Finding Aid for the Richard Sisson Collection of Research Material on South Asia, ca. 1885-1990
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
All-India
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Non-Brahmin Movements
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Swaraj Party
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - National Liberal Federation
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Akali
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Socialist Parties
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Jan Sangh
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Hindu Mahasbha
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Rastriya Swyamsevak Sangha
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Praja Party
Notecards: Pre-Independence Political Party Development - Indian National Congress
General Information on Economy and Politics by State and District
Members of Central Legislatures
Who's Who of Freedom Struggle in Andhra Pradesh
Provincial Legislative Election Records for Madras, Bihar and Orissa, Assam, and Central Provinces
Legislative Council Material for Central Provinces, Madras, Assam, Punjab, United Provinces, Bengal, and Bihar and Orissa
Legislative Election Results
Reports on Constitutional Reforms in India
Scope and Content Note
Data on the Press in India
Biographical and Political Background Information on 35 Members of the Council of Ministers, and the Legislative Assembly in Karnataka
Biographical and Political Background Information on 44 Members of the Council of Ministers, and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Karnataka
Biographical and Political Background Information on 3042 Participants in the Nationalist Movement in Madras
Scope and Content Note
Biographical and Political Background Information on 211 Cabinet Ministers, Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of the Government of India
Biographical Data on Indian Elites
Members of the Government of India and Officers of the Lok Sabha
Members of the Government of India, Senior Members of Government Secretariats, and Biographical Information on 1210 Members of the Indian Elites
Members of the Government of India, Secretariats, Office of the President, and Biographical Information on 1131 Members of the Indian Elite
Members of the Government of India, Secretariats, Office of the President, and Biographical Information on 924 Members of the Indian Elite
Biographical Information on 979 Members of the Indian Elite
Biographical Information on Government of India Personnel
Government of India Personnel List, and Biographical Information on 639 Members of the Indian Elite
Biographical Information on 467 Members of the Indian Elite
Biographical Information on 536 Members of the Indian Elite
Biographical Information on 462 Members of the Indian Elite and Government of India Personnel List
Biographical Information on Presidents, Governors, Ministers, and Other Government of India Personnel (156 Total)
R.C. Chandidas: Ecological Correlates of Politics - Problems of Data Equivalence
Indian Institute of Public Opinion - Academic National Election Survey
Scope and Content Note
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies - General Election Study, India
Scope and Content Note
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies - Cross-Section Interview Schedule for the 1971 National Election Study
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies - Cross-Section Interview Schedule for the 1977 National Election Study - Codebook and Code Key
Indian Institute of Public Opinion - Pre-Election Survey - Questionnaire and Codebook
Interview Schedule and Codebook for Project on Social and Political Change: Elite Interview Document
Lists of Members of the Bombay, Gujarat, Sindh, Vidharba, and Maharashtra Legislative Councils and Assemblies with Constituencies Represented and Interview Numbers
Lists of Members of Central Cabinets and Ministers of State, Government of India
Coding Sheets for the India National Council of Ministers
Records of Membership and Debates in the Bombay, Karnataka, and Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committees
Code Books and Interview Instructions for Various Election and Legislative Elite Studies in the Collection and Archives
Amnesty International: India - Torture, Rape and Deaths in Custody
Bangladesh
Members of Parliament of Bangladesh, Second National Election
Election Returns for the Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections
Gender of Voters by District and Constituency, Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections
Bangladesh: A Statement by Tajuddin Ahmed, the Prime Minister
