Series 9 - Research, ideas and activities

Textual, publications, 0.70 m

This series consists of correspondence, notes, research notes, and background material on a broad variety of topics of that Professor Sugunasiri was interested in and about which he was often thinking and writing about.

There are three “shoe boxes” of 3” x 5” and 5” x 8” index cards with research and bibliographic notes, and files of notes, bits and pieces of manuscripts documenting Professor Sugunasiri’s thoughts, ideas, and activities that do not readily fit into other series. Some of the entries are partially or wholly written in Sinhala. Most of these cards were compiled between 1967 and 1974, though there are some later ones from 1991. There is some order to these cards; some from 1967-1974 are grouped by topic such as “Buddhism”, “Education” (with various subtexts), “Goals”, “Ideas”, “Medical curriculum”, and “References”. Otherwise, they are grouped as unpacked; where initially held together by elastic bands, plastic clips and metal binder clips have been substituted. The 1991 cards deal primarily with spirituality and dialogue. The 5” x 8” cards contain notes on ideas drawn from specific books.

The cards from 1966 and 1967 were compiled while the Sugunasiri’s were in the United States, but with a side trip back to Sri Lanka and preparing to immigrate to Canada, with.

Also present are files relating to research on numerous elements of Buddhism, South Asian anthologies and short stories, and the Indian diaspora in Canada (British Columbia and the Toronto are in particular).

THERE ARE SOME NOTES WITHIN THE ABOVE SCOPE & CONTENT ABOUT ARRANGEMENT WHICH ARE HARD TO TEASE OUT SO THEY'VE BEEN LEFT THERE FOR NOW....

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• English
• Sinhala

A number of letters, with associated notes, that were interfiled with the cards have been separated out and filed separately in Series 2: Education, under “correspondence with Mrs. Mae”. Address cards from the 1967-1974 period have been removed to Series 1.