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| Title: | Ramanujan, A.K. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1944-1995 |
| Size: | 36.25 linear feet (71 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1993) was a poet, folklorist, linguist, and translator based at the University of Chicago. Ramanujan translated the classical and modern literature of South Asia, as well as folk tales and songs. As a poet, Ramanujan wrote primarily in English, often on transcultural themes. The A.K. Ramanujan Papers span 1944-1995 and contain correspondence, teaching materials, manuscripts, publications, diaries, photographs, audio and video recordings, and digital media. |
Series VII, Audio-Visual, does not include access copies for part or all of the material in this series. Researchers will need to consult with staff before requesting material from this series.
Series VIII: Restricted, contains student assignments, grade sheets, and letters of recommendation, all restricted for 80 years from the date of creation.
The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Ramanujan, A.K. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1993) was an interdisciplinary scholar and transnational figure who worked as a poet, translator, linguist, and folklorist.
Ramanujan received a BA and MA in English Literature from the University of Mysore, after which he taught at various universities in South India. In 1958, he received a graduate diploma in Theoretical Linguistics from Deccan University in Poona. He arrivied in the United States in 1959, and received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Indiana University in 1963.
In 1962, Ramanujan became an assistant professor at the University of Chicago. At the university, he was instrumental in developing the South Asian Studies program and worked with the South Asian Languages and Civilization department, the Linguistics department, and the Committee on Social Thought. Although he remained affiliated with the University of Chicago for the rest of his life, Ramanujan also taught at other universities in the United States, including the University of Wisconsin, Harvard, the University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, and Carleton College.
Ramanujan translated the classical and modern literature of South Asia, as well as folk tales and songs. Much of his work focused on South Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Published works include
A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India (1997); Folktales from India: Oral Tales from (1991);The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology (1967); Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil (1985) and Speaking of Siva (1973). As a poet, Ramanujan wrote primarily in English, often on transcultural themes. Collections of his own poetry include The Striders (1966); Hokkulalli Huvilla (1969); Relations (1971); Selected Poems (1976); and Second Sight (1986). Ramanujan also contributed to cultural theories of South Asia with works such as "Is there an Indian Way of Thinking?" (1990).
In 1976, the government of India awarded Ramanujan the title “Padma Sri.” In 1983, Ramanujan was appointed William E. Colvin Professor at the University of Chicago, and was also awarded a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.
Ramanujan died in Chicago on July 13, 1993.
The A.K. Ramanujan Papers span 1944-1995. The collections represents Ramanujan's work as an interdisciplinary scholar of linguistics, literature, and folk culture, as well as his poetry writing. While most of the collection is in English, a substantial amount of material is in South Asian languages such as Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
The collection is organized into eight series:
Series I: Biographical, contains curriculum vitae, a Ph.D. diploma, certificates and awards, book reviews, interviews, essays, and biographical statements. Also included are obituaries, articles and tributes in memory of Ramanujan. Files are arranged chronologically from 1944-1993, with undated material at the end of the series. Oversize newspaper clippings have been transferred to Series VII.
Series II: Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by last name and includes professional correspondence dating from 1958-1993. Some of the correspondence is in South Asian languages. Additional correspondence is found in Series II-IV of the collection, filed with related materials. Personal correspondence is in Series V.
Series III: Teaching, contains lecture notes, syllabi, assignments, outlines, readings, and related correspondence. There are files on Ramanujan's University of Chicago courses in literature, linguistics, and comparative studies. Some files are from classes Ramanujan taught as a visitor at other institutions. Files date from 1962-1993 and are organized alphabetically by course name or subject. Files of material from unidentified courses or from multiple courses are at the end of the series. Restricted materials have been transferred to Series VIII.
Series IV: Research, Translations and Writings, contains Ramanujan's literary writing and scholarship in a variety of disciplines. Included are Ramanujan's scholarly writings and research on folklore, linguistics, poetry, poetics, religion, and translation theory. Also represented is Ramanujan's work in translating Indian poetry, as well as his own poetry and fiction writing. Writings by other authors are also found in this series. Materials date from 1952-1995 and include manuscripts, drafts, publications, notes, and related correspondence. An oversize musical score and accompanying lyrics have been transferred to SeriesVII.
Series V: Personal, contains correspondence, diaries, notecards, and artifacts. Materials span 1959-1992. Oversize broadsides promoting poetry readings and other cultural events have been transferred to Series VII. Two term papers written by Ramanujan as a student have been transferred to Series VIII.
