Letters and Correspondence

This series contains letters and varieties of documents. They bear testimony of the activity and functioning of the Jaffna Diocese, also on pilgrimage and festivals, public instruction, various reports to the Bishop's office and to the government, purchase of land, schools etc.

This series contains the following 103 files.

  • EAP981/1/1/1: Letters (1883)
  • EAP981/1/1/2: Letters and printed documents related to the Church (1778-1877)
  • EAP981/1/1/3: Letters and accounts addressed to the Vicaria (1857-1863)
  • EAP981/1/1/4: Correspondence related mostly to Anuradhapura; from and to Melizan, Bonjean (1858-1881)
  • EAP981/1/1/5: Correspondence on the works of the Propagation of Faith and Holy Childhood (1857-1865)
  • EAP981/1/1/6: Report on public instruction and report to the Government mostly by Bishop Melizan (1884-1890)
  • EAP981/1/1/7: Correspondence related to the pilgrimage and festival of the Madhu Church (1894)
  • EAP981/1/1/8: Correspondence from the Congregation of Brothers of St. Joseph on the agitation of Priests, Brother Stephan's case etc (1924)
  • EAP981/1/1/9: Documents of a defamation trial, Ecclesiastic returns etc (1894 -1903)
  • EAP981/1/1/10: Correspondence amongst the Fathers [mostly related to colleges] (1937-1939)
  • EAP981/1/1/11: Correspondence related to the St. Joseph Church of Gampola (1881-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/12: Correspondence related to the purchase of land, pilgrimage etc. of the Madhu Church (1868-1876)
  • EAP981/1/1/13: Documents related to the southern plantations belonging to the Jaffna Diocese (1907-1913)
  • EAP981/1/1/14: Banking transactions of the O.M.I with Freudenberg & Co., and Ceylon Trading Co., Ltd (1909-1915)
  • EAP981/1/1/15: Register of letters dispatched and account ledgers (1919-1921)
  • EAP981/1/1/16: Letter written by Father Massiet of the O.M.I (1888)
  • EAP981/1/1/17: Personal and episcopal correspondence belonging to Bishop Joulain (1906-1918)
  • EAP981/1/1/18: Collection of letters written by Father Pouzin (1868-1875)
  • EAP981/1/1/19: Correspondence related to the Church of Colombogam (1909-1921)
  • EAP981/1/1/20: Correspondence from Paris and Lyon; printed documents in French, English and Tamil (Propagation of the Faith) (1850-1881)
  • EAP981/1/1/21: Letters addressed to Brother Joseph (1930-1931)
  • EAP981/1/1/22: Collection of letters written mostly by Father Joulain and others (1914-1925)
  • EAP981/1/1/23: Letters by Father P. Gourret and others of Mantotte region (1857-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/24: Collection of letters and telegraphs addressed to Father Massiet (1888-1892)
  • EAP981/1/1/25: Letters related to the Convent of Trincomalee addressed mostly to Bishop Bonjean, and notes concerning the indigenous Sisters (1876-1881)
  • EAP981/1/1/26: Collection of correspondence of S.G.Alphonsus of Anuradhapura (1900-1903)
  • EAP981/1/1/27: Correspondence from Father Adrien St. Geneys (1898-1915)
  • EAP981/1/1/28: Letters addressed to Father Adrien St. Geneys of Batticaloa and other correspondence (1855-1890)
  • EAP981/1/1/29: Letters and correspondence from the public and priests (1921-1922)
  • EAP981/1/1/30: Correspondence related to the sanitary conditions of Mandaitivu (1894-1910)
  • EAP981/1/1/31: Correspondence related to Passaiyoor Church and Christians (1897-1923)
  • EAP981/1/1/32: Correspondence (1938-1948)
  • EAP981/1/1/33: Correspondence related to the Holy Family Convent of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (1926-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/34: Letters from China, France, Durban etc (1925-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/35: Report concerning the 'Société des Frères de St. Joseph' at Colombogam, Jaffna (1925)
  • EAP981/1/1/36: Petitions addressed to the Bishop of Jaffna (1937-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/37: Correspondence related to land acquisition and encroachment in the region of Anaikottai, Valigamam East (1899-1915)
  • EAP981/1/1/38: Correspondence and pamphlets (1938-1942)
  • EAP981/1/1/39: Correspondence related to the Church and the Catholics of Ilavalai (1894-1941)
  • EAP981/1/1/40: Correspondence from Our Lady of Refuge (1933-1937)
  • EAP981/1/1/41: Correspondence concerning A. Gardiner, Colombo (1946)
  • EAP981/1/1/42: Unbound collection of correspondence related to Mannar (1901-1907)
  • EAP981/1/1/43: Correspondence and printed pamphlets concerning Karaveddi and Pungudutivu in Mannar district (1926-1948)
  • EAP981/1/1/44: Correspondence related to Nanattan & Murunkan of Mannar region (1928-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/45: Documents related to donations sent from Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Boston and New York (1924-1931)
  • EAP981/1/1/46: Correspondence related to requests for assistance (1934-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/47: Correspondence from St. Bernard's Seminary, and St. Aloysisus Seminary at Borella (1924-1931)
  • EAP981/1/1/48: Correspondence and a few printed pamphlets (1924-1948)
  • EAP981/1/1/49: Propagation of Faith, correspondence mostly with Rome and printed pamphlets (1857-1893)
  • EAP981/1/1/50: "Marriage laws of Ceylon and Catholic Claims", "Indian Christian Marriage Act" and related correspondence (1895-1896)
