Title (10) | Pasupathinathan Temple, Annamalainagar |
Note (20) | The temple inspired Raja Annamalai Chettiar to found a college near it |
Descriptors (30) | Temple; Pasupathinathan Temple; Annamalainagar; Raja Annamalai Chettiar; Annamalai Chettiar, Raja; Meenakshi College; Five Laws |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | FL01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | FL01.JPG |
Title (10) | Meenakshi College |
Note (20) | The College was established by Raja Annamalai Chettiar. The building is still maintained as it was in 1920, as a souvenir. SRR presented his Five Laws of Library Science first at a Conference of Teachers in this College in 1928 |
Descriptors (30) | Meenakshi College, 1920; Annamalainagar; Raja Annamalai Chettiar; Annamalai Chettiar, Raja; Five Laws |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | FL02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | fl02.JPG |
Title (10) | Meenakshi College |
Note (20) | The College is now a part of the Annamalai University. This building was completed by 1928 and has since been extended over the years. SRR presented his Five Laws for the first time in public to over 1,000 teachers here at the Educational Conference of South India, Dec. 1928 |
Descriptors (30) | Meenakshi College; Annamalai University; Annamalainagar; Building; Teachers Conference; South India; Five Laws; Presentation; 1928 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | FL03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | fl03 |
Title (10) | Spiral of Scientific Method conceived in Delhi |
Note (20) | Chapter 8 was added in the second edition (1956) of the book Five Laws of Library Science and deals with "Scientific Method, Library Science and March of Digvijaya." |
Descriptors (30) | Research; Scientific Method; Spiral of Scientific Method; Digvijaya; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | FL04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | FL04.JPG |
Title (10) | University of Delhi, honoured SRR, conferring on him D.Litt, 07 March 1948 |
Note (20) | "His reputation as a Librarian extends far beyond the borders of his own country and his opinion and advice are valued in all lands ..." |
Descriptors (30) | Honours; D.Litt; University; Delhi University; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | HF01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf01.JPG |
Title (10) | University of Pittsburgh, honoured SRR conferring him D.Litt (Honoris Cosa), 01 June 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Honours; D.Litt; University; Pittsburgh University; 1964 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | HF02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf02.JPG |
Title (10) | Padmashri. Investiture in Delhi, 29 October 1957 by Dr. Ragendra Prasad, President of India |
Note (20) | "An international authority on library science, (he) .... is a member of the International Library Committee of the United Nations. ... " |
Descriptors (30) | Honours; Government of India; Padmashri; Delhi; 1957 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | HF03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf03.JPG |
Title (10) | Padmashri. Investiture in Delhi, 29 October 1957 (excerpt) by Dr. Ragendra Prasad, President of India |
Descriptors (30) | Honours; Government of India; Padmashri; Delhi; 1957 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | HF04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf04.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR Birth Centenary, August 1992. Indian Post Office issues postage stamp |
Descriptors (30) | Honours; Government of India; Indian Postal Service; Birth Centenary; Stamp, 1992 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | HF05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf05.JPG |
Title (10) | Srinivasa Ramanujan 75th Birth Anniversary, Dec. 1962, issue of stamp by the Indian Post Office |
Note (20) | SRR always considered Ramanujan as a "Great Thinker of India" and wrote his biography in 1967. It was published by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science |
Descriptors (30) | Ramanujan, Srinivasa; Honours; Government of India; Indian Postal Service; Mathematician; Birth Anniversary 75th, 1962 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | HF06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | hf06.JPG |
Title (10) | SMH Higher Secondary School, Shiyali |
Note (20) | SRR studied in this school from 1897 to 1909 prior to joining the Madras Christian College |
Descriptors (30) | Education; School; Secondary School; SMH Higher Secondary School; Shiyali; 1897-1909 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm01.JPG |
Title (10) | North Beach Road, Madras, 1895 |
Note (20) | Madras Christian College, where SRR studied, was located further north on this road. (Picture scanned from a greeting card.) It was moved in 1937 to a new campus of about 150 hectares in Tambaram, south of Madras. |
Descriptors (30) | Education; College; Madras Christian College; Madras; 1895 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm02.JPG |
Title (10) | Students' Home, Madras Christian College, 1912-13 |
Note (20) | SRR lived in the Home during his graduate studies |
Descriptors (30) | Education; College; Madras Christian College; Madras; Students' Home 1912-1913 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm03.JPG |
Title (10) | Ranganathan as a student, 1913 |
Descriptors (30) | Education; College; Madras Christian College; Madras; Student; 1913 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm04.JPG |
Title (10) | London School of Librarianship |
Note (20) | Morley House was the epicentre of British Librarianship. SRR studied under W.C. Berwick Sayers at the school located here in 1924-25 |
Descriptors (30) | Education; Library Science; London; London School of Librarianship; Morley House, 1924-1925; Foskett, D.J.; Ross, Edward Burns; Sayers, W.C.Berwick |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | SM05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm05.JPG |
Title (10) | Edward Burns Ross - 1 |
Descriptors (30) | Mentors; Madras Christian College; Madras; Ross, Edward Burns |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm06.JPG |
Title (10) | Edward Burns Ross - 1 |
Descriptors (30) | Mentors; Madras Christian College; Madras; Ross, Edward Burns |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm07.JPG |
Title (10) | Edward Burns Ross - 1 |
Note (20) | Original gifted by SRR to MCC on College Day, Dec. 1932 |
Descriptors (30) | Mentors; Madras Christian College; Madras; Ross, Edward Burns; 1932 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | SM08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm08.JPG |
Title (10) | W C Berwick Sayers |
Note (20) | Sayers inducted SRR into the library profession, both as a teacher at the school and at the Croydon Libraries of which he was the Chief Librarian |