Series VI: Audio-Visual, contains photographs, film and video, audio recordings and digital media. Photographs include an image of Ramanujan teaching in the classroom, as well as collections of images of Asian artwork and ethnographic scenes. Many of the film and audio recordings are unidentified; however, there are cassette tape recordings of literary readings, music performances and lectures. Digital media consists of twenty floppy disks. Many items are undated, with material spanning circa 1970s-1990s.
Series VII: Oversize, consists of large-format materials transferred from Series I, IV and V.
Series VIII: Restricted, contains graded student assignments, grade sheets, and letters of recommendation transferred from Series III. It also contains two of Ramanujan's own term papers transferred from Series V.
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
Dimock, Edward C. Papers
University of Chicago. John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought. Records
Series I: Biographical |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Certificates and reference letters, 1944-1958 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | University of Mysore, M.A. certification, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Fulbright award, 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Indiana University, Ph.D. diploma, 1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Biographical articles, 1964-1990 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | The Striders, reviews, 1966-1972 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | The Interior Landscape, reviews, 1968-1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | "A Kannada Folk Tale," Bangalore University lecture, handbill, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Second Conference of the Society for South Indian Studies, program, 1970 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | "Introducing a Linguist," Span, interview, 1970 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Speaking Siva, reviews, 1973-1990 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Interview, 1975 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Chirantan Kulshrestha, "The Self in Ramanujan's Poetry," essay, 1978-1979 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Interviews, 1980 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Hymns for the Drowning, reviews, 1981-1984 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Niranjan Mohanty, "The Home-Bound Pilgrim: A Study of A.K. Ramanujan's Poetry," essay, 1982-1983 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | MacArthur Foundation grant, publicity and biographical statements, 1983-1988 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Poems of Love and War, reviews, 1984-1986 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Faculty reports, 1985-1986 |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Second Sight, reviews, 1986-1987 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Conference materials, 1986 |
| Box 1 Folder 22 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences, certificate, 1990 |
| Box 1 Folder 23 | American Institute of Indian Studies, bibliography and biographical statement, 1990 |
| Box 1 Folder 24 | S. Bral, "Ramanujan's Umbilicus," interview, 1991 |
| Box 1 Folder 25 | Jamie Kalven, "Found in the Translation," University of Chicago Magazine, 1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 26 | Another harmony: New essays on the Folklore of India, reviews, 1992 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Memorial material, 1993 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Biographical statements, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Curricula vitae, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Rabi S. Mishra, "A.K. Ramanujan: A Point of View," essay, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | G.N. Devy, "Alienation as Means of Self-Exploration: A Study of A.K. Ramanujan's Poetry," essay, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 6-7 | Interviews, undated |
Series II: Correspondence |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | A-Ar, 1958-1993
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| Box 2 Folder 8 | As-Asia, 1962-1992
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| Box 2 Folder 10 | Asia-Aw, 1962-1992
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| Box 3 Folder 1 | B-Bl, 1966-1993
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| Box 3 Folder 2 | Bo-Bu, 1962-1990
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| Box 3 Folder 3 | C, 1964-1990
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| Box 3 Folder 4 | D-Do, 1960-1990
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| Box 3 Folder 5 | Du-Dw, 1963-1992
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| Box 3 Folder 6 | E-Eu, 1963-1992
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| Box 3 Folder 7 | Ezekiel, Nissim,1963-1985 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | F-Ge, 1968-1993
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| Box 4 Folder 1 | Gh-Gu, 1968-1991
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| Box 4 Folder 2 | H, 1965-1992
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| Box 4 Folder 3 | I, 1965-1991
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| Box 4 Folder 4 | J-Kam, 1962-1986
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| Box 4 Folder 5 | Kan-Kh, 1959-1993
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| Box 5 Folder 1 | Ki-Kri, 1961-1990
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| Box 5 Folder 2 | Kro-Ku, 1964-1992
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| Box 5 Folder 3 | L, 1966-1992
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| Box 5 Folder 4 | M-Mc, 1965-1992
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| Box 5 Folder 5 | Me-Mu, 1965-1992
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| Box 5 Folder 6 | N, 1965-1992
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| Box 5 Folder 7 | O-Ox, 1964-1992
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| Box 6 Folder 1 | Ox-Ow, 1964-1992
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| Box 6 Folder 2 | P-Pati, 1965-1993
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| Box 6 Folder 3 | Patt-Peng, 1970-1992
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| Box 6 Folder 4 | Penn-Pu, 1976-1993
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| Box 6 Folder 5 | R-Ram, 1959-1992
