Cornell Rankhandi project records, 1953-1984.
Collection Number: 14-25-2787

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell Rankhandi project records, 1953-1984.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-25-2787
Abstract:
Field notes, subject files, cross index cards, surveys, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, maps, census data, and other documentary and research material of the Cornell Rankhandi Project. The project used the control Muslim village of Jhabiran in its study, and embraced the disciplines of anthropology, religion, sociology, political science, economics, linguistics, child psychology, history, and social psychology. Team members include Michael Mahar, Pauline Kolenda, Allan Atwell, John Gompers, John T. Hitchcock (Project Director), Robert T. Smith, Morris E. Opler, and Pat Hitchcock.
Creator:
Cornell University. Department of Anthropology
Quanitities:
52.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Field notes, subject files, cross index cards, surveys, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, maps, census data, and other documentary and research material of the Cornell Rankhandi Project. The project used the control Muslim village of Jhabiran in its study, and embraced the disciplines of anthropology, religion, sociology, political science, economics, linguistics, child psychology, history, and social psychology. Team members include Michael Mahar, Pauline Kolenda, Allan Atwell, John Gompers, John T. Hitchcock (Project Director), Robert T. Smith, Morris E. Opler, and Pat Hitchcock.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell Rankhandi project records, #14-25-2787. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Biographical / Historical

The Cornell Rankhandi Project was a sociological and anthropological study of the North India village of Rankhandi (Khalapur) undertaken in conjunction with Lucknow University of India, with the additional participation of the Ford Foundation. The project used the control Muslim village of Jhabiran in its study, and embraced the disciplines of anthropology, religion, sociology, political science, economics, linguistics, child psychology, history, and social psychology.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Opler, Morris E., 1907-
Mahar, J. Michael
Kolenda, Pauline.
Atwell, Allan.
Gompers, John.
Hitchcock, John T.
Smith, Robert T.
Hitchcock, Pat.
Lucknow University
Ford Foundation
Places:
India -- Economic conditions.
India -- Religion.
India -- Language.
Jhabiran (India).
Khalapur (India).
Rankhandi (India).
Subjects:
Economics -- India.
Political science -- India.
Sociology -- India.
Anthropology -- India.
Form and Genre Terms:
Motion pictures (visual works).
Audio tapes.
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Jhabiran
Box 2
Jhabiran
Box 3
Jhabiran
Box 4
Jhabiran
Box 5
Jhabiran
Box 6
Jhabiran
Box 7
Jhabiran
Box 8
Jhabiran
Photographs (mounted)
Box 9
Jhabiran photos & Ref. Info. 13, 23-58a
Box 10
Photos 34-36, 40-41, 53c, 54, 57-58
Box 11
Photos 66b-67, 7576, 78-79a
Box 12
Photos 58-59, 65-65b, 65g, 66-66b, 75,79-79b, 85, 87-88b
Box 13
Photos 44, 48 51-53b, 58e
Box 14
Photos 65f-65k, 66a
Box 15
Photos 59, 62, 65-65e, 88c, 89
Box 16
Photos 79b, 85, 87, 88-88b
Box 17
Photos 10, 13-13c, 22-24b
Box 18
Photos 25-34
Box 19
Photos 88c-89
Box 20
Photos 12,25-30
Box 21
Photos 1-9, 14-42
Box 22
Index Cards
Box 23
Index Cards
Box 24
Index Cards
Box 25
Index Cards
Box 26
Index Cards
Box 27
Index Cards
Box 28
Index Cards
Box 29
Index Cards
Box 30
Index Cards
Box 31
Index Cards
Box 32
Index Cards
Movie Films
Three audio cassettes of music labeled Reels 12-16, Reels 17-20, and Reels 21-24 from Box 34 have been digitized.
