Identity area
Reference code
LK-NA/77
Title
Records of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Date(s)
- 1972-1996 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Manuscripts, Recorded Tapes and Slides, 1-924
Context area
Name of creator
Ministry of Cultural Affairs
(1972-1996)
Administrative history
A separate Ministry of Cultural Affairs was established on 31st May 1970. It was restructured on 1st April 1980. The administrative organization consisted of a Secretary and two assistant secretaries. The departments attached to the ministry were Archeology Museums and Cultural affairs. In addition Buddhist and Sinhala Encyclopedia offices and the Dictionary offices were also under this ministry. The pattern of the administration was that an each asst. secretary was assigned to some departments.
Each department was headed by the commissioner or the Director. Encyclopedia and Dictionary office were headed by chief editors. The heads were responsible for the administration and the professional work of the respective departments and offices. Ministry of Cultural affairs was re-organized by amalgamating the department of cultural affairs and the Sri Lanka Cultural Council. Consequently the ministry was divided into 3 sections Viz., Arts, Religious and Literary activities and Publications.
Each department was headed by the commissioner or the Director. Encyclopedia and Dictionary office were headed by chief editors. The heads were responsible for the administration and the professional work of the respective departments and offices. Ministry of Cultural affairs was re-organized by amalgamating the department of cultural affairs and the Sri Lanka Cultural Council. Consequently the ministry was divided into 3 sections Viz., Arts, Religious and Literary activities and Publications.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Folk stories, folk songs, Committee of inquiry appointment (1972) Experts meeting on inter cultural relations across Indian ocean (1978), Performance report Ministry of Cultural Affair (1977-1978), List of names of Buddhist Priests, Temples, Churches and Kovil in Ampara, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Kalutara Kandy, Kegalle, Monaragala, Matara, Matale, NuwaraEliya, Polonnaruwa and Ratnapura (1972), Recorded tapes containing speeches made at the bringing of Buddhist relics to Sri Lanka (1978), Slides containing historic places and ancient temples religious ceremonies buddha images and sculptures in the temple of Anuradhapura, Colombo, Kandy and Polonnaruwa areas (1973), Palm Leaf Sanna Sahitha Bhawatheraya, vinaya vinishaya, sanuktha, nikaya, athakatha, auyrweda granthaya, saddharma rathnawaliya saha dharma granthayak, parm leaf and kala bhushana upahara ulela (1973-1985), Publication on mihinthalawa, (1979), Sahithyaya (1981), Encyclopedia of Buddhism, (1965-1977), Sinhala sanna sahithyaya pali sathipattana suthraya, (1922), Sinhalese dictionary, (1981), English – Sinhalese dictionary, Chullawagga pali, sandakada pahana, Murugal, world buddhist commission report Dhammapadaya (Tamil), Neththippakarnaya, (1973) Vesak athirekaya (Tamil) (1973) honda vedagath potha, (1984) jana kavi sangrahaya, (1984), kala bhushana Ulela puwath asin, (1985) cultural treasures of Sri Lanka, (1987), Jana kavi velum, (1987)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Sinhala
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
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Creator)
Description control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/77
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- Sinhala
Script(s)
Sources
International Council on Archives: Guide to the Sources of Asian History. Colombo: National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996