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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/3/3/45
Title:
Scope & Content:: A dharmashala for low-caste guests of the government. Constructed in 1916, it now serves as a police barrack. The building in the background to the right was erected in the same year to accommodate high-caste guests. Today it houses the Nepal Eye Hospital.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1928
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/3/3/50
Title:
Scope & Content:: A dharmashala for low-caste guests of the government. Constructed in 1916, it now serves as a police barrack. The building in the background to the right was erected in the same year to accommodate high-caste guests. Today it houses the Nepal Eye Hospital.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1928
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/5/1
Title:: Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies
Scope & Content:: Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies. The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Late 1800s
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/5/1/6
Title:
Scope & Content:: Henry Ambros Oldfield. Oldfield served as the doctor at the British Residency in Kathmandu from 1850 to 1863, during the early years of the reign of Jang Bahadur Rana. Oldfield's water-colours provide important information on the architecture of the Kathmandu Valley at that time.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s-1940s
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/5
Title:: Portraits
Scope & Content:: Nepal opened up to the outside only in 1950s. Cameras were only allowed to the Ranas and a few elites. The portraits taken before the 50s are interesting as they give a glimpse into a common man's life that are not documented otherwise.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Late 1800s
Extent:: 447 TIFF images