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Photograph of Congressman Dalip Singh Saund

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew discussing his views on British occupation of India, Hong Kong, Burma, and Malay, and the organizing of South Asians in US against the same.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Mumtaz Kitchlew, in which Ram voices support for Dr. Jagan Nath Sharma, whose efforts led to the creation of the National Committee for India’s Freedom.

"Our Congressman From India"
September 1958 article from the Washington Diplomat entitled “Our Congressman From India," profiling US Representative Dalip Singh Saund. The article discusses a 1957 speech Saund gave and details his successful campaign against Jacqueline Cochran Odlum the year before.

Saund Flipped For Coin
Clipping from an unknown newspaper entitled “Saund Flipped for Coin.” In a lighthearted photo, US Representative Dalip Singh Saund was held upside down by Vincent Scarpino and Roger Bittmann at the dedication of an IRS office in Riverside, CA. The caption describes them as “shaking him down” for any remaining change after paying his taxes there.

"Saund's Condition Reported Critical"
Newspaper clipping from May 3rd (probably 1970-1972). Contains the details of Dalip Singh Saund’s critical condition, stating that he had a cerebral hemorrhage on a flight from California to Washington. Saund was taken by ambulance from Baltimore to the Naval Medical Center after the flight.

Congressman Saund featured on WTOP So They Say
Interview with U.S. Representative Dalip Singh Saund on CBS affiliate WTOP-FM, dated January 11, 1957. In the clip, Saund discusses his first week in office after election as the first Asian American in Congressional history.

Campaign ad for John F. Kennedy
Ad for then-Senator John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential election campaign. This item is associated with the collected materials of U.S. Representative Dalip Singh Saund; Saund had been endorsed by Kennedy in his own 1956 congressional campaign, and went on to work closely with Kennedy once he became president.

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