Gobind Behari Lal papers, approximately 1930-1982.

Summary

Creators:

Lal, Gobind Behari

Extent:

9 linear feet (7 cartons, 1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Gobind Behari Lal papers, BANC MSS 84/77 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..

Background

Biographical / historical:

Gobind Behari Lal was born in Dehli in 1889, He was a journalist and a member of the Ghadar Party who participated in the Indian independence movement. Lal came to the States to study as a research fellow at University of California, Berkeley in 1912. He wrote for and was science editor at various Hearst newspapers, in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Lal shared the 1937 Pulitzer Prize with four other journalists for their science reporting. Lal also wrote about history, philosophy, politics, and the intersection of science and politics in India, the United States, and worldwide. He was a founding member of the National Association of Science Writers. Lal died in 1982, shortly after writing his last article.

Acquisition information:

Gift of John Wynne and Phyllis Herron, as per the estate of Gobind Behari Lal, 1983.

Processing information:

Processed at the container level by Marjorie Bryer in 2023.

Rules or conventions:

DACS

Related resources

Related material:

Photographs of Gobind B. Lal (BANC PIC 1984.081--AX), , The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

A journalist from India, at home in the world : oral history transcript / 1983 (BANC MSS 84/144 c), The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Other descriptive data:

The bulk of this collection pertains to Lal's career as a science journalist. It includes small amounts of correspondence, biographical materials, and materials related to professional conferences and organizations. There are drafts and manuscripts of Lal's writings, and reprints and clippings of his published articles and the science column he wrote for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Examiner newspapers. There are lots of duplicates in the Examiner files. The collection also includes research notes and notebooks, and secondary source materials and subject files on topics in medicine, other sciences, and politics in India, the United States, and worldwide. The research notes date primarily from the sixties and seventies, and were largely taken from books and articles Lal read or conferences he attended. These files may include some drafts of his own work. Files on his professional activities include materials related to conferences and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Journalists -- California.
Science -- India.
Reprints
Manuscripts for publication.
Clippings.
Notebooks.

Names:

Lal, Gobind Behari -- Archives

Places:

India -- Politics and government.

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Gobind Behari Lal papers, BANC MSS 84/77 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

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