary for 1933, written apparently in Burma. The diary orbits mainly around daily, sometimes mundane, goings-on: meetings for tea with friends, medical appointments, personal news, work responsibilities (apparently closely tied to the operations of the Assam Rifles,...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese and English
Date Range:: 1933
Extent:: 84 Tiff images

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