Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

Supplementing a recent conversation by providing in writing "my impressions of the Indian situation"; describing social and political circumstances in India; commenting on the American military and moral stance theretowards; …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

V-mail facsimile,handwritten. Addressed to "Dear Mom." Writes a few details about being in India, a "strange but interesting country."


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

Handwritten on United States Army stationery. Addressed to "Dear Mom." Describes impressions of India. Writes glowingly of the Red Cross and all the work they do, and if he hears …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

Concerning mail, cables, and lack of V-mail forms. Following election news in the United States and what the election outcomes say about the American people and hopes for peace and …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

Ticket stub for Tour no. 1: Kali's Temple, Sikh Temple, Burning Ghats, Victoria Memorial, Zoological Gardens.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1944 English

Concerning lack of mail, dinner at French family's house, slow day, weather, reading about India. Today was a holiday in France; the French people all went to church. Notes how …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1942 English

Signed Walter White, Secretary; proposing the establishment of a three-person commission to address "the Indian situation" and describing at length the purpose, composition, and protocol of such a commission.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1942 English

Enclosing a statement regarding "the Indian problem" and inquiring if he'd be willing to sign.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1942 English

Signed Walter White, Secretary; enclosing confidential letters to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Sumner Welles regarding the prospective commission to India to which W. E. B. Du Bois might …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1942 English

Urging Roosevelt to cooperate with the United Nations towards "the full participation... and political freedom... of the Indian people in the war."