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| Box 6 Folder 6 | Ran-Ry, 1959-1992
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| Box 6 Folder 7 | S-Ser, 1967-1992
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| Box 7 Folder 1 | Ses-Shu, 1967-1992
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| Box 7 Folder 2 | Si-So, 1965-1986
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| Box 7 Folder 3 | Sr-Stei, 1960-1992
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| Box 7 Folder 4 | Ster-Sw, 1960-1992
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| Box 7 Folder 5 | T-U, 1966-1993
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| Box 7 Folder 6 | V-Vas, 1958-1993
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| Box 7 Folder 7 | Vat-We, 1958-1993
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| Box 7 Folder 8 | Wh-Zu, 1966-1991
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| Box 8 Folder 1 | Zvelebil, Kamil, 1965-1991 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Unidentified, 1962-1992 |
| Box 8 Folder 3-5 | Unidentified, South Asian languages, circa 1966-1983 |
Series III: Teaching |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Bhagavad Gita, 1989 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Comparative Humanities, 1967-1969 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Figures of Language and Culture, workshops, 1983-1984 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Folktales, 1988-1990 |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Hinduism, 1992 |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Indian folklore, 1969-1971 |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Indian literary traditions, 1985-1992 |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Introduction to Indian Civilization, 1962-1972 |
| Box 9 Folder 1-2 | Introduction to Indian Civilization, 1962-1972 |
| Box 9 Folder 3-4 | Introduction to Indian Folklore, 1985-1990 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Introduction to Indian Literatures, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 6-9 | Introduction to South Asian Literatures, 1967-1986 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | The Mahabarata, 1981-1984 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | The Poetry of the Saints: Studies in Bhakti, 1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Reading and Writing Poetry, 1990 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Sangam, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | South Asian Literature workshop, 1985 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Speech 152, 1967 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Tamil literature, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Theoretical approaches to South Asian literature, 1993 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Translation workshop, 1993 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Women and Folklore, 1988 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | "Wondrous Beauty" poetry workshop, 1976-1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 12-13 | Unidentified and general course material, 1962-1985 |
Series IV: Research, Translations and Writings |
This series contains Ramanujan's literary writing and scholarship in a variety of disciplines. Materials date from 1952-1995 and are divided into seven subseries:
Subseries 1: Essays and Articles, contains material related to Ramanujan's shorter critical and scholarly writings on a variety of subjects, including folklore, linguistics, poetry, poetics, religion, and translation theory. There are manuscripts, drafts, reprints, periodicals, clippings, notes, and related correspondence. Files are organized alphabetically by title.
Subseries 2: Linguistics, contains manuscripts, notes, research proposals, and other material related to Ramanujan's study of linguistics. This series includes a copy of his dissertation, and several files on the Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil languages. Many files are undated, but are likely to date from the early to mid-1960s. Files are organized alphabetically.
Subseries 3: Folklore, contains translations and transcriptions of folk tales, songs and other folklore of South Asia, as well as secondary research on South Asian folklore. There are drafts of the folklore anthology A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India and related translations of Kannada language folk tales. Also included are photocopies of articles and book essays on South Asian folklore research; much of this material consists of copies of The Indian Antiquary from circa 1880s-1920s.
Subseries 4: Verse, contains Ramanujan's own poetry, as well as his translations and editions of South Asian poetry and song. There are also translations of poetry and songs by other scholars. Materials include manuscripts, drafts, notes and publications. Some files also contain related correspondence and lecture notes. There are substantial files on anthologies such as The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology; Relations; Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil; and the Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry. Files are organized chronologically, with undated materials at the end of the subseries. An oversize musical score and accompanying lyrics have been transferred to SeriesVII.
Subseries 5: Fiction, contains Ramanujan's fiction writing, collaborative writing with colleagues, and translations of fiction by other writers. Files are organized chronologically, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Subseries 6: Notes, contains notebooks, note cards and loose notes kept by Ramanujan. There are notes on a variety of scholarly subjects that interested Ramanujan. Many notes relate to research and translation work represented in Subseries 1-4. There are also course notes from Ramanujan's education in India. Files are organized chronologically, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Subseries 7: Writings by Others, contains manuscripts and publications by writers other than Ramanujan. Included is a copy of Robert Bly's A Little Book on the Human Shadow inscribed by the author to Ramanujan. Files are arranged alphabetically by author or title. Unidentified writings, many consisting of photocopies of South Asian language publications, are at the end of the subseries, along with a file of general newspaper clippings.
