Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst, summarizing their conversation after a recent visit. Ram discusses the stereotypical views of the US and India based on one another’s perceptions and how he believes these are distortions; he is likely angling toward the promotion of his personal project, a friendship society between the two nations, but the letter appears to be incomplete.
Letter from W. Glenn Powers
Letter from W. Glenn Powers to unknown recipients, informing them that Abnashi Ram wishes to reactivate his business (India Products Company) after a period of illness and turn it over to his brother’s grandson, Sharat Chandra Batra.
Letter from W. Glenn Powers
Letter from W. Glenn Powers to unknown recipients, informing them that Abnashi Ram wishes to reactivate his business (India Products Company) after a period of illness and turn it over to his brother’s grandson, Sharat Chandra Batra. This letter is a duplicate copy.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G. Ramakrishna
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G. Ramakrishna, saying it had been good to meet Ramakrishna earlier in the day and asking if Ram might be able to visit Washington to see Indian Ambassador T.N. Kaul. This letter is a duplicate copy.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G. Ramakrishna
Letter from Abnashi Ram to G. Ramakrishna, saying it had been good to meet Ramakrishna earlier in the day and asking if Ram might be able to visit Washington to see Indian Ambassador T.N. Kaul.
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Harish and Norma Bhalla
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Harish and Norma Bhalla, who have been hosting Ram’s daughter Raj Sharma in the US. He expresses pleasure that they have enjoyed Raj’s stay and that she will be taking English classes, and offers to provide her with sarees and whatever else she or the Bhallas may need.
Letter from Bhagwan Singh Gyanee to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Bhagwan Singh Gyanee to Abnashi Ram. Gyanee relates that he recently attended a dinner in honor of Prem Bathia, chief editor of the Tribune, and discusses his health and his wife Florence, who he left in the United States upon moving to India.
Letter from Vivian Thind
Letter from Vivian Thind; appears to be a holiday letter sent out to all Thind’s friends, with a handwritten heading to Abnashi Ram. Thind says that her daughter Rosalind will be traveling to Mexico City on a work assignment, that she recently moved from her longtime family home, and that she will soon be moving to Northern California.
Letter to from Godha Ram Channon to Hon. Shayama Prashad Mukerjee
Letter from Godha Ram Channon to Hon. Shayama Prashad Mukerjee, explaining that he has submitted a report on export possibilities to Indian Ambassador Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit at her request, but affairs of state have prevented her from reviewing it. He says a copy of the report is enclosed within, but the letter is incomplete.
Invitation to Gandhi Birthday Celebration
Invitation to Gandhi Birthday Celebration from the Hindustan Students’ Association of America - Berkeley; the celebration will represent “the life and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi” through speeches, poems, and plays.