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
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
Cornell Rankhandi project records, #14-25-2787. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
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.
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
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Jhabiran
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Box 2 |
Jhabiran
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Box 3 |
Jhabiran
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Box 4 |
Jhabiran
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Box 5 |
Jhabiran
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Box 6 |
Jhabiran
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Box 7 |
Jhabiran
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Box 8 |
Jhabiran
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Photographs (mounted)
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Box 9 |
Jhabiran photos & Ref. Info. 13, 23-58a
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Box 10 |
Photos 34-36, 40-41, 53c, 54, 57-58
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Box 11 |
Photos 66b-67, 7576, 78-79a
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Box 12 |
Photos 58-59, 65-65b, 65g, 66-66b, 75,79-79b, 85, 87-88b
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Box 13 |
Photos 44, 48 51-53b, 58e
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Box 14 |
Photos 65f-65k, 66a
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Box 15 |
Photos 59, 62, 65-65e, 88c, 89
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Box 16 |
Photos 79b, 85, 87, 88-88b
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Box 17 |
Photos 10, 13-13c, 22-24b
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Box 18 |
Photos 25-34
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Box 19 |
Photos 88c-89
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Box 20 |
Photos 12,25-30
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Box 21 |
Photos 1-9, 14-42
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Box 22 |
Index Cards
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Box 23 |
Index Cards
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Box 24 |
Index Cards
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Box 25 |
Index Cards
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Box 26 |
Index Cards
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Box 27 |
Index Cards
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Box 28 |
Index Cards
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Box 29 |
Index Cards
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Box 30 |
Index Cards
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Box 31 |
Index Cards
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Box 32 |
Index Cards
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Movie Films
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Three audio cassettes of music labeled Reels 12-16, Reels 17-20, and Reels 21-24 from
Box 34 have been digitized.
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Box 33 |
Movie Films
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Box 34 |
Movie Films
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Box 35 |
Movie Films
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Box 36 |
Audio Tapes
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Box 37 |
Slides
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Box 38 |
Slides
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Box 39 |
Slides
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Box 40 |
Slides
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Box 41 |
Slides
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Box 42 |
Slides
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Box 43 |
Miscellaneous Files, Photographs, slides
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Box 44 |
Miscellaneous Files, Photographs, slides
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Box 45 |
Maps
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Box 46 |
Maps
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Box 47 |
Maps
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Box 48 |
Maps
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Box 49 |
Additional Census Records
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Additional field notes and slides
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Box 50 | Folder 1 |
Ideas
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 2 |
Slides: Baba (neg. f/slide set c) and two unidentified
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Box 50 | Folder 3 |
Riter: b/w negs
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1954 |
Box 50 | Folder 4 |
Minturn
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1976 |
Box 50 | Folder 5 |
Amaawas
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 6 |
Notes
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 7 |
Notes re: other
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 8 |
Gourdhan
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1954-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 9 |
Bhaiya Dooj
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 10 |
Besant Panchmii
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 11 |
Davali
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1954-1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 12 |
Hoi - Data
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 13 |
Solono
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 14 |
Calendrical interpretation
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 15 |
Holi
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1954-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 16 |
Ritual designs
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 17 |
Naumii
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 18 |
Cal. Rite - Misc. - seen by Bruce
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1955, 1962 |
Box 50 | Folder 19 |
Cal. Rites f/S.T.
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 20 |
Karva Chauth
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1954-1955, 1979-1980 |
Box 50 | Folder 21 |
Karvaa Chuth
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 22 |
Paintaa
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 23 |
Sat Naraayan Purnima Bhats Eclipse
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 24 |
Shiv Chaudas
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Box 50 | Folder 25 |
Shiuratrii
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Box 50 | Folder 26 |
Sakat Puja
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 27 |
Athanaumii & fasts
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 28 |
Aamal Eekaadashii
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1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 29 |
Kanagats
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 30 |
Ritual paintings in R. Int. guides
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1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 31 |
Giaas
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1954-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 32 |
Misc. - Int. Guides, etc.
