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W. Norman (William Norman) Brown Papers

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W(illiam) Norman Brown, founder of the first academic department of South Asian Studies, spent the early part of his life in India at Harda and Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. He was sent back to the United States for an education in 1905. Brown attended Hiram College Preparatory School, 1905-1907 and Hiram College, 1908; he transferred to Johns Hopkins, majoring in Greek, and received his Ph.D. in 1916 for his work on Sanskrit under Maurice Bloomfield.

From 1916 to 1919 Brown held the position of the Harrison Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1919 to 1922 Brown held the Johnston Fellowship at Johns Hopkins and from 1922 to 1924 professorship of English at the Prince of Wales College in Jammu, India. Unable to secure a permanent position, Brown filled several fellowships and teaching posts until 1926 when he was awarded the chair of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania. From this point forward Brown worked tirelessly to enhance study of the South Asia subcontinent.

Brown organized the American Oriental Society in 1926 (which was absorbed by the American Council of Learned Societies in 1930). By 1936, he was successful in obtaining funding from this group to support the Chanhu-Daro excavation. World War II provided Brown with the unique opportunity to establish a center at Penn to train soldiers in the language and culture of the India area. By the summer of 1947 Brown's summer program, "India: A Program of Regional Studies" was being offered at Penn. Offerings continued to be expanded until a full program was available in the 1949-1950 academic year. After building an extensive program he became emeritus professor in 1966 (but engaged in teaching in a partial affiliation through to the 1969-1970 academic year.

Brown held honorary degrees from the West Bengal Government Sanskrit College, the University of Madras, India, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was curator of Indian art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a member of London's Ceylon Society, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and advisory editor for the Encyclopedia Americana, and editor of the journal for and past president of the American Oriental Society.

The documentary record of Professor Brown's career reveals the broad range of his lifelong interest in every aspect of South Asian scholarship and cultural activity. His talent in philology and translation was equaled by an administrative ability to arrange archeological dig permits, shepherd authors and printers through the publication process, teach, lecture, consult, publish personal work, travel, and continually strive for increased institutional and government support for area related studies.

The personal papers of Professor W. Norman Brown (1892-1975); eminent Sanskritist and organizer of the first South Asia area studies program in the U.S., include personal and scholarly correspondence, lecture notes, drafts and completed papers, and materials related to research, archeology, travel, and government service. The collection includes correspondence (letters and documents related to research, organizations, and individuals), 1920-1973; research notes, 1919-1973; lecture notes, 1919-1965; Chanhu-daro, Sind expedition, 1934-1943; government reports from the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), 1941-1947; professional association papers, 1927-1970; and Merganthaler Linotype Company files, 1934-1955 .

The personal records of Professor W. Norman Brown are organized into six series: correspondence, research, professional organizations, World War II, and Merganthaler and miscellaneous. Correspondence with particular individuals (especially professional colleagues) may be held in different folders related to particular activities.

Transferred to the University Archives, February 1992 and September 1992.