Book: Annotation of Village Studies in Bangladesh and West Bengal: A Review of Socio- Economic Trends over 1942-88, by Shapen Adnan
Bangladesh War
Original Interviews of Political and Military Leaders in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the United States Concerning the Bangladesh War of 1971
Original Interviews of 20 Political and Other Public Leaders in India and Bangladesh Concerning the Bangladesh War of 1971
Notes on 30 Interviews Conducted Under the Auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, Concerning the Bangladesh War Between India and Pakistan
Scope and Content Note
Official Documents (Declassified) of Various Offices of the Government of the US Concerning the Conflict and War between India and Pakistan and the Creation of Bangladesh
Scope and Content Note
Interviews with Political and Military Leaders in Pakistan Regarding the Civil War and Bangladesh War
Copies of Official United States Government Documents (Declassified) Concerning the Bangladesh War
Notes from Original Sources Concerning the Political Conflict and Bangladesh War between India and Pakistan
Copy of P.C. Lal, My Years with the IAF
Copy of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, The Great Tragedy
United States Government Documents on the Bangladesh War: Situation Reports on India/Pakistan and Other Materials
Bombay, India
Code book: Bombay Presidency - Provincial Legislative Elites in India - A Developmental Analysis
Code sheets: Bombay Presidency - Detailed Political and Biographical Information for Members of Bombay Legislative Council
Code sheets: Bombay State - Detailed Political and Biographical Information for Members of Bombay Legislative Assembly
Results of the Elections to the Legislative Assembly
Bombay State: Maharashtra and Rajasthan Delimination of Constituencies
Bombay State: Maharashtra and Rajasthan Delimination of Constituencies
Results of the Elections to the Legislative Assembly - Gujarat
Voting Records of 92 Members of the Madras Legislative Council - Coding Sheets and Original Data - Madras
Data on Participation of 788 Members of the Bombay Legislative Council in the Question Hour
Data on Participation of 898 Members of the Bombay Legislative Council
Data on Attendance and Participation Indicators for 898 Members of the Bombay Legislative Council
Reports on the Bombay Presidency and Membership of the Bombay Legislative Council
Rules and Legislative Records of the Bombay Legislative Council
Rules and Legislative Records of the Bombay Legislative Council
Votes and Debates in the Bombay Legislative Council
Record of Bills and Issues Debated in the Bombay Legislative Council
Notes: Electoral and Legislative Politics of the Bombay Presidency
Legislative Policies in the Bombay Presidency
Notes: Politics in the Bombay Presidency
Report of the Joint Select Committee
Montagu-Chelmsford Report: Testimony Provided by Social and Political Groups
Reports on Political Movements in the Bombay Presidency
Reports on Politics and Legislative and Debate in the Bombay Legislative Council
Reports on Legislative and Party Politics in the Bombay Presidency
Legislative Party Membership, Party Organization, and the Legislative Committee Membership in the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Results of Elections to the Bombay Legislative Council
Results of Elections to the Bombay Legislative Council
Biographical Data for Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 346 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 257 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 136 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 162 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 38 Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council by District
Biographical Data for Members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Detailed Biographical and Political Information for 37 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Bombay Members of the Legislative Council
Congress Party, Legislative Council, and Legislative Assembly Directory
Biographical Data on Congress Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Biographical Data on 42 Members of the Bombay Legislative Council
Congress Legislative Party Membership with Short Biographies
Membership in the Bombay Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly
Detailed Biographical and Political Background Information for 149 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Detailed Biographical and Political Background Information for 140 Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly
Social and District Level Demographic Data
Notes and Materials on Politics of Maharashtra from Lok Sabha Debates and Articles
