Subseries SS1 - Family correspondence

Identity area

Reference code

UTSC 012-S1-SS1

Title

Family correspondence

Date(s)

  • 1948, 1955-1956, 1959-2001 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

20 cm of textual records

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Scope and content

Family correspondence includes photocopies of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam’s correspondence (some of which was sent to Wilson by his request), photocopies of correspondence from Emily Grace Barr-Kumarakulasinghe’s family (S. J. V. Chelvanayakam’s wife) which the Wilson family arranged into the folders called “Ancestral letters,” and correspondence addressed to A. J. Wilson and/or his wife Susili Wilson.

With exception for the ancestral letters, titles have been provided and the correspondence arranged by the archivist. Significant correspondents have been arranged alphabetically and occasional letters and correspondents remain in chronological order.

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Some material may be restricted due to privacy. 

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Language of material

  • English
  • Tamil

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