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A journey to Asia and Africa
A sketch of the constitution of the Kandyan kingdom
A work on the constitution of the Kandyan Kingdom, the last independent state in Sri Lanka, which had its capital at Kandy, 414 pages. The manuscript is endorsed at the end 'Copied by J.H. Direckize Translator of the Ratnapura Kachcheri (?) 28th Octr. 1892'.
Address presented to Miss G. Croft, M.B.E., Principal of Vincent Girls' High School, Batticaloa (1922- 1948) by the public of Batticaloa, Ceylon on the eve of her departure to England
Album of coastal profiles
Arrival of Sir Edward Stubbs in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], December 1933
Articles from 'The Field'
'Buddha's prediction': bound collection of material relating to Sri Lanka
Canada, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Aden [Adan] and Galle
Central Office of Information photograph collection
Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] 1886
Christy collection of photographs on Africa
Church Missionary Society photograph collection
Colombo Harbour completed 1885 [Construction of South-West Breakwater, Colombo Harbour, 1875-1885]
Commonwealth in Focus Slides
Commonwealth Royal Tour, 1953-1954
The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.
Commonwealth Universities
Cruise of the Yacht St George, 1880s-92
A collection of loose modern prints measuring approximately 245 x 180 mm. This prints were copied from an album containing 53 prints compiled during the voyage. Included with the prints are xeroxes of the original explanatory captions. The R.Y.S. 'St George' was owned by Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949); the compiler and/or photographer has not been identified.
David Binnie: World tour diaries and photographs
Diaries of John Laing in India and Europe
Diaries with inserted photographs, drawings and other items.
Dr Lewis Paton album of missionary work in China
East Africa and Ceylon [Sri Lanka] during the 1940s
'Education in Catholic missions in Ceylon': MA thesis
'Education in the Roman Catholic missions in Ceylon in the second half of the nineteenth century (1842-1905)', a M.A. (Education) thesis for the University of London, 517 pages.
Faviell Collection of Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] Railway views, 1867
Collection of albumen prints mounted on cards, mostly by Slinn and Co. (viz W.L.H. Skeen and Co.). Two of these photographs (of the Darporee viaduct) relate to Faviell's years in India and the remainder to the construction and opening of the Colombo-Kandy line.
F.H.H. Guillemard: Journals and notes
The collection is comprised of nine volumes of journal entries and notes written during the voyage of the 'Marchesa' and one volume of notes for Guillemard's biography of Ferdinand Magellan. Some of the volumes include lists of letters sent home by Guillemard during his voyage to eastern Asia, China and Japan, which provide a rough itinerary of his journey.