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S.K. Mitra letters : Berkeley, Calif., to L[aura] J[osephine] Lamoureux, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1912 Dec. 20-1913 Jan. 24.
BANC MSS 2004/33 c; BANC MSS 2004/33 c
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S.K. Mitra letters: Berkeley, Calif., to L[aura] J[osephine] Lamoureux, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1912 Dec. 20-1913 Jan. 24Creator/Contributor:
Mitra, S. K. (Swarna Kumar), 1887-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Lamoureux, Laura Josephine.Abstract:
Four letters (10 p.) from a "Hindu student" to a fellow student at the University of California, Berkeley. Mitra seems to
be infatuated with Miss Lamoureux, repeatedly asking to call her "sister." The letters include details of his life in Bengal,
India, where he married against his family's wishes, tried to propagate a "boycott of British goods," was disinherited by
his father for his political views, and was harrassed by the police and compelled to leave India. He also writes of the circumstances
that led him to the University of California and his feelings about campus attitudes towards "foreigners."
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1912 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caIndian college students -- California -- Berkeley
Students, Foreign -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
S.K. Mitra was born on Feb. 15, 1887 in Bengal, India. He received a B.S. from the University of California in 1915, a M.S.
from the University of California in 1916, and a Ph.D. in 1920 from Ohio State University.
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English
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BANC MSS 2004/33 c
BANC MSS 2004/33 c