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Series 6: Ritual and practices, 1965-1969; 1976-1977 (continued)
Subseries 6: Ceremonies (continued)
Rituals for those who die a sudden death or bizarre death (continued)
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BOX-FOLDER 21/27 Udaiyar
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/28 Udaiyar male rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/29 Utailyar death rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/30 Veedar
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/31 Veetan death rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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Subseries 7: Weddings
BOX-FOLDER 21/32 Tali Drawings and details (wedding necklaces)
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 21/33 (Vellala) Gounder rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/34 Aacaari rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/35 Acaari ceremonies
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/36 Comparison chart— various wedding ceremonies
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 21/37 Kannakku Pillai wedding songs
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/38 Kuruvan rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/39 Maataari girl second marriage
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/40-42 Maataari wedding rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/43 Maataari wedding rituals (Telegu speakers) (x4)
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/44 Naiyakan wedding rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/45 Pandiya Navitan rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/46 Mankalavarthu
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/47 Tamarind branch
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/48 Utaiyar rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/49 Vatuka Vannan rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/50 Veetar rituals
Extent: Manuscript
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BOX-FOLDER 21/51 Wedding of two trees
Extent: Manuscript
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Series 7: Fieldwork and related works, 1964-1968
BOX-FOLDER 22/1-2 Diaries, Books 1-4, 1964-1966
Extent: Manuscript
Daily entries of Beck's activities throughout her stay in India. Including conversations with interviewees and the stories she collected.
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 Field notes basic sequence, January-April, 1965
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 Field notes basic sequence, April-July, 1965
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/5 Field notes basic sequence, July-September, 1965
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 Field notes basic sequence, August-December, 1965-January, 1966
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Field notes basic sequence, November, 1965-February, 1966
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Field notes basic sequence, February-April, 1966
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/9 Field notes basic sequence, May-September, 1966
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/10 Field notes basic sequence, February, 1966 and June, 1966
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 22/11 Index to field notes
Extent: Manuscript
The index of the core field notes of the social and religious structure of a Tamil-speaking community in South India which was used in writing D.Phil. Thesis, 1968.
See Box 24
BOX-FOLDER 23/1-7 Sundaram answers to Brenda's letters
Extent: Manuscript
Sundaram's answers to various topics asked by Professor Brenda Beck.
BOX-FOLDER 23/8-9 Mackensie manuscripts, Madras
Extent: Manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 23/10 Manuscript materials for sound recordings
Extent: Manuscript
Field notes describing recordings.
BOX 24 Index to field notes
Extent: Manuscript
Card index to basic field note sequences.
See Box 22 for notes.
Field notes were used in Brenda Beck's Phil Thesis, Oxford 1964. See Box 26 for thesis.
BOX 25 Indices to graphic materials
Small books containing the indices and description of graphic materials in the collection:
  1. Black-and-white negatives, 1964-1966
  2. Sundaram's black-and-white photos (contact sheets)
  3. Key to India slide files
  4. Original color photo notes
  5. Miscellaneous photos
BOX 26 Theses, 1964, 1968
Contains two theses submitted by Brenda Beck to the University of Oxford, England: The Examination of Marriage Ritual among selected groups in South India, 1964 and Social and Conceptual order in Koṅku: a Region in South India, 1968.
Series 8: Graphic materials, 1964-2017
Subseries 1: Black-and-white negatives 1964-2017
Digital Content ID: afc2017050_cf11
File path: 1964-66 All Photos and all Audio Tapes\Black and White photos\1965 B&W Photos\Scanned negatives India1965 B&W
Extent: 1295 jpegs and 2 file folders
The following images are a subset of contact sheet available. The entire set of black-and-white prints can be viewed in the index. These are the portion of what AFC has in its holdings Box 25.
BOX 27 Wedding ceremony and YMCA
Roll ID: AFC 2017/050: PH01-01
Extent: 35 mm black-and-white negatives; 32 images
Images include a wedding ceremony in the village and the community center, The YMCA. See pages 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 in Black-and-white negatives index for images.
YMCA and an Aiyupan Festival
Roll ID: AFC 2017/050: PH01-02
Extent: 35 mm black-and-white negatives; 26 images
Images of the YMCA along with an Aiyupan Festival with an elephant procession. Also included are images of different families in the village. See pages 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 25, 27, 29, and 31 in Black-and-white negatives index for images.
Brenda Beck, social and political activites
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