Identity area
Reference code
UTSC 012-S4-SS3-24-1
Title
A. Amirthalingam to J. R. Jayewardene : correspondence
Date(s)
- 1979-1981 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1928-2000)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File includes: copies of five letters from Appapillai Amirthalingam (Leader of the Opposition) to Jayewardene on various issues such as: violence against Tamil people; admission to the universities; killings by police in Jaffna under A State of Emergency; inhumane treatment. Also contains an original letter from August 1981 which Wilson wrote notes on.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This material was found in the folder [A. J. Wilson and J. R. Jayewardene : correspondence] but was separated out so as to distinguish it.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English