Descriptors (30) | Mentors; Sayers, Berwick W.C.; Croydon Public Library; Croydon; UK; 1924 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | SM09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | sm09.JPG |
Title (10) | Presidency College, Madras |
Note (20) | SRR was Asst Professor of Mathematics in this government college when he applied for the new post of University Librarian |
Descriptors (30) | Career; Teaching; Assistant Professor; Mathematics; Madras University; Presidency College; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu01.JPG |
Title (10) | Send-off from Presidency College, Madras |
Note (20) | Leaving Mathematics and teaching had not been easy for SRR. His colleagues and the principal had given him great moral support. The year was 1924. |
Descriptors (30) | Departure to London; Farewell; Madras University; Presidency College; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu02.JPG |
Title (10) | Connemara Building |
Note (20) | The University Library shared space with the public library and the museum. Far removed from colleges, it was hardly being used. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Connemara Building; Egmore; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu03.JPG |
Title (10) | Welcome as First Madras University Librarian |
Note (20) | The Vice-Chancellor and the Chairman of the Library Committee with the new University Librarian and the entire library staff. (28 Aug. 1924) |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Librarian; University Librarian; Welcome; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu04.JPG |
Title (10) | Senate House, Madras Marina |
Note (20) | The University Library was shifted to the Senate House and started operations on 09 June 1928. It was close to the Presidency College and areas where the user population lived. The book issues increased by 250 after the move. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Location; Senate House; 1928; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu05.JPG |
Title (10) | Reading room at Senate House |
Note (20) | New designs for furniture and equipment were tried out in collaboration with an expert in cabinet making, C. Seshachalam. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Senate House; Reading Room; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu06.JPG |
Title (10) | Stack room at Senate House |
Note (20) | The stack room was in the basement. For the first time, free open access was introduced for browsing documents arranged subjectwise. Prototypes of shelves and guides were tested out. Trained staff helped readers with advice. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Senate House; Stack room; Open access; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu07.JPG |
Title (10) | New University Complex |
Note (20) | In 1936, the Administrative offices and the University Library were moved into new premises on the Madras Marina. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Location; Marina; Madras; 1936 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu08.JPG |
Title (10) | Library Wing |
Note (20) | The library wing was planned, designed and built to suit its purpose. SRR had collaborated closely with all concerned. It is probably the first such instance in India. The library started operations in the new premises on 03 Sept. 1936. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Marina; Building; Design; Plan, 1936; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu09.JPG |
Title (10) | Reading room (1999) |
Note (20) | The original equipment continues to be relevant even after six decades, with only minor changes like tube lights in place of incandescent lamps. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Marina; Building; Equipment; 1999; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu10.JPG |
Title (10) | Reference section (1999) |
Note (20) | SRR considered the reference section as a core component in a library. Accordingly, it is located with easy access, close to the reading room. The original furniture is still in use. |
Descriptors (30) | Madras University; Library; Marina; Reference Section; 1999; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU11 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu11.JPG |
Title (10) | First University Course in Librarianship, 1932 Students and Teachers |
Note (20) | A training course in librarianship had been started by the Madras Library Association earlier and was taken over by the University in 1931. SRR was the main teacher assisted by his colleagues at the library, whom he had earlier trained, often "at the job". |
Descriptors (30) | Library science; Training; University Course; Madras University; 1932; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MU12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | mu12.JPG |
Title (10) | Discussing with S. Das Gupta, 1949 (excerpt) |
Note (20) | S. Das Gupta was one of SRR's earliest students. He was the Librarian at Delhi University when SRR moved to Delhi in 1947 |
Descriptors (30) | Das Gupta, S; Delhi University; Library; Delhi; 1949 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | DU01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | du01.JPG |
Title (10) | Discussing with S. Das Gupta, 1949 |
Note (20) | The first graduate course in Library Science (B.Lib.Sc.) was started in 1948. SRR and Das Gupta were the teachers. |
Descriptors (30) | Das Gupta, S; Delhi University; Delhi; 1949; Library Science; B.Lib.Sc. course |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | DU02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | du02.JPG |
Title (10) | Delhi University. Department of Library Science, 1949-50 |
Note (20) | The first batch. P.K. Garde had joined as a teacher |
Descriptors (30) | Delhi University; Library Science; Department of Library Science; Delhi Course, 1949-1950; Teachers; Garde, P.K |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | DU03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | du03.JPG |
Title (10) | Delhi University. Department of Library Science, 1950-51 |
Note (20) | M.L. Nagar had replaced P.K. Garde |
Descriptors (30) | Delhi University; Library Science; Department of Library Science; Course; Delhi, 1950-1951; Teachers; Nagar, M.L |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | DU04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | du04.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC, Malleswaram, Bangalore, 1962 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC Bangalore; Malleswaram Building, 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr01.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC, 16 Aug. 1962. M.R. Narasimha Iyengar speaks |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Inauguration; Shrinagabhushana; Narasimha Iyengar, M.R.; Narasimhaiah, H; Iyengar, M.R.N.; 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr02.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC Inaguration by Dr. C.D. Deshmukh, 16 Aug. 1962. Welcome by A. Neelameghan |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; Inauguration; Deshmukh, C.D; Srinagabhushana; Narasimha Iyengar, M.R.; Narasimhaiah, H; Neelameghan, A; 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr03.JPG |
