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