Indian Home magazine cover story
Front cover of Indian Home magazine featuring Ellen and Gobindram Watumull. Most likely from 1946.
"Watumull's Might" in Indian Home magazine
Insert titled "Watumull's Might" from Indian Home magazine with several photographs pertaining to the Watumull clothing business and the Watumull family. Includes photographs of the Watumull family presence in Los Angeles as well as Hawaii.
"Baba is 100!" (1985)
A novelty newspaper titled The Indian Gazette printed to celebrate the 100th birthday of Watumull Brothers, Ltd. founder Jhamandas Watumull. Dated February 15, 1985, the "gazette" includes a short article with quote from the director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, one of the beneficiaries of the Watumull foundation, a biography of Jhamandas Watumull, as well as a detailed family tree.
Watumull's 100 Years (1914-2014)
The son of a brick contractor in Hyderabad, Sindh, Jhamandas Watumull first migrated to Manila, Philippines after an accident left his father significantly debilitated. Jhamandas stayed with an older brother and worked in Manila's textile mills, before starting a retail business that specialized in imports from the Orient.
"Indian-American Week"
Bicentennial issue of Indian-American Week, April 24-May 1, 1976, assembled by The Association of Indians in America, Inc. The issue highlights a special event organized by The Association of Indians in America, Inc. and the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania commemorating the life of Dr.
The New India Bulletin (November 1945)
This copy of the India Welfare League, Inc. publication, The New India Bulletin, is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S. 236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The front page includes a "Petition to the Congress of the United States...with reference to Senator Langer's Limited Bill SR 236."
The New India Bulletin (August-September 1945)
This copy of the India Welfare League, Inc. publication, The New India Bulletin, is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S. 236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. This edition of the Bulletin consists of the text of a speech given by Mubarek Ali Khan, League founder and president, on July 31, 1945 in New York City.
A Message from the Hindu Temple
A booklet published by the San Francisco Vedanta Society in regards to the Hindu Temple of San Francisco and Vedanta. Contents include: 'What is Vedanta?', 'Some Questions on Vedanta', quotes from great thinkers and religious works, 'The Vedanta Society', and 'General Features of the Hindu Temple'.
SAMAR Magazine Issue #5 (Summer 1995)
The Summer 1995 issue of SAMAR (No. 5), subtitled “Black or White or What,” examines the intersection of racial politics and the South Asian Community. The issue includes contributions from Arvind Rajagopal, Karen Leonard, Khurram Hassan, Somini Sengupta, Nirmal Selvamony, S.