Title (10) | Discations on Library Science along Malleswaram side streets during early morning walks, 1963 |
Note (20) | SRR "lived" his Science all the time. Some of his students and colleagues came to realise this and used to join him on his walks and actively exchange ideas with him |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Teachers; Students; Morning walk; Discussion; Arora; Neelameghan, A; Gupta; Elhence; Raizada; Mane |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr04.JPG |
Title (10) | B.I. Palmer presented the first SRELS Lecture, 1965 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Library Science; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; SRELS Lecture; Palmer, Bernard I; 1965 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr05.JPG |
Title (10) | Friends and associates since over 2 decades |
Note (20) | SRR and Palmer first met in Madras during World War II. Palmer became the missionary to propagate SRR's ideas in the UK. Since 1948, he coordinated personal exposure of SRR to the Library Science circles. Classification Research Group (CRG) was one outcome out of many. The two families became close friends |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; Palmer, Bernard I; 1965 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr06.JPG |
Title (10) | Visitor from USA - Sara Vann |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Dcocumentation Research and Training Centre; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Bhattacharyya, G; Vann, Sarah; Neelameghan, A; Narasimha Iyengar, M.R. |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr07.JPG |
Title (10) | Coffee break at First DRTC Annual Seminar, 1963. |
Note (20) | SRR's principle: Coffee and other stimulants are not necessary if one practices "Work Chastity". |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Annual Seminar; Coffee Break; Nirupama; Gupta; Neelameghan, A; Elehence; Ranga Rau; Raizada; Subba Rao |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr08.JPG |
Title (10) | Participants at DRTC Seminar, 1966 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Annual Seminar, 1966; Participants; Garde, P.K; Saha, Jibanand; Saha, Mrs; Raghavendra Rao, B.V; Bhattacharyya, G; Bhattacharyya, Maya; Neelameghan, A |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr09.JPG |
Title (10) | Group Discussions at DRTC Seminar, 1966 |
Note (20) | When it came to SRR in a scientific event like a seminar, the "space" and "time" facets were wide. |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Seminar; 1966; Group Discussion |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr10.JPG |
Title (10) | Technical Information Service in a Company, 1963 |
Note (20) | An efficient technical information service made the difference between a mere manufacturing company and a progressive pace-setter in the field. The service at HMT was built up with SRR's erstwhile students. |
Descriptors (30) | Hindustan Machine Tools; Library; HMT; Bangalore; Kamaruddin, Abdul Rahman; Afroze Fatima; 1963 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR11 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr11.JPG |
Title (10) | National Information Centre for Machine Tool and Production Technology, 1968 |
Note (20) | Central Machine Tools Institute, Bangalore (CMTI), was conceived to serve the metal working industry in India. Its functions were similar to those of DRTC. The original Information Centre of CMTI has since spun-off as the National Information Centre for Machine Tools and Production Technology |
Descriptors (30) | Central Machine Tool Intitute; CMTI; National Information Centre for Machine Tool and Production Technology; NICMTPT; Bangalore; Information Service; Khamaruddin, Abdul Rahman; 1968 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr12.JPG |
Title (10) | Dr. and Mrs. Hermann Kopf-Wendling with SRR and Mrs Sarada Ranganathan in Bangalore, 1970 |
Note (20) | The Kopf-Wendlings were family friends of R. Yogeshwar, son of SRR, was the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany. They made a special visit to Bangalore to meet SRR. |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Kopf-Wendling, Hermann; Germany; Bangalore; 1970 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | BLR13 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | blr13.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR's Concept of mobile rural library with bullock carts, 1930 |
Note (20) | The conceptual painting was shown at the Park Fair Exhibition, Madras, Dec. 1930 |
Descriptors (30) | Library service; Rural area; Mobile Rural Library; Painting; Park Fair Exhibition; Madras; 1930 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MA01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ma01.JPG |
Title (10) | Actual mobile rural library with bullock cart, 1931 |
Note (20) | Kanakasabhai Pillai, an engineer, designed, had built and gifted the mobile library. It started serving the villages around Mannargudi in October 1931 |
Descriptors (30) | Library Service; Rural Area; Mobile Rural Library; Mannargudi; 1931; Kanakasabhai Pillai |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MA02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ma02.JPG |
Title (10) | Founders of the Madras Library Association (MALA), 1928 |
Note (20) | MALA was founded by leading personalities on 30 Jan. 1928 at a meeting in the Senate House, Madras on the instigation of the All-India Public Libraries Association's secretaries, S.K. Ghosh and A. Venkataramanaiah in Dec. 1927. K.V. Krishnaswamy Ayyar was elected as President and SRR as one of 3 secretaries |
Descriptors (30) | Madras Library Association; MALA; Madras; 1928; President; Krishnaswamy Ayyar |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MA03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ma03.JPG |
Title (10) | MALA Summer School of Librarianship, 1930 |
Note (20) | The course was conducted at the Madras University Library by SRR with the assistance of the library staff |
Descriptors (30) | Madras Library Association; MALA; 1930; Training; Library Science; Summer School of Librarianship |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MA04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ma04.JPG |
Title (10) | Nobel Laureate in Physics C.V. Raman with MALA at Madras Senate House, 25 Mar. 1935 |
Note (20) | C.V. Raman, front row seventh from left, next to SRR |
Descriptors (30) | Madras Library Association; MALA; Senate House; Madras; 1935; Raman, C.V |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | MA05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ma05.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR's Mother Sitalakshmi with her 2 sons and 3 grandsons (1951) |