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Robert Nichols
Finding Aid Date
September 1992
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Australia National University, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 1
American Institute in Turkey, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 1
Ahmadiyya Movement, bibliography.
Box 1 Folder 1
The Aryan Path (magazine), 1937-1938.
Box 1 Folder 1
Prof. Ernest Bender letters, 1956.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence regarding J.N. Banerjea thesis on Hindu iconography.
Box 1 Folder 2
Prof. A.L. Basham, correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 2
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.
Box 1 Folder 2
Prof. Derk Bodde, letter.
Box 1 Folder 2
Jules Bloch, letter about, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 2
George Briggs, 1947, correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 2
Prof. George Brown (father of W.N. Brown), 1922, letter.
Box 1 Folder 2
W.N. Brown [1960-1969] personal documents; correspondence, press clippings, travel documents, personal information, University of Pennsylvania documents, 1962 note from R.S. Radhakrishnan, President of India; Nehru eulogy, June 2, 1964, 3 pp.
Box 1 Folder 3
W.N. Brown, 1971 personal correspondence, clippings, reviews, documents.
Box 1 Folder 4
W.N. Brown correspondence to 1974 papers include appreciations of Maurice Bloomfield (1855-1928), 8 pp. and Franklin Edgerton (1885-1963), 7 pp. Letters of condolence and notices after death of W.N. Brown, April 22, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 5
F. Biser, on Corasastra, 1936.
Box 1 Folder 6
Ellsworth Carlson, (History Dept., Oberlin), [1940-1959], correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 6
Howard Comfort, Haverford College, 1937, letters.
Box 1 Folder 6
Dr. Coomaraswamy related correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 6
J.C. Chatterji, [1920-1939] correspondence, includes 1930 letter from Franklin Edgerton.
Box 1 Folder 7
Cohn-Weiner, letters with, about Dr. Ernst Cohn-Weiner, Director of Art, Baroda State, India.
Box 1 Folder 7
P.F. Collier and Son, [1940-1949] correspondence regarding encyclopedia articles.
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence with, about Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Calcutta, (Professor, West Bengal Council, etc.), [1950-1969].
Box 1 Folder 8
Curiosa, misc. personal letters, [1940-1969].
Box 1 Folder 9
Prof. Paul Dumont, Sanskritist, Johns Hopkins, [1950-1969], correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 10
Har Dayal, Sanskritist, letters, 1938.
Box 1 Folder 10
Dealers in India, papers about antiquity dealers, [1930-1949].
Box 1 Folder 10
Francis Dart, University of Oregon, 1965 correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 10
F.H. Das, 1930-1939 correspondence with Frida Das, artist about sculptures.
Box 1 Folder 10
I. Della Valle, [1930-1949] correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 10
I Dyen, [1930s-1949] correspondence with, about Isidore Dyen.
Box 1 Folder 10
A.C. Eastman correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 11
Franklin Edgerton.
Box 1 Folder 12
G. Emerson.
Box 1 Folder 12
Elansade.
Box 1 Folder 12
East Indies Institute.
Box 1 Folder 12
Encyclopedia of India Fiction.
Box 1 Folder 12
Emeneau, Dr. Murray, [1930-1939] related letters.
Box 1 Folder 13
Emeneau, Murray, Prof. at Berkeley, etc.; [1940-1969] correspondence.
Box 1 Folder 14
Encyclopedia Britannica Films, [1940-1949] correspondence; includes draft, 35 pp., of Hindu Children film-In collaboration with W.N. Brown.
Box 1 Folder 15
Examinations, [1920-1929], [1940-1969] exams for various students.
Box 1 Folder 16
Faculty Research Committee, [1930-1939] University of Pennsylvania research reports, related correspondence [1930-1940]; documentation of University of Pennsylvania research awards to W.N. Brown.
Box 1 Folder 17
Freer Gallery of Art, [1960-1969] correspondence, especially concerning Vasanta Vilasa, W.N. Brown publication.
Box 1 Folder 18
Fabri.
Box 1 Folder 19
Dr. John Ferguson, China, 1933.
Box 1 Folder 19
Miss F. Flaherty, photographer, 1939.
Box 1 Folder 19
Dr. C. Fries, Michigan, 1937.
Box 1 Folder 19
Dr. Herman Goetz, 1934-1965.
Box 1 Folder 20
Chitra Gairola.
Box 1 Folder 20
R.A. Gard, 1945, recommendations.
Box 1 Folder 20
Robert Garrett, [1930-1949].
Box 1 Folder 20
Dr. B. Geiger, 1938, various correspondence, papers.
Box 1 Folder 20
W. Norman Brown, personal letters, note on April 3, 1972 meeting with Indira Gandhi (copy of note to Brown signed by Indira Gandhi).
Box 1 Folder 21
H.W. Glidden, [1930-1939] correspondence with, about.
Box 1 Folder 22
Hazen Foundation, New Haven, [1950-1969].
Box 1 Folder 23
McCrea Hazlett, University of Rochester, various papers, [1960-1969].
Box 1 Folder 23
Dr. L.L. Hammerich, Copenhagen, [1960-1969].
Box 1 Folder 23
Gerda Hartmann, [1930-1939].
Box 1 Folder 23
Father Heras, 1937, about Heras article, review of his "Indus Valley speculations".
Box 1 Folder 23
W. H. Hezlep, 1937-1939.
Box 1 Folder 23
F. Howland, 1935, includes map of Hamadan, Persia (1933).
Box 1 Folder 23
Hyderabad State, 1928-1929, correspondence regarding photography at Aurangabad, Ellora, and Ajanta, list of photos.
Box 1 Folder 23
Harper Bros., [1940-1949] publisher correspondence; includes 1939.
Box 1 Folder 24
Prof. Daniel Ingalls, Harvard, [1960-1969].
Box 1 Folder 25
Prof. Harold Issacs, M.I.T., etc., [1950-1969].
Box 1 Folder 25
Iranian Institute, 1938, correspondence with Arthur Upham Pope.
Box 1 Folder 25
Institute of Pacific Affairs, [1940-1949] papers, documents, notes, correspondence. Topics include study of India in the United States and conferences at Mont Tremblant and Princeton.
Box 2 Folder 1
International Association For the Study of Religions, 1963-1965, documents, correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 2
"Japanese Studies," Oct. 5, 1941 proposal for Rockefeller Foundation support for adding Japanese language instruction, "in the present emergency".
Box 2 Folder 3
Helen Johnson, including about Trisastisalakapurusacarita Project (correspondence with James A. Montgomery).
Box 2 Folder 3
from Mirza Jaffar, New Haven, letter in Sanskrit.
Box 2 Folder 3
Jayanta Vijaya, letters and postcards, 1936-1938.
Box 2 Folder 3
A.V.W. Jackson, [1920-1939] correspondence with A.V. Williams Jackson, Prof. of Indo-Iranian Languages, Columbia; includes 3 pp. memorial-eulogy, 1937 and N.Y. Times obituary.
Box 2 Folder 4
Kerner, outline of India volume, stapled to 1947 letter from Holden Furber on work, Kerner series, Punjab situation, etc.
Box 2 Folder 5
Betty Keat, 1960.
Box 2 Folder 5
Dr. Stella Kramrisch, [1930-1939] correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 5
J.M. Kumarappa, Proposal for Cultural Cooperation Between the People of India and those of the United States, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 5
Karve, Dr. Irawati, 1959-1966 correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 6
N.S. Khiste, [1930-1949] correspondence with Pandit Narayana Shastri Khiste, Benares.
Box 2 Folder 7
Dr. Berthold Laufer, Field Museum, Chicago, 1929-1930.
Box 2 Folder 8
Linguistic Society of America, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 8
Dr. Owen Lattimore, correspondence 1948-1964.
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Library of Congress, Associate Fellow notices for 1943-1945.
Box 2 Folder 8
Prof. C.R. Lanman, Harvard, correspondence from 1930-1937.
Box 2 Folder 8
Sidney Marshall, Eleutherian Mills Library, Delaware, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 9
