Series 3: Naraikadu Biodiversity - notes and diaries, bulk: 1940s onwards.
Scope and Contents
The conceptual origin point for the material in this collection is Naraikadu, a spiritual retreat of The Dohnavur Fellowship (TDF) located in the mid ranges of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in southern Tamil Nadu. The material is largely paper-based, a mix of handwritten, typed and printed, dating from the 1940s onwards. It includes field diaries and notes with sketches on the flora, fauna and biodiversity of this region and expedition trails and observations along their trails. It is mostly in English with notes in Tamil.The series has been arranged into the following sub-series: Godfrey Webb-Peploe (GWP) and Jacqueline Anne Woolcock (JW).
Also see AR-027-3 Naraikadu Biodiversity - notes and diaries.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1940s onwards.
Creator
- From the Collection: The Dohnavur Fellowship (Creator, Organization)
- From the Collection: Saythu…Linking People and Heritage (Processing Archivist, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
Conditions Governing Use
Donor (The Dohnavur Fellowship) retains all copyrights. Apply for explicit permission.
Biographical / Historical
Naraikadu was so named by the founder of TDF, Amy Carmichael (1867-1951). The retreat has a few cottages built using local materials with no modern infrastructure or amenities such as road access, electricity, indoor plumbing or furniture, and tropical rainforest at the doorstep. Various members of the TDF family continue to regularly observe and record nature (flora and fauna) at this retreat. The textual and visual material however were created not just by today’s members but also by those in the colonial period including Amy Carmichael, Godfrey Webb-Peploe and others, who were among the first naturalists to record the region’s flora and fauna.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 1753 Sheets
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Tamil
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
+9180 6717 6010
+9180 6717 6011
archives@ncbs.res.in
