Pandita Ramabai Microfiche and Microfilm Collection

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2021


Descriptive Summary

Title: Pandita Ramabai Microfiche and Microfilm Collection
Dates: 1858-1922
Collection Number: CFT00039
Creator/Collector: Ramābāī, Paṇḍitā, 1858-1922
Extent: 910 microfiche, 6 rolls of microfilm
Repository: Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, known as Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922), was an Indian evangelist, social reformer, Bible translator and theologian. She was a noted Sanskrit scholar as a child. Ramabai converted to Christianity in 1883, and became women's rights and social reform advocate. She developed Mukti, an orphanage and center of refuge for women. The microfiche edition (910 fiche) of this collection includes unpublished letters, photographs, periodicals, and copies of 249 books that were in her library and the Ramabai Mukti Mission. The collection also includes 6 rolls of microfilm, the records from the Ramabai Association, the US funding base for Ramabai’s work in the early years.
Language of Material: English

Access

Accessible with general microfiche collections. Scholarly use with parameters of copyright law. Interlibrary loan not available.

Publication Rights

All materials herein that are subject to copyright belong to the Pandita Ramabai Mission, Kedgaon, India.

Preferred Citation

Pandita Ramabai Microfiche and Microfilm Collection. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Acquisition Information

Microfilm/Microfiche acquired in 2003.

Biography/Administrative History

Microfilmed by Schnappsburg University Press (2001). The archive of Pandita Ramabai is located in Kedgaon, India, on the Ramabai Mukti Mission compound. Copies of the microfilm/microfiche collection are located at multiple institutions including UC Berkeley, Wheaton College, Regent University, and Yale University. OCLC Number: 47998351

Scope and Content of Collection

The microfiche edition (910 fiche) of this collection includes unpublished letters, photographs, periodicals, and copies of 249 books that were in her library and the Ramabai Mukti Mission. The collection also includes 6 rolls of microfilm, the records from the Ramabai Association, the US funding base for Ramabai’s work in the early years. It is mostly correspondence including letters from Ramabai and from her daughter Manorama, with some accounts and other miscellaneous matters. The bulk are from 1887 (roll 1) through 1904 (roll 6). There are a few items from 1908 to 1911 including Psalm 1-4 and Matthew 1 with parsing and interlinear translations, possibly Ramabai’s work.

Indexing Terms

Holiness -- Christianity
Pentecostalism
Ramābāī, Paṇḍitā, 1858-1922
Ramabai Mukti Mission
India

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