Mary Frances Dunham papers, 1964-2002

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Series III: Mary Frances Dunham Jarigan Related Research



Box 20 Folder 12 "Muslim Folk Songs of East Bengal: the Jari Repertory" by Mary Frances Dunham, June 1972

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Indian Language and Literature in the department of Middle East Languages and Cultures, Columbia University.

"To Professor Rhodes, in happy memory of my initiation to (ethno) musicology and your interest in these songs, Mary Frances Dunham, October 1972"



Box 19 Folder 17 MFD: Jarigan Articles, Papers, and Lectures


Box 19 Folder 18 MFD: Columbia MA academic papers, 1968, 1972


Essays and Academic Papers Related to Jarigan (not by MFD):



Box 3 Folder 32 Typed academic paper by Mushtaque Nasir for Prof. Barbara Miller 12/1975 Columbia University. Titled "Jarigan". Includes color photos and based on MFD Jarigan research. Oriental civilization v3357 x; prof. Barbara Miller; Dec 10, 1975 includes translation of Jasimuddin's, 1975


Box 3 Folder 33 Typed academic paper by Mary Elaine Hegland titled "A Mixed Blessing: Majles-Shi'a Rituals of Mourning in North-West Pakistan" for publication in book, "MIXED BLESSINGS" (Routledge 1995); 38 pages followed by references cited page 63-75


Box 3 Folder 34 Typed academic paper by Manju Seal. Master of Music Ethnomusicology thesis titled "Representing Vaishnava Kirtan: A Bengali Genre of Performance", Univ of Wisconsin, 1993


Box 3 Folder 35 Typed academic paper by Rebecca Manring titled U Hagiographical Process as Exemplified in the Biographies of Advaitacarya". For American Institute of Bangladesh Studies.


Box 3 Folder 36 Typed academic paper by Regula Qureshi titled "Islamic Music in the Indian Environment: The Shi'a Majlis" published in Ethnomusicolgy 25:41-71,1981


Academic papers published by Learning Resources in Bengali Studies, 1974:, 1974


Box 3 Folder 37 Heyat Mamud: War history poem


Box 3 Folder 38 Clinton Seely: The Jari Song Of Kasem And Sakhina (translation)


Box 3 Folder 39 Md. Sagir: lusufjalikha,


Box 3 Folder 40 Edward Dimock: Campavati Kainyar Palagan (translation)


Box 3 Folder 41 Kanika Sircar: Madhu-Malati (translation)


Box 3 Folder 42 Alaol, Mannan & Seely: Padmabati (Translation)


Box 3 Folder 43 Edward Dimock: Muslim Vaisnava Poets of Bengal


Box 3 Folder 44 Ralph Nicholas: Vaisnavism and Islam in Rural Bengal


Box 3 Folder 45 J.T. O'Connell: The Impact of Devotion upon the Societal Integration of Bengal


Box 3 Folder 46 Edward Dimcok: The city in pre-British Bengal according to the mangala-kavya 2


Folk Songs other than the 12 Jarigan songs from Jasumuddin Transcriptions in staff and indian notation by MFD:


Box 3 Folder 47 Marsiya songs: Photos copies with Urdu text and English translations, various chapters from books related to Marsiya song


Box 3 Folder 48 Karbala songs and articles


Box 3 Folder 49 Mymensingh folk songs


Box 3 Folder 50 Shulipur Folk Songs


Box 3 Folder 51 MFD interview with Mustafa Zaman Abassi (famous Bangladeshi musicologist) about Bengali folksongs 9/1994


Box 3 Folder 52 Newspaper clippings relevant to Bengali Folk Songs (1995-6)


Box 3 Folder 53 Book Excerpts: about Jarigan & Marsiya songs & Bengali folk songs



Box 4 Folder 54 Bengali Folk Songs.


Box 4 Folder 55 Songbook of Md. Ali Akbar Miah. (Photocopy "thanks to Lenin's freiend Bushon in Brahmanbaria")


Box 4 Folder 56 Folkmusic and Folklore an Anthology. Vol I. October 1, 1967 (Photocopy)



Box 20 Folder 13 Indian Music Contacts (index cards)


Jarigan Events:



Box 4 Folder 57 Gorpara Celebrations (in 1995 attended by MFD), 1995


Box 4 Folder 58 Gouripur Jari Contests


Box 4 Folder 59 Jatras (Bangladeshi dramas)


MFD descriptions of "Bishad Sindhu" performances in Dhaka, 1990s. Includes: newspaper clippings, programs and hand notes [manila folder]


Box 4 Folder 60 Newspaper clippings about Bangladeshi Jatras 1995-6


Box 4 Folder 61 Hossaini Oalan Ilmambara (Descriptions, Photographs, Drawings)


Box 4 Folder 62 Folk Musical Instruments


Box 4 Folder 63 Jasimuddin (Articles pertaining to Jasimuddin including obituary)


Box 4 Folder 64 Covers for professional recordings of Bengali folk songs



Box 19 Folder 1 List of reel-to-reel recordings (on cassette recorded by KDD) , 3 pages



Box 10 Muharram:



Box 4 Folder 65 Photo copies book: by Shaidur on Muharram, 1988


Box 4 Folder 66 Newspaper clippings on Muharram


Box 4 Folder 67-69 Marsiya Songs. texts