Ainslie Embree papers, circa 1936 -- 2017

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1956 -- 2013

This series is open for research.

1 linear feet; 1 linear foot; 2 boxes

This series contains Embree's correspondence, including a substantial amount with individual publishing houses related to various publications, in addition to working groups such as the Kashmir Study Group, and the editors of the Encyclopedia of Asian History and Sources of Indian Tradition.

This series is arranged roughly chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1956


Box 1 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1971 -- 1974


Box 1 Folder 3 Correspondence, Wilcox Wayne, 1972


Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1977


Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1977 -- 1978


Box 1 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1978 -- 1979


Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence, Anandi Lal Poddar Calcutta Historical Society, 1979 -- 1980


Box 1 Folder 8 Insurance documents, 1980


Box 1 Folder 9 Correspondence, David Lelyveld (Encyclopedia of Asian History), 1984 -- 1985


Box 1 Folder 10 Correspondence, 1993 -- 1998


Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1994


Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence, Columbia University, 1959 -- 1995


Box 1 Folder 13 Correspondence, Harvard University, 1996 -- 1998


Box 1 Folder 14 Correspondence, 1997 -- 1998



Box 2 Folder 1 "Sacred Spaces" Series, 1998


Box 2 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1999


Box 2 Folder 3 Correspondence, Lorenzo M. Crowell, 2000


Box 2 Folder 4 Correspondence, Harvard University Press, 2000


Box 2 Folder 5 Correspondence, 2001 -- 2003


Box 2 Folder 6 Correspondence, Institute for Learning in Retirement, 2005


Box 2 Folder 7 Correspondence, Wellesley Alumnae Summer Symposium, 2005


Box 2 Folder 8 Correspondence, 2005 -- 2007


Box 2 Folder 9 Correspondence, 2009


Box 2 Folder 10 Correspondence, 2009 -- 2013


Box 2 Folder 11 Email tests, circa 1995 -- 2013

Series 2: Teaching and course materials, 1937 -- 2010

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

1.5 linear feet; 1.5 linear feet; 2 boxes

This series contains course materials and other materials related to Embree's teaching, including seminar notes, syllabi and schedules, class plans, assignments, booklists, and student work.

This series is arranged roughly chronologically.



Box 3 Folder 1 Reading lists, 1977


Box 3 Folder 2 Student paper (Avi Antman), 1987

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Box 3 Folder 3 The Core Curriculum Collection, 1937 -- 1992


Box 3 Folder 4 Student chapters, 1992

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Box 3 Folder 5 Course readers for "History 197," Brown University, 1996


Box 3 Folder 6 Class notes and syllabus for "Oriental Civilizations", 1990


Box 3 Folder 7 "Know Your Neighbor", 2000

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Box 3 Folder 8 "War Minus the Shooting" by Rushad R. Nanavatty, 2002

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Box 3 Folder 9 "Because God Says So…" by Daniel B. Consolatore, 2002

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Box 3 Folder 10 Student paper (Zaid Safdar), 2003

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Box 3 Folder 11 "Insights Into India", 2007

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Box 4 Course files, circa 1970 -- 2010

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Series 3: Research, circa 1960 -- 2015

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

12.75 linear feet; 12.75 linear feet; 28 boxes

This series contains material related to Embree's scholarly work, including writings and drafts, conference papers and materials, research notes and sources (including photocopied materials), index cards, subject files, and book reviews. Major works or groups referenced include the Sources of Indian Tradition, the Dictionary of National Biography, the Kashmir Study Group, and the Encyclopedia of Asian History.

This series is unarranged.



Box 5 Folder 1 Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1966 -- 1967


Box 5 Folder 2 Various journals and essays, circa 1960 -- 1989


Box 5 Folder 3 In Search of India: 1942-1974, circa 1960 -- 1989


Box 5 Folder 4 Conference of Cultural Affairs Officers and Program Officers in South Asia (CAO/PO), 1977


Box 5 Folder 5 Research essays and material, circa 1970 -- 1979


Box 5 Folder 6 The Search for Truth and the Problem of Cultural Relativism, 1982


Box 5 Folder 7 Various drafts, 1982


Box 5 Folder 8 Report, South Asian Studies, 1983


Box 5 Folder 9 Report to the Trustees of the Ford Foundation, 1987


Box 5 Folder 10 Encyclopedia of Indian History, 1987 -- 1989


Box 5 Folder 11 Utah Lecture, 1988


Box 5 Folder 12 "The Indian Archives," Vol. XXXVIII, 1989


Box 5 Folder 13 South Asian Studies at Columbia University, 1989


Box 5 Folder 14 Conference correspondence and writing, 1988 -- 1995



Box 6 Folder 1 Book Reviews, and newspaper and press clips, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 6 Folder 2 Conference materials, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 6 Folder 3 "Muslims in Indian Polity," Harvard University, 1990