Box 33
Movie Films
Box 34
Movie Films
Box 35
Movie Films
Box 36
Audio Tapes
Box 37
Slides
Box 38
Slides
Box 39
Slides
Box 40
Slides
Box 41
Slides
Box 42
Slides
Box 43
Miscellaneous Files, Photographs, slides
Box 44
Miscellaneous Files, Photographs, slides
Box 45
Maps
Box 46
Maps
Box 47
Maps
Box 48
Maps
Box 49
Additional Census Records
Additional field notes and slides
Box 50 Folder 1
Ideas
1955
Box 50 Folder 2
Slides: Baba (neg. f/slide set c) and two unidentified
Box 50 Folder 3
Riter: b/w negs
1954
Box 50 Folder 4
Minturn
1976
Box 50 Folder 5
Amaawas
1955
Box 50 Folder 6
Notes
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 7
Notes re: other
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 8
Gourdhan
1954-1956
Box 50 Folder 9
Bhaiya Dooj
1955
Box 50 Folder 10
Besant Panchmii
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 11
Davali
1954-1955
Box 50 Folder 12
Hoi - Data
1955
Box 50 Folder 13
Solono
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 14
Calendrical interpretation
1955
Box 50 Folder 15
Holi
1954-1956
Box 50 Folder 16
Ritual designs
1955
Box 50 Folder 17
Naumii
1955
Box 50 Folder 18
Cal. Rite - Misc. - seen by Bruce
1955, 1962
Box 50 Folder 19
Cal. Rites f/S.T.
1955
Box 50 Folder 20
Karva Chauth
1954-1955, 1979-1980
Box 50 Folder 21
Karvaa Chuth
1955
Box 50 Folder 22
Paintaa
1955
Box 50 Folder 23
Sat Naraayan Purnima Bhats Eclipse
1955
Box 50 Folder 24
Shiv Chaudas
Box 50 Folder 25
Shiuratrii
Box 50 Folder 26
Sakat Puja
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 27
Athanaumii & fasts
1955
Box 50 Folder 28
Aamal Eekaadashii
1956
Box 50 Folder 29
Kanagats
1955
Box 50 Folder 30
Ritual paintings in R. Int. guides
1956
Box 50 Folder 31
Giaas
1954-1956
Box 50 Folder 32
Misc. - Int. Guides, etc.
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 33
Solono
1955
Box 50 Folder 34
Worshipping at Mela
1955
Box 50 Folder 35
Sugar Cane Planting Wall Design
1955
Box 50 Folder 36
Teej Sauan
1955
Box 50 Folder 37
AsaaRh
1955
Box 50 Folder 38
Sauan
1955
Box 50 Folder 39
Puran Maashii
1955
Box 50 Folder 40
Deshera in Jaith
1955
Box 50 Folder 41
Janamaastamii
1955
Box 50 Folder 42
Misc. Cal. Rites
1954-1956
Box 50 Folder 43
Phulanin Dooj
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 44
Chaudas of Asooj
1955
Box 50 Folder 45
Org. Cere. - RMM - 1 of 3 folder
1955-1956
Box 50 Folder 46
Hoi to Sanghi, prints p/ Greg
195-
Box 50 Folder 47
Sanghi Gouardhan
195-
Box 51 Folder 1
01 Unclassified
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 2
02 Daily Log
1953-1954
Box 51 Folder 3
10 Orientation
1955
Box 51 Folder 4
102 Maps
1955
Box 51 Folder 5
11 Bibliography
1954-1955
Box 51 Folder 6
12 Methodology
1954-1955
Box 51 Folder 7
13 Geography
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 8
15 Behavior Processes and Personality
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 9
16 Demography
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 10
17 Historical and Cultural Change
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 11
18 Total Culture
1953-1955
Box 51 Folder 12
19 Language
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 13
20 Communication
1955
Box 51 Folder 14
21 Records
1955
Box 51 Folder 15
22 Food Quest
1955
Box 51 Folder 16
23 Animal Husbandry
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 17
24 Agriculture
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 18
24A Agriculture Interview, Answers to IG-32-I: Harvest
1956
Box 51 Folder 19-20
24B Agriculture Land Records (S. N. Singh)
1956
Box 51 Folder 21-22
24C Agriculture Land Use Tables and Figures
195-
Box 51 Folder 23
25 Food Processing
1954-1955
Box 51 Folder 24
26 Food Consumption
1954-1955
Box 51 Folder 25
27 Drink, Drugs, and Indulgence
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 26
28 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 27
29 Clothing
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 28
30 Adornment
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 29
31 Exploitative Activities
1955
Box 51 Folder 30
32 Processing of Basic Materials
1953-1955
Box 51 Folder 31
33 Building and Construction
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 32
34 Structures
1954-2956
Box 51 Folder 33
35 Equipment and Maintenance of Buildings
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 34
36 Settlements