Subseries 1: Essays and Articles |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | "An Interview with Sivaji Manram, A Fan-Club in Madras," undated |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | "Between the Seen and the Unseen: The Ambiguity of Death in Hinduism," 1991 |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | "Classics Lost and Found," undated |
| Box 10 Folder 17 | "The Clay Mother-In-Law," 1956 |
| Box 10 Folder 18-21 | "Food for Thought: Towards an Anthology of Hindu Food- Images," 1985 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | "From Classicism to Bhakti," undated |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | "The Goddess of Snakes in Medieval Bengali Literature," 1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | "Hamchi: A Kannada Cinderella," 1980 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | "Indian Literature in the U.S.: 1957-1987," 1988 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | "The Indian 'Oedipus'," 1970-1985 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | "Indian Poetry," 1993 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | "Indijska Poetika," 1967 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | "Indian Folktales," 1985 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | "Is There an Indian Way of Thinking?" 1980-1985 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | "Karma in Bhakti," 1980 |
| Box 11 Folder 11-15 | "Language and 'Modernization': The Tamil Example," 1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | "Language and Social Change: The Tamil Example," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | "Love and Death in Mysore and Venice," 1981 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | "Manasha -- Goddess of Snakes," 1964 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | "Men, Women, and Saints," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | "The Myths of Bhakti: Images of Siva in Saiva Poetry," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | "Nature and Culture in Classical Tamil Poetry," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | "Notes on Walt Whitman," 1955 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | "On Bharati and His Prose Poems," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | "On Contemporary Indian Poetry," 1983 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | "On Folk Mythologies and Folk Puranas," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | "On Translating a Tamil Poem," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | "On Women Saints," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | "Parables and Commonplaces," 1974-1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 14 | "The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half," 1986 |
| Box 12 Folder 15 | "Repetition in the Mahabarata," undated |
| Box 12 Folder 16 | "Report on Sven Liljeblad: Swedish Folktale Collections," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 1-2 | "The Ring of Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Indian Literatures," 1993 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | "Sanskrit Aesthetics," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | "Le Sanskrit et les langues maternelles," 1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | "Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Change," 1964 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | "Some Folktales from India," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | "Some Thoughts on 'Nonwestern' Classics: With Indian Examples," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | "South Asian Peoples, Arts of," 1974 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | "Spoken and Written Tamil: The Verb," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | "Sthavara and Jangama," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | "The Structure of Variation: A Study in Caste Dialects," 1968 |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | "Tamil Studies in the United States," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 13 | "Talking to God in the Mother Tongue," 1989 |
| Box 13 Folder 14-17 | "Tell it to the Walls: On Folklore in Indian Culture," 1992 |
| Box 14 Folder 1-3 | "Telling Tales," 1988-1991 |
