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Hugh Johnston South Asian research collection
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Archival documents and research notes

Series consists of photocopied and microfilmed archival documents generated by government bodies, copies of photographs, and handwritten research notes. Records include correspondence (including private letters of South Asians in North America, acquired through government surveillance), as well as telegrams, reports, press clippings from government department files (Canadian, British, Indian and American), and from Governors General files, Prime Ministers' files, and publications.

Records are from Canadian, British, Indian and American archives, primarily from Library and Archives Canada. MsC 183-0-3-0-0-6 contains a guide to most of these materials. The archival reference and origin is written or stamped on each document.

Kapoor

File includes 7 photographs copied from originals held by the Vancouver Public Library, original VPL photograph #s: 5236, 9426, 23945, 46225, 46226, 46227, 46228. Photographs were reproduced in "Jewels of the Qila."

Official sources files

Series consists of photocopies and microfilm of archival records on the subject of the Komagata Maru and South Asians in Canada, and handwritten research notes. Archival records were generated by non-governmental organizations; they include manifests, registers, and case law reports.

BC law reports, 1908-15

File consists of copies of BC Law Reports dealing with the following cases: Munshi Singh case, 1914; Bhagwan Singh case, 1914; Bela Singh case, 1915; Rahim case, 1911; Beharia Lal Verma case, 1908; Jagat Singh case, 1915.

Individual files

Files consist of notes from an interview with Nanad Kaur Johl, as well as correspondence and photographs relating to "The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh" and Johnston's article on Tara Singh Bains.

Articles, 1982-86

Shackle, MRG, no 65, The Sikhs
Ganda Singh, Punjab, P&P, Hair and Turban
Marxchand, Toronto Life, Strangers in a Strange Land
Ganda Singh, Punjab P&P, Gurua Nanak’s Teachings
Alberta Report, Bearded vs Unbearded
Leonard, Amerasia, Pahkar Singh Murders
Hoover, German Studies, Hindu Conspiracy in California
Kapoor, Sikh Separatism, Power for the Faithful
Goa, Cowaerd, Neufeldt, CES, Hindus in Alberta
Banerji, Agrarian Society of Punjab, Rural Credit
Prabha, IE&SHR, Agriculture, East and West Punjab
Dasgupta, IE&SHR, Agricultural Growth Rates, Punjab
Liu, Punjab P&P, Smal Land-hodings in Punjab
Banerjee, Punjab P&P, Agricultural Labourers, Punj, late 19th Cent

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