Sir John Marshall (retired Director-General of Archeology in India), 1931, correspondence about support for Marshall's work.
Box 2 Folder 9
David S. Mandelbaum, [1930-1939] related correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 9
Microfilm apparatus, 1939 proposals, documents for microfilming in India (by H. Poleman).
Box 2 Folder 9
Prof. T.L. Manghirmalani, [1940-1959] correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 9
Justice O.H. Mootham, letters, 1950-1965.
Box 2 Folder 9
H.W. Magoun, letters between W.N. Brown, Magoun, and E. H. Sturtevant, 1940.
Box 2 Folder 9
Meletinsky's Review of Mythologies of the Ancient World, 1962, volume, edited by S.N. Kramer, included essay by W.N. Brown.
Box 2 Folder 9
Prof. B.D. Merritt, 1939, letters.
Box 2 Folder 9
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1945, personal correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 9
Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, N.Y., grant award letters, recommendations, 1928-1939.
Box 2 Folder 9
Glenn R. Morrow, University of Illinois, Urbana, letters, 1939.
Box 2 Folder 9
Walter H. Maurer, 1947-[1969] correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 10
Dr. K.M. Munshi, [1940-1969] correspondence with, about the President, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay; includes Sanskrit Vishva Parishad (World Academy of Sanskrit) documents; BVB pamphlets.
Box 2 Folder 11
Prof. Hajime Nakamura, [1950-1969].
Box 2 Folder 12
Dorothy Norman, Aaron E. Norman Fund, correspondence, 1961; about American Friends Service Committee, [1950-1951].
Box 2 Folder 12
Prof. Arthur Nock, Harvard, letter, 1941.
Box 2 Folder 12
Oriental Club of Philadelphia, [1930-1939] documents, membership lists.
Box 2 Folder 13
Pakistan Studies, America Institute, [1960-1969] correspondence about setting up Pakistan research center.
Box 2 Folder 14
Pali Text Society, [1940-1979] documents, correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 15
Pali Text Society, [1940-1979] documents, correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 16
Richard L. Park, [1940-1969] correspondence, includes copy of Kanji Dwarkadas outline of India's Fight for Freedom, 2 vols.; notes on Project Pakistan-India-Ceylon, 1953, progress reports, (8 newsletter reports).
Box 2 Folder 17
Philadelphia Museum of Art, [1940-1969] correspondence.
Box 2 Folder 18
Dr. Horace Poleman correspondence, obituary, misc., (Sanskritist, Chief.
Box 2 Folder 19
Dr. Horace Poleman correspondence, obituary, misc., (Sanskritist, Chief.
Box 2 Folder 20
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta, 1962, letters from.
Box 2 Folder 21
T. Ramachandran, Govt. Museum, Madras, letters 1930-1932.
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J. Rahder, postcard, 1945; letter, 1930.
Box 2 Folder 21
Brig. E.J. Ross, 1941, correspondence about Baluchistan archeology.
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Royal Asiatic Society, 1941, Corresponding Fellow notice.
Box 2 Folder 21
"Radhu Krishnan (Jammu)," [1920-1929] letters from Prince of Wales College.
Box 2 Folder 21
H.H.A. Razzack, letters about M. Kazim, 1943.
Box 2 Folder 21
Prof. L. Renou, Paris, letters, 1947-1965.
Box 2 Folder 21
Dr. Karl Reuning, curriculum vitae, undated [1940-1949].
Box 2 Folder 21
C.A.F. Rhys-Davids, correspondence with, about Dr. Coomaraswamy, 1939.
Box 2 Folder 21
Walter Ruben, letter, 1939.
Box 2 Folder 21
Adelaide Rudolf, Columbia University Library, letters, [1930-1939].
Box 2 Folder 21
Dr. V. Raghavan, of Sanskrit, Madras, correspondence from 1960-1969.
Box 2 Folder 22
Dr. P.T. Ragu, 1950-1969 letters.
Box 2 Folder 23
Dr. Olive Reddick, correspondence [1940-1969]; includes 1959 list of recent W.N. Brown publications.
Box 2 Folder 23
Dr. C. Kunhan Raja, Sanskritist, letters [1940-1959].
Box 2 Folder 23
Dale Riepe, Prof. of Philosophy, SUNY, Buffalo; correspondence [1960-1969].
Box 3 Folder 1
Rochester Group for Indian Studies, [1960-1969] letters.
Box 3 Folder 2
Louis Rosenblum, Compugraphic Corp., Mass., correspondence includes "Proposal for Analysis of Devanagari Script," for use in photographic typesetting machines for India.
Box 3
Sahitya Akademie, New Delhi, [1950-1969] correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 4
Sanskrit Manuscripts, [1920-1969] correspondence about Sanskrit documents, manuscripts, study, including Sanskrit Department, 2 pp., 1928, by W. N. Brown.
Box 3 Folder 5
Scholastic Magazines, [1960-1969] correspondence on The Indian Subcontinent publication, W.N. Brown consultant work.
Box 3 Folder 6
Shah, Vamakant Premanand, University of Baroda, [1950-1969], correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 7
Mary H. Shimer, [1940-1969] correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 8
Thomas W. Simons, Prof. at Michigan State University, [1960-1969] correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 9
Dr. Milton D. Singer, University of Chicago, [1950-1969] correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 10
Dr. Ludwig Sternbach, [1940-1969] correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 11
Sati-Patthana, 1936 correspondence with B. de Zirkoff.
Box 3 Folder 12
L. Scherman, [1940-1949] letters about, with.
Box 3 Folder 12
W. Schubring, 1929 letter to Prof. Walter Schubring, University of Hamburg.
Box 3 Folder 12
C. Schuster, Carl Schuster curriculum vitae.
Box 3 Folder 12
M.H. Shimer, [1940-1949] correspondence with, about.
Box 3 Folder 12
Roman Jakobson work, Slavic work.
Box 3 Folder 12
Marian Smith, letters in envelopes.
Box 3 Folder 12
Gregg Sinclair, University of Hawaii, 1937.
Box 3 Folder 12
Wilfred C. Smith, McGill University, Montreal, 1948-1957.
Box 3 Folder 12
Dr. E. Spieser (Oriental Dept.,Penn), 1965 death notices.
Box 3 Folder 12
Dept. of State Consultants, 1950, letters about State Dept. consulting, Federal Employment application, Form 57.
Box 3 Folder 12
Sanskrit Goshthi, Bombay, program of events, Sept. 10, 1954.
Box 3 Folder 12
Jaipal Singh, (M.P., Bihar Minister), letters, 1949-1963.
Box 3 Folder 12
Friedrich Spiegelberg, c.v.
Box 3 Folder 13
Prof. Otto Stein, Czecholovakia, 1938 letters.
Box 3 Folder 13
Dr. Ludwig Sternbach, 1941.
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Prof. Otto Strauss, 1939.
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Prof. M.S. Sundaram, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 13
Dr. Romila Thapar, correspondence, 1962-1964.
Box 3 Folder 14
Prof. Dan Thorner, 1945-1946 letters.
Box 3 Folder 14
Senator E.D. Thomas, Utah, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 15
Tomita Itinerary, trip to India.
Box 3 Folder 15
R.L. Turner letter.
Box 3 Folder 15
Uttaradhyayana Sutra, [1930-1949].
Box 3 Folder 15
University of Pennsylvania Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, [1930-1949].
Box 3 Folder 15
Vijaya Indra Suri, [1930-1959].
Box 3 Folder 16
Vasanta Vilasa review, correspondence with Freer Gallery.
Box 3 Folder 16
Vijaya Nemi Suri.
Box 3 Folder 16
Von Lentz, letters about Dr. Dietrich von Lentz, 1945.
Box 3 Folder 16
Prof. J.A.B. van Buitenen, Chicago, correspondence 1956-1966, (1966 offer of Penn position, etc.).
Box 3 Folder 16
Dr. J.E. van Lohuizen-de-Leeuw, letters, 1950-1966.
Box 3 Folder 16
L. Van Mourick, film producer, 1961, critiques of Karma film.
Box 3 Folder 16
Prof. K.B. Vyas, letters, 1954-1958.
Box 3 Folder 16
Watumull Foundation, [1940-1969].
Box 3 Folder 17
O. H. de A. Wijesekera, [1960-1969].
Box 3 Folder 18
Yueh-Chih, C.W. Bishop.
Box 3 Folder 19
Quaritch Wales, 1940 correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 20
R. Gordon Wasson, 1970 correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 20
Welker, 1939-1941 correspondence on Marion Welker book.
Box 3 Folder 20