| Box 14 Folder 4-5 | "Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation," 1987-1990 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | "Toward an Anthology of City Images," 1969 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | "Toward a Phonological Typology of the Indian Linguistic Area," undated |
| Box 14 Folder 8-9 | "Two Realms of Kannada Folklore," undated |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | "Typologogy of Density Ranges I: Introduction," 1960 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | "The Vacanas of Mahadeviyakka," |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | "Varieties of Bhakti," 1966 |
| Box 15 Folder 2-4 | "Where Mirrors Are Windows: Toward an Anthology of Reflections," 1985-1989 |
| Box 15 Folder 5-6 | "Who Needs Folklore? The Relevance of Oral Traditions to South Asian Studies," 1988-1990 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | "Why an Allama Poem is Not a Riddle: An Anthological Essay," undated |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | "Women's Tales as a Counter-System," 1988 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | "'Word Order': A Fragment of South Dravidian Syntax," undated |
Subseries 2: Linguistics |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Graphemics, manuscripts and notes, circa 1950s-1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, and Tamil, contrastive statement, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 3-4 | Kannada, A Generative Grammar of Kannada, dissertation, 1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Kannada, manuscripts, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Kannada, "Two Kannada Styles," manuscripts, publications and notes, circa 1960-1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | "Literature as Language: A Volume of Readings in the Linguistic Analysis of Literature," proposal, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | "Logic of the Sciences and Reciprocal Understanding," discussion transcript, 1992 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Malayalam, field notes, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | Malayalam, research proposal and notes, 1966 |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | Multi-lingual training, manuscripts, 1963 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | Poetry and linguistics, manuscripts, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | Social dialects, offprint and notes, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Tamil, draft, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Tamil, field notes, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Tamil, project to produce a reference grammar, research reports, 1966-1967 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Tamil, "A Study of Tamil Dialects," offprints, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Tamil, "Towards a Tamil Syntax," offprints, undated |
Subseries 3: Folklore |
| Box 17 Folder 6-7 | A Flowering Tree, draft, 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 8-12 | A Flowering Tree, drafts, circa 1988 |
| Box 18 Folder 1-9 | A Flowering Tree, drafts, circa 1956-1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 1-3 | A Flowering Tree, drafts, circa 1956-1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 4-6 | Kannada folk tales, book draft, 1984 |
| Box 20 Folder 1-3 | Kannada folk tales, book draft, 1988 |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Kannada folk tales, book drafts, 1982 |
| Box 20 Folder 5-9 | Kannada folk tales, book drafts, circa 1980s |
| Box 21 Folder 1-9 | Kannada folk tales, book drafts and notes, circa 1980s |
| Box 22 Folder 1-7 | Kannada folk tales, transcriptions, 1968-1986 |
| Box 23 Folder 1-4 | Kannada folk tales, transcriptions, undated |
| Box 23 Folder 5-8 | Kannada and Tamil folk tales, transcriptions and translations, 1963- 1982 |
| Box 24 Folder 1-13 | Kannada and Tamil folk tales, transcriptions and translations, undated |
| Box 25 Folder 1-4 | Kannada and Tamil folk tales, transcriptions and translations, undated |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Hindustani folklore, translations, 1988 |
| Box 25 Folder 6-8 | Indian Folklore, drafts, transcriptions and translations, 1970-1989 |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Kannada and Tulu folklore, translations, 1988 |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | South Asian folklore, introductory drafts, reprints, transcriptions and translations, 1964-circa 1993 |
