This material is endangered not only from the physical conditons of its storage but also from its history of neglect and unfriendly government policies. In keeping with the theme of story-telling, here as a part of knowledge transfer, I thought I'd point to the material copied by one of our completed projects: Preservation and digitisation of Yi archives in public and private collections in Yunnan, China. Human beings use the spoken word and written texts to pass on knowledge. The 11 Collections are:ĮAP127/3 Devajit Bandyopadhyay Collection This includes the School of Cultural Texts itself whose Collection contains seven sub-collections, reflecting the development of their holdings. The material is organised into 11 separate Collections, based on the name of the Collector of the original material. Anyone reading this blog will be familiar with some of the material, and seen some of the images produced by the Project.
The books cover subjects including folk literature, music and songs, theatre booklets, homeopathy, astrology, adventure novels, horror stories, grammar guides, religious practices and belief, and many many other topics. Digital copies and (some of) the original material can be consulted at the School of Cultural Texts and Records or the reading rooms here at The British Library. We are pleased to announce that the catalogue for the Popular Market Bengali Books is now available to view via the British Library's Search Our Catalouge: Archives and Manuscripts pages.Ģ971 examples of Bengali street literature have been digitised by staff at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
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