This collection consists of 456 booklets for Indian cinema. The booklets are mostly from Bengali cinema but there are also Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, English, and Nepali booklets. The booklets contain cover illustrations, photographs, cast and credits, song lyrics, plot narration and advertisements. The booklets are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by title. The director of each film is listed. The booklets are from 1937 to 2017 with the majority from 1940s to 1960s. Later addendums to this collection include 51 movie posters and 18 lobby cards; the posters are in French, German, Japanese, Russian, Hindi, Telugu, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and English.

9 Linear Feet (Two manuscript boxes, five half manuscript box, three flat box, and twelve map folders)

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