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EAP1153/1/5/3
- Record Id:
- 040-004518423
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004515243
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178855176.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1153/1/5/3
- Title:
- Diary 1974 [Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]
- Scope & Content:
-
This is a diary containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain notes on the topic of local versions of the Mahabharata in Rajasthan and mention of various publications and journals related to the topic including a publication by Sushila Gupta from Bikaner. The notebook contains extensive notes kept through daily documentation of a building work in progress including rooms to be built, setting up of electricity and water supply etc. Names of various artists and groups in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan along with ethnogrpahic note on the role of the Manganiars in a wedding at Pallivada village. The diary contains Kothari's thoughts concerning a monograph to be published on Manganiars along with lists of Manganiar villages, their instruments and songs, and a note on Leela Seori village near Pushkar. The notebook has also been used as a daily journal irregularly and documents visits to SNA meetings in Jaipur and Delhi, and UNESCO semiars in Delhi. Information on Par painting and performance including visual analysis of paintings of Bagrawat and Pabuji, notes on Nihalde Sultan epic and extensive description of performance of Pabuji with list of wordmeanings from Rajasthani and list of words used to address Pabuji. A separate piece of paper kept inside the notebook contains a booklist.
Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan.
Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes.
Extent and format of original material: 385 pages, handwritten 184 pages inculding two loose pieces of paper.
Physical characteristics: Personal diary of year 1974. Contains handwritten notes with blue, black and red ink and also written with pencil, Jacket of the diary is plastic and of green colour. The front jacket has year written with red marker. Pages have turned yellow and brittle.
Owner(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.
Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Documentation of music and folklore in Western Rajasthan
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004515243
036-004518420
040-004518423 - Is part of:
- EAP1153/1 : Rupayan Sansthan
EAP1153/1/5 : Personal Diaries and Notes
EAP1153/1/5/3 : Diary 1974 [Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari] - Hierarchy:
- 032-004515243[0005]/036-004518420[0003]/040-004518423
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1153/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 395 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1153-1-5-3
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Hindi - Scripts:
- Devanagari
Latin - Start Date:
- 1974
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 1974
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Personal diary of year 1974. Contains handwritten notes with blue, black and red ink and also written with pencil, Jacket of the diary is plastic and of green colour. The front jacket has year written with red marker. Pages have turned yellow and brittle.
- Arrangement:
- Arranged in Series by ARCE
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies of the material are also located at Rupayan Sansthan, ARCE, British Library
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the Rupayan Sansthan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan State, India.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)