Work Sheet for Data Codification (Maharashtra Legislative Elite Project)
Bombay Presiding Legislative Council: Legislative Participation Data
Code sheets: Bombay Legislative Council: Data on Members
Code sheets: Legislative Representative Data
Notes: Data on Voluntary Associations (Pre-Independence Bombay)
Coding sheets: Legislative Representative Data, Bombay-Maharashtra
India
Miscellaneous draft interview schedules and data
Interview schedule, Project on Muslim Communities in Contemporary India: Center for the Study of Developing Societies
Unpublished paper: "Colonial Social Formations: The Indian Case," by Hamza Alavi: Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, Univeristy of Manchester
Unpublished paper: ""The Emergence of Capitalism within the Peasantry in Contemporary India," by Jan Breman: Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, University of Amsterdam
Unpublished paper: "State, Law and Development in Twentieth Century India," by David Washbrook, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, University of Warwick
Unpublished paper: "Indian at the Polls: 1989," by Suman Chattopadhyay
Unpublished paper: "The Limits of Image-Making: Doordarshan and the 1989 Lok Sabha Elections," by Victoria L. Farmer, University of Pennsylvania
Unpublished paper: "Bharatiya Janata Party: An Alternate to the Congress," by Yogendra K. Malik, University of Akron, Ohio
Unpublished paper: "Cultural Variables in Regional Analysis," by Gerald D. Berreman, UCB
Unpublished paper: "Bengal as a Region," by Edward C. Dimock, Jr., University of Chicago
Unpublished paper: "Comparativism versus Uniquism: An Intra-Country Examination with Some Selected Examples," by Allen D. Grimshaw, Indiana University
Unpublished paper: "The Definitional Efficiency of Regional Analysis: The Examples of Levels of Development, Rural-Urban Differences, Migration Flows and Labor Markets," by Richard D. Lambert
Unpublished paper: "A Geographer's Approach to Regional Analysis," by Joseph E. Schwartzberg, University of Minnesota
Unpublished paper: "Changes in Congress Leadership: The U.P. in the 1920's and 30's," by Gyanendra Pandey
Unpublished paper: "The Frontier Muslim League: The Problems of a Communal Party Among an Ethnocentric People," by Stephen Rittenberg
Unpublished paper: "Crises of Authority and Leadership in the Indian National congress, 1936-39." by David Taylor, University of London
Unpublished paper: "Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan: Opportunities and Obstacles in Political Participation," by J.W. Bjorkman and H.R. Chaturvedi
Unpublished papers by Kailash Mohapatra
Unpublished papers: "The Discreet Charms of Indian Terrorism," by Ashis Nandy
Unpublished papers: "Five Theses on the Question of Religion in India Today: A Response to Ashis Nandy's 'An Anti-Secularist Manifesto.'" by Donald F. Miller, University of Melbourne
Unpublished papers: "The Structural Basis for Separatism: The Tamil Eelam Movement in Sri Lanka," by Amita Shastri, UCB
Unpublished papers: "Indian Child Rearing Practices Relevant for the Growth of Competence and Dependency in Children," by Sudha Rani Sinha
Coding sheets: Legislative Representative Data, Maharashtra
Unpublished papers: "Has the Wheel Turned a Full Circle in India? The Parliamentary Elections of 1980 and After," by Subrata Kumar Mitra
Unpublished papers: "Recruitment Patterns of Campaign Activists in India, 1967," by Dwaine Marvick, UCLA
Unpublished papers: "Politicization and System Support in India: The Role of Partisanship," by John Osgood Field, MIT
Unpublished papers: "The Bombay Legislative Assembly, 1952-56," by Maureen L.P. Patterson
Unpublished papers: "A Comparison of Members of the Legislative Assemblies in Rajasthan and Maharashtra, 1962," by Lawrence L. Shruder, Mills College
Unpublished papers: "English Education, Nationalist Politics and Elite Groups in Maharashtra, 1885-1915," by Ellen E. McDonald and Craig M. Stark, UCB
Unpublished papers: "Language and Modernization: The Panjabi Subah, Linguistic Autonomy and Panjabi Agricultural Development
Unpublished papers: "Religion and Case in the Punjab: Sidhwan Bet Constituency," by Galdev Raj Nayar
Unpublished papers: "Ideas of State, Nation-State and Nationalism in Late Twentieth-Century India," by Ashis Nandy
Unpublished papers: "The Thousand Year Raj: Regional Isolation and Rajput Hinduism in Rajasthan Before and After 1947," by Iqbal Narain and P.C. Mathur
Unpublished papers: "The Colonial State and Its Enemies," by Bhagwan Josh, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Coding sheets: Legislative Representative Data, Maharashtra
Lok Sabha Debates: Members of Cabinets, including all Ministers and Deputy Ministers
