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J.D. Watumull
Photograph of J.D. Watumull, the son of Gulab Watumull, in front of a Watumull's store. Photo credited to Hawaii Newspaper Agency, and dated June 19, 1985.

"Watumull's Might" in Indian Home magazine
Insert titled "Watumull's Might" from Indian Home magazine with several photographs pertaining to the Watumull clothing business and the Watumull family. Includes photographs of the Watumull family presence in Los Angeles as well as Hawaii.

Photograph of Gulab Watumull
Photograph of Gulab Watumull, the son of Jhamandas Watumull, the founder of the family business. Photo credited to Camera Hawaii.

"Baba is 100!" (1985)
A novelty newspaper titled The Indian Gazette printed to celebrate the 100th birthday of Watumull Brothers, Ltd. founder Jhamandas Watumull. Dated February 15, 1985, the "gazette" includes a short article with quote from the director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, one of the beneficiaries of the Watumull foundation, a biography of Jhamandas Watumull, as well as a detailed family tree.

Laurel Murphy, "Jhamandas Watumull: Hyderabad to Honolulu" (1973)
Article from the August 22, 1973 issue of The Honolulu Advertiser written by Laurel Murphy, which describes the life story of Jhamandas Watumull and the Watumull business. Murphy goes into considerable detail about Watumull's early years in Hyderabad and Manila, as well as the effects of the Partition on his family home in Sindh. Includes a photograph of Jhamandas Watumull.

Brief biography of Gulab Watumull
A brief biography of Gulab Watumull, the third son of Jhamandas Watumull. Gulab was born and educated in India, and came to Hawaii in 1948 to further his education. He eventually became involved in the family business, and assumed the head of Watumull Brothers, Ltd. in 1956.

Watumull's 100 Years (1914-2014)
The son of a brick contractor in Hyderabad, Sindh, Jhamandas Watumull first migrated to Manila, Philippines after an accident left his father significantly debilitated. Jhamandas stayed with an older brother and worked in Manila's textile mills, before starting a retail business that specialized in imports from the Orient.

Tahmoures Hormozdyaran Oral History Interview
The interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 2021-2022. This interviewee discussed his early childhood and family life in Karachi, Pakistan, moving to a Parsi neighborhood as well as childhood memories of being a Zoroastrian in Yazd, Iran. He shared experiences of him and his family migrating to the U.S. and settling down in Centreville, Virginia for 30 or so years.

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