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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP127/1 Level [33] SubFonds

1. EAP127/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/1
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Main Collection
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 467 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material forms the School of Cultural Texts and Records' core collection of Popular Market Bengali Books, and was almost wholly acquired within Kokata, through: a) spot purchases from pavement stalls, fai...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
467 electronic folders comprised of 22,858 TIFF images, 215 gigabytes in total

2. EAP127/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/2
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection A
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 411 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material is considered by the School of Cultural Texts and Records to form an autonomous collection, as they were collected as part of organised trips under the aegis of the EAP127 project. The material wa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Hindi
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
411 electronic folders comprised of 25,036 TIFF images, 235 gigabytes in total

3. EAP127/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/3
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection B
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 18 Bengali 'Popular Market' Books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material which forms this collection at the School of Cultural Texts and Records was collected by Sujit Mandal, a lecturer in Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University during th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
18 electronic folders comprised of 1,332 TIFF images, 11.3 gigabytes in total

4. EAP127/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/4
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection C
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 103 Bengali 'popular market' books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original materials in this collection were donated to the School of Cultural Texts and Records by Arun Ghosh. The original material dates from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries; mo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
103 electronic folders comprised of 4,997 TIFF images, 48.7 gigabytes in total

5. EAP127/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/5
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection F
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 52 Bengali 'popular market' books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material was collected by Aritra Chakraborti, working for the School of Cultural Texts and Records. Material in the collection probably dates from the late 20th century to the earl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
52 electronic folders comprised of 5,842 TIFF images, 37.7 gigabytes in total

6. EAP127/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/6
Title:
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

7. EAP127/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1/7
Title:
School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection H
Scope & Content:
This sub-fonds consists of 26 Bengali 'popular market' books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material was collected by Tanusree Sen, a former member of the School of Cultural Texts and Records, from her home locality of Dhakuria in Kolkata. The majority of these books are...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
26 electronic folders comprised of 2,416 TIFF images, 24.1 gigabytes in total