District-Level Analysis by State of Political Party, Turkey Model Analysis
India National Election Project: Reference Outline of Party Elite and Cadre Question Sets, Grouped According to Major Categories
India National Election Study, including social background data on all interviewers: Indian Institute of Public Opinion
India National Election Study: Unpublished papers and analysis: Samuel Eldersveld, Dwaine Marvick, Richard Sison and Pradeep Chibber
The Involvement of the Indian People in Politics: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Unpublished papers on Indian Political Behavior, by William G. Vanderbok
Notes and data: India National Election Studies
India National Election Study: Unpublished papers
Unpublished papers by William A. Johnson: The Environment of Maharashtrian Politics, A Study of Voting in Maharashtra in 1951-52 and 1957, The Second General Election, 1957
Code books and users manual for the analysis of provincial and state legislative elites in India
Book: Report of the Citizens' Commission, Delhi
Book: Modernization and Ritual: Identity and change in Santa Society, by Sktakant Mahapatra
Book: Towards Collective Security in Asia, by Devendra Kaushik and Satyendra Peerthum
Journals: Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2 copies) and 3
Journals: Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 2, No. 1-2
Journals: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 60 and No. 2
Book: Lectures on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, Tenth Series
Book: Report to the Nation: Truth About Delhi Violence, by Amiya Rao, Aurobindo Ghose, and N.D. Pancholi
Book: Re-Examination of India's Administrative System with Special Reference to Administration of Government's Industrial and Commercial Enterprises, by Paul H. Appleby
Book: Bye-Elections Brochure: An Analysis
Book: Report on the Mid-Term General Elections in India, 1968-69, Vol. 1
Book: India, by Rajni Kothari
Book: The Asia-Pacific in the New Millennium: Geopolitics, Security, and Foreign Policy, edited by Sharlendra D. Sharma
Book: An Exploratory Guide to the B.G. Kher Papers: The Council on International Comparative Studies, UCLA, by Anand Mavalankar
Book: Report of an Amnesty International Missino to India
Book: President's Rule in the States, Lok Sabha Secretariat
Miscellaneous
Bibliography and papers concerning comparative election studies
Book: Report of an Amnesty International Mission to Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Biographical Data on Pakistan Legislative Elites Elected to Pre-Partition Legislative Bodies
Notes: Development and Organization of the All-India Muslim League
Notes: Development, Organization and Training of the Pakistan Army
Notes: Military and Politics in Pakistan
Notes: Politics of the Martial Law Regime
Government of Pakistan: White Paper on the Crisis in East Pakistan
Members of Pakistan Provincial Assemblies Elected in 1975
Members and Constituency of the Pakistan National Assembly Elected in 1975
Unpublished paper: "The 1977 Pakistanni Elections: An Analysis," by Sharif al Mjahid, Karachi
Unpublished paper: "Pakistan and the Bangladesh Crisis: Decision-Making Under Stress," by Noreene Stehlik
Unpublished paper: "Muslim Trans-Nationalism: A Study of Multiple Identities in Pakistan," by Ijaz S. Gilani and Zahid H. Bukhari
Unpublished paper: "The Nature of State Power in South Asia: The Military in the State of Pakistan," by Hamza Alavi
Unpublished paper: "Bangladesh: Constitutional Experimentation in the Aftermath of Liberation," by Rounaq Jahan
Unpublished paper: "Pakistan's Ideology and Defence Policy: Rise of Bengali Nationalism," by Dr. Azizul Haque
Articles regarding Pakistani politics and the creation of Bangladesh
Book: The Political System of Pakistan, by Khalid B. Sayeed
Book: Islamic Republic of Pakistan: An Amnesty International Report, including the findings of a mission to Pakistan
Book: Short Report of an Amnesty International Mission to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Book: Pakistan: A Selected Bibliography, by Shaukat Ali and Richard W. Gable
Rajasthan
Book: Rajasthan's Role in the Struggle of 1857, by Nathu Ram Khadgawat
Book: Report on Rajasthan Jagirdari Abolition, by Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant
Book: Delimitation of Constituencies for General Elections
Book: The Rajasthan Services (Protection of Service Conditions), Rules
Rajasthan, India
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Ajmer
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Alwar
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Bharatpur and Bikaner
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Jaipur
