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Project / Collection Archiving Popular Market Bengali Books Language Bengali Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP127/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/1
Title:
Jadavpur University School of Cultural Texts and Records Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [c 1870-c 2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 1,087 books digitised as part of the EAP127 Archiving popular market Bengali books project. The books are listed within seven sub-fonds, reflecting the arrangement of the original materials held by the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University. These divisi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
1087 electronic folders comprised of 62,801 TIFF images, 574.51 gigabytes in total

2. EAP127/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/2
Title:
Radha Prasad Gupta Collection of Adventure Novels [c 1830-c 1940]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 29 books digitised as part of the EAP127 Archiving Popular Market Bengali Books project, funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. The books are all adventure novels dating from the mid 19th to the early 21st Century, and were published by Rahasya-Lahari, Haridas Pal, a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
c 1830-c 1940
Extent:
29 folders comprised of 4,413 images, 25.9 gigabytes in total

3. EAP127/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/3
Title:
Devajit Bandyopadhyay Collection of Theatre Booklets [c 1925-2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 134 theatre booklets digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The originals were published c 1925-2005. These booklets were produced in small print runs by independent publishers. They were intended to mark and promote new theatrical productions and to serve as a memento....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and English
Date Range:
c 1925-2005
Extent:
134 electronic folders comprised of 1,695 TIFF images. 15.1 gigabytes in total

4. EAP127/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/4
Title:
Sukanta Chaudhuri Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [2008]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 11 Bengali 'Popular Market' chap books, digitised as part of the EAP127 project. All original materials were published in 2008. The collection consists of: a book of mathematical puzzles; a teaching manual; books of Bengali folk songs; books of popular music; a book of tra...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
2008
Extent:
11 electronic folders comprised of 544 TIFF images, totalling 5.44 gigabytes

5. EAP127/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/5
Title:
Samantak Das Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [1990-2008]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 78 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material dates from 1990-2008. The books cover a wide range of subjects typical of Bengali street publications, including: popular literature such as detective stories and ghost stories; books concerning reli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1990-2008
Extent:
78 electronic folders comprised of 3,827 TIFF images. 36.9 gigabytes in total.

6. EAP127/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/6
Title:
Arun Ghosh Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [c 1870-c 2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 71 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original materials date from the late 19th century through to the early 21st century (c 1870-c 2005). Material in this fonds covers a wide range of subjects, typical of Bengali street books: popular literature includi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
c 1870-c 2005
Extent:
71 electronic folders comprised of 4,626 TIFF images. 41.3 gigabytes in total.

7. 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

8. EAP127/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/8
Title:
Gautam Mitra Collection of Popular Market Bengali Books [c 2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 44 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The books date from c 2005. The collection covers a broad range of subjects, typical of Popular Market Bengali Books, including: popular literature, such as ghost stories and detective novels; books of devotion and religi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:
c 2005
Extent:
44 electronic folders comprised of 1,987 TIFF images, 20.1 gigabytes in total

9. EAP127/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/9
Title:
Rudrajit Mookherjee Collection of Cinema and Theatre Booklets [1932-2005]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of 1,433 booklets digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The booklets cover a range of dates from 1932-2005, and represent the films of numerous production houses and studios. A few of the booklets relate to theatre productions. The booklets were regularly produced to promo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, French, German, and Hindi
Date Range:
1932-2005
Extent:
1,433 electronic folders comprised of 13,912 TIFF images, 134 gigabytes in total

10. EAP127/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP127/10
Title:
Prabir Sen Collection of Kissa Books [1980/81-1986/87]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of three volumes digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The volumes date from 1387-1393 in the Bengali calendar [1980/81-1986/87 in the Gregorian calendar], and were published by Osmania Library. Kissa books constitute a distinctive kind of popular-market publication, stro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali
Date Range:
1980-1987
Extent:
3 electronic folders comprised of 180 TIFF images, 2.56 gigabytes in total