Archaeological Survey of India. Circle reports

Early annual reports of historic archaeological work in India.

Assorted materials dealing with India filmed at the British Museum

Collection of 5 microfilm reels containing items such as college calendars (Punjab University), National Social Conference reports, and other reports, essays and lectures.   Reel guide available and some items cataloged separately.

Bengali Newspapers from Dacca

SAMP has filmed four titles from the 1970s using the holdings of Columbia University and CRL. Titles and dates include:

Saptahika Naya Duniya [July 1970 - January 1971]
Ganabamla [February 1971, February - March 1972]
Jayabamla [1972]
Ajakera Samabaya [October 1975 - September 1978]

Bombay Sanskrit and Prakrit series

This monographic series (with its previous title, Bombay Sanskrit series) is held on fiche for the period [1868-1942].

Brittle Bengali Books

SAMP has filmed 41 rare and unusual 19th and 20th century books published in Calcutta.  The titles are in Persianized Bengali language and cover subjects such as religious instruction, poetry, and literature.

Buchanan-Hamilton manuscripts

Twenty volumes of survey accounts, natural history drawings, and other material of Francis Buchanan (1762-1829), held at the Oriental and India Office of the British Library.  Buchanan was a surgeon in the Bengal Service from 1794 to 1816, botanist and ichthyologist, who was employed by the Company on many special missions and on general survey work. 
See guide to microfilm set.
Link to CRL Catalog record and online version.

Church Missionary Society. South India (Madras) Mission

SAMP has filmed records from the CMS archives for the South India mission, including "Letter book" papers for 1830-1865 (CMS CI2 L2-L6) and "Mission book" papers for 1834-1862 (CMS M12-M27):
Exact Reel contents are:

Crime in India

CRL and SAMP has filmed CRL's holdings of Crime in India, a publication issued by the Government of India.  CRL/SAMP holds the years 1954-1955; 1958-1960; 1962-1963; and 1967-1970. 
Status:  Approved 4/1996. Completed 4/1999.

Documentation of emergency period in India (June 1975 till March 77) / collected and edited by Arun Limaye

After the election of 1977 in India, it was soon realized that future historians would have a serious problem writing about the period 1975-77 since the Indian newspapers, which form a very important contemporary source, were heavily censored.   In an attempt to find out alternate sources, it was soon realized that the letters written by and to the political detenues formed a very important source.  The Limaye Papers consist of over 10,000 letters written during this period in English, Hindi, and Marathi.   The letters throw a flood of light on several aspects of life in general and politics in particular (most notably the background to the formation of the Janata Party).

Economic and Political Weekly

SAMP has filmed 1971-1980 of Economic and Political Weekly to complete the missing years in microfilm.  1981-present is available from Bay Microfilms, Inc. though SAMP has decided not to purchase at this time.
Status: Approved 4/1996. Completed 1998.

EPWAPDA Fortnightly Bulletin

This title was filmed by SAMP, using holdings from Columbia University. Coverage includes December 1963 - March 1971.

Grammars and Dictionaries in Dravidian languages

A collection of instructional tools filmed from the collection of New York Public Library in the languages of Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

India Land Settlement Reports

SAMP holds a near complete collection of available Indian Land Survey and Settlement Reports, filmed at the British Library’s India Office Library. This collection reflects an important source of material for the study of Indian rural society, particularly economic and social changes during the period of British rule in India.

India Office Records. Home Miscellaneous Series

SAMP purchased this 334 reel collection comprising most of the main surviving documents relating to the London administration of India and Burma before independence.  The series includes 814 volumes of documents covering most aspects of the British connection with India from the early seventeenth to the nineteenth century.  "The documents highlight the early trade of the famous East India Company, the role of the company in British empire-building, the Indian mutiny of 1858, and the subsequent period of crown sovereignty over Indian territory." The collection is described in Samuel Charles Hill's Catalogue of the Home Miscellaneous Series (available at CRL - Ref. copy Z1033.M6 H648), and can be searched through the Access 2 Archives database of the UK National Archives (search "Home Miscellaneous" for a complete listing of manuscripts IOR/H/1 - IOR/H/864). A manuscript-to-reel guide is also available.

Indian Proscribed Tracts, 1907-1947

Periodicals and pamphlets banned by the British India government for their content.

Indian Election Manifestoes, 1967

The 1967 general elections manifestoes are political party platform statements from the general election, including the Communist Party of India, Marxist (Rightist); Communist Party of India (Leftist); Indian National Congress; Forward Bloc; Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha; Bharatiya Jana Sangh; Praja Socialist Party; Samyukta Socialist Party; Swatantra Party; Republican Party of India; Bangla Congress; and Tamilnad Toilers Welfare Party.   Manifestoes are also cataloged separately by party.

Indian Newspaper Reports
(Extracts from the Native Press, 1868-1937)

Translated extracts of vernacular press in India.

Itihasa Sangraha

SAMP has arranged for the filming and acquisition of this Marathi periodical from Satara (Maharashtra, India) for the period Sept.1908-1916. It contains a wealth of 17th and 18th century source material, including newsletters from the court of Ahalyabai Holkar.