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 33 |
Solono
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 34 |
Worshipping at Mela
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 35 |
Sugar Cane Planting Wall Design
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 36 |
Teej Sauan
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 37 |
AsaaRh
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 38 |
Sauan
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 39 |
Puran Maashii
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 40 |
Deshera in Jaith
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 41 |
Janamaastamii
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 42 |
Misc. Cal. Rites
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1954-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 43 |
Phulanin Dooj
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 44 |
Chaudas of Asooj
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1955 |
Box 50 | Folder 45 |
Org. Cere. - RMM - 1 of 3 folder
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1955-1956 |
Box 50 | Folder 46 |
Hoi to Sanghi, prints p/ Greg
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195- |
Box 50 | Folder 47 |
Sanghi Gouardhan
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195- |
Box 51 | Folder 1 |
01 Unclassified
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 2 |
02 Daily Log
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1953-1954 |
Box 51 | Folder 3 |
10 Orientation
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 4 |
102 Maps
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 5 |
11 Bibliography
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1954-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 6 |
12 Methodology
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1954-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 7 |
13 Geography
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 8 |
15 Behavior Processes and Personality
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 9 |
16 Demography
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 10 |
17 Historical and Cultural Change
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 11 |
18 Total Culture
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1953-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 12 |
19 Language
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 13 |
20 Communication
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 14 |
21 Records
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 15 |
22 Food Quest
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 16 |
23 Animal Husbandry
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 17 |
24 Agriculture
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 18 |
24A Agriculture Interview, Answers to IG-32-I: Harvest
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1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 19-20 |
24B Agriculture Land Records (S. N. Singh)
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1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 21-22 |
24C Agriculture Land Use Tables and Figures
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195- |
Box 51 | Folder 23 |
25 Food Processing
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1954-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 24 |
26 Food Consumption
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1954-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 25 |
27 Drink, Drugs, and Indulgence
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 26 |
28 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 27 |
29 Clothing
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 28 |
30 Adornment
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 29 |
31 Exploitative Activities
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 30 |
32 Processing of Basic Materials
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1953-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 31 |
33 Building and Construction
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 32 |
34 Structures
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1954-2956 |
Box 51 | Folder 33 |
35 Equipment and Maintenance of Buildings
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 34 |
36 Settlements
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 35 |
37 Energy and Power
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1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 36 |
40 Machines
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1954 |
Box 51 | Folder 37 |
41 Tools and Appliances
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 38 |
42 Property
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 39 |
43 Exchange
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 40 |
44 Marketing
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 41 |
45 Finance
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1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 42 |
46 Labor (1-139)
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 43 |
46 Labor(140-267)
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 44 |
47 Business and Industrial Organization
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19 |
Box 51 | Folder 45 |
48 Travel and Transportation
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 46 |
49 Land Transport
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 47 |
51 living Standards and Routines
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1954-1955 |
Box 51 | Folder 48 |
52 Recreation
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 49 |
53 Fine Arts (53-41)
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 50 |
537 Mundiaa Chamaar Songs (MM)
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1955-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 51 |
54 Entertainment
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1954-1956 |
Box 51 | Folder 52 |
55 Individuation and Mobility
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 1 |
56 Social Stratification
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 2 |
56 Social Stratification (89-303)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 3 |
56 Social Stratification
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 4-5 |
57 Interpersonal Relations
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 6 |
58 Marriage (1-190)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 7 |
58 Marriages: Three Chamar Marriages (Mike Mahar)
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1955-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 8 |
58 Marriage (191-388)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 9 |
59 Family
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1953-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 10-13 |
613.1 Khandan Study (MM)
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1955-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 14 |
60 Kinship
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 15 |
61 Kin Groups
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 16 |
62 Community
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 17 |
65 Government Activities (1-99)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 18 |
65 Government Activities (100-199)
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1955-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 19 |
65 Government Activities (200-299)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 20 |
65 Government Activities (300-388)
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1954-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 21 |
65 Government Activities (389)
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1955-1956 |
Box 52 | Folder 22 |
65 Government Activities (390-411)
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1954-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 1 |
65 Government Activities (412-489)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 2 |
65 Government Activities (490-503)
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1953-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 3 |
65 Government Activities (504-533)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 4 |
65 Government Activities (534-543)
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1953-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 5 |
65 Government Activities (544-556)
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1951-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 6 |
66 Politicalk Behavior
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 7 |
67 Law
