Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, Andhra Pradesh

Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, particularly in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - most significantly his work as Adviser for Tribes and Backward Classes to the Nizam's Government, 1945-1949, but also relating to his later visits to the area in the lat...

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Date(s) of creation: 1939 - 1985
Level: Sub-collection
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
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callnumber_txt PP MS 19/02
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title Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, Andhra Pradesh
scb_date_creation 1939 - 1985
scb_level Sub-collection
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format Archive
description Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, particularly in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - most significantly his work as Adviser for Tribes and Backward Classes to the Nizam's Government, 1945-1949, but also relating to his later visits to the area in the late 1970s and 1980s. The material includes a series of correspondence between Fürer-Haimendorf and the Revenue Department of the Nizam's Government (1939-1949); Tour Notes of the Adviser for Tribes and Backward Classes; Gondi Reading Charts for adults; correspondence with tribesmen concerning the alienation of tribal land (1976-1978); reports and articles; addresses; press cuttings; official government reports and publications, and miscelleous loose papers on tribal welfare issues.
scb_access_status Open
language English
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hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 19
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