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Indian cinema pressbooks, 1929-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
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Pressbooks are promotional material created by film producers to market films. These books usually contain a small synopsis of the plot, often in two or three languages, commonly English, Hindi, Urdu and sometimes a regional language like Gujarati, depending on the perceived audience for the movie. Since almost all of these movies were musicals, the lyrics to film-songs are a key feature of these booklets.This collection consists of multi-lingual cinema pressbooks that accompanied the release of films produced in India from 1929 to 2003. They are arranged in alphabetical order.

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South Asia press photographs, 1935-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
.4 linear feet (1 box)
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During the mid-to-late 1970's, South Asia, most especially India and its immediate neighbors, experienced a period of civil and political unrest. This collection consists of French press photos concerning events in South Asia from 1935-1994, with particular emphasis on the turbulent years of the mid-to-late 1970s, in which India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh experienced overlapping civil, political, and environmental crises.

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Michael W. Meister collection of conference proceedings from "Perceptions of India's Past", 1989 December 18-20

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.4 linear feet (1 box)
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Michael W. Meister is an art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian at the University of Pennsylvania. This collection consists of the conference proceedings for "Perceptions of India's Past," a conference held on December 18-20, 1989, concerning the influence art and architecture played in the historiography of India.

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Hazel Marie Griffin typescripts of 19th century British primary source documents on India, 1977-1988 (inclusive)

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8 linear feet (8 boxes)
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Hazel Marie Griffin was an Indologist and the head of the South Asian languages section of the Library of Congress. This collection contains typescripts of British primary source documents on India dating from the early to mid-19th century. The typescripts were created between 1977 and 1988 and consist of subjects ranging from sati to medicine with a focus on education.

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Godha Ram Channon papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive) 1930-1954 (bulk)

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2 boxes
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Godha Ram Channon (1882-1954) was an Indian-American political activist who played a critical role in the Indian independence movement as a member of the Ghadar Party, an expatriate revolutionary organization based in San Francisco. This collection includes material collected and created by Godha Ram Channon, as well as a small amount produced and collected by his son, V.P.: correspondence; writing by Godha Ram Channon and others; personal and professional material; material related to events planned and attended by Channon; material in Urdu and Hindi; newspaper clippings; photographs; and a small amount of miscellaneous material.

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Harold A. Budke World War II photograph album of India, 1945-1946 (inclusive)

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0.33 linear feet (1 box)
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Captain Harold A. Budke was a medic in the United States Army, posted in Calcutta from 1945 to 1946. The photographs in his album document his experiences from his trip to Calcutta, to his service with the United States Army Dispensary, to his day-to-day experiences in the city, and to his work preparing the U.S.S. Marine Panther to transport GI's and patients from India in early 1946.

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Leading aircraftman Clinton photograph album of India, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.08 linear feet (1 box)
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This collection is consists of one album of just under 100 photographs taken in India from 1944 to 1945 by a leading aircraft man (L.A.C.) in the Royal Air Force whose surname was Clinton. The photos in the album are all of India. In addition, there is a handful of loose photos from outside India.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.3 linear_foot (1 box)
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Photograph album kept by an unidentified British soldier in the Royal Air Force stationed in India during World War II. The album spans from 1944-1945 and is comprised of 330 photographs.

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