1955
Box 51 Folder 35
37 Energy and Power
1955
Box 51 Folder 36
40 Machines
1954
Box 51 Folder 37
41 Tools and Appliances
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 38
42 Property
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 39
43 Exchange
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 40
44 Marketing
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 41
45 Finance
1956
Box 51 Folder 42
46 Labor (1-139)
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 43
46 Labor(140-267)
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 44
47 Business and Industrial Organization
19
Box 51 Folder 45
48 Travel and Transportation
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 46
49 Land Transport
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 47
51 living Standards and Routines
1954-1955
Box 51 Folder 48
52 Recreation
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 49
53 Fine Arts (53-41)
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 50
537 Mundiaa Chamaar Songs (MM)
1955-1956
Box 51 Folder 51
54 Entertainment
1954-1956
Box 51 Folder 52
55 Individuation and Mobility
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 1
56 Social Stratification
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 2
56 Social Stratification (89-303)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 3
56 Social Stratification
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 4-5
57 Interpersonal Relations
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 6
58 Marriage (1-190)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 7
58 Marriages: Three Chamar Marriages (Mike Mahar)
1955-1956
Box 52 Folder 8
58 Marriage (191-388)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 9
59 Family
1953-1956
Box 52 Folder 10-13
613.1 Khandan Study (MM)
1955-1956
Box 52 Folder 14
60 Kinship
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 15
61 Kin Groups
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 16
62 Community
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 17
65 Government Activities (1-99)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 18
65 Government Activities (100-199)
1955-1956
Box 52 Folder 19
65 Government Activities (200-299)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 20
65 Government Activities (300-388)
1954-1956
Box 52 Folder 21
65 Government Activities (389)
1955-1956
Box 52 Folder 22
65 Government Activities (390-411)
1954-1955
Box 53 Folder 1
65 Government Activities (412-489)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 2
65 Government Activities (490-503)
1953-1956
Box 53 Folder 3
65 Government Activities (504-533)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 4
65 Government Activities (534-543)
1953-1955
Box 53 Folder 5
65 Government Activities (544-556)
1951-1955
Box 53 Folder 6
66 Politicalk Behavior
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 7
67 Law
1953-1955
Box 53 Folder 8
68 Offenses and Sanctions
1955-1956
Box 53 Folder 9
69 Justice
1953-1955
Box 53 Folder 10
70 Armed Forces
1954-1955
Box 53 Folder 11
73 Social Problems
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 12
74 Health and Welfare
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 13
75 Sickness (1-145)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 14
75 Sickness (146-248)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 15
76 Death
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 16
77 Religious Beliefs (1-173)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 17
77 Religious Beliefs (174-391)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 18
78 Religious Practices
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 19
79 Ecclestical Organization (1-66)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 20
79 Ecclestical Organization (67-126)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 21
79 Ecclestical Organization (167-213)
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 22
80 Numbers and Measures
1954-1955
Box 53 Folder 23
81 Exact Knowledge
1955
Box 53 Folder 24
82 Ideas About Nature and Man
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 25
83 Sex
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 26
84 Reproduction
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 27
85 Infancy and Childhood