Joint IMC/CBMS (International Missionary Council, Conference of British Missionary Societies) Archives : Africa & India, 1910-1945

SAMP has purchased this collection on microfiche in collaboration with the Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP). 

Kaiser-i-Hind

The University of Manchester has donated to SAMP their complete collection of Kaiser-i-Hind, ranging from 1882 until the end of its publication in 1981.   This newspaper, published in Gujerati and English, became a platform for the Indian National Congress formed in 1885.  The paper represents the view of the Parsi community in India and is of great historical value to historians, scholars, and political scientists.  In collaboration with the International Coalition on Newspapers, SAMP has filmed: 1882-1888; 1890-1899; Jan. 7, 1900- Dec.26, 1943; April 2, 1944- June 21, 1981 [gaps].

[Kenneth Jones Serials]

SAMP fimed several brittle and rare serials from the collection of Kenneth Jones. These are source materials cited in his important works on religion, sociology, and history of the Panjab. They include:

Abhira Samacara (1913-1916, 1924-1925)
Dayalbagh Herald (1935-1937)
Sarasvata Samacara (June - Dec. 1929)
Sarasvata Sandesa (1937-1938)
Sarvadeshak Sud Samacar (1939-1942, 1945-1949)

Legislative Assembly Debates

This collection covers a range of historic legislative assembly proceedings from India, (Assam, Bihar, Bengal, Bombay, Central Provinces and Berar, Coorg, Kerala, Madras, Orissa, Punjab, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh), Pakistan (North-west Frontier Province, East Bengal, Sind), Burma, and Ceylon.  Titles cataloged individually.

Methodist Missionary Society archives

In conjunction with CRL, CAMP, and LAMP, the project has purchased sections of the minutes, reports and correspondence in mss. and typescript of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society and the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, which merged with the United Methodist Missionary Society in 1932 to form the Methodist Missionary Society.  SAMP's holdings include India and Ceylon synod minutes as well as correspondence with the Ceylon mission.

Newspapers from the British Library and Nehru Memorial Library

From 1991-1997, SAMP voted to acquire a number of newspaper titles from the India Office of the British Library and the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.  See title list and details.
Status:  Approved 4/1991. Discontinued in 1998.  Funds redirected to Kaiser-i-Hind.

Norman Gerald Barrier collection of South Asian political tracts

A collection of pamphlets and publications concerning political and historical topics, covering roughly 1930-1971 (bulk 1960-1971). See complete index .

Popular Literature in Hindi and Urdu

Frances Pritchett proposed filming a variety of material from her personal collection of qissah (narrative "chapbook" literature), nautanki (folk-opera) texts, and other popular genres.  Most texts are from the 20th century, with a number from the late 19th as well.  Print guide available at CRL.

SAMP 19th Century Hindi Project

SAMP 19th Century Hindustani Project 

SAMP early Panjabi Imprints project

Prior to its collaboration with the British Library on the above-mentioned Hindi and Hindustani projects, SAMP proposed a project to film vernacular holdings at the India Office Library and Records.  One early result was the microfilming of 80 volumes (about 46,000 pages) of Panjabi tracts held in the IOL.   These 340 reels (call no. MF-11623) are as yet uncataloged, but a guide is available for loan at call no. E-10816. 

Selected works on Indian literatures and cultures

Collection of 13 works by Garcin de Tassy primarily on Hindustani language and literature.

Selections from the records of the Government of India, 1849-1937

This large series consists of 346 volumes of important records pertaining to a variety of aspects of the history of the British administration in India.  The records, originally housed in the India Office Library and Records of the British Library, range from Dutch records in Madras to land revenue settlements and other matters, and deal with not only Indian territories but Burma, Aden, Tibet, and other countries adjacent to the sub-continent.   Purchased from IDC on 3032 microfiche (with other sections available on microfilm from the Library of Congress), a print index and guide to the collection is also available for loan.

Shab Khun (Allahabad)

SAMP has filmed this important literary journal of Urdu for the period 1966-2000. 

South Asia ephemera collection

Available on microfiche, this is a large collection of pamphlets assembled by the Library of Congress New Delhi office.   It covers a wide range of topics and includes all countries of South Asia.   The collection is cataloged separately by title - access to the entire set can be found by searching series title on CRLCATALOG.

Sukumar Sen papers

SAMP has filmed the manuscripts of Sukumar Sen, one of the most eminent Bengali linguists and literary scholars of the 20th century.  The manuscript collection, assembled by the late Professor Sen over the course of his life, is held near Calcutta and contains many rare block prints and some sole exemplars of texts.  SAMP dispatched one of its portable cameras in the region to perform the filming. Catalog available.

Tracts and Miscellaneous Printed Material...

9 reels of published and unpublished works 1850-1920 selected from India Office Library by Prof. Barrier.

Young Pakistan Weekly

This title bears historical importance as it covers articles on the political, literary and social environment of East Pakistan of that crucial time period just before the establishment of Bangladesh.
Coverage dates include August 1, 1961 - December 2, 1971 [Vol. VI, no. 73 - Vol. XXV, no. 23 (501)].

Uncataloged Material of SAMP available in microform