Fondo RGC - Papers of Ram Gharib Chaube

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

GB 891 RGC

Título

Papers of Ram Gharib Chaube

Fecha(s)

  • [1892 - 1900] (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

1 archival box

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(d. 1914)

Historia biográfica

Ram Gharib Chaube was probably born in the late 1850s into the traditional learned Chaube family. He graduated from the Presidency College, Calcutta, and was learned in both Indian tradition and the British colonial system of education, being fluent inread more

Nombre del productor

(1848-1923)

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

It is assumed that this material was once in the possession of William Crooke. Most of his Papers are in the archive of the Folklore Society, held at University College, London,

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

It is unknown how these Papers came to be in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. Possibly Crooke was seeking publication or had lent the material to George A. Grierson.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This is a set of Indian Religious Songs collected, transcribed and translated into English by Ram Gharib Chaube, probably for the use of William Crooke.

Sistema de arreglo

Four series of material were arranged according to the headings under which the material was found:

  • RGC/1 - Religious Songs in Romanized Hindi
  • RGC/2 - Religious Songs from Northern India
  • RGC/3 - Uncategorised Songs
  • RGC/4 - Original Folder

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.read more

Condiciones

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Idioma del material

  • inglés
  • hindi

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

The Library holds a copy of In Quest of Indian Folktales: Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke by Sadhana Naithana. It also holds several of William Crooke's publications. These can be found on our Library catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.

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Área de control de la descripción

Identificador de la descripción

gb891-rgc

Nota del archivista

The Catalogue was created by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2018.