Note (20) | Left to right: Mrs and Mr Ramamritam II, Natesan with graddaughter Kalpakam, Sitalkshmi, SRR, SRR's son Yogeshwar, R, Venkataraman. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sitalakshmi; Ramamritam II; Natesan; Kalpakam; Yogeshwar, R; Venkataraman; 1951 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f02.JPG |
Title (10) | Letter to wife Rukmani from Aden (1924) en route to London |
Note (20) | SRR and Rukmani (born 1896) were married in 1907. Rukmani died in a drowning accident in 1928, a few weeks before SRR announced his Five Laws of Library Science. SRR and Rukmani had no children. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Rukmani; First Wife; Letter; Aden; Gibralter; 1924 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f03.JPG |
Title (10) | Mrs. Sarada Ranganathan with her brother, step mother and father (ca 1927) |
Note (20) | Lakshmana's first wife died when Sarada was a year old. The family was based in Coimbatore where Lakshmana was a businessman. Her eldest brother Kalyana was an engineer. Sarada (born 1908) married SRR in 1929 |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Sarada's brother; Sarada's father; Sarada's step father; 1927 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f04.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR's Son Yogeshwar, SRR and Sarada (June 1937) |
Note (20) | Son Yogeshwar was born 1932 when SSR 40. He used to wear western style suits till about 1938. From then on till India became independent, he wore only traditional Indian clothes. His son's hairstyle was typically South Indian Brahmin |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Son; Yogeshwar, R; Sarada; 1937 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f05.JPG |
Title (10) | Seeing their son off at Bombay harbour (March 1952) |
Note (20) | Already since June 1951, the Delhi home consisted only of SRR, Sarada and SRR's mother. SRR used to go abroad very often |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Yogeshwar, R; Farewell; Bombay harbour; 1952 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f06.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada and SRR in Zurich (summer 1954) |
Note (20) | Sarada's first visit abroad. SRR attended many professional events in Europe, while Sarada stayed in Zurich during the summer. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Switzerland; Zurich; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f07.JPG |
Title (10) | The family on a sight-seeing visit (summer 1954) |
Note (20) | SRR rarely joined in, preferrring to write at home or to visit the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Yogeshwar, R; Switzerland; Einsiedeln; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f08.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada and SRR with Christiane Chomi (1954) |
Note (20) | Christiane, a Luxembourgan, was studying Arts and Fashion Design in Zurich |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Daughter-in-law; Christiane Chomi; 1954; Zurich; Switzerland |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f09.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR and Sarada pondering about the future, Switzerland (1954) |
Note (20) | SRR could not agree to his son marrying a foreigner. Sarada was reserved about her opinion |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Zurich; Switzerland; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f10.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR could captivate children, Zurich (1955) |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Sussman, Dahlia; Dahlia Sussman; Zurich; Switzerland; 1955 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F11 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f11.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada enjoyed children, Zurich (1955) |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Friends; Sussman, Anat; Anat Sussman; Zurich; Switzerland; 1955 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f12.JPG |
Title (10) | Accepting break of tradition, Luxembourg (1959) |
Note (20) | SRR spent 2 days with his twin grandsons Pierre Kalyana and Ranganathan Grégoire when they were 3 months old. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Grandchildren; Grandsons; Pierre Kalyana; Kalyana, Pierre; Ranganathan Gregoire; Gregoire, Ranganathan; Luxembourg; 1959 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | F13 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f13.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada with her grandchildren, Bangalore (1964) |
Note (20) | Pierre Kalyana, Ranganathan Grégoire, Tau Jeanne Sarada and their grandmother Sarada got along wonderfully. SRR usually was busy with his professional companions. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Grandchildren; Pierre Kalyana; Kalyana, Pierre; Ranganathan Gregoire; Tau Jeanne Sarada; Sarada, Tau Jeanne; Jeanne Sarada, Tau; Bangalore; 1964 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F14 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f14.JPG |
Title (10) | Prof. Edward Burns. Ross |
Note (20) | SRR and Ross were in almost daily contact between 1909 and 1933. In many ways, Ross was the 'Ersatz-father' |
Descriptors (30) | Teachers; Madras University; Ross, Edward Burns; 1930s |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F15 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f15.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR's Guide book in life: Valmiki Ramayana |
Note (20) | The Ramayana was gifted to SRR by his former school head master. SRR read one passage every day since 1924. Over 20 complete cycles. SRR held lectures on the Ramayana to audiences in India and abroad |
Descriptors (30) | Books; Ramayana; Valmiki Ramayana; 1924 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F16 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f16.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR and G.A. Srinivasan, Madras (1923) |
Note (20) | SRR and G.A. Srinivasan (GAS) first met on 07 July 1921 as Mathematics teacher colleagues in the Presidency College, Madras and became lifelong friends. GAS moved SRR to remarry after Rukmani's death |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Madras University; Mathematics Teachers Srinivasan,G.A; 1923 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F17 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f17.JPG |
Title (10) | G.A. Srinivasan and family in new house |
Note (20) | GAS named his new house after SRR. The 'thread ceremony' of SRR's son was held there in 1946 |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Srinivasan, G.A; Srinivasan Family; Ranga Nivas; 1940s |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F18 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f18.JPG |
Title (10) | With academic colleagues |
