Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Collection, 1914-1995

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Title

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Collection, 1914-1995

Subject

B. R. Ambedkar, Ambedkar's Thought, Ambedkar's Correspondence, Ambedkar's Education, Memorialization of Ambedkar

Description

Includes multiple series.

Series I contains general correspondence pertaining to Ambedkar.

Series II contains correspondence pertaining to Ambedkar's thought.

Series III contains essays and printed material.

Series IV contains photographs and images pertaining to Ambedkar.

To access all documents within a single series, click on the tag with the corresponding series number.

Creator

Multiple creators

Source

Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
University of Illinois at Chicago Special Collections and University Archives

Date

1914-1995

Contributor

Anupama Rao, T. M. Song

Rights

Some documents within this collection are in public domain while others are in copyright

Format

Multiple formats and media

Language

English

Type

Texts and still images

Coverage

20th century. India, United States of America, United Kingdom.

Collection Items

Ambedkar asks Seligman about how many copies of "Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India" he must send to Columbia University in order to fulfill the requirements for his Ph.D

Ambedkar asks Seligman to write a letter of introduction on his behalf to "Prof. Sidney Webb, Profs. Marshall, Nicholson, and Foxwell."

Ambedkar introduces to Seligman V. B. Gandhi, "a graduate of the Bombay University in Economics" who "desires to Join Columbia University for Commercial Education."

Ambedkar thanks Seligman for the letters of introduction and tells him that "they will be of immense use to me." He also tells Seligman "pertaining to [his] dissertation you will be glad to know I have but India for the very purpose of completing it…

Ambedkar writes that the "steamer carrying my books was torpedoed and the whole of them went to the bottom of the sea," including a set of publications by the "National Monetary Commission of the U.S.A." Ambedkar asks Seligman if he could help in…

Ambedkar informs Seligman that he has located a new set of publications by the National Monetary Commission of the U.S. He writes that he has finished his research work in London and will be "therefore obliged" to receive Seligman's letters of…

Ambedkar writes that since he lost the "manuscript of [his] original [Ph.D] thesis when the steamer was torpedoed on my way back to India in 1917," he plans on submitting a new thesis titled "The Stabilization of the Indian Exchange" for the Ph.D. at…

Seligman tells Ambedkar that the subject of his new thesis is "certainly an interesting one." He also writes that once Ambedkar sends the new thesis, he will have a member of the economics faculty review it.

Ambedkar sends Seligman a copy of Problem of the Rupee, writing "I hope you will be glad to have a copy of this production of one who is proud to be your student." Ambedkar also asks Seligman to send him the Preface to "Evolution of Provincial…

Ambedkar writes to one of his former economics professors at Colummbia, Henry R. Seager, that he is sending the copy "as a token of high esteem and regard."
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