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Sikarandolan
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Jodhpur (Marwar)
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Kotah
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Sirohi
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Udaipur (Mewar)
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - All-India States People's Congress
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Princes and Integration of the Rajputana States
Notecards: Pre-Independence Movements in the Rajputana States - Notes on J. Sutherland
Notes: Data on Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notecards: Data on Legislative Parties, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notecards: Data on Caste, Educational, Occupational, and Political Data on Members of Zila Parishads in Rajasthan
Notecards: Data on Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notes: Oral History Archives: Data on Members of the Rajputana Prantiya Sabha and Pradesh Congress Committees
Notes: Oral History Archives: Data on Members of the Rajasthan District Congress Party (DCC) Executive Committee Members
Notes: Oral History Archives: Interviews Conducted with Political Leaders in Rajasthan
Interviews: Structured Members of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha
Notes: Data Archive on Members of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha
Notes: Data Archive on Members of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha
Notes: Biographical Data for 176 Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notes: Data Archive on Defeated Candidates in the Elections for the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha
Notes: Biographical data for 133 Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notes: Suspensions from the Congress for Anti-Party Activity after the 1962 General Election
Notes: Officers and Members of the District Congress Committees
Notes: Data on Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly - Additional Data and Spread Sheets
Notes: Data Including Lists of Names and Addresses of Members of the Legislative Committee, Members of Parliament, and Members of the Pradesh Congress Committees
Notes: Election Files of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee - Candidate Recommendations
Notes: Election Files of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee - Kota District
Notes: Data on Candidates for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the General Election - Nagaur District
Notes: Data on Factional Leadership and Organization in the Nagaur District Congress Party
Notes: Data on Candidates for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the General Election - Nagaur District
Notes: Data on All Contestants for the Congress Party Ticket for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly - Nagaur District
Notes: Data on Expressions of Support by Social and Local Governmental Organizations to Contestants for Congress Party Tickets - Nagaur District
Notes: Detailed Results of the First General Election
Notes: Officers and Committees of the Swatantra Party Elected
Notes: Data Concerning 384 Presidents, Secretaries, and Members of Committees of Rajasthan District Congress Committees
Notes: Miscellaneous
Notes: Data on MLA's, Legislative Division Lists, and Miscellaneous Information
Notes: Data on the Rajasthan Congress Party Organization
Notecards: Data on Factionalism and Social Composition of the Congress Party in Rajasthan Derived from Observer Reports
Notecards: Data on Factionalism and Social Composition of the Congress Party in Rajasthan Derived from Observer Reports
Notecards: Members and Officers of the Tehsil (Sub-District Rural) Congress Committees
Notecards: Members and Officers of the Mandal (City "Ward") Congress Committees
Notecards: Data on Major Political Decisions, Events and Political Party Activity and Organization in Rajasthan - Derived from the Rajasthan Patrika
Notecards: Data on Major Political Decisions, Events and Political Party Activity and Organization in Rajasthan - Derived from the Hindustan Times
Notecards: Data on Rajasthan Politics, Elections, and Factions - From Hindustan Times, The Statesman, and The Times of India
P.C. Mathur: Unpublished Papers on Rajasthani Politics
Questionnaires for the Study of Rajasthan Legislators
Rajasthan Delimitation of Constituencies for the Second General Elections with Relationship of Parliamentary and Legislative Assembly Constituencies
Code Book for the Study of Members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Notes: Pre-Independence Period and Rajasthan - Miscellaneous