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Subject Bengali Culture Level [32] Fonds

1. 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

2. EAP341/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP341/1
Title:
Collection of books and periodicals at the Chandananagar Pustakagar, Hooghly [1841-1971]
Scope & Content:
The project digitised 1974 books and periodicals on a wide range of subjects (listed in "Subject summary"). The library is one of the earliest public institutions in the then French colony of Chandannagar.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Braj Bhasha, English, French, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1841-1971
Extent:

1974 files containing 558892 Tiff images

3. EAP341/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP341/2
Title:
Collection of books and periodicals at the Bankim Bhaban Gaveshana Kendra, Naihati [1833-1971]
Scope & Content:
The project digitised only 163 but most important titles in the history of Bengali literature and literary criticism of 19th century. The institute, compared to most other public institutions is comparatively much better organised, however, migrating the contents of the library to digital platfor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Braj Bhasha, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1833-1971
Extent:
163 files containing 50489 Tiff images

4. EAP341/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP341/3
Title:
Collection of books and periodicals at the Jadunath Bhaban Resource Centre, Calcutta [1833-1972]
Scope & Content:
The project digitised only 292 important titles on cast, local history and other literature. JSRC is a smal subsidiary of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, and eceived several collection of books of scholars based in the city. The institute, compared to most other public institutions is...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Braj Bhasha, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1833-1972
Extent:
292 files containing 8248 Tiff images

5. EAP341/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP341/4
Title:
Collection of books and periodicals at the Mudiali Library, Gardenreach, Calcutta [1924-1945]
Scope & Content:
The library estblished in 1876 is custodian of one of most endangered collections. Though we managed to retrieve only 88 titles out of about 700 titles for some administrative problem with the managing committee of the library, so the digitisation in this collection is incomplete. However, we ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Braj Bhasha, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1924-1945
Extent:
88 files containing 25441 Tiff images

6. EAP341/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP341/5
Title:
Collection of books and periodicals at the Bali Sadharan Granthagar, Howrah [1872-1915] "Collection of books and periodicals at the Bali Sadharan Granthagar, Howrah [1872-1915]"
Scope & Content:
This 1885 established library is a major cultural hub of Howrah district, the most important industrial district in West Bengal. The project copied 599 titles from the library inclusive of early Bengali film pamphlets, books on cast, local history and literary criticism. The collection is one of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, Braj Bhasha, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1872-1915
Extent:

599 files containing 89819 Tiff images

7. EAP759/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP759/1
Title:
Sundarban Anchalik Sangrahashala Collection [18th-19th century]
Scope & Content:
Sundarban Anchalik Sangrahashala, a regional museum was established on 29th November, 1979 in an abandoned part of Jadunath Nandi Hospital, a charitable dispensary of Baruipur Municipality near Rabindra Bhavan in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India. Shri Hamen Majumdar is the secreta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali and Sanskrit
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1757 tiff images