Box 6 Folder 4 Notes on John Seller, 1991


Box 6 Folder 5 The Ramayana in Modern India, 1994 -- 1995


Box 6 Folder 6 Western Perceptions of the Taj Mahal, 1995


Box 6 Folder 7 Conference paper, 1995


Box 6 Folder 8 Readings and notes, 1996


Box 6 Folder 9 Harvard, ch.1, 1996


Box 6 Folder 10 "OED" Harvard, ch.2, 1996


Box 6 Folder 11 Research and writings, 1996 -- 1999


Box 6 Folder 12 Interviews (Pakistan), 1997


Box 6 Folder 13 Statehood in South Asia, 1997


Box 6 Folder 14 ALA-LC Romanization tables: transliteration for non-Roman scripts, 1997


Box 6 Folder 15 Manuscript: Life and Death in India 1860-1947 by Ira Klein, 1997


Box 6 Folder 16 Harvard ch.1, 1998-02-14



Box 7 Folder 1 Harvard ch.2, 1998-02-14


Box 7 Folder 2 Harvard University Libraries, 1998


Box 7 Folder 3 Harvard Xeroxes, 1998


Box 7 Folder 4 Sources of Religious Terrorism in South Asia and the Middle East, 1999


Box 7 Folder 5 Chapters, pt.1, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 7 Folder 6 Chapters, pt.2, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 7 Folder 7 Chapters, pt.3, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 7 Folder 8 Copy of Correction papers, circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 7 Folder 9 Various journals, circa 1990 -- 1999



Box 8 Folder 1 Gujarat Carnage, 2002


Box 8 Folder 2 Chenoy Gujarat, 2002


Box 8 Folder 3 Library catalogues, 2002 -- 2003


Box 8 Folder 4 Chapter 4, 2003-03-20


Box 8 Folder 5 Library catalogues, 2003 -- 2004


Box 8 Folder 6 Subject file: Pakistan, 2004


Box 8 Folder 7 Photostats of Song of Hyderabad by Bilquis Jehan Kahn, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 8 Folder 8 Christian Communities in South Asia, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 8 Folder 9 Monograph Photostats, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 8 Folder 10 Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, 2007


Box 8 Folder 11 Manuscript for India and Pakistan by Stanley Wolpert, 2009



Box 9 Folder 1 South Asian Studies Journal, 2009-01


Box 9 Folder 2 Library catalogues and searches, 2012 -- 2013


Box 9 Folder 3 Newspaper articles and Council of Foreign Relations, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 4 Harvard ch.3, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 5 The Islamic World from the 13th to the 18th century, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 6 Notes on the 18th and 19th century, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 7 Chapter ideas, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 8 Book chapter, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 9 Working with Wisner, 1995


Box 9 Folder 10 India's Historical Experience, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 11 Research photostats, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 12 The Maitrakanyaka-Jataka, circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 9 Folder 13 Research: Grant, James, 1999



Box 10 Folder 1 "Warren Hastings: Maker of British India" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 2 "The Gentleman's Magazine" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 3 "East Indian Fortunes" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 4 Vansittart, etc. photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 5 "Seir Mutaqherin" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 6 Research: Portraits, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 7 "Sketch of the Life of Lord Teignmouth" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 8 Research: British and Foreign Bible Society, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 9 Research notes, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 10 "Warren Hastings" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 11 Research: Lord Cornwallis, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 12 "North India Between Empires" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 13 Research notes, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 14 Research photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 15 "The Companies in India" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 16 Norton Anthology of World Literature photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 10 Folder 17 Tagore, etc. photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 11 Folder 1 Tagore, etc. photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 11 Folder 2 Research: essays, poems, stories, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 11 Folder 3 Report of the Proceedings of the 29th Indian National Congress (1914) and Disorders Inquiry Committee (1920), circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 11 Folder 4 Charles Grant photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 11 Folder 5 Kashmir Study Group (KSG), circa 1990 -- 1999