| Box 25 Folder 11 | When God is a Customer, folk song translations, 1990 |
| Box 25 Folder 12 | "Oral Narratives in Context," draft, undated |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Report to the SSRC/ACLS Joint Committee on South Asia on the Folklore Project, undated |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Creation in Hindu myth and poetry, drafts and notes, 1987 |
| Box 26 Folder 3-9 | Folklore translations and transcriptions, 1984-1993 |
| Box 26 Folder 10 | Folklore translations and transcriptions, undated |
| Box 27 Folder 1-2 | Folklore translations and transcriptions, undated |
| Box 27 Folder 3-7 | Folklore research, The Indian Antiquary, photocopies, undated |
| Box 28 Folder 1-6 | Folklore research, The Indian Antiquary, photocopies, undated |
| Box 29 Folder 1-5 | Folklore research, The Indian Antiquary, photocopies, undated |
| Box 30 Folder 1-2 | Folklore research, The Indian Antiquary, photocopies, undated |
| Box 30 Folder 3-9 | Folklore research, photocopies of articles and excerpts, undated |
Subseries 4: Verse |
| Box 31 Folder 1-19 | Manuscripts and drafts, A-W, 1952-1967 |
| Box 31 Folder 20-22 | Manuscripts and drafts, 1957-1968 |
| Box 31 Folder 23 | Clippings, 1957-1958 |
| Box 32 Folder 1 | Kannada translations, drafts and correspondence, 1961 |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Prairie Schooner, 1964 |
| Box 32 Folder 3-5 | Malayalam translations, pamphlets, drafts and notes, circa 1964 |
| Box 32 Folder 6 | Texas Quarterly, 1965 |
| Box 32 Folder 7-10 | Among other Things, manuscripts and drafts, circa 1965-1968 |
| Box 33 Folder 1-2 | Manuscripts and drafts, circa 1965-1968 |
| Box 33 Folder 3 | East-West Review, 1966 |
| Box 33 Folder 4 | Poetry India, 1966 |
| Box 33 Folder 5 | The Striders, proofs, 1966 |
| Box 33 Folder 6 | The Striders, manuscripts, 1966 |
| Box 33 Folder 7 | Lecture notes and handouts, 1967 |
| Box 33 Folder 8-12 | The Interior Landscape, drafts and manuscripts, circa 1967 |
| Box 33 Folder 13 | Translations by other scholars, drafts and manuscripts, circa 1967 |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | Manuscripts and drafts, circa 1967 |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Blunt, 1968 |
| Box 34 Folder 3 | Writers Workshop, 1968 |
| Box 34 Folder 4 | Manuscripts and drafts, 1968-1969 |
| Box 34 Folder 5-14 | Tamil translations, manuscripts, drafts and notes, circa 1960s |
| Box 34 Folder 15 | Vedanta and the West, 1970 |
| Box 34 Folder 16 | TransPacific, 1971 |
| Box 35 Folder 1-2 | Manuscripts, drafts and correspondence, 1971 |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Relations, proofs, 1971 |
| Box 35 Folder 4-7 | Relations, manuscripts and drafts, 1971 |
| Box 35 Folder 8-9 | Speaking of Siva, manuscripts, drafts and photocopied text, 1971- circa 1973 |
| Box 35 Folder 10 | Translation drafts and notes, 1971-1976 |
| Box 36 Folder 1 | Asia, 1972 |
| Box 36 Folder 2 | Modern Kannada Poetry, manuscripts, drafts and correspondence, 1973-1974 |
| Box 36 Folder 3-7 | Poems of Love and War, manuscripts and drafts, 1973-1979 |
| Box 37 Folder 1-7 | Poems of Love and War, manuscripts and drafts, 1979-1982 |
| Box 38 Folder 1-2 | Poems of Love and War, manuscripts and drafts, circa 1982-1985 |
| Box 38 Folder 3-7 | Kannada translations, manuscripts, drafts and notes, 1974-1978 |
| Box 38 Folder 8-9 | Manuscripts and drafts, 1979-1984 |
| Box 38 Folder 10-11 | Manuscripts and drafts, circa 1970s |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | Manuscripts and drafts, 1980-1984 |
| Box 39 Folder 2-3 | Soma, manuscripts and drafts, 1980-1984 |
| Box 39 Folder 4 | Poetry, 1981 |
| Box 39 Folder 5 | Hymns for the Drowning, photocopied texts, circa 1981 |
| Box 39 Folder 6 | Lecture notes and handouts, circa 1981 |
| Box 39 Folder 7 | Translations and correspondence, circa 1981 |
| Box 39 Folder 8 | Manuscripts and drafts, circa 1981 |
| Box 39 Folder 9-10 | Puram poems, translations and correspondence, 1982 |
| Box 40 Folder 1 | Narrinai and Pattirrupattu translations, manuscripts and notes, 1983 |
| Box 40 Folder 2-3 | Kannada translations, manuscripts and photocopied publications, 1983-1985 |
| Box 40 Folder 3 | Manuscripts and drafts, 1984 |
| Box 40 Folder 4-8 | Second Sight, manuscripts, drafts and correspondence, 1984-1986 |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | Adiga translations, manuscripts and notes, 1985 |
