The Impact of CRL

Stories illustrating CRL’s impact on research, teaching, collection building and preservation.

SAMP's Unique Urdu and Hindi Collections Support Teaching and Scholarship in Devotional Literature, Gender Studies, and the Arts

Prof. Robert Phillips, lecturer for the Program in South Asian Studies at Princeton University, teaches courses in Hindi-Urdu and South Asian Studies, and has used both South Asia Materials Project (SAMP) and CRL resources to support different research, writing, and teaching projects.

South Asia Specialist’s Research Enriched by CRL Collections

Wendy Singer, Kenyon College professor, explains how CRL collections supported her original research on Indian social policy and elections.

Afghan Documentation Spans Tumultuous Century

Daily newspapers and cultural journals collected by LC's Field Office in Islamabad have been preserved through the efforts of MEMP and SAMP.  

Teaching Modern History of India With CRL Newspapers

CRL's extensive holdings of Indian newspapers proved highly valuable for University of Iowa history professor's undergraduate course, "Imperialism and Modern India."

Carthage College Students Work with Cold War Primary Resources

How CRL documentation on the Cold War helped Carthage College students "touch history” in their research.