Note (20) | In SRR's circle of friends, summer holidays were strictly male events! Wives stayed at home or went to their parents with the children |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Holidaying |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F19 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f19.JPG |
Title (10) | Source of spiritual inspiration |
Note (20) | SRR was a great believer in the spiritual facet of human personalities. |
Descriptors (30) | Spirituality; Swayamprakasa, Swami |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F20 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f20.JPG |
Title (10) | An "adopted son" from Scotland |
Note (20) | Thompson had come to Madras to study Indian philosophy on his own. He ended up as a member of the SRR family and lived at the home till SRR moved out of Madras |
Descriptors (30) | Thompson, Lewis; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F21 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f21.JPG |
Title (10) | From a (copy righted) road map at TTK Healthcare Ltd |
Note (20) | Copyrighted picture. SRR spent most of his life based in South India. After 1948, he travelled extensively in the Northern Hemisphere. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; South India; Map; Shiyali; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H02.JPG |
Title (10) | North Rampart Street, Shiyali (Sirkazhi now) |
Note (20) | The photograph was taken in 1999. The tower is above the North Gate to the main temple |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Shiyali; Street; Temple Tower; North Gate |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H03.JPG |
Title (10) | The maternal home (Shiyali) |
Note (20) | Traditionally, a lady went to her parental home to deliver her first child |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Maternal home; Sarada; Shiyali |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H04.JPG |
Title (10) | Very little has changed in the house since 1892 |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Shiyali; 1892 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H05.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR's father Ramamritam lived from farm income |
Note (20) | SRR and his brother Natesan sold all the ancestral property in Ubhayavedantapuram in 1944 |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Ubhayavedantapuram; Fields |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H06.JPG |
Title (10) | View down the street |
Note (20) | Ramamritam lived in the house with the white wall and his brother Purushottaman in the one further down. They were known as the Kottapadi Ayyars and a shrine of Mariamman was annexed to the house |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H07.JPG |
Title (10) | Frontage of paternal house (1999) |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Paternal home; Frontage; Ubhayavedantapuram; 1999 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H08.JPG |
Title (10) | TV has reached Ubhayavedantapuram |
Note (20) | The main living hall opened out to an inner court with verandas all around. Only the kitchen and one or two rooms were totally enclosed. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H09.JPG |
Title (10) | Rear view of house and cowshed |
Note (20) | Every house had a rear garden with a well. This house had direct access to the lake |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Rear view; Garden; Well; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H10.JPG |
Title (10) | View from the ancestral property |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H11 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H11.JPG |
Title (10) | Temples were the social centres |
Note (20) | In the old days, temples were maintained by the people on a voluntary basis. In 1999, the temple was rather neglected |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Temple; Ubhayavedantapuram |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H12.JPG |
Title (10) | The house in Sami Pillai Street, Triplicane, Madras (1951) |
Note (20) | The house was built by the landlord to SRR's design. SRR and GAS moved in as tenants. The house had no electricity while SRR lived in it. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Sami Pillai Street; Triplicane; Madras; 1951 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H13 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H13.JPG |
Title (10) | The Triplicane house in 2000 |
Note (20) | The ground floor was the centre of family life. The corner room in the upper floor was where SRR's only child was born. It later became the office room. The main hall upstairs served as bed room at night and as lecture hall during other times. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Sami Pillai Street; Triplicane; Madras; 2000 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H14 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H14.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR lived in the left part of the twin house in Delhi. |
Note (20) | Maurice Nagar was the residential colony for the University staff and was built in 1946/48. SRR lived here from 1947 till 1955 |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Maurice Nagar; Delhi University; Delhi; 1947-1955 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H15 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H15.JPG |
Title (10) | Living room was mainly for Library Science (1949) in Delhi. |
Note (20) | SRR held classes and discussions in the front veranda and in the main room. Family living was secondary. Private guests of wife and son were received in the dining room, unless SRR was away from home. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Maurice Nagar; Delhi University; Delhi; Veranda; 1949 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H16 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H16.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada and the others had some living space |
Note (20) | Sarada and her mother-in-law created a garden in the court. The outhouse was used for permanent guests |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Sarada; Mother; Garden; Guest House; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H17 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H17.JPG |
Title (10) | "Sharada", the last private residence of SRR |
Note (20) | SRR and his wife Sarada lived in this modest house since 1962. The enclosed veranda, the living room and the room in front (behind the plants), amounting to half of the total area, were typically "taken over" by SRR for his work and meetings. This photo was taken in 1991. |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Malleswaram; Bangalore; 1962-1972 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H18 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H18.JPG |
Title (10) | "Indian hostel" run by a Swedish lady in London, UK |
