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A group photo taken at the residence of Mr. Holmes, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
A photo taken of Indu Bhushan De Majumdar with a young American, a farm assistant, and the Mayor of Pinar del Rio Mr. Holmes, Mrs. Holmes, and the Secretary to the Governor of Pinar del Rio. Photograph taken from Indu Bhushan De Majumdar's America Through Hindu Eyes (1918).

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.

Mohamed Ibrahim Ghouse, "Education for Indian Students in England and America" (1920)
An article by Mohamed Ibrahim Ghouse in the February 1920 issue of the Hindustan Review on Indian students studying in England and America. Ghouse urges readers interested in more information about American universities to write to the Hindustan Association of America.

Sudhindra Bose, "An Indian Educational Commission to America" (1919)
In this article from the September 1919 issue of The Hindustan Review, Sudhindra Bose describes the U.S. education system and its potential lessons for the education system in India, which he describes as "frozen" and "unsatisfactory." Bose proposes an Indian commission to be sent to the U.S., citing similar precedents from Japan and England.

British Inquisition in India
A pamphlet published by the Friends of Freedom for India featuring Ghadar activist Surendra Karr's essay "British Inquisition in India" (originally published in the June 28, 1919 issue of the Nation).

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