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South Asia Art Archive
W. Norman Brown South Asia Reference Room, 5th Floor, Van
Pelt Library
Introduction To AIIS South Asia Art Archive
Guide to the AIIS South Asia Photo Archive Cabinet Drawers
The South Asia photographic archive at the University of
Pennsylvania principally duplicates the holdings of the
American Institute of Indian Studies'
Center for Art and Archaeology in
Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Set up at the
University in 1979, this archive is a national facility,
open to all who are interested in the study of Indian
art. Holdings currently consist of ca. 100,000
black-and-white photographs (classified by period and
region), site and museum indexes, and ca. 4,000 color
slides which duplicate those held in Gurgaon. (In addition,
the University has a teaching collection of
ca. 15,000 South Asia slides.) By agreement with the
AIIS and the Smithsonian Foreign Currencies Program, which
funds the Gurgaon Center, photographs added to the Gurgaon
archive are added also the archive in Philadelphia, keeping
it a current tool for research.
The archive also has documentation in the areas
of Baroque architecture in India and the
architecture and sculpture from other parts of South Asia.
Web sites for the
Center for Art and Archeology in Gurgaon and other
AIIS Offices.
The archive forms part of The W. Norman
Brown South Asia Reference Room on the fifth floor of the
University's Van Pelt Library, 34th and Walnut Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19104. The archive is open from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visitors are
advised to contact David Nelson, South Asia Bibliographer,
for access (215-898-7460).
Across the street from the Van Pelt Library
is the
The Inn at Penn. Also closeby is the
the Sheraton University City Hotel. at 34th and Chestnut
Streets. Student rooms are available in the International
House, 3701 Chestnut Street. Less expensive is the Divine
Tracy Hotel, 20 South 36th Street. Advance reservations
are recommended.
The archive facility at the University of
Pennsylvania is not able to supply photographic
prints. Prints from the AIIS negatives, however can be
requested directly from the AIIS Center for Art and Archeology,
Post Bag No. 67, Plot No. 22, Sector-32, Institutional Area,
Gurgaon-122 001 Haryana, Telephone: 91-124-381424 or 91-124-381536,
Fax: 91-124-380843 e-mail: aiiscaagaon@sapta.com,
Main Contact: Dr. U. S. Moorti, Deputy Director (Research).
Negative numbers should be noted while using the
Pennsylvania facility.
The archive has received donations from
alumni of photographs and of paintings which decorate the
facility. A grant from the Asian Cultural council and funds
from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal
agency, have helped establish the archive, and have provided
graduate archival assistance during the first few
years. Additional donations are welcome, and will be needed
to maintain and expand the facility. Interested donors
should contact the curator, or the chairman of the South
Asia Regional Studies Department.
| Fine Arts Teaching
collection | In
addition to the AIIS South Asia archive, a slide and photo
collection is maintained by the Fine Arts Library for
teaching purposes. Inquiries should be directed to
Collection staff at
pictures@pobox.upenn.edu.
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