Note (20) | Mrs Peterson became an expert at South Indian cuisine with the help of her paying guests. She had a special motherly affection for SRR |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Peterson, Mrs; London; South Indian cuisine |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | H19 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H19.JPG |
Title (10) | 248, Hofwiesenstrasse, Zurich (winter walk) |
Note (20) | SRR and Sarada stayed at the son's flat between 1954 and 1957. SRR attended many conferences and meetings in Europe in the period |
Descriptors (30) | Home; Hofwiesenstrasse; Zurich; Switzerland; Winter |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | H20 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H20.JPG |
Title (10) | Sarada Ranganathan with her son's family (1974) |
Note (20) | Sarada enjoyed life with the family and was very flexible |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Sarada; Yogeshwar's Family; Schrondweiler; Luxembourg |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | H21 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | H21.JPG |
Title (10) | Bengal Library Conference Nabadweep, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Conference; Bengal Library Conference; Nabadweep; 1959 |
State (India) (34) | West Bengal |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in01.JPG |
Title (10) | Bengal Library Conference Nabadweep, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Conference; Bengal Library Conference; Nabadweep; 1959 |
State (India) (34) | West Bengal |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in02.JPG |
Title (10) | Bengal Library Conference Nabadweep, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Conference; Bengal Library Conference; Nabadweep; 1959 |
State (India) (34) | West Bengal |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in03.JPG |
Title (10) | Bengal Library Conference Nabadweep, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Conference; Bengal Library Conference; Nabadweep; 1959 |
State (India) (34) | West Bengal |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in04.JPG |
Title (10) | Inauguration DRTC, ISI, 16th Aug.1962 - with C.D. Deshmukh |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; Malleswaram; DRTC; Indian Statistical Institute; ISI; Bangalore; Inauguration; 1962; Deshmukh, C.D |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in05.JPG |
Title (10) | Mysore Library Association, 1962 - Vaikunta Baliga, M.R. Narasimha Iyengar |
Descriptors (30) | Mysore Library Association; 1962; Vaikunta Baliga; Narasimha Iyengar, M.R.; Bangalore; Iyengar, M.R.N. |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in06.JPG |
Title (10) | Library Building Plan, 1959 - Architect Sharma |
Descriptors (30) | Library Building Plan; 1959; Sharma, R.R; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in07.JPG |
Title (10) | Delhhi University, Department of Library Science |
Descriptors (30) | Delhi University; Library science |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in08.JPG |
Title (10) | All India Library Conference, 1950 - Asian Library Association |
Descriptors (30) | Conference; All India Library Conference; 1950; Asian Library Association; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN09 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in09.JPG |
Title (10) | SITU, Madras, 1960 |
Descriptors (30) | Teachers; South Indian Teachers Union; SITU; Madras; 1960 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in10.JPG |
Title (10) | Mysore Government Library Training School, 1962 |
Descriptors (30) | Library Science; Training; Mysore Government Library Training School; Bangalore; 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN11 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in11.JPG |
Title (10) | Indian Library Association |
Note (20) | Edward Carter, Frank Gardner, Unesco expert for UNESCO-Delhi Public Library Pilot Project |
Descriptors (30) | Library Association; Indian Library Association; Carter, Edward; Gardner, Frank; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in12.JPG |
Title (10) | Delhi Library Association - Condolence Meeting for SRR, 1972 |
Descriptors (30) | Delhi Library Association; Condolence Meeting; S.R. Ranganathan; 1972; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN13 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in13.JPG |
Title (10) | USIS Library, Delhi, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Lecture; USIS Library; Delhi; 1958 |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN14 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in14.JPG |
Title (10) | Hall Opened in Honour of SRR |
Descriptors (30) | Memorial; Ranganathan Hall; Inauguration |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN15 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in15.JPG |
Title (10) | Library Science Department at the Polytechnic for Women, Bangalore - Opening, 1962 |
Descriptors (30) | Library Science; Training; Women; Polytechnic for Women; Bangalore; Department of Library Science; Inauguration; 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN16 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in16.JPG |
Title (10) | Kerala Library Association, Trivandrum, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Association; Kerala Library Association; Trivandrum; 1959; Sarada Ranganathan |
State (India) (34) | Kerala |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN17 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in17.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC Birds' eye-view Lectures, 1962 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; Bangalore; DRTC; Subject Development; Lectures; Birds' eye-view Lectures; 1962 |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN18 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in18.JPG |
Title (10) | Delhi University, Maurice Nagar, 1950 |
Note (20) | SRR residence, Group Photo with Colleagues, Students |
Descriptors (30) | Delhi University; Maurice Nagar; Residence; 1950; Delhi; Colleagues; Students; Sarada Ranganathan |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN19 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in19.JPG |
Title (10) | USIS Library, Madras, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Lecture; USIS Library; Madras; 1958 |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN20 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in20.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC Seminar, 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; DRTC; Malleswaram; Bangalore; Seminar; 1964; Neelameghan, A; Bhattacharyya, G; Gopinath, M.A |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN21 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in21.JPG |
Title (10) | DRTC Seminar, 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Training; Research; Documentation Research and Training Centre; Malleswaram; Bangalore; DRTC; Seminar; 1964; Neelameghan, A; Gopinath, M.A; Gupta, A.K |
State (India) (34) | Karnataka |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN22 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in22.JPG |
