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Saint Nihal Singh, "Dry" America: An Object-Lesson to India
Published in Madras in 1921, St. Nihal Singh's "Dry" America: An Object-Lesson to India is a study of prohibition in the United States. Singh writes in favor of prohibition, claiming that such policies would mean "greater individual and national efficiency" for India. Much of the study, however, tracks the infractions that came out of prohibition.

Har Dayal, "Our Educational Problem" (1922)
Published in Madras in 1922, Har Dayal's Our Educational Problem considers British educational policy in the Indian colony, with emphasis on issues of assimilation and the value of "Sanskrit vs. English." The preface was provided by the nationalist Lajpat Rai, who, interestingly, also spent an extended period within the U.S., founding the India Home Rule League of America in New York City.

Young India (June 1920)
The June 1920 issue of Young India (Vol. 3, No. 6) featured the following articles: "Punjab Disturbances Report," "The Government of India Act" by Saint Nihal Singh, "India Reform Scheme" by Harkishenlal, "India Finance," "Turkish Problem in India," "Internationalism and India" by Norman Thomas, "India and Foreign Rule" and "A Lesson from Missionaires" by J.T. Sunderland.

Young India (July 1920)
The July 1920 issue of Young India (Vol. 3, No. 7) featured the following articles: "Punjab Report -- More Facts," "Hunter Report -- An Official Whitewash," "The American Press on The Amritsar Massacre," "Repression -- Road to Revolution" by John Haynes Holmes and J.T. Sunderland, "A Nationalist Manifesto," "The Y.W.C.A. and India" by J.T.

Mahesh Charan Sinha, "India and the Outside World" (1908)
Mahesh Charan Sinha, a graduate student in Oregon, writes on "India and the Outside World" in this January 1908 issue of the Hindustan Review.

Saint Nihal Sing, "Opportunity in India and America" (March 1908)
An article by Saint Nihal Singh (misspelled as "Sing") in the March 1908 Hindustan Review on the industrial character of Americans. Singh writes that Americans are essentially an "industrial and commercial people," and that the laboring class earns a certain amount of social privilege in the U.S.

Mr. Shima (1914)
Produced in 1914, this 15-minute, black-and-white film captures the California estate of George Shima (born Kinji Ushijima, 1864-1924), one of the wealthiest Japanese-American farmers of the time. The film is unique in that it contains footage of several South Asian laborers on the farm, in two sections: "Migrant Laborers from India" (1:09-1:20), and "Onion Fields" (1:21-1:44).

"Body Is Cremated on Funeral Pyre" (1906)
An article from the November 3, 1906 edition of the Oregonian recording the alleged "first Hindoo funeral and cremation ever solemnized" in the United States. The funeral was held for Rauma Singh, who died in Astoria from consumption.

Y.M. Bose, "India's Awakening: The Swadeshi Movement" (1907)
In this January 19 article in The Outlook, Yotrinda Mohan Bose, a Chicago-based physician, explains the rationale behind the movement for Indian independence.

The Guru Govind Singh Sahib Educational Scholarships (1912)
A notice for the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Educational Scholarships, written by Sirdar Jawala Singh on January 1, 1912.

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