Class Update with Letter from Kamala (Cornelius) Asirvatham
This update on the Class of 1918 includes a letter from Kamala (Cornelius) Asirvatham describing her plans to travel to the United States with her husband as he begins a teaching position in Chicago. The letter also describes Ms. Asirvatham's plans to visit with her daughters and with friends from college.
Picture of Dr. Murugappa Madhavan's student days at the University of Wisconsin. Pictured here outside his student housing, where he lived for three years. Dr. Madhavan also served as President of the Indian Students Association at the university.
Murugappa Madhavan at the World Bank
Murugappa Madhavan with World Bank colleagues, including World Bank President George Woods. Madhavan is second from right in the standing row.
Photo 2: Picture of Dr. Murugappa Madhavan with a delegation of Greek businessmen as a member of a World Bank mission to Greece.
Photo of Murugappa Madhavan with friends
Murugappa Madhavan (left) with Dr. and Mrs. George of Sri Lanka in the middle with their son and Periannan of Madurai, India.
Family photograph
Family photograph taken in a photo studio in Kerala, India.
Photograph of Ampang House
Construction of Ampang House, the Kaimal family home in Kottayam, Kerala, designed by K.N. Kaimal. Construction was overseen by Chinnapan Nair.
Birth Certificate From Uganda
Uganda refugees were not permitted to take much out of the country, so most of the materials that tell their stories are official documents, such as this birth certificate.
Ronikali Merali's certificate of Naturalization to the US
The process of gaining citizenship for Ugandan parolees in the US was long because they were not technically refugees, but were parolees, which did not grant them the same path to citizenship as refugees. This is Ronikali's certificate of naturalization to the US, and feature of a photo of him in 1984 at the age of 34.