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By Natalie Hansen, Casae Hobbs, Rumyana Hristova, Brandon Pieczko, Elizabeth Sullivan, Rosemary Trippe, Melissa VandeBurgt, Amanda Goodsett, Lydia Tang, Karoline Burrall Li, and Jessica Lapinsky
Collection Overview
Title: Robert E Brown Papers and Center for World Music Records, 1945-2005
ID: 12/5/58
Primary Creator: Brown, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1927-2005)
Extent: 223.55 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in six series: Series 1, American Society of Eastern Arts Society Records, ca. 1963-1978; Series 2, Center for World Music Records, ca. 1978-2005; Series 3, Robert E. Brown's Personal and Research Papers, 1945-2005; Series 4, Photographic Material, 1959-2005; Series 5, Audio-visual Recordings, ca. 1963-2005; and Series 6, Instruments.
Date Acquired: 07/21/2006. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Ethnomusicology, Music, Musical Instrument Collections, Photographs, World Music
Formats/Genres: Motion Pictures/Videotapes, Papers, Sound Recordings
Languages: English, Balinese, Hindi, Japanese
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of personal papers, correspondence, lecture and research notes, photographs, sound recordings, publications, music instruments and administrative records documenting Brown's career as an ethomusicologist and head of the Center for World Music between 1945 and 2005.
Biographical Note
Robert E. "Bob" Brown (18 April 1927 - 29 November 2005) was a world famous ethnomusicologist, and the longtime president of the Center for World Music, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering an understanding of world music and performing arts through workshops, concerts, lectures and