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EAP835/2
- Record Id:
- 032-003459956
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459956
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085162175.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP835/2
- Title:
- Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
- Scope & Content:
- This description comes in part from Professor Bernard Bate's finding aid for the JDCSI's archive, published in 2005. This collection consists mostly of manuscript materials "from the establishment of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in 1816 by the American Ceylon Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) to the transfer of the ACM to the Church of South India (CSI) in 1947". These materials include ninteenth-century letter books, sundry mission reports, minute meetings, copies of the Morning Star, and uncategorized letters and notebooks.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Jaffna Protestant digital archive project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003459956", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP835/2: Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection" },{ "id" : "040-003459957", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/1: Letters of the A.C.M. to A.B.C.F.M. 1816-1854" },{ "id" : "040-003459958", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/2: Notebook Fragment, c. 1837" },{ "id" : "040-003459959", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/3: Chavagacherry 1836-1859" },{ "id" : "040-003459960", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/4: Diary Fragment, 1836-1838" },{ "id" : "040-003459961", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/5: Letters to B. Meigs from H. Hill, 1825-1838" },{ "id" : "040-003459962", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/6: Report of the Church at Tellipally, July 1st 1843" },{ "id" : "040-003459963", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/7: Report Fragments, 1851-1855__NEWLINE__" },{ "id" : "040-003459964", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/8: Sundry Reports, 1855-1866" },{ "id" : "040-003459965", "parent" : "032-003459956", "text" : "EAP835/2/9: Letterbook Fragment, 1858-1866" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459956
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP835/2/1 : Letters of the A.C.M. to A.B.C.F.M. 1816-1854
EAP835/2/2 : Notebook Fragment, c. 1837
EAP835/2/3 : Chavagacherry 1836-1859
EAP835/2/4 : Diary Fragment, 1836-1838
EAP835/2/5 : Letters to B. Meigs from H. Hill, 1825-1838
EAP835/2/6 : Report of the Church at Tellipally, July 1st 1843
EAP835/2/7 : Report Fragments, 1851-1855__NEWLINE__
EAP835/2/8 : Sundry Reports, 1855-1866
EAP835/2/9 : Letterbook Fragment, 1858-1866
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP835/2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459956
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP835/2
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1300 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP835-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Tamil - Scripts:
- Latin
Tamil - Start Date:
- 1816
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1816-1866
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 9.66183
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 80.02558
- Latitude (Degree):
- N 9°39’43”
- Longitude (Degree):
- E 80°1’32”
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- For research purposes only
- Custodial History:
- The materials were moved from the JDCSI Office at Vaddukoddai to the Christian Theological Seminary at Maruthanarmadam in February and March 2005, during the war. In 2007, a portion of the original materials were moved back to the JDCSI Office.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from project holder Professor Valentine Daniel on 18 August 2017 (Accession records EAP835/1)
- Arrangement:
- The materials in this collection were rearranged in 2005 by Professor Bernard Bate, who sought to preserve earlier categorical systems. The materials were divided into 18 series. A copy of Bate's original finding aid is available from the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies: http://www.aisls.org/pdfs/archives-jaffna-church.pdf. However, readers must be aware that the majority of these materials have not yet been located post-war.
- Administrative Context:
- The digital images in this collection were created as a part of the EAP835 project 'Jaffna Protestant digital archive project'
- Information About Copies:
- Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India, Noolaham Foundation, British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)