SS5 - Ceylon Newspaper Limited/ The Sutantiran

Identity area

Reference code

UTSC 014-S2-SS5

Title

Ceylon Newspaper Limited/ The Sutantiran

Date(s)

  • 1940, 1946-48, 1950-1954, 1956, 1958-1959, 1961, 1964-1977, 1983-1984 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

7 cm of textual records

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Ceylon Newspapers Ltd. was registered as a company in 1946, with Chelvanayakam being one of the directors. From 1947 to 1983 it published the Tamil paper The Sutantiran. There was a brief pause from 2 June 1958 to 20 October 1958 when the Government closed the press under emergency powers.

Subseries contains account statements, memos, reports, and correspondence regarding the newspaper.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Some material may be restricted due to privacy. 

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English
  • Tamil

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Finding aids

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

    Alternative identifier(s)

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    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Name access points

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    Description control area

    Description identifier

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

    • English
    • Tamil

    Script(s)

    • Latin
    • Tamil

    Sources

    Accession area