Box 12 Folder 1 Kashmir Study Group (KSG), circa 1990 -- 1999


Box 12 Folder 2 Kashmir Study Group (KSG), circa 2000 -- 2009


Box 12 Folder 3 "Kashmir: A Way Forward" by Hurst Hannum, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 12 Folder 4 Chad Haines book proposal "Remapping Pakistan", circa 1990 -- 2015

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Box 12 Folder 5 Masood Raja dissertation "Constructing Pakistan", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 12 Folder 6 "The First Islamic Intrusions" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 12 Folder 7 "The Delhi Sultanate" photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 13 Folder 1 Chapter 3: "The Regional Kingdoms", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 2 Chapter 4: "The Founding of a New Empire: The Mughals", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 3 Chapter 5: "The Fulfillment of Mughal Rule", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 4 Chapter 6: "The Realignment of Political Power, 1701-1765", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 5 Chapter 7: "The Transfer of Power, 1757-1800", circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 6 Footnotes, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 7 Bibliographies, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 8 Dictionary of National Biography: errata, circa 1998


Box 13 Folder 9 Dictionary of National Biography: Vansittart, Henry, circa 1998


Box 13 Folder 10 Dictionary of National Biography: Shore, John, First Baron Teignmouth, circa 1998


Box 13 Folder 11 Dictionary of National Biography: Oakeley, Sir Charles, circa 1998


Box 13 Folder 12 Dictionary of National Biography: Law, Thomas, 1998


Box 13 Folder 13 Dictionary of National Biography: Broughton, Charles William Rouse, circa 1998


Box 13 Folder 14 Research: Thomas Law, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 15 Research: Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 13 Folder 16 New Dictionary of National Biography, 1994


Box 13 Folder 17 New Dictionary of National Biography: Correspondence and research, 1994 -- 1996



Box 14 Folder 1 New Dictionary of National Biography, 1994 -- 2000


Box 14 Folder 2 New Dictionary of National Biography: Contributor notes and correspondence, 1996


Box 14 Folder 3 New Dictionary of National Biography: Russel, Sir Henry article text for revision, 1997


Box 14 Folder 4 New Dictionary of National Biography, 1997 -- 2000


Box 14 Folder 5 New Dictionary of National Biography, 1998 --1999


Box 14 Folder 6 New Dictionary of National Biography, 2000 -- 2001


Box 14 Folder 7 New Dictionary of National Biography: proofs, 2002


Box 14 Folder 8-10 Xeroxes on secularism, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 14 Folder 11 "Companion to Pakistani History" manuscript, 2010



Box 15 Folder 1-3 "Companion to Pakistani History" manuscript, 2010


Box 15 Folder 4 Research: British Jews, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 15 Folder 5 Research: Chelmsford, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 15 Folder 6 Research: Montague, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 15 Folder 7 Research: library catalogues and misc., circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 15 Folder 8 Research: Leopold Stennett Amery and Judaism in India, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 15 Folder 9 Research: Lord Reading, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 16 Folder 1 Bibliography for "Burden of Islame" essay, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 16 Folder 2 Research files, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 16 Folder 3 Subject files, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 16 Folder 4-6 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 1, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 17 Folder 1 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 1, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 17 Folder 2 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 2, 3rd edition, draft ch. 1-4, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 17 Folder 3 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 2, 3rd edition, draft ch. 5-7, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 17 Folder 4 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 2, 3rd edition, draft ch. 8-10, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 17 Folder 5 Sources of Indian Traditions, Vol. 2, 3rd edition materials, 2008



Box 18 Folder 1 Sources of Indian Traditions, third revision, ch. 8, circa 2008


Box 18 Folder 2 Candland papers, 2003 -- 2005

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Box 18 Folder 3 "Faith and Survival: Charity and Security in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan" manuscript, 2013 -- 2014


Box 18 Folder 4 India: 1900 and 1965, circa 1990 -- 2015


Box 18 Folder 5 The Diplomacy of Dependency: Content and Style in 19th century Foreign Relations in India, 1974


Box 18 Folder 6 Christianity and the State in Victorian India: Confrontation and Collaboration, circa 1980 -- 1989


Box 18 Folder 7 Conferences, 1981 -- 1983


Box 18 Folder 8 Historical Consciousness in Indian Thought: Definitions, 1984


Box 18 Folder 9 "Muslims as Minorities," Harvard University, 1987


Box 18 Folder 10 The Asia Society: correspondence and papers, 1988


Box 18 Folder 11 "Nehru's Understanding of the Social Function of Religion," UNESCO House, 1989