Title (10) | Lecture at USIS, Madras |
Descriptors (30) | USIS; Madras; Lecture |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN23 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in23.JPG |
Title (10) | Nizam College, Hyderabad with Harisarvothama Rao |
Descriptors (30) | Nizam College; Hyderabad; Harisarvothama Rao |
State (India) (34) | Andhra Pradesh |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN24 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in24.JPG |
Title (10) | M.V. Doraiswamy, M.S. Venkataramani, S.R. Ranganathan, K.M. Sivaraman |
Note (20) | Venkataramani, journalist, son of M.S. Sabhesan, K.M. Sivaraman of Madras University Libraray |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Colleagues; Doraiswamy, M.V.; Venkataramani, M.S.; Sivaraman, K.M.; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN25 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in25.JPG |
Title (10) | P. Vishnumurthy Rao, Teacher of accountancy, Madras |
Note (20) | P.V. Rao, at extreme right, was a keen astrologer. |
Descriptors (30) | Friends; Vishnumurthy Rao; Madras |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN26 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in26.JPG |
Title (10) | Social Science Seminar, Sapru House, 1959, New Delhi |
Descriptors (30) | Seminar; Social Sciences; National Seminar on Social Sciences; Sapru House; 1959; New Delhi; Das Gupta, S; Kaula, P.N; Chakaravathi, N; Phadnis; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN27 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in27.JPG |
Title (10) | USIS Library, Chennai, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | USIS Library; 1958; Chennai |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN28 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in28.JPG |
Title (10) | INSDOC, Advisory Committee, Delhi, 1960 |
Descriptors (30) | Documentation; Science; Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre; INSDOC; Advisory Committee; 1960; New Delhi; Krihnan, K.S; Bhatnagar, S.S; Thacker, M.S; Delhi |
State (India) (34) | Delhi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN29 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in29.JPG |
Title (10) | Madras Book Exhibition, 1958 |
Note (20) | National Book Trust (NBT) Chairman Duggal and S.N. Kumar |
Descriptors (30) | Exhibition; Books; Madras Book Exhibition; 1968; Duggal; Kumar, S.N |
State (India) (34) | Tamil Nadu |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | IN30 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | in30.JPG |
Title (10) | Library Association, London |
Note (20) | Meetinhg in honour of SRR, London, Sep. 1948 |
Descriptors (30) | Association; Library Association; Meeting; London; UK; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB 01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | AB01.JPG |
Title (10) | Unesco-IFLA International Summer School for Librarians, Manchester, 9th Sep 1948 |
Note (20) | SRR was invited by Unesco to be a facalty member. 50 persons from 24 countries participated |
Descriptors (30) | Library Science; Training; Unesco; IFLA; International Summer School; Manchester; UK; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB02 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab02.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1948 |
Note (20) | S.R. Ranganathan attended the Congress as an observer. India became a national member of FID after INSDOC was established in 1952 |
Descriptors (30) | Association; Documentation; International Federation for Documentation; FID; Congress; 1948; Rotterdam; Netherlands, The |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB03 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab03.JPG |
Title (10) | In Stockholm, Sweden |
Descriptors (30) | Stockholm; Sweden; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB04 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab04.JPG |
Title (10) | S.R. Ranganathan and Faculty Members at John Murray Library, Asbbourne Hall, Manchester, UK, at the Unesco-IFLA - Summer School in Sep. 1948 |
Descriptors (30) | Library Science; Training; Unesco; IFLA; Summer School; John Murrey Library; Asbbourne Hall; Manchester; UK; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB05 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab05.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR chairing a sub-committee of the UN Committee of Experts, held at UN Buliding, Lake Success, New York, 1948 |
Descriptors (30) | United Nations; Committee of Experts; Lake Success; New York; USA; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB06 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab06.JPG |
Title (10) | Unesco-IFLA Summer School, Manchester, UK, 1948 |
Descriptors (30) | Library Science; Training; Unesco; IFLA; Summer School; Manchester; UK; 1948 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB07 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab07.JPG |
Title (10) | At the General Electric Company Library, USA, 1950 |
Descriptors (30) | General Electric Company Library; USA; 1950 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB08 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab08.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Congress, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1954 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation for Documentation; FID; Congress; Belgrade; Yugoslavia; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB10 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab10.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Congress, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1954 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation for Documentation; FID; Congress; Belgrade; Yugoslavia; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB12 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab12.JPG |
Title (10) | IFLA Meeting in Belgium, 1954 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation of Library Associations; IFLA; Conference; Meeting; Brussels; Belgium; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB13 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab13.JPG |
Title (10) | S. R. Ranganathan with wife Sarada at Northwestern Polytechnic, London, UK, 1954 |
Descriptors (30) | Sarada Ranganathan; Northwestern Polytechnic; London; UK; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB14 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab14.JPG |
Title (10) | IFLA, 21st Conference, Belgium, 1954 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation of Library Associations; IFLA; Conference; Meeting; Belgium; 1954 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB15 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab15.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1955 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation for Documentation; FID; Conference; Dusseldorf; Germany; 1955 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB16 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab16.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 1955. |
