Box MS-036 Box 2
Contains 12 Results:
Illustrations of the roads throughout Bengal including those to Madras and Bombay., 1828
Printed and published at the Asiatic Lithographic Company's press. Park Street Chowringhee. Calcutta (1828)
Book reviews, 11 June 1987
Contains photocopies of book reviews of Ali's book, 'The Fall of a Sparrow' by Elliott H McClure and Renee M Borges
Cards, 9 October 1941
Contains a visiting card of Bernhard Grzimek, Director of Zoological Gardens, Frankfurt and also a mini note card with a message from J Tomkins.
Drawings, undated
Etched drawing of a river and mountains with a label 'Assam river'. Inscription reads 'EBOR'.
A Shikari's Pocket-Book, 1927
"With Hints on Preserving and Skinning Trophies in the Field". Includes a foreword by R.W. Burton. It is also signed by the author C.H. Stockley. Also contains handwritten notes from Ali's hunts.
Salim Alis resume, 8 December 1957
Photocopy of a resume.
1959 - Blue Diary, 1959
Includes handwritten notes of different events that happened that year.
1987 - Blue Diary, 1987
Seems to be the final personal diary that Salim Ali used. Contains handwritten notes from Salim Ali. It was also maintained by other members of the family.
Media clippings, 1985-1996
Contains 'The Illustrated weekly of India' magazine featuring an article on Salim Ali, many newspaper clippings from 'The India Post', the Marathi newspaper 'Nava Kaala', 'The Hindu Magazine: weekly edition' with articles featuring or about Salim Ali. Some of them are in other languages including Hindi and Marathi.
Memorial meeting, 1987
Contains documents related to the memorial meeting held for Salim Ali. Includes an agenda of meetings, a list of messages selected for reading during the memorial meeting, a list of condolence meetings held at various places, and photocopies of condolence messages from Ian Prestt and M. S. Swaminathan
Invitation letters and posters for talks, circa 1990
Contains an invitation letter for talks by Shahid Ali at various venues including one at Alliance Francaise De Bombay.
"List of the more important papers by Salim Ali", undated
Handwritten list of the 15 papers authored by Salim Ali.