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 28
86 Socialization
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 29
86A LM's Mother, Father and Child Interviews: Morbidity, Fasts
1954-1955
Box 53 Folder 30-33
86B LM's Observations of Child Behavior
1954-1957
Box 53 Folder 34
87 Education
1954-1956
Box 53 Folder 35
88 Adolescence, Adulthood, and Old Age
1954-1956
Box 54 Folder 1
Survey Schedules
1954-1956
Box 54 Folder 2
Keys to Rankhandi File Materials
1955, 1965
Box 54 Folder 3
Interviews, Schedules, etc. Rankhandi
1955
Box 54 Folder 4
Interview Guides
1955-1956
Box 54 Folder 5
Questionnaires
1955-1956
Box 54 Folder 6
Adalat Panchayat Interview Guides Rankhandi
1955
Box 54 Folder 7
Adult and Social Education Questionnaires (2) I Rankhandi
1955
Box 54 Folder 8
Agriculture Interview Guide
1956
Box 54 Folder 9
Artisans Survey Rankhandi
1956
Box 54 Folder 10
Association and Communications Questionnaire Chuulaa Groups Rankhandi
195-
Box 54 Folder 11
Association and Communications Questionnaire male heads
195-
Box 54 Folder 12
Calendrical Rites Interview Guides Rankhandi
1956
Box 54 Folder 13
CDP Questionnaires I 1) VLW 2) Felt Needs 3) 1st Reactions
1955
Box 54 Folder 14
Cornell-Methodology Project Questionnaire India
195-
Box 54 Folder 15
Daily Income and Expenditures Rajput Families
195-
Box 54 Folder 16
Daily Routine Questionnaire (Male) For Bhanghis
1955
Box 54 Folder 17
Daily Routine Survey Rankhandi
195-
Box 54 Folder 18
Debts Questionnaire for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 19
Diet Questionnaire I Rankhandi
1956
Box 54 Folder 20
Itinerant Merchants Interview Guide
1955
Box 54 Folder 21
Janamas Tamii Interview Guide Rankhandi I
1955
Box 54 Folder 22
Kin Groups Interview Guide for Khaandaan I
1955-1956
Box 54 Folder 23
Labor Questionnaire Jajmani-Lagdaar Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 24
Married Daughters of Rankhandi, Married Women Living in Rankhandi (Survey Schedules)
1955-1956
Box 54 Folder 25
Doll Play and Child Interview Rankhandi
195-
Box 54 Folder 26
Education Questionnaire for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 27
Education Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 28
Farmer Personality Guide for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 29
Farm Survey Rankhandi
195-
Box 54 Folder 30
Food Consumption Questionnaire Rankhandi
195-
Box 54 Folder 31
Glossary of Village Culture Rankhandi I
1956
Box 54 Folder 32
Gram Panchayat Members Interview Guide Rankhandi I
1955
Box 54 Folder 33
Holi-Festival Questionnaire for Bhanghis (2 parts) I
195-
Box 54 Folder 34
Hopper, D. W. Input-Output Questionnaire I
1955
Box 54 Folder 35
House Group Questionnaire Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 36
Household Inventory I
1956
Box 54 Folder 37
Infancy and Childhood Interview Guide Rankhandi
1956
Box 54 Folder 38
Interview Guide for Outaise Employment for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 39
Interview on Animals for Bhanghis I
195-
Box 54 Folder 40
Mother Interview, 1 and 2 Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 41
Other Income-Producing Activities of Laagdaars I
1956
Box 54 Folder 42
Payments of Bhanghis Questionnaire I
195-
Box 54 Folder 43
Personal Property Interview (Women) I
1956
Box 54 Folder 44
Production and Trade Survey Rankhandi I
1956
Box 54 Folder 45
Property Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 46
Recreation Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 47
Record of Inter-Village Visits Questionnaire for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 48
Religious Beliefs Questionnaires for Bhanghis
195-
Box 54 Folder 49
Schedule "B" Methodology Project written in Maghi Script I
1955
Box 54 Folder 50
Social Distance with Casets I
1955
Box 54 Folder 51
Stock Survey Rankhandi I
1955
Box 54 Folder 52
Survey of Retail Shops Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 53
Survey Schedule for Bhanghis at Holi Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 54
Widowhood and Dependency Questionnaire - Rajput Widows Rankhandi I
195-
Box 54 Folder 55
Women and CDP Questionnaire Rankhandi I
1955
Box 54 Folder 56
Elwyn Lapoint Thesis (Partial Draft)
1971
Box 55 Folder 1
84 C.D.S of India,
Box 55 Folder 2
Rankhandi Documentary Film B020
2003
Box 55 Folder 3
VHS-Richter Productions, INC., Prosperity comes to Khalapur