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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Oriya Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP127/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/7
Title:
Satyabati Giri Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [1902-c 2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 69 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material dates from 1902-c 2005. The original materials are owned and held by Satyabata Giri, who acquired them from the Nihar Press. The Nihar Press specialised in producing Oriya language books in the Benga...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Oriya
Date Range:
1902-c 2005
Extent:
69 electronic folders comprised of 1,844 TIFF images, 12.2 gigabytes in total

2. EAP261/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP261/1
Title:
Digital archive of early Bengali drama
Scope & Content:
Rare and unique material of, and on, Bengali drama covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection includes texts of formal 'modern' drama, texts of jatra or traditional Bengali folk theatre, books of songs from plays, and secondary material of that period. Nearly all the material ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
112,174 TIFF images

3. EAP921/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4
Title:
The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. Aft...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
12th century-20th century
Extent:
12036 TIFF images

4. EAP921/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/5
Title:
The private collection of Dr. Shyamal Bera at his residence in Andul, Howrah
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of K...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1000 BC-20th century
Extent:
21591 TIFF images