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South Asian Ephemera

The South Asian Ephemera Collection is an openly accessible repository of items that spans a variety of subjects and languages and supports research, teaching, and private study. Newly acquired materials are digitized and added on an ongoing basis.

3,716 Items
38 Languages
34 Locations
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About

The South Asian Ephemera Collection complements Princeton's already robust Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera. The goal of the collection is to provide a diverse selection of resources that span a variety of subjects and languages and support interdisciplinary scholarship in South Asian Studies.
At present, the collection is primarily composed of contemporary ephemera and items from the latter half of the twentieth century, though users will also find items originating from earlier dates. Common genres in the collection include booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, and flyers. These items were produced by a variety of individuals and organizations including political parties, non-governmental organizations, public policy think tanks, activists, and others and were meant to promote their views, positions, agendas, policies, events, and activities.
Every effort is being made to represent each country in the region. As the collection grows over time, PUL will provide increasingly balanced coverage of the area.

Team 

  • Ellen Ambrosone, South Asian Studies librarian and Project Lead
  • Alpana Mukherjee, Library Collections Specialist VI for the South Asia Collection
  • Paul Peixoto, Library Collections Specialist VI
Graduate student assistants who have worked on the project:
  • Adhitya Dhanapal (PhD candidate, History)
  • Hajra Farooqui (PhD student, Religion)
  • Manav Kapur (PhD candidate, History)
  • Usman Khan (PhD student, Religion)
  • Abdullah Naveed (PhD student, Religion)
  • Amna Qayyum (PhD graduate, History)
Digitization and IT Services:
  • Kimberly Leaman (Library IT Project Manager)
  • Roel Muñoz (Library Digital Imaging Manager)
  • Anna Headley (Digital Infrastructure Developer)
  • Cliff Wulfman (Periodicals Digitization Coordinator)
  • Trey Pendragon (Senior Developer and Digital Library Development Manager)
  • Esmé Cowles (Assistant Director for Information Technology)

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Contributors

The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS)

The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) was established in 1996. It is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and an affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies. PUL has collaborated with the AISLS Colombo office, the University of Edinburgh, and the South Asia Open Archives to digitally host "Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s to 1990s."

Duke University Libraries

Duke University Libraries advances teaching, learning, and research at Duke by providing critical expertise, deep and broad scholarly collections, inclusive programs and services, accessible technology, and inspiring spaces in a welcoming environment that is open to all. PUL has received a gift of ephemera covering the second half of the twentieth century in a variety of South Asian languages.

Copyright

Princeton University Library claims no copyright governing this digital resource. It is provided for free, on a non-commercial, open-access basis, for fair-use academic and research purposes only. Anyone who claims copyright over any part of these resources and feels that they should not be presented in this manner is invited to contact Princeton University Library, who will in turn consider such concerns and make reasonable efforts to respond to such concerns.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [Sub-collection name (if applicable)], South Asian Ephemera Collection, Princeton University Library.

Romanization

Please refer to the Library of Congress Romanization tables when searching the collection.