School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection G
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of eight Bengali 'popular market' books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material was collected by Svrovonti Basu, a former member of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, through casual purchase in Kolkata. None of the books are dated; however, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
8 electronic folders comprised of 320 TIFF images, 2.71 gigabytes in total
Digital images of rāju ban gaẏā jentalmyān, a collection of lyrics to Hindi films songs. Published by Rajendra Library; author and date of publication unknown.
Digital images of padābalī kīrtan, a book of traditional religious songs. Compiled by śrī baishñab dās, published by Rajendra Library. Date of publication unknown. The front and back covers are missing from the book.
Digital images of harinām saṃkīrtan, a collection of religious choric songs. Compiled by ujjval biśvās and aśvinī kumār ācāryya, published by Bharat Book Agency. Date of publication unknown. Pages 7 and 10 are missing; however the images have been numbered consequtively.
Digital images of śvet pātharer thālā, a book of popular film songs. Published by Raju Sachdeb Publications; author and date of publication unknown. Pages 3 through 10 contain the same content as pages 13 through 20.
Digital images of biśuddha nityakarmma paddhati, a manual of daily religious rituals. Written by hemcandra bhaṭṭācāryya, published by Akshay Library. Date of publication unknown.
Digital images of śyāmal mitrer bāṃlā chāẏāchabir gān o hiṭ ādhunik, a book of Shyamal Mitr's popular songs. Compiled by pradīp sacdeb, published by Rajendra Library. Date of publication unknown. The front cover is missing from the book.