Ashar Singh Agent Designation Waiver
Dated October 7, 1915, this waiver form appoints John Snook, the warden of the Idaho State Penitentiary, to the position of agent for Ashar Singh.
Ashar Singh FBI Record
FBI Record for Ashar Singh dated June 5, 1935. The file indicates three arrests: October 15, 1915 for "assault with intent to commit crime against nature"; July 15, 1934 for "reckless driving"; and May 27, 1935 for "drunk driving."
Kuldip Singh Autograph
Autographed postcard of singer Kuldip Rae Singh. The text reads, "To Ken From Kuldip Singh." Singh had made two television appearances in the U.S. in the mid-1950s, the first on the Groucho Marx quiz show and the second on the George Gobel show.
Rabindranath Tagore and Sudhindra Bose
Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore and Sudhindra Bose at the University of Iowa printed in Bose's Fifteen Years in America (1920), presumably during Tagore's visit to the U.S. in 1912-13.
Tagore Circle Reunion
Caption on back: "Tagore Circle met in 1912 and 1913 in the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Seymour (909) W. Nevada to hear the poet Rabindrinath Tagore read his poems and talk with us." Front Row: Lawrence Seymour, Lois Seymour.
Jiwan Singh, Arrival in San Francisco, 1907-08
From Amelia Singh's personal collection. Singh writes, "My father, Jiwan Singh, around the time of his arrival in San Francisco 1907-08."
Amelia Singh and Lola Rahmatulla, Early 1950s
Photo from Amelia Singh's personal collection. Singh writes, "Me, Amelia Singh, and Lola Rahmatulla. Early 1950s in Phoenix, Arizona."
"A Night in India," Indian-American Banquet, Phoenix, Arizona 1951
Postcard announcing an Indian-American Banquet organized by the Self-Realization Fellowship and Indian Communities of Phoenix and Casa Grande. The event took place at the Phoenix Woman's Club on December 8, 1951. During the event, a group of students from the University of Southern California performed an Indian song and dance program.
After Indian-American Banquet, Phoenix, Arizona 1951
Photo from Amelia Singh's personal collection. Singh writes, "A group of USC students came to perform an Indian song and dance program in Phoenix, Arizona. Afterwards, my father brought them to our house. Pictured are my brother Albert; my sister Ramona; a dancer from Norway; Satya, a dancer; me, Amelia; Satya Pal Dosaj, a tabla and sitar player; a dancer from Holland.