Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1949 English

Image of station wagon, heavily laden with baggage, driving over a pontoon bridge.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1949 English

Man tending to vegetables in a garden growing next to a small irrigation ditch.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1948 English

Notes titled "Eminent Negroes Available for Service in India," providing a list of "eminent negro scholars" he believes should study in India.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1948 English

Note written on an extract from a letter from Jawaharlal Nehru to Cedric Dover dated June 23, 1948, explaining that he agrees with Dover's suggestion concerning the "eminent Negroes" who …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1948 English

Responding to a previous letter; thanking him for the letter he wrote to Jawaharlal Nehru, and mentioning that it has been one of his life's ambitions to go to India.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1948 English

Typed draft of an article published as "The Greatest Man in the World" in Unity. This is an appreciation of the life of Mohandas Gandhi, and an encouragement for Americans …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1947 English

Discussing issues pertaining to colonized Africa including: a lend-lease agreement between the United States and South Africa, a delegation of Basuto people planning to attend the United Nations to bring …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1946 English

Mentioning that he would be pleased to attend their reception honoring India's delegation to the United Nations.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1945 English

Typed draft of article published in the Chicago Defender as "Du Bois, white run from photo with white stooges," discussing India and Indians.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1945 English

Thanking him for the Colonial Conference invitation and regretfully declining; sharing his thoughts on British Imperialism and the future of its colonial holdings.