| Box 41 Folder 2 | "Translation from the Ten Songs, Tirumurukarruppatai," manuscripts, circa 1985 |
| Box 41 Folder 3-9 | Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, manuscripts and correspondence, 1985-1990 |
| Box 42 Folder 1-2 | Oxford Anthology of Modern Indian Poetry, manuscripts and correspondence, circa 1980s-1990s |
| Box 42 Folder 3 | Lecture notes, 1986 |
| Box 42 Folder 4 | Kannada translations and notes, 1988 |
| Box 42 Folder 5 | Fifteen Modern Indian Poems in Translation, manuscript, 1988 |
| Box 42 Folder 6-8 | Lalla's Sentences, manuscripts, 1988-1991 |
| Box 42 Folder 9 | Manuscripts, 1988-1992 |
| Box 42 Folder 10-11 | Ann Arbor writing group, manuscripts, notes and correspondence, 1988-1993 |
| Box 42 Folder 12-13 | Drafts, notes and reprints, circa 1989 |
| Box 42 Folder 14 | Twelve Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, manuscripts, circa 1980s |
| Box 43 Folder 1 | "Snakes," reprints, 1990 |
| Box 43 Folder 2 | Manuscripts, 1990 |
| Box 43 Folder 3 | Manuscripts and correspondence, 1991 |
| Box 43 Folder 4-5 | Manuscripts, 1990-1993 |
| Box 43 Folder 6 | Translations, manuscripts and notes, 1991 |
| Box 43 Folder 7-9 | Alvar translations, manuscripts and notes, 1991-1992 |
| Box 44 Folder 1-5 | Manuscripts, 1992-1994 |
| Box 44 Folder 6 | Collected Poems, photocopied excerpts, circa 1995 |
| Box 44 Folder 7 | Manuscripts, circa 1990s |
| Box 44 Folder 8 | Folk song translations, undated |
| Box 44 Folder 9 | "Landscape as Language," lecture notes, undated |
| Box 44 Folder 10 | Translations from Ainkurunuru, manuscripts, undated |
| Box 44 Folder 11 | Twenty Poems, manuscripts, undated |
| Box 44 Folder 12 | Translations, manuscripts and notes, undated |
| Box 45 Folder 1 | Translations, manuscripts and notes, undated |
| Box 45 Folder 2 | Manuscripts, undated |
| Box 45 Folder 3 | Manuscript mimeographs, undated |
Subseries 5: Fiction |
| Box 45 Folder 4-5 | Kannada novel, manuscripts and drafts, 1975-1976 |
| Box 45 Folder 6-7 | "Annayya's Anthropology," manuscripts and photocopied texts, 1981-1991 |
| Box 45 Folder 7 | "Those that Have Sold Themselves," manuscript, 1988 |
| Box 45 Folder 8 | "Death in a Tamil Village," manuscripts and correspondence, 1991- 1992 |
| Box 45 Folder 9 | Raghavendra Khasanisa, "Orphans" translation, manuscript and photocopied texts, undated |
Subseries 6: Notes |
| Box 46 Folder 1-3 | Notes and notebooks, 1954-1956 |
| Box 46 Folder 4 | Notebooks, circa 1950s-1960s |
| Box 46 Folder 5 | Veerasaivism, notes, 1965 |
| Box 46 Folder 6 | Notebook, 1969 |
| Box 46 Folder 7 | Narratives, notes, 1979 |
| Box 46 Folder 8 | Notes, 1984 |
| Box 46 Folder 9 | Notebook, 1984-1988 |
| Box 46 Folder 10 | Puranas, notes, 1985-1986 |
| Box 46 Folder 11 | Notebook, 1986 |
| Box 46 Folder 12 | Tamil, notes, 1989 |
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Tales about tales, notes, 1989 |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Notes, 1993 |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Bharati, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | Folk tales, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | Freud and Jung, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 6 | Siva, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 7 | South Asian languages, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 8 | Stories about stories, notes, undated |
| Box 47 Folder 9-14 | Notes and notebooks, undated |
| Box 48 | Bhakti, note card file, undated |
| Box 48 | Folklore, note card file, undated |
| Box 48 | Language structure, note card file, undated |
| Box 49 | Two unidentified note card files, undated |
Subseries 7: Writings by Others |
| Box 50 Folder 1 | American Scholar, 1985 |
| Box 50 Folder 2 | Ananthamurthy, U.R., "A Horse for the Sun," undated |
| Box 50 Folder 3 | Becker, A.L., "Notes toward an Essay on Translation," 1985 |
| Box 50 Folder 4 | Bly, Robert, A Little Book on the Human Shadow, 1986 |
| Box 50 Folder 5-7 | Clooney, Francis X., Inner Words of Love, undated |
| Box 50 Folder 8 | India International Centre Quarterly, 1992 |
| Box 50 Folder 9 | Karnad, Girish, Naga Mandala: Play with a Cobra, 1990 |
| Box 50 Folder 10 | Know India, 1985-1986 |
| Box 51 Folder 1 | Literary Criterion, 1986 |
| Box 51 Folder 2 | Nimrod, 1988 |
| Box 51 Folder 3 | Osmania Journal of English Studies, 1977 |