Box 18 Folder 12 Conference papers, presentations, symposia, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 19 Folder 1 Sunil Janah, Aperture Conference, 1993


Box 19 Folder 2 Wisconsin 26th Annual Conference on South Asia, 1997


Box 19 Folder 3 American Historical Association Meeting, Seattle, 1998


Box 19 Folder 4 Seminar: Kashmir and the United Nations, 1948, 1998


Box 19 Folder 5 Armenian General Benevolent Union, 2001-07


Box 19 Folder 6 Perspectives on Jain Studies, 2003-05-31


Box 19 Folder 7 Times Literary Supplements, 1978 -- 1982


Box 19 Folder 8 "The Calvinist Manifesto," New York Times Review, 2005


Box 19 Folder 9 Outlook Magazine, 2002-11-18


Box 19 Folder 10 The New York Review of Books, 1998-07-16


Box 19 Folder 11 Clippings, 1989


Box 19 Folder 12 Times Literary Supplements, 1962 -- 1982


Box 19 Folder 13 SPAN, 1980


Box 19 Folder 14 Kashmir's Jewel Now Choked by Silt and Sewage, NYT, 1989-05-02


Box 19 Folder 15 Humphry Bullock, 1949 -- 1951


Box 19 Folder 16 Journal of the Maha-Bodhi Society, 1949-12


Box 19 Folder 17 The Illustrated London News photostats, circa 1990 -- 2015



Box 32 Folder 1-2 Reviews of Embree books, circa 1960 -- 1989


Box 32 Folder 3-4 Book reviews, circa 1960 -- 1979


Box 32 Folder 5 Encountering India; Ch. 2: The Role of Religion, 1996


Box 32 Folder 6 Religion in Public Spaces: Two Centuries of a Problem Governance in Modern India, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 32 Folder 7 Ch. 10: Religion, 2002


Box 32 Folder 8 Democratization and Civil Society, 2008


Box 32 Folder 9 Clippings, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 32 Folder 10 Catalogue of the Home Miscellaneous Series of the India Office Records 1927 photostats, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 32 Folder 11 East India Company Reports 1812-1813 photostats, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 32 Folder 12 Bhutan 1903 photostats, circa 1970 -- 2015



Box 20-22 Box 20 Index cards , circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 20-22 Box 21 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 20-22 Box 22 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015



Box 23-25 Box 23 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 23-25 Box 24 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 23-25 Box 25 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015



Box 26-28 Box 26 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 26-28 Box 27 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015


Box 26-28 Box 28 Index cards, circa 1970 -- 2015



Box 29 Subject files, circa 1970 -- 2015

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Box 30 Subject files, circa 1970 -- 2015

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Box 31 Subject files, circa 1970 -- 2015

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Series 4: Personal, circa 1936 -- 2017

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

1 linear feet; 1 linear foot; 2 boxes

This series contains personal materials of Ainslie Embree and family, including photographs, postcards, interviews, primary school materials of Embree and his wife Suzanne Embree, correspondence and certificates relating to Embree's time in the Royal Canadian Air Force, a bibliography of books owned by Embree, and a pamphlet for his memorial service.

This series is unarranged.



Box 33 Folder 1 "An Interview with Ainslie Embree" by Dorothy Robins-Mowry, 1990-10-20

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Box 33 Folder 2 Calcutta, 1994

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Box 33 Folder 3 Correspondence and certificates, Royal Canadian Air Force, 1944 -- 1945

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Box 33 Folder 4 Primary school materials and photographs, circa 1936 -- 1960


Box 33 Folder 5 Suzanne Embree primary school materials, circa 1936 -- 1960


Box 33 Folder 6 "Reacting to the Past" Series Instructor's Manual part 1, circa 2004 -- 2005


Box 33 Folder 7 "Reacting to the Past" Series Instructor's Manual part 2, circa 2004 -- 2005


Box 33 Folder 8 India quiz, 2009


Box 33 Folder 9 India quiz roles, 2009


Box 33 Folder 10 Memorial service pamphlet, 2017



Box 34 Folder 1-4 Photo slides: mainly Ang'kor, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 5 Plan of bungalows, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 6 Old Delhi New Delhi Civil lines, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 7 Roadmap to India, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 8 Delhi postcards, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 9 Photographs, circa 1960 -- 2015


Box 34 Folder 10 Interviews, circa 1960 -- 2015

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Box 34 Folder 11-12 Bibliography of books owned, circa 1960 -- 2015