Note (20) | S.R. Ranganathan attended as a National Delegate |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation for Documentation; FID ; Conference; Brussels; Belgium; 1955 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB17 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab17.JPG |
Title (10) | IFLA Meeting, Munich, Germany, 1956 |
Note (20) | S.R. Ranganathan attended as a National Delegate |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation of Library Associations; IFLA; Conference; Meeting; Munich; Germany; 1956 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB18 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab18.JPG |
Title (10) | Library School, Newcastle, UK |
Note (20) | With Mr. and Mrs. Kumar |
Descriptors (30) | Library School; Newcastle; Germeny; Bashir-Uddin, Syed; UK; Kumar, S.N; Kumar, Susheela |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB19 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab19.JPG |
Title (10) | In Tokyo, Japan,1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Library School; Tokyo; Japan; 1958; Lecture |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB20 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab20.JPG |
Title (10) | National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Parliament; National Diet Library; Tokyo; Japan; 1958 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB22 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab22.JPG |
Title (10) | In Japan, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Japan; 1958 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB23 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab23.JPG |
Title (10) | Japan Library Association, Tokyo, Japan, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Japan Library Association; Tokyo; Japan; 1958 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB24 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab24.JPG |
Title (10) | The National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | Parliament; National Diet Library; Tokyo; Japan; 1958 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB25 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab25.JPG |
Title (10) | FID Congress, Stuttgart, Germany, 1958 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation for Documentation; FID; Congress; Stuttgart; Germany; 1958 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB26 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab26.JPG |
Title (10) | Ms. James Perry's write-up in a Newspaper about SRR's visit to Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Case-Western University; Cleveland; Ohio; USA; 1959; Newspaper report; Perry, James |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB27 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab27.JPG |
Title (10) | IFLA Conference, Zagreb,Yugoslavia, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | International Federation of Library Associations; IFLA; Conference; Zagreb; Yugoslavia; 1959 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB28 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab28.JPG |
Title (10) | Reading Ramayana, Stuttgart, Germany, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Ramayana; Reading; Stuttgart; Germany; 1959 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB29 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab29.JPG |
Title (10) | Reading Ramayana, Stuttgart, Germany, 1959 |
Descriptors (30) | Ramayana; Reading; Stuttgart; Germany; 1959 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB30 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab30.JPG |
Title (10) | SRR with his student S. Parthasarathy at the University of Chicago Campus during Graduate Library School Annual Conference on "Bibliographic Organization", July, 1950 |
Descriptors (30) | University of Chicago; Chicago; Illinois; USA; Graduate Library School; Annual Conference; Bibliographic Organization; 1950; Parthasarathy, S |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB31 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab31.JPG |
Title (10) | Representing India at a function at the National Library, Berlin, DDR, Germany, 1961, with Prof. Basheer-Uddin |
Descriptors (30) | National Library; Berlin; DDR; Germany; 1961; Basheer-Uddin |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB32 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab32.JPG |
Title (10) | Representing India at a function at the National Library, Berlin, DDR, Germany, 1961, with Prof. Basheer-Uddin |
Descriptors (30) | National Library; Berlin; DDR; Germany; 1961; Basheer-Uddin |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB33 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab33.JPG |
Title (10) | Representing India at a function at the National Library, Berlin, DDR, Germany, 1961, with Prof. Basheer-Uddin |
Descriptors (30) | National Library; Berlin; DDR; Germany; 1961; Basheer-Uddin |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB34 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab34.JPG |
Title (10) | National Library, Berlin, DDR, Germany, Group Photo, 1961 |
Descriptors (30) | Berlin; DDR; Germany; 1961 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB35 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab35.JPG |
Title (10) | Berlin, DDR, Germany, 1961 |
Descriptors (30) | Berlin; DDR; Germany; 1961 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB36 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab36.JPG |
Title (10) | Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, with Ralph Shaw, 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Rutgers State University; New Brunswick; New Jersey; USA; Ralph Shaw; 1964 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB37 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab37.JPG |
Title (10) | Oslo, Norway, 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Oslo; Norway; 1964 |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB38 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab38.JPG |
Title (10) | Addressing a Class on CC at Rutgers State University, Rutgers, New Jersey, 1964 |
Descriptors (30) | Rutgers State University; New Brunswick; New Jersey; USA; 1964; Class; Lecture; CC |
India / Foreign Code (36) | F |
Photo Code (40) | AB39 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | ab39.JPG |
Title (10) | Sitalakshmi (1872 - 1953) |
Note (20) | SRR, born on 09 Aug. 1892, was the first of 4 chidren of Sitalakshmi and Ramamritam, who died on 13 Jan. 1898. Sitalakshmi was a permanent member of the SRR household and died in a fire accident in Delhi in 1953. |
Descriptors (30) | Family; Mother; Sitalakshmi |
India / Foreign Code (36) | I |
Photo Code (40) | F01 |
Link 1 Photo (50) | f01.JPG |