| Box 51 Folder 4 | Quest, 1957, 1972 |
| Box 51 Folder 5 | Schwartz, Howard, Elijah's Violin and other Jewish Fairy Tales, undated |
| Box 51 Folder 6 | Ullrich, Helen, folk tale translations, 1986 |
| Box 51 Folder 7-8 | Unidentified, 1956-1966 |
| Box 52 Folder 1-6 | Unidentified, 1975-1992 |
| Box 52A Folder 1 | Unidentified, undated |
| Box 52A Folder 7 | Newspaper clippings, circa 1960s-1980s |
Series V: Personal |
| Box 53 Folder 1-7 | Correspondence, 1960s-1990s |
| Box 54 Folder 1-5 | Correspondence, 1960s-1990s |
| Box 54 Folder 6-7 | Diaries, 1959-1960 |
| Box 55 Folder 1-9 | Diaries, 1967-1985 |
| Box 56 Folder 1-7 | Diaries, 1987-1990 |
| Box 57 Folder 1-3 | Diaries, 1990-1992 |
| Box 57 Folder 4-10 | Notes, 1954-1980 |
| Box 58 Folder 1-7 | Note cards, 1969-1984 |
| Box 59 Folder 1-7 | Note cards, 1972-1980 |
| Box 60 Folder 1-7 | Note cards, 1974-1987 |
| Box 61 | Eyeglasses, undated |
| Box 61 | Wooden bird desk ornament, undated |
| Box 61 | Typewriter wheel, undated |
| Box 61 | Passport, 1959 |
| Box 61 | Passport, 1973 |
| Box 61 | Map of India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, circa 1950s-1960s |
Series VI: Audio-Visual and Digital |
| Box 62 Folder 1 | Ramanujan and students in classroom, photograph, circa 1970s |
| Box 62 Folder 2 | Indian folk paintings, transparencies, undated |
| Box 62 Folder 3 | Angkor Wat bas-reliefs, photographs, undated |
| Box 62 Folder 4 | Temple bas-reliefs, slides, undated |
| Box 63 | Ethnographic scenes of India, numbered slides, undated |
| Box 63 | Hindu mythology, Visnu, numbered slides, undated |
| Box 64 | Vishwamanava Basavanna, videocassette, 1993 |
| Box 64 | Samaskara, two videocassettes, undated |
| Box 64 | P. Addiss, two audio reel tapes, undated |
| Box 64 | Four unidentified reel tapes, undated |
| Box 65 | Shakunthala Srinivasan – Veena, New Jersey Concert, cassette tape, 22 August 1976 |
| Box 65 | Songs for piano by Stephen Hay, cassette tape, 15 March 1978 |
| Box 65 | Wilson Center, “Dreams of a Waking Colossus,” Gieve Patel, two cassette tapes, 14 June 1984 |
| Box 65 | Marlton College, Global Area Studies A. K. Ramanujan, cassette tape, 18 October 1984 |
| Box 65 | Tamil Poetry, Museum of Modern Art, New York, cassette tape, May 1986 |
| Box 65 | Mr. Adiga reads his poetry, cassette tape, July 1986 |
| Box 65 | Adiga Poems, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Passages to India, cassette tape, 14 September, 1988 |
| Box 65 | Songs of Karnataka, L. G. Sisters, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Music of Tony Gilbert: Long White Moonlight; Vasanta with Dancing, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Sharif’s Songs, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Speech, Victims’ Viewpoint, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Manku Thimmana Kagga: Bavageethegalu; Devananamagalu, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | J. Voorh, Speaking of Siva, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Sri Manavalati Ayyangar Turipati Temple, Pittsburgh, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 65 | Venkateswara Suprabatham, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Folk Stories, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Kannada Folk Stories, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | A.K. Ramanujan, six cassette tapes, undated |
| Box 66 | Orlinksky 1, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Orlinksky 3, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Desai, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Firakkenal, cassette tape, undated |
| Box 66 | Mysore, two cassette tapes, 5 February 1983 |
| Box 66 | Unidentified, cassette tape, 5 February 1983 |
| Box 66 | Unidentified, two cassette tapes, undated |
| Box 67 | Unidentified, seven cassette tapes, undated |
| Box 67 | Allen, five microcassette tapes, undated |
| Box 67 | Unidentified, six microcassette tapes, undated |
| Box 68 | Twenty floppy disks, circa 1980s-1990s |
Series VII: Oversize |
| Box 69 Folder 1-7 | Newspaper clippings, circa 1960s-1994 |
| Box 69 Folder 8 | Music score and lyrics, 1967-1971 |
| Box 69 Folder 9 | Broadsides, circa 1980s |
Series VIII: Restricted |
| Box 70 Folder 1-3 | Assignments, grade sheets and teaching materials, 1966-1971 |
| Box 70 Folder 4 | Letters of recommendation, 1973 |
| Box 70 Folder 5 | Term papers, 1960 |