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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Bengali Subject Portraits

1. EAP1104/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/1
Title:
Private Collection of Motilal Family, Bowbazar
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The Motilal family of Bowbazar was founded by Biswanath Motilal, a renowned salt merchant of Kolkata. He was born in 1779 and rose to prominence working his way up from an ordinary position. He had entered the salt trade in partnership with Rammohan Mallick of Barabazar. But B...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
18th century-20th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

2. EAP1104/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/7
Title:
Private Collection of Upendrakishor Ray (Chowdhury)'s Family, Kolkata
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: The history of the Rays goes back to the mid 16th century when Ramsundar Deb decided to settle in Yasodal (in Bangladesh) as the son-in-law of a local ruler. His subsequent generations acquired the honorific title of Majumdar, which later changed to Ray which too was bestowed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
246 TIFF images

3. EAP1247/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1247/4
Title:
Mahadeb Das Baul Collection
Scope & Content:
A collection of Baul songs which were initially collected and copied by the father and grandfather of the manuscripts’ owner (Laxman Das Baul and saint-songwriter Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, who lived in 1892- 1964). The notebooks digitised in the collection are hand copied from older notebooks by t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:
1454 TIFF images

4. EAP1247/4/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1247/4/7
Title:
Portrait of Sukhdeb Das Baul
Scope & Content:
The photograph was taken probably in 1990 when Sukhdeb Baul was 30 years old. Size and dimensions of original material: 11.4 X 8.3 X 0.1. Condition of original material: Damaged. Fading and foxing present. Arrangement: Found inside a notebook.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

5. EAP1247/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1247/4/11
Title:
Portrait of Sukhdeb Das Baul
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Sukhdeb Das Baul. This is roughly a passport sized photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: 5 X 3.9 X 0.1. Condition of original material: Damaged. Fading present. Pencil inscription at the back. Arrangement: Found inside a notebook.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images