  • EAP981/1/1/51: Correspondence related to Our Lady of the Rosary, Madhu and pilgrimage (1921-1939)
  • EAP981/1/1/52: Correspondence on various subjects like cholera, marriage, construction of church etc (1851-1883)
  • EAP981/1/1/53: Notes on the Point Pedro Mission and other correspondence (1852-1877)
  • EAP981/1/1/54: Confidential and general correspondence (1913-1915)
  • EAP981/1/1/55: Certificate of erection of several religious edifices (1872-1947)
  • EAP981/1/1/56: Correspondence addressed to Mgrs Semeria, Bonjean etc (1873-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/57: Correspondence mostly authored by Mgr Bonjean; printed texts of 'Saint-Enfance' in French, Latin, Tamil etc (1860-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/58: Correspondence mostly related to Puttalam district (1858-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/59: Correspondence related to Batticaloa and Trincomalee (1850-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/60: Letters of Mgr Melizan (1882-1884)
  • EAP981/1/1/61: Various types of correspondence from different regions (1918-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/62: Collection of correspondence from Guitot, Bizien and Joilain (1895-1922)
  • EAP981/1/1/63: Correspondence related to Karaveddy and Vavuniya (1935-1947)
  • EAP981/1/1/64: Collection of correspondence related to Karaveddy, Vavuniya, Kankesanturai etc (1931-1942)
  • EAP981/1/1/65: Copy and a few originals of correspondence from Rome (1849-1893)
  • EAP981/1/1/66: Copy of correspondence in Latin (1896-1913)
  • EAP981/1/1/67: Letters related to the schools of Anuradhapura (1928-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/68: Correspondence related to St. Xavier's School/College in Mannar (1928-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/69: Documents related to the donation from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and other correspondence (1913-1936)
  • EAP981/1/1/70: Reports on assisted schools, and printed pamphlets (1931-1944)
  • EAP981/1/1/71: Printed document on the life of St. Martin by seminary students, correspondence related to the Séminaire St. Martin (1848-1883)
  • EAP981/1/1/72: Pamphlets on the Convent of the Holy Family, and correspondence related to the Convent (1863-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/73: Correspondence related to the Sainte Famille (1860-1881)
  • EAP981/1/1/74: Correspondence in English from England and Rome (1934-1939)
  • EAP981/1/1/75: Copy of some of the legal proceedings and correspondence on the Madu Church case (1851-1875)
  • EAP981/1/1/76: Official correspondence with the Government (1853)
  • EAP981/1/1/77: Collection of personal correspondence of Mgr Semeria also of Mazenod, Bonjean and others (1835-1866)
  • EAP981/1/1/78: Collection of correspondence from Mannar; (1896)
  • EAP981/1/1/79: Report on the Missions of Mannar, Mantotte and Vanny and other correspondence from Mannar (1893-1901)
  • EAP981/1/1/80: Correspondence and documents related to Pesalai (1910-1912)
  • EAP981/1/1/81: Contains list of subscribers to the Orphanage of the Jaffna Mission (1868-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/82: Correspondence related to Mandaitivu (1928-1941)
  • EAP981/1/1/83: Printed pamphlets and correspondence from Catholic Union, Societies and Associations (1939-1945)
  • EAP981/1/1/84: Printed pamphlets and correspondence (1940-46)
  • EAP981/1/1/85: Correspondence of Gnana Prakasar and printed pamphlets. Nallur (1927-1940)
  • EAP981/1/1/86: Correspondence related to the Society of The Brother of St. Joseph and to the colleges and schools (1940-1946)
  • EAP981/1/1/87: Reports and correspondence related to the Mission of Valigama East (1893-1898)
  • EAP981/1/1/88: Collection of correspondence related to the acquisition, exchange of land and school building at Kangesanturai (1900-1901)
  • EAP981/1/1/89: Correspondence from the regions of Tellippalai, Valigamam North etc (1905-1910)
  • EAP981/1/1/90: Testimony and correspondence from the Government Agent (1931)
  • EAP981/1/1/91: Correspondence by Batayron from Palali, Urani, Atsurveli etc (1893-1900)
  • EAP981/1/1/92: Correspondence from St. Antony's Church, Mirusuvil and Pallai (1931-1939)
  • EAP981/1/1/93: Collection of letters related to the "sœurs de la sainte Famille" Mullaitivu, addressed to Melizan and from Pouzin, Bonjean etc (1880-1889)
  • EAP981/1/1/94: Correspondence from Melizan, Bonjean, St. Geneys, Boisseau, Dinaux etc (1875-1886)
  • EAP981/1/1/95: Letters to Father Gourret (1857-1882)
  • EAP981/1/1/96: Correspondence authored by Fathers Bizien and Guyomar (1924-1925)
  • EAP981/1/1/97: Correspondence and printed pamphlets related to schools, colleges and educational matters (1947-1948)
  • EAP981/1/1/98: Collection of correspondence related to Mannar (1901-1907)
  • EAP981/1/1/99: Correspondence related to Mannar [almost all authored by L. Rodrigo, Parish Priest] (1930-31)
  • EAP981/1/1/100: Correspondence related to Mannar (1925-1929)
  • EAP981/1/1/101: Correspondence related to Mannar (1909-1910)
  • EAP981/1/1/102: Collection of land deeds for school, correspondence, personal petitions etc. (1904-1914)
  • EAP981/1/1/103: 1868-1872
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