IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 7
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: Ceylon Pictorial Publications, 1938
Date(s): 1938
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Ceylon Observer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Ceylon Observer was first published as the Colombo Observer in 1834, changing its name in 1867. It published several special series including the Pictorial, and the Handbook and Directory of Ceylon.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copies of two pictorial publications the Copies of two pictorial publications the Ceylon Observer Pictorial, 1938 and Plate's Ceylon Annual 1938.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
2 volumes
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the ICS Library Staff.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
None
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Ferguson Papers (ICS 86) contain material about Alastair Mackenzie Ferguson and John Ferguson, editors and proprietors of the Ceylon Observer, 1854-1913.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001