"South Asia Studies in the U.S.," W.N. Brown papers including, "Area Studies of South Asia," 1949.
Box 3 Folder 21
"South Asia as an Area of Study," adapted from W.N. Brown UNESCO address, January, 1952.
Box 3 Folder 22
"The Aim of Art in India," lecture, slideshow notes, 23 pp.
Box 3 Folder 23
"The Aim of Indian Art," article, notes, 10 pp.
Box 3 Folder 24
"Architecture, Sculpture, Painting," 24 pp.
Box 3 Folder 25
"The Art of India," text of 1936 radio broadcast, 7 pp.
Box 3 Folder 26
"Boro Bodoer," temple sideview blueprint, overhead view map.
Box 3 Folder 27
"A Bronze Vessel from Central Asia," [1930-1939] correspondence, article notes.
Box 3 Folder 28
Buddhist Legends in Christian Gospels and Buddhist and Christian Gospel Legends, various notes from the [1930-1939], two pictures (related?).
Box 3 Folder 29
Early Indian Miniature Painting, paper, delivered [1949], 24 pp.; plus course description South Asia 537-The Indian Village, 4 pp.
Box 3 Folder 30
Early Sculpture in India, 20 pp. lecture notes.
Box 3 Folder 31
"Festivals in India," misc. notes on festivals, Jan. 14, 1947.
Box 3 Folder 32
"Formelmarchen," U.S. folksong notes.
Box 3 Folder 33
"Forword to Nawab's Book on Jain Art," 1935.
Box 3 Folder 34
"Hindu Stories in American Negro Folklore," by W.N. Brown while at Johns Hopkins University, 20 pp; Hindu Stories and American Negro Folk-Tales, 11 pp., plus notes.
Box 3 Folder 35
Imperial Gazetteers Union List, approx. 55 pages of district gazetteer listings.
Box 3 Folder 36
India (Book for UNESCO), 1946, draft copy, approx. 109 pp., in chapters.
Box 3 Folder 37
"India as an Illustration of Colonialism," [1945], 8 pp. outline.
Box 3 Folder 38
"India," delivered Dec. 8, 1950, 21 pp., plus outline.
Box 3 Folder 38
"South Asia in World Affairs," Feb. 22, 1964, 14 pp.
Box 3 Folder 38
"India's View of Asia," October 1949, 30 pp.
Box 3 Folder 38
Review of "Cultural Heritage of India," [1937]; lecture notes for Bryn Mawr College, 1952, unused.
Box 3 Folder 38
"India's Will to be a Nation," W.N. Brown article in "India and the World," includes June, 1933 issue; reprinted in "Hindu Organ," Jaffna, Oct. 5, 1933 issue included; plus August 31, 1933 issue of "Hindu Organ".
Box 3 Folder 39
"Course Notes-I.E. Peoples," Indo-European notes, 230+ pp.
Box 3 Folder 40
"Jain Wooden Temple Hall," lecture notes; "The Jain Temple Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," 24 pp.; 32 pp. dated Dec. 14, 1940; plus misc. notes.
Box 4 Folder 1
Kalaka, [1920-1939] correspondence, reviews, and notes of W.N. Brown volume The Story of Kalaka, 1933; plus text photos and notes.
Box 4 Folder 2
"Kalila Wadima," unpublished manuscript, 14 pp. and notes.
Box 4 Folder 3
"Kalpasutra MS Sam `927', Kalpasutra," notes and correspondence on 1934 catalog by W.N. Brown of "Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasutra".
Box 4 Folder 4
"Minaksi," paper "The Name of the Goddess Minaksi Fish Eye," 14 pp., letters, notes.
Box 4 Folder 5
"Painting As Manuscript Illustration in India," 28 pp.
Box 4 Folder 6
"Painting As Manuscript Illustration in India, 1000-1600 A.D.," 18 pp. Article.
Box 4 Folder 7
"A Painting of a Jain Pilgrimage," 1946 paper, 8 pp., plus various notes.
Box 4 Folder 8
"Pakistan Reprints," correspondence from recipients of W.N. Brown article, "India's Pakistan Issue".
Box 4 Folder 9
"People and Temples of Kashmir," lecture notes, 5 pp.
Box 4 Folder 10
"Relations of West Pakistan with Western Asia in Ancient and Modern Times," draft and paper, 1953, 17 pp.
Box 4 Folder 11
"A Pillared Hall," [1930-1949] correspondence, sketches, reviews, telegrams, notes about W.N. Brown volume "A Pillared Hall from a Temple at Madura, India in the Philadelphia Museum of Art".
Box 4 Folder 12
"Religions of India," notes, outline, 90 pp.; plus Journal of American Oriental Society reprint- "Proselyting the Asuras (A Note on Rig Veda 10.124)," 1919, 4 pp.
Box 4 Folder 13
"The Re-shaping of India," W.N. Brown paper, Oct. 1936, 35 pp.
Box 4 Folder 14
"Rope Trick," letter from Dr. Coomaraswamy about subject.
Box 4 Folder 15
"Some Early Rajasthani Raga Paintings," paper, 13 pp.
Box 4 Folder 16
"The Stories and Paintings of the Jaina Sage Kalaka," abstract and paper by W.N. Brown, 9 pp.
Box 4 Folder 17
The Saunderyalahari (Harvard University Press), 1958; [1950-1969] correspondence about W.N. Brown publication.
Box 4 Folder 18
Swastika, notes, reviews, correspondence on W.N. Brown pamphlet, 30 pp., 1933; includes N.Y. Times review, clippings.
Box 4 Folder 19
"Tawi Tales," W. N. Brown manuscript, 100+ pp.
Box 4 Folder 20
November 1923 No. 1, vol. VIII, 2 copies.
Box 4 Folder 20
May 1924 No. 3, vol. VIII.
Box 4 Folder 20
April 1927 No. 1, vol. XI.
Box 4 Folder 20
Tagore Lectures, 1964-1965 correspondence about lectures delivered at Michigan by W.N. Brown (published as Man in the Universe, U. of Cal. Press, 1966).
Box 4 Folder 21
"Tar Baby," [1930-1939] correspondence about article.
Box 4 Folder 22
UNESCO, 1947-[1969] materials, correspondence about: W.N. Brown editing UN book on India and "East-West Project." Includes W.N. Brown lecture notes on "Ethnics of India," other notes.
Box 4 Folder 23
UNESCO, 1947-[1969] materials, correspondence about: W.N. Brown editing UN book on India and "East-West Project." Includes W.N. Brown lecture notes on "Ethnics of India," other notes.
Box 4 Folder 24
"Vasanta Vilasa," correspondence with numerous colleagues regarding W. N. Brown publication, [1960-1969].
Box 4 Folder 25
"Walking on Water" file, [1920-1949] research notes, correspondence, review of The India and Christian Miracles of Walking on the Water volume by W.N. Brown, 76 pp., 1928.
Box 4 Folder 26
W. Norman Brown Bibliography and Bibliographical Notes, including copies of 1927 bibliographies; some W.N. Brown personal publications to 1934; "List of Publications" of W.N. Brown in [1920-1929]; notes; [1960-1969] list of publications dating to 1919.
Box 4 Folder 27
Address List for Publications, distribution lists for different W.N. Brown publications, dating from [1920-1929].
Box 4 Folder 28
"Christ's tomb (Kashmir)," 1926 letter from Commercial Museum, Philadelphia.
Box 4 Folder 29
"Mahimnastava," manuscript by W.N. Brown, 51 pp.; other documents, prints.
Box 4 Folder 30
"Mahimnastava," manuscript by W.N. Brown, 51 pp.; other documents,prints.
Box 4 Folder 31
"Mahimnastava," prints, notes, negatives, transparencies.
Box 4 Folder 32
"Creation Myth in Rg Veda," notes, correspondence about.
Box 4 Folder 33
"Kanisha Problem," notes from, by? G.L. Schanzlin.
Box 4 Folder 34
Sanskrit, Rg Veda, translation notes, papers, [1920-1939].
Box 4 Folder 35
"Possibilities of a Connection between Sumerian and the Language of India".
Box 5 Folder 1
"Amplified Outline of Sanskrit Historical Phonology for use of beginners in Sanskrit" by Franklin Edgerton.
Box 5 Folder 1
"Comparative Grammar".
Box 5 Folder 1
The Upanishads Translated by Swami Nikhilananda, 2 vols. 1949, 1952.
Box 5 Folder 2
Self-knowledge (Atmabodha) by Swami Nikhilananda, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 2
King Trasadasyu as a Divine Incarnation (A Note on Rg Veda 4.42) by W. Norman Brown.
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, by Heinrich Zimmer, edited by Joseph Campbell, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 2
Deliver Us From Evil, by Sten Rodhe, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 2
"Indra's Infancy According to Rig Veda 4.18," by W. Norman Brown, paper and text.
Box 5 Folder 2
The Basis for the Hindu Act of Truth, by W. Norman Brown.
Box 5 Folder 2
The Warlis, by K.J. Save, 1945 review.
Box 5 Folder 2
Kota Texts, by M.B. Emeneau, 2 vols. 1944, 1946, review.
Box 5 Folder 2
Translation Notes, Sanskrit, A.V. V 3-8.
Box 5 Folder 3
Miscellaneous lecture notes, [1930-1959].
Box 5 Folder 4
W. Norman Brown personal notebooks and work notes.
Box 5 Folder 5
Draft of "The Birth of Bangladesh" chapter for The U.S. and India,Pakistan, and Bangladesh, 1972 volume.
Box 5 Folder 6
Daniel Ingalls, Harvard, correspondence.
Box 5 Folder 6
Morris D. Morris, correspondence.
Box 5 Folder 6
Barbara Stoler Miller, correspondence.
Box 5 Folder 6
Mary Carras correspondence, recommendation.
Box 5 Folder 6
Copy of "Modern Typesetting for the Scripts of India," 1937, 17 pp.
Box 5 Folder 6
1957 press release of $85,000 Carnegie Corp. grant to Penn for SARS program; note from Dean Rusk, correspondence with E. Bender, others.
Box 5 Folder 7
[1960-1969] papers; Annals publication, copies of W.N. Brown area studies related papers, notes, reprint of "Some Notes on the Rain-Charms, Rig-Veda 7.101-103," by W.N. Brown, 5 pp.
Box 5 Folder 8
"Books and all reading material," [1940-1969] correspondence, notes on misc. journals, articles, reviews, books, encyclopedia work, etc.; includes copy of "Indic Studies in the United States," 4 pp. by W.N. Brown, 1960.
Box 5 Folder 9
"Books and all reading material," [1940-1969] correspondence, notes on misc. journals, articles, reviews, books, encyclopedia work, etc.; includes copy of "Indic Studies in the United States," 4 pp. by W.N. Brown, 1960.
Box 5 Folder 10
Speeches and Meetings, [1960-1969] materials relating to W.N. Brown lectures, travels, across U.S.; lecture notes.
Box 5 Folder 11
Speeches and Meetings, [1960-1969] materials relating to W.N. Brown lectures, travels, across U.S.; lecture notes.
Box 5 Folder 12
[1940-1949] papers, corespondence, reviews by W.N. Brown, including review of Discovery of India, by J. Nehru, 1946.
Box 5 Folder 13
[1950-1969] W.N. Brown written reviews; reviews of W.N. Brown work.
Box 5 Folder 14
[1960-1969] correspondence regarding various books, articles, reviews; also copies of W.N. Brown articles "The Indian Games of Pachisi, Chaupar, and Chausar," 20 pp. and "South Asia Studies in America Today," 19 pp.
Box 5 Folder 15
University Press, University of Pennsylvania, letters regarding Brown volume, other work, [1960-1969].
Box 5 Folder 16
Harvard University Press, publishers U.S., India, and Pakistan, review notices, correspondence with Ann Orlov (HUP), concerning proofs, misc., concerning various editions of volume, [1950-1969]; includes W.N. Brown c.v.
Box 5 Folder 17