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1953-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 8 |
68 Offenses and Sanctions
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1955-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 9 |
69 Justice
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1953-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 10 |
70 Armed Forces
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1954-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 11 |
73 Social Problems
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 12 |
74 Health and Welfare
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 13 |
75 Sickness (1-145)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 14 |
75 Sickness (146-248)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 15 |
76 Death
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 16 |
77 Religious Beliefs (1-173)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 17 |
77 Religious Beliefs (174-391)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 18 |
78 Religious Practices
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 19 |
79 Ecclestical Organization (1-66)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 20 |
79 Ecclestical Organization (67-126)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 21 |
79 Ecclestical Organization (167-213)
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 22 |
80 Numbers and Measures
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1954-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 23 |
81 Exact Knowledge
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1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 24 |
82 Ideas About Nature and Man
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 25 |
83 Sex
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 26 |
84 Reproduction
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 27 |
85 Infancy and Childhood
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 28 |
86 Socialization
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 29 |
86A LM's Mother, Father and Child Interviews: Morbidity, Fasts
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1954-1955 |
Box 53 | Folder 30-33 |
86B LM's Observations of Child Behavior
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1954-1957 |
Box 53 | Folder 34 |
87 Education
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1954-1956 |
Box 53 | Folder 35 |
88 Adolescence, Adulthood, and Old Age
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1954-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 1 |
Survey Schedules
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1954-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 2 |
Keys to Rankhandi File Materials
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1955, 1965 |
Box 54 | Folder 3 |
Interviews, Schedules, etc. Rankhandi
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 4 |
Interview Guides
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1955-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 5 |
Questionnaires
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1955-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 6 |
Adalat Panchayat Interview Guides Rankhandi
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 7 |
Adult and Social Education Questionnaires (2) I Rankhandi
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 8 |
Agriculture Interview Guide
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 9 |
Artisans Survey Rankhandi
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 10 |
Association and Communications Questionnaire Chuulaa Groups Rankhandi
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 11 |
Association and Communications Questionnaire male heads
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 12 |
Calendrical Rites Interview Guides Rankhandi
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 13 |
CDP Questionnaires I 1) VLW 2) Felt Needs 3) 1st Reactions
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 14 |
Cornell-Methodology Project Questionnaire India
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 15 |
Daily Income and Expenditures Rajput Families
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 16 |
Daily Routine Questionnaire (Male) For Bhanghis
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 17 |
Daily Routine Survey Rankhandi
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 18 |
Debts Questionnaire for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 19 |
Diet Questionnaire I Rankhandi
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 20 |
Itinerant Merchants Interview Guide
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 21 |
Janamas Tamii Interview Guide Rankhandi I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 22 |
Kin Groups Interview Guide for Khaandaan I
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1955-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 23 |
Labor Questionnaire Jajmani-Lagdaar Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 24 |
Married Daughters of Rankhandi, Married Women Living in Rankhandi (Survey Schedules)
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1955-1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 25 |
Doll Play and Child Interview Rankhandi
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 26 |
Education Questionnaire for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 27 |
Education Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 28 |
Farmer Personality Guide for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 29 |
Farm Survey Rankhandi
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 30 |
Food Consumption Questionnaire Rankhandi
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 31 |
Glossary of Village Culture Rankhandi I
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 32 |
Gram Panchayat Members Interview Guide Rankhandi I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 33 |
Holi-Festival Questionnaire for Bhanghis (2 parts) I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 34 |
Hopper, D. W. Input-Output Questionnaire I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 35 |
House Group Questionnaire Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 36 |
Household Inventory I
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 37 |
Infancy and Childhood Interview Guide Rankhandi
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 38 |
Interview Guide for Outaise Employment for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 39 |
Interview on Animals for Bhanghis I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 40 |
Mother Interview, 1 and 2 Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 41 |
Other Income-Producing Activities of Laagdaars I
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 42 |
Payments of Bhanghis Questionnaire I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 43 |
Personal Property Interview (Women) I
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 44 |
Production and Trade Survey Rankhandi I
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1956 |
Box 54 | Folder 45 |
Property Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 46 |
Recreation Questionnaire Rajput Women Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 47 |
Record of Inter-Village Visits Questionnaire for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 48 |
Religious Beliefs Questionnaires for Bhanghis
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 49 |
Schedule "B" Methodology Project written in Maghi Script I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 50 |
Social Distance with Casets I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 51 |
Stock Survey Rankhandi I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 52 |
Survey of Retail Shops Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 53 |
Survey Schedule for Bhanghis at Holi Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 54 |
Widowhood and Dependency Questionnaire - Rajput Widows Rankhandi I
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195- |
Box 54 | Folder 55 |
Women and CDP Questionnaire Rankhandi I
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1955 |
Box 54 | Folder 56 |
Elwyn Lapoint Thesis (Partial Draft)
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1971 |
Box 55 | Folder 1 |
84 C.D.S of India,
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Box 55 | Folder 2 |
Rankhandi Documentary Film B020
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2003 |
Box 55 | Folder 3 |
VHS-Richter Productions, INC., Prosperity comes to Khalapur
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