A Guide to Indian Manuscripts: Materials from Europe and North America
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
A Guide to Indian Manuscripts: Materials from Europe and North America
By (Author) John F. Riddick
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
16th September 1993
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Bibliographies, catalogues
016.54
Physical Properties
Hardback
296
Description
This guide provides a selection of the key collections of correspondence, documents, and papers written in English located in libraries outside India and Pakistan. Organized on a geographic basis, entries range in date from the 18th through the 20th centuries. Each entry includes the individual's or institution's name (for the former, birth and death dates are provided when available). Descriptive elements include the type and size of the collection's manuscript material, its period of coverage, and its shelf mark or classification number where possible. The volume concludes with a proper name index. In addition to British India's famous administrators and military leaders, ranging from Lord Clive and Mountbatten to General Coote and Field Marshal Slim, materials representing the various missionary groups, business and industry, the medical profession, and literary figures are included. An indispensible source for researchers of India as well as Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, Tibet, and Burma.
Reviews
A gold mine for scholars and researchers interested in British India. An excellent addition to the literature, recommended for research libraries and historians interested in India.-Choice
"A gold mine for scholars and researchers interested in British India. An excellent addition to the literature, recommended for research libraries and historians interested in India."-Choice
Author Bio
JOHN F. RIDDICK is Head of the Acquisitions Services Department, Park Library, Central Michigan University. His earlier Glimpses of India (Greenwood, 1989) is a winner of the RASD award Best Bibliographies in History, 1990.