PMA India Catalog, notecards listing Indian sculptures, many with photos on reverse.
Box 6 Folder 1
University of Pennsylvania Capital Campaign, 1965, documents; plus 1965 personal correspondence, including about South Asia Library.
Box 6 Folder 2
American Philosophical Society, Nominations for Membership pamphlets, [1950-1969].
Box 6 Folder 3
Correspondence with Dr. Ernest Mackay, archeologist, 1934-1935, about Chanhu-daro, "Sind dig".
Box 6 Folder 4
Archaeological Survey of India file-letters about Chanhu-daro excavation, licensing, 1934-1935.
Box 6 Folder 5
Correspondence with D.G.A., India, 1935-1936 documents include License to excavate Chanhu-daro, 1935; photo of Indian excavations at Chanhu-daro; paperwork of Mackay crew hiring; antiquities division; other expedition papers.
Box 6 Folder 6
M.F.A., Boston Museum of Fine Arts [1930-1939] correspondence, including Chanhu-daro funding.
Box 6 Folder 7
Department of State Consular, [1930-1939] letters on Sind excavations.
Box 6 Folder 8
Letters soliciting funds for Chanhu-daro dig, 1936-1937; plus 1946 documents of expedition, Mackay items shipped to U.S.
Box 6 Folder 9
Mackay field reports.
Box 6 Folder 10-12
Newspaper clippings about Chanhu-daro.
Box 6 Folder 10-12
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, literature.
Box 6 Folder 10-12
Letters attempting to fund a second season of digging, misc. telegrams.
Box 6 Folder 10-12
A Scheme for the Survey of unexplored Prehistoric Sites in Western and Northern Sind.
Box 6 Folder 10-12
American School of Indic and Iranian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, correspondence, [1930-1939].
Box 6 Folder 10-12
"The Excavations at Chanhu-daro India," [1939], paper, 9 pp.; plus Director General of Archeology letter, 1942.
Box 6 Folder 13
Archeological Institute of America, Chanhu-daro fund raising correspondence, [1930-1939].
Box 6 Folder 14
American Oriental Society-Chanhu-daro volume, 1941-1943, various letters on the publication of Mackay's work (Chanhu-daro Excavations 1935-1936), involving Furst Company printers and personal letters from Mackay.
Box 6 Folder 15
American Oriental Society-Chanhu-daro volume, 1941-1943, various letters on the publication of Mackay's work (Chanhu-daro Excavations 1935-1936), involving Furst Company printers and personal letters from Mackay.
Box 6 Folder 16
Mrs. Mackay, family, personal correspondence, 1943 (death of Prof. Mackay).
Box 6 Folder 17
"The Problem of Law and Order in Reoccupied Burma," 34 pp., (Office of Strategic Services-Research and Analysis Branch No. 1253, dated 16 December 1943).
Box 6 Folder 18
"Appendix I," 109 pp., Law and Order in Burma Under British Administration : A historical survey of British difficulties; the disregard of social and political ends .....".
Box 6 Folder 18
"Appendix II," 80 pp., "Japanese Policy in Burma".
Box 6 Folder 18
'Section III' "Population and Social Conditions," 38 pp.
Box 6 Folder 19
'Section IV' "Political," 15 pp.
Box 6 Folder 19
'Section V' "Economic," 33 pp.
Box 6 Folder 19
Pakistan report/manuscript, 129 pp., study of Pakistan movement, approx. date late 1942-1943.
Box 6 Folder 20

