Art and natural history

Scope and Contents The conceptual origin point for the material in this collection is the main campus of The Dohnavur Fellowship (TDF) located in the foothills of the Western Ghats in southern Tamil Nadu. The material is largely paper-based, a mix of handwritten, typed and printed, ranging from the early 1900s to 1990s. It includes field diaries, field notes, sketches, log-books, books of songs, photos, slides, maps and graphs, all with information on the flora, fauna, biodiversity of this region and sustained...

Scope and Contents The M Krishnan papers contains writings by Krishnan in the form of media-clippings and photocopies of media-clippings of his regular columns and articles that appeared in a variety of English language newspapers, weeklies and magazines between 1940s to 1990s. The writings are on range of topics from natural history, wildlife, art and photography and art education. The papers have been divided into two series to acknowledge the provenance of the material. Series 1...

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, ranging from the 1900s to 2000s. It includes field diaries, field notes, sketches, log-books, books of songs, photos, slides, maps and graphs, all with information on the flora, fauna,...