Catalogue of Cultural Archives – Kalanidhi -C

Name of the Collection Quantum / Material Category
SAHITYA
Dr. R C Rangra collection audio recording of Interview with writers of Indian Languages.
  • 41 audio cassettes
Voice of Tagore – audio recordings of Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore.
  • 20 audio spools
Akhilesh Mittal collection recordings of renowned Urdu Poet, Firaq Gorakhpuri

 

  • 21 audio spools
VASTU SILPA
Lance Dane collection of Art objects 
  • 998 Art objects
Lance Dane collection of photo archives of Art and Architecture
  • 1,00,000 35mm col. slides, 

  • 35mm B&W neg. & contact prints.

Benoy Behl collection of Ajanta Cave Frescoes
  • 675   35 mm col. slides
Shambhunath Mitra collection of terracotta decorated temples of West Bengal (Biranum, Bankura, Burdwan, Hooghly & Howrah, Midnapur and Murshidabad districts.)

 

  • 15,189 B&W negatives
CHAYAPATA
Raja deen Dayal Collection of rare photographs and glass plate negatives.
  • Glass plate neg. 2500
  • Contact Prints 2743
  • Prints of paper 638
  • Studio equipment 19
  • Furniture pieces 13
  • Microfilms of studio registers 5
  • Grindlay’s Exhibition mounts 268
  • Documentation material journals brochures etc. 22
Cartier Bresson collection of photographs important political leaders and event of pre and post independence of India
  • 107 B&W prints
DRD Wadia collection of photographs of National & International events & people of pre & post independent India
  • 800 B&W prints 
  • 4141 B&W neg. (35mm & 120mm)
  • 9 frames photographs
  • 39 equipment items and scrap books
David Ulrich collection of photographs on subject of nature and rock art.
  • 25 B&W mounted prints.
Photographs by Jyoti Bhatt & Raghava Kaneria on the people of Saurashtra.
  • 50 B&W mounted prints.
Ashvin Mehta’s photographs ‘The Third Eye’ and Gifts of solitude’ series.
  • 15 col.    10 B&W
Martha Strawn collection of photographs of Kolam
  • 26 B&W 
Sunil Janah collection on tribal social cultural and political life of India
  • 50 B&W mounted prints.
Shambhu Shaha collection on photographs of Guru Ravindra Nath Tagore

 

  • 61 B&W un-mounted prints
SANGITA
Krishnaswamy collection reporographic and audio collection of the musical instruments of India
  • 599 photographs
  • 784 B&W slides
  • 369 sketches

 

S. Natarajan collection of audio recordings on Carnatic Music
  • 363 audio spools
V. Ranga Rao collection of rare recordings of Carnatic music
  • 608 / 78rpm music records
Ranganayaki Ayyengar collection on Western classical music
  • 57 music records
Dr. S. Venkatesan collection on Carnatic and Indian music
  • 116 (78rpm music)

 

OTHER COLLECTIONS
Elizabeth Brunner paintings slides
  • 1751 col. 35 mm slides
Coorg Costumes and Jewellery.
  • 43 pieces of jewellery and 2 sets of wedding costumes and video cassettes on Coorgi Wedding.
Surahis of Shri Abdul majid Ansari
  • 9 clay surahis
UNESCO photographs on sites of different parts of the world
  • 44 col. plastified photographs.
Prof. R P Misra collection of old geographical maps of Europe, Africa and Asia
  • 63 maps
Ananda Coomaraswamy
  • Books 86
  • Journals 1097
  • Letters 115
  • Music disc. 703
  • Glass slides 486
  • photographs 227
COLLECTION OF OTHER DIVISIONS
Harikatha Collection Books on religion & philosophy
  • 212 books (Sanskrit, Tamil and English) 
  • 9 audio spools
Sadagopan Collection of AV and photographic material on Jagadguru Sankaracharya Kanchi Kamakoti
  • Reel films 64
  • Audio spool 30
  • Col. & B&W 904
  • Photographs 1377
  • Slides 887
  • Negatives 2420
  • Research note 474
  • albums, misc. items
Warli paintings
  • 61 paintings on paper and cloth
Rock Art paintings by Dr. Yahodhar Mathpal (Bhimbetka, Uttarakhand, Jhiri and Kerala)
  • 400
Bastar objects
  • 19 objects
Puppets (Indian and foreign)
  • 121 puppets
Mari Theresa Dutta collection of Kumaon Ballad Rajula Malushahi
  • 28 instruments
Musical Instruments
  • 23 instruments
S. G. Tiwari collection (photographs of Pt. Nehru & Others)
  • 81 B&W neg.
Saraswati Mahal slides by Shri V. K. Rajamani
  • 891 col. slides
Balan Nambiar collection (35mm col. slides of Ritual dances of Kerala)
  • 1800 slides
Slides of Brhadesvara temple by Sh. Benoy Behl
  • 900 slides
Shambhunath Mitra collection North East Frontier of India
  • Photographs 1382
  • Negatives 1475
Video cassettes
  • 2100
Audio cassettes
  • 1400

 

Total No. of Slides available with Kalanidhi – C :  24242

S.NO. SLIDES NO.S CONTENTS
1 Balan Nambiar 1800 Ritual dance of Kerala
2 Elizabeth Brunner  1751 Paintings
3 Krishnaswamy   784 Musical instruments
4 Lance Dance (Digital Images) 15735 Art and Architecture
5 Benoy Behl 675 Ajanta and Ellora Frescoes
6 Benoy Behl (Digital Images) 981 Brhadisvara Temple
7 Sadagopan    887 Sankaracharyas of Kanchi – Kamakoti
8 Saraswati Mahal Library 891 Tanjore
9 Ananda Coomaraswamy 488  
10 Dr. Yashodhar Mahipal 250 Rock Art of Bhimbetka and Uttarakhand