"Communist Party of India," report circa 1945, "Dorothy Speneer" handwritten on first page.
Box 7 Folder 1
"The Depressed Classes of India," report, 112 pp.
Box 7 Folder 2
"Economic Rehabilitation in Burma," 1 June 1945, 6 pp.
Box 7 Folder 3
"References to Activities of Indians in Japan and Occupied Areas," Extracted from Japanese Radio Broadcasts (1941-44), 100 pp. (Research and Analysis No. 2702A, dated 16 November 1944).
Box 7 Folder 3
"Conversation with John Scott Everton, Head of American Friends Service Committee," dated 23 December 1944, (Field Memorandum 101(FR-172), 2 pp.
Box 7 Folder 4
"British Africa," Jan. 13, 1945, 3 pp.
Box 7 Folder 4
"Curbs on United States Trade by the Government of India," Sept. 7, 1945, 5 pp.
Box 7 Folder 4
Situation Report: India.
Box 7 Folder 4
"Indian Attitudes Towards Government Plans," 4 pp. (Research and Analysis Branch # 1346.107, dated 21 May 1945).
Box 7 Folder 4
Situation Report: India.
Box 7 Folder 4
"The Government of India's Program for Post-War Development," 4 pp. (Research and Analysis Branch # 1346.106, dated 14 May 1945).
Box 7 Folder 4
Situation Report: India.
Box 7 Folder 4
"India's Sterling Balance," dated 18 June 1945.
Box 7 Folder 4
Situation Report: India.
Box 7 Folder 4
"The Viceroy Rejects Gandhi's Proposals for a Settlement," (Research and Analysis Branch #1346.71, dated 26 August 1944).
Box 7 Folder 4
"Japanese Behavior Patterns," Office of War Information reportby Ruth Benedict, Sept. 15, 1945, 59 pp.
Box 7 Folder 5
"Japanese Thought and Action," by Marian W. Smith, 40 pp.
Box 7 Folder 5

1930s correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 6
Tentative budget for American School of Indic and Iranian Studies, 1930.
Box 7 Folder 6
W.N. Brown grant statement (about 1934 study of Indian miniatures), 1938.
Box 7 Folder 6
Indic Committee Notes, American Council of Learned Societies, Committee on Indic and Iranian Studies, notes from meetings of 1935, 1937, 1939-1943.
Box 7 Folder 6
Correspondence with Mortimer Graves, Waldo Leland.
Box 7 Folder 6
Initial Conference documents, 1929.
Box 7 Folder 7
Board of Trustees First Meeting, 1934 document.
Box 7 Folder 7
Agenda for December 7, 1929 meeting.
Box 7 Folder 7
"Proceedings American Council of Learned Societies," Dec. 7, 1929, 110 pp. meeting transcript.
Box 7 Folder 7
Notes, letters about ASIIS, [1920]-1930.
Box 7 Folder 8
School of Indo-Iranian Research-Member Committee.
Box 7 Folder 8
School of Indo-Iranian Research-Chairman Committee.
Box 7 Folder 8
Other ASIIS papers.
Box 7 Folder 8
Contributions Solicited, Pending, and Possibilities, for American School of Indian and Iranian Studies, 1927-1931.
Box 7 Folder 9
Contributions-Solicited-Refused, 1927-1930; plus 3x5 cards of stories.
Box 7 Folder 10
ASIIS-Pledges, [1920-1949] documents, correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 11
Committee For Advancement of Oriental Studies, [1940-1949] documents, letters.
Box 7 Folder 12
Indic and Iranian Committee Meetings, 1930-1932 correspondence, documents.
Box 7 Folder 13
Committee on Indic and Iranian Studies Report of Activities, [1930-1949] reports.
Box 7 Folder 14
Minutes of Committee Meetings-ASIIS Reports, etc., [1920-1939] documents.
Box 7 Folder 15
Information and Opinions on the Bibliography, 1946 letters on b bibliography project.
Box 7 Folder 16
Department of State-Consular, [1920-1939] correspondence with State Department on American School of Indo-Iranian Research in India.
Box 7 Folder 17
Fiction Motif Index, [1940-1949] correspondence: East Indies Society, Ancient Near East, Catholic University.
Box 7 Folder 18
Papers Presented at Second Punjab Studies Conference, MSU, 1968; copies of papers by Hari Prakash Sharma, Hafeez Malik, Surjit Singh Dulai, Kenneth w. Jones, Stanley Brush.
Box 7 Folder 19
"India and Humanistic Studies in America," [1930-1939] proposals, correspondence, 34 pp. draft and paper of title.
Box 7 Folder 20
Files include "National School of Oriental Languages," "Latin American," "National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel" 17 pp. memo; [1940-1949] documents; Whitney's Roots Sanskrit text reprint correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 21
[1930]-1941 correspondence: Rockefeller Foundation, Southeast Asia, Tibetan Material.
Box 7 Folder 22
W. Norman Brown correspondence 1969-1970, including AIIS documents.
Box 7 Folder 23, 24, 25, 26
W. Norman Brown miscellaneous personal correspondence 1971, AIIS documents, travel documents, (retired as AIIS President).
Box 8 Folder 1
W. Norman Brown miscellaneous personal correspondence 1971, AIIS documents, travel documents, (retired as AIIS President).
Box 8 Folder 2
AIIS, American Institute of Indian Studies correspondence, [1970-1979].
Box 8 Folder 3
American Oriental Society, various records relating to meetings, publications, etc., 1939-[1969].
Box 8 Folder 4
American Oriental Society, various records relating to meetings, publications, etc., 1939-[1969].
Box 8 Folder 5
XXV International Congress of Orientalists (Moscow, 1960), correspondence regarding Congress.
Box 8 Folder 6
XXVI International Congress of Orientalists (New Delhi, 1964), assorted notes, letters.
Box 8 Folder 7
XXVI International Congress of Orientalists (New Delhi, 1964), assorted notes, letters.
Box 8 Folder 8
International Congress of Orientalists (Ann Arbor, 1967); ICO related papers, correspondence, 1964-1965.
Box 8 Folder 9
International Congress of Orientalists (Ann Arbor, 1967); ICO related papers, correspondence, 1965-1970.
Box 8 Folder 10
International Congress of Orientalists, assorted papers.
Box 8 Folder 11
ICO correspondence, pamphlets, organizing materials, 1964-1970.
Box 8 Folder 12
XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, 1967, papers, includes Committee on Revision of Statutes, misc. letters.
Box 8 Folder 13
A-B-C.
Box 8 Folder 14
D-E-F.
Box 8 Folder 15
G-H-I.
Box 8 Folder 16
J-K-L.
Box 8 Folder 17
M-N-O.
Box 8 Folder 18
P-Q-R.
Box 8 Folder 19
S-T'.
Box 8 Folder 20
U-V-W.
Box 8 Folder 21
X-Y-Z (letter about E.M. Zhukov).
Box 8 Folder 22
International Congress of Orientalists XXVIII (Canberra) papers, correspondence, relating to Jan., 1971 Congress.
Box 8 Folder 23
JAOS Index, letters on index project, 1939-1941.
Box 9 Folder 1
AOS-Indexing of, includes meeting reports of Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 1940s documents, "Memorandum on African Studies in the United States" by Ralph Bunche, 2 pp., 1946.
Box 9 Folder 2
JAOS-New Format, [1940-1949] correspondence on Journal of American Oriental Society.
Box 9 Folder 3
AOS Centenary, correspondence about American Oriental Society 100th Anniversary with various individuals.
Box 9 Folder 4
American Oriental Society, International Congress of Orientalists 1960, three page analysis of Aug., 1960 Congress in Moscow, numerous copies.
Box 9 Folder 5
American Committee for the History of South Asian Art, [1960-1969] correspondence, mainly with Pramod Chandra, University of Chicago.
Box 9 Folder 6
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1951-1964 letters from John K. Fairbank, Donald Mackay, Dr. Taraknath Das (on award of Watumull Prize, 1954 to W.N. Brown).
Box 9 Folder 7
American Historical Association correspondence, 1948-1960, including letters.
Box 9 Folder 8
American Philosophical Society, various notices, letters, and records, 1947- [1969].
Box 9 Folder 9
American Society for the Study of Religion, notices and correspondence, [1950-1969].
Box 9 Folder 10
Archeological Institute of America, correspondence, [1920-1949], including with Prof. William Bell Dinsmoor, Columbia; Sept. 9, 1922 letter to W.N. Brown from R.V.D. Magoffin, Johns Hopkins.
Box 9 Folder 11
Asia Foundation; Committee for Free Asia, letters, literature, [1950-1969].
Box 9 Folder 12
Asia Society, correspondence, issues of newsletter, [1960-1969].
Box 9 Folder 13
Association for Asian Studies, Inc., [1950-1969] literature, letters.
Box 9 Folder 14
AAS Committee on International Scholarly Liaison, [1960-1969] correspondence, materials, meeting minutes.
Box 9 Folder 15
AAS Committee on Research and Development, [1960-1969] correspondence with numerous colleagues.
Box 9 Folder 16
AAS, Far Eastern Assosiation, [1940-1969] notes, correspondence.
Box 9 Folder 17
American Council on Education correspondence, referring to National Defense Education Act amendments, House Bills H.R. 3000, H.R. 6112, 1963, House of Representatives testimony.
Box 9 Folder 18
Encyclopedia Americana, [1940-1969] correspondence, includes article reprints, article production notes.
Box 9 Folder 18

Encyclopedia Americana, [1940-1969] correspondence, includes article reprints, article production notes.
Box 10 Folder 1
Encyclopedia Americana, [1940-1969] correspondence, includes article reprints, article production notes.
Box 10 Folder 2
Mergenthaler Linotype Company, [1930-1959] correspondence, includes: Devanagari Main May 30, 1950 type chart; "Some observations based upon a visit of W.N. Brown to the Mergenthaler factory, July 3, 1936," 10 pp.
Box 10 Folder 3
Linotype-Reports from Field, 1934-1935, 1947-1948, 1950, 1954-1955, reports about general and publishing conditions in India, Burma, etc.
Box 10 Folder 4
Chinese Typewriter, 1948 report by W.N. Brown.
Box 10 Folder 5
Typewriters, [1930-1959] correspondence with manufacturers about Devanagari typewriter, other Indian languages.
Box 10 Folder 6
Urdu Linotype material, includes pictures of W.N. Brown in Pakistan, 1950; linotype layout materials, Pakistan Day 1950 material, letter from Harold Bender, 1936.
Box 10 Folder 7
Linotype-Siamese, 1935 correspondence regarding potential for Siamese use of machinery.
Box 10 Folder 8
Pashto, 1952 linotype correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 9
Korean, 1952 linotype correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 10
Kannada, 1952 linotype correspondence, includes pamphlets.
Box 10 Folder 11
Linotype-Burmese, [1930-1939], 1952-1953 correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 12
Linotype-Devanagari, [1930-1959] letters, notes.
Box 10 Folder 13
Linotype-Tamil, [1940-1959] correspondence.
Box 10 Folder 14
Sinhalese Linotype material, correspondence, [1930-1959].
Box 10 Folder 15
Linotype-Bengali, materials, notes, letters, [1930-1949].
Box 10 Folder 16
Summer 1948 South Asia program; program, administrative and student records.
Box 10 Folder 17
1949 South Asia summer program notes, student list.
Box 10 Folder 18
SA 600, South Asia Seminar 1949-1951 notes.
Box 10 Folder 19
University of Pennsylvania South Asia Department; [1950-1954] budgets; former students list; publications.
Box 10 Folder 20
South Asia Regional Studies Business, [1950-1959] documents include March 15, 1950 SARS Bulletin.
Box 10 Folder 21
References, for graduate students, fellowships, others, [1950-1969].
Box 10 Folder 22
Envelopes: misc. lecture notes, including Kashmir trek; "Types of Indian Miniature Painting"; and Grammatical Notes by Jayanta Vijaya, from Uttaradhyayanasutra (letter).
Box 10 Folder 23
Notecards of fables.
Box 10 Folder 24
Envelopes 1 and 2 Notecards of fables.
Box 11

Memorabilia and regalia.
Box 12
Honorary Degrees (4).
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