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Finding Aid to the South Asians in North America Collection, 1899-1974
BANC MSS 2002/78 cz
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Collection Title: South Asians in North America collection
Date (inclusive): 1899-1974
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/78 cz
Extent:
Number of containers: 20 boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder unit B, 1 portfolio. Copies of Boxes 13-20 : 4 microfilm reel
: negative (BNEG Box 3215 [Boxes 13-14]; 3216 [Boxes 15-16]; 3217 [Boxes 17-18]; 3218 [Boxes 19-20]).
Linear feet: approximately 8.
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Documents of the pro-Indian independence political group, Hindustan Gadar Party, headquartered in Calif. in the early 20th
century, and other pro-Indian independence materials.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, Bengali, Hindi, Panjabi and Urdu.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS: BOXES 13-20. USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY WITH CALL NUMBER BANC FILM 2950. Use of originals only by permission
of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed in writing to the Head of Public Services,
The Bancroft Library.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], South Asians in North America Collection, BANC MSS 2002/78 cz, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Boxes 13-20 available as microfilm (BANC FILM 2950).
Photoprints and negatives have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2002.183).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hindustan Gadar Party--History
Khalsa Dewan Society--History
Ghadr movement--History
East Indians--California--History
East Indians--United States--History
East Indians--Canada--History
Revolutionaries--India
Nationalism--India
East Indians--United States--Politics and government
East Indians--Canada--Politics and government
India--Politics and government--1857-1919
Singh, Khushwant
Hindustan Gadar Party
Khalsa Dewan Society
The South Asians in North America Collection was transferred to The Bancroft Library from the South/Southeast Asia Library
Service (SSEALS), 2002 Feb. 27.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Documents of the pro-Indian independence political group, Hindustan Gadar Party, headquartered in Calif. in the early 20th
century, and other pro-Indian independence materials. Includes newspapers, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, interviews
on cassette tapes with transcripts, posters, handbills, magazine articles (original and photocopies), lectures, theses, bibliographies
and revolutionary poems.