Guide to the Nilgiri collection M2873

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2024

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Nilgiri collection

source: Hockings, Paul

Creator: Hockings, Paul

Identifier/Call Number: M2873

Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet (6 card boxes, 5 manuscript boxes, 2 cassette boxes, and 1 flat box)

Physical Description: 11.27 gigabyte(s) 3 MiniDiscs, 9 CDs

Date (inclusive): 1848-2013

Language of Material: English .

Content Description

This collection consists of unique manuscript volumes, cassette tapes consisting of 100 hours of recordings of Badaga ballads, field notes, Basel Mission materials including registers of births, deaths and notes, epehmera, along with other materials. These materials were separated from the Paul Hockings collection.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Nilgiri collection (M2873). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ethnology -- India -- Nilgiri (District)

Badaga (Indic people)

Nilgiri Hills (India)

Toda (Indic people)

Anthropology.

Missions -- India

India -- Description and travel

Hockings, Paul

Box 1, folder 1

Minute book of the Kaity Presbytery 1906-1928

Box 1, folder 1

Keti: Presbyterian protocol 1887-1905

Box 1, folder 3

Kaity Station ledger 1906-1915

Box 1, folder 4

Kaity Station account book 1875-1878

Box 1, folder 5

Basel Mission

Box 1, folder 6

Rev. G. Wieland, "A short history of 50 years work of the Basel Mission on the Nilgiris" 1896

Box 1, folder 7

Register of births 1892-1910

Box 2, folder 1

Register of deaths 1892-1921

Box 2, folder 2

Pamphlets for christian schools 1969-1976

Box 2, folder 3

Lieut.-Col. Syke's discussion of meteorological observations taken in India

Box 2, folder 4

Bühler manuscript

Box 2, folder 5

Survey and settlement register of the village of Kethi in the Merkunad Division of the Nilgiri District

Box 2, folder 6

A.G. Charleton, "Gold mining in the Wynaad" 1884

Box 2, folder 7

W. Ross King, "The aboriginal tribes of the Nilgiri Hills" 1870

Box 2, folder 8

Report on the history, condition, and prospects of the Taluk of Wynad (photocopy) 1917

Box 2, folder 9

Sketchings of Kateri palm leaves

Box 2, folder 10

Articles and pamphlets about Nilgiri (1 of 2) 1948-2004

Box 2, folder 11

Articles and pamphlets about Nilgiri (2 of 2) 1948-2004

Box 3, folder 1

Articles and pamphlets about Ooty

Box 3, folder 2

Linguistics 1983-1993

Box 3, folder 3

Articles about anthropology and tribes of India (1 of 3)

Box 3, folder 4

Articles about anthropology and tribes of India (2 of 3)

Box 3, folder 5

Articles about anthropology and tribes of India (3 of 3)

Box 3, folder 6

Articles about Todas

Box 3, folder 7

Articles about Todas 1991-1994

Box 3, folder 8

A re-evaluation of the Todar in their relations to tribal and Hindu cultures of South India 1958

Box 3, folder 9

Mandelbaum's field notes

Box 4, folder 1

Photocopy of D.G. Mandelbaum's "A study of the Today"

Box 4, folder 2

Statistical atlas of the Nilgiris

Box 4, folder 3

How the Badagas came to the Nilgiri Hills - chapter 1

Box 4, folder 4

Survey of four Bagaga villages: Hull:da

Box 4, folder 5

Survey of four Badaga villages: Horana:yi

Box 4, folder 6

Survey of four Badaga villages: Ke:ti Toreyatti

Box 4, folder 7

Survey of the four Badaga villages: Ki:y Odeyaratti

Box 4, folder 8

Badaga proverbs and stories and the absolutions at funerals

Box 4, folder 9

Chroniques de Coonoor

Box 4, folder 10

The Irula language 1973

Box 4, folder 11

Kota vocabulary 2003

Box 5, folder 1

The Soliga of Biligiri, Rangana Hills

Box 5, folder 2

Harijan Welfare Department 1962-1963

Box 5, folder 3

A centenary chronicle of the Ootacamund Hunt (1845-1945)

Box 5, folder 4

Nanjappa drawing note

Box 5, folder 5

History of Nilgiris

Box 5, folder 6

M.K. Belli Gaoda

Box 5, folder 7

Nilgiri reviews

Box 5, folder 8

School composition notebook

Box 5, folder 9

Transcript of a talk

Box 5, folder 10

Coding of interviews

Box 5, folder 11

Paul Hocklings India motor driving license 1963

Box 5, folder 12

Notebook

Box 5, folder 13

Notebook

Box 5, folder 14

Notebook

Box 5, folder 15

Notebook

Box 5, folder 16

Notebook

Box 5, folder 17

Notebook

Box 6, folder 1

Ketti Parish baptismal register 1848-1900

Box 6, folder 2

Ketti Parish baptismal register 1901-1915

Box 6, folder 2

Ketti Parish burial register 1850-1915

Box 6, folder 4

Round about Ootacamund and Coonoor

Box 6, folder 5

Articles about the Todas by Anthony R. Walker 2006-2008

Box 6, folder 6

Survey on communications in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India: marginals

Box 7

Index cards of field data: Social organization and life cycle

Scope and Contents

Social organization: patterns of residence and divisions; family life; kinship systems and heredity; tribes, phatries, clans; associations and clubs; religious personnel

Life cycle: daily routine; education and child care; sexual behaviour; pregnancy and birth; marriage and divorce rules; old age; fights and quarrel.

Box 8

Index cards of field data: Political organization and economics

Scope and Contents

Political organization: Elections and parties; meetings; law, police and crime; village and local officials; state and national government

Economics: Geography and seasons; land tenure; agriculture and horticulture; animal husbandry; industries and crafts; trade and markets; money and banking; migration and travel; censuses and surveys

Box 9

Index cards of field data: Economics and rituals

Scope and Contents

Economics: Censuses and surveys

Rituals: Conception and birth; childhood and puberty; weddings; deaths and memorial ceremonies; firewalking; magic and sorcerey

Box 10

Index cards of field data: Rituals and communications

Scope and Contents

Rituals: Cyclical festivals; medicinal practices and public health

Communications: Language and ritual gestures; folktales, songs, dramas and proverbs; newspapers and journals; radio; books and letters; films; biographies

Knowledge: Systems of belief; gods and spirits; ideals of behaviour; human body

Box 11

Index cards of field data: Material culture

Scope and Contents

Material culture: Personal care; cloth, clothing and ornaments; food, stimulants and cuisine; household articles; buildings; tools and weapons; craftsmen's techniques; mining and jungle products; arts and music; games and dances; antiquities and sacred places

Box 12

Village data index cards

Box 12

Basel Mission microfilm

Box 12, audiocassette 1

#1-537: Buhler ms

Box 12, audiocassette 2

#1-320 Buhler's proverbs

Box 12, audiocassette 3

Karnataka Badaga Gowdas Association: Bangalore - Badaga songs November 9, 1988

Box 12, audiocassette 4

Karnataka Badaga Gowdas Association: 2nd Badaga cassette May 15, 1989

Box 12, audiocassette 5

Second Badaga cassette, KBGA

Box 12, audiocassette 6

unlabeled

Box 12, audiocassette 7

unlabeled

Box 12, audiocassette 8

unlabeled

Box 13, audiocassette 1

Kolitippe I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 2

Kolitippe I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 3

Ko:Litippe III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 4

Ko:Litippe III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 5

Ko:Litippe V (end); Be:La Ma:Da I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 6

Ko:Litippe - V (end); Be:La Ma:Da I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 7

Be:La Ma:Da III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 8

Be:La Ma:Da III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 9

Elledittuna Ho:Ra:Ta III; funeral laments

Box 13, audiocassette 10

Elledittuna Ho:Ra:Ta III; funeral laments

Box 13, audiocassette 11

Elledittuna Ho:Ra:Ta III; funeral laments

Box 13, audiocassette 12

Elledittuna Horata - struggle over the boundary I-II 1977

Box 13, audiocassette 13

Hette Habba at Bandume; Ko:de....

Box 13, audiocassette 14

Ko:De:Ru Hennu Ma:Nikamma I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 15

Ko:De:Ru Hennu Ma:Nikamma I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 16

Ko:De:Ru Hennu Ma:Nikamma III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 17

Ko:De:Ru Hennu Ma:Nikamma III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 18

Ka:Maraya Bl:Maraya I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 19

Ka:Mara:Ya Bi:Mara:Ya I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 20

Toda evening milk churning; Baba Sevana I 1977

Box 13, audiocassette 21

Toda evening milk churning; Bala Sevansa I-II 1977

Box 13, audiocassette 22

Bala Sevana III; Ma:Ri Habba at Hullada, Nilgiris 1977

Box 13, audiocassette 23

Bala Sevana IV; Mari Habba at Hullada 1977

Box 13, audiocassette 24

N. Lingaiah of Kateri sings "Kakkamalla Gowder" I-II 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 25

N. Lingaiah of Kateri sings; Kadare Gauda I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 26

N. Lingaiah of Kateri singing "Kadare Gowder" I August 26, 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 27

N. Lingaiah of Kateri singing "Kakkamalla Gowder" I September 12, 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 28

Kadare Gauda I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 29

Kadare Gauda I-II

Box 13, audiocassette 30

N. Lingaiah of Kateri sings "Kakkamalla Gowder" III-IV 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 31

Kadare Gauda III-IV

Box 13, audiocassette 32

N. Lingaiah of Kateri sings "Kakkamalla Gowder" V-VI 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 33

N. Lingaiah "Kakkamalla Gowder" V-VI 1972

Box 13, audiocassette 34

N. Lingaiah "Kadare Gowder" V-VI

Box 13, audiocassette 35

N. Lingaiah "Kadare Gowder" V-VI

Box 14, audiocassette 1

N. Lingaiah of Kateri sings "Kakkamalla Gowder" VII 1972

Box 14, audiocassette 2

N. Lingaiah "Kakkamalla Gowder" VII 1972

Box 14, audiocassette 3

Madia Gowder of Kovaratti; Kage Gowder I-II

Box 14, audiocassette 4

Madia Gowder of Kovaratti; Kage Gowder I-II

Box 14, audiocassette 5

Madia Gowder of Kovaratti; Kage Gowder III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 6

Madia Gowder of Kovaratti; Kage Gowder III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 7

Kadare Gauda I-II (N. Belli Sami, Singer)

Box 14, audiocassette 8

Kadare Gauda I-II (N. Belli Sami, Singer)

Box 14, audiocassette 9

Kadare Gauda III (N. Belli Sami, Singer)

Box 14, audiocassette 10

Kadare Gauda III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 11

Kadare Gauda III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 12

Kadare Gauda III-IV (end)

Box 14, audiocassette 13

Kadare Gauda III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 14

Kadare Gauda III-IV

Box 14, audiocassette 15

Kadare Gauda III

Box 14, audiocassette 16

Kadare Gowder V-VI

Box 14, audiocassette 17

Kadare Gauda V-VI

Box 14, audiocassette 18

Kadare Gauda VII-VIII

Box 14, audiocassette 19

Kadare Gowder VII-VIII

Box 14, audiocassette 20

Kadare Gowder VII-VIII

Box 14, audiocassette 21

Kadare Gauda IX

Box 14, audiocassette 22

Kadare Gauda IX

Box 14, audiocassette 23

Kadare Gauda VII; Firewalking at Mainele March 4, 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 24

Kadare Gauda VII-VIII; Fire-walking festival at Mainele April 3, 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 25

Kadare Gauda IX; Toda double funeral; Todas rethatching temple 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 26

Kadare Gauda IX; Toda double funeral; Todas rethatching temple 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 27

Todas rethatching

Box 14, audiocassette 28

Badaga firewalking festival

Box 14, audiocassette 29

Toda buffalo migration; Unige Maida I 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 30

Toda buffalo migration; Unige Maida I-II (end) February, 1977

Box 14, audiocassette 31

Todas rethatching at No:S; N.W. Thesingh: five songs

Box 14, audiocassette 32

M.N. Thesingh - Ooty August 20, 1972

Box 14, audiocassette 33

M.N. Thesingh, Horamalli, life story I

Box 14, audiocassette 34

M.N. Thesingh of Haramalli: Life story II 1972

Box 14, audiocassette 35

Thesingh's life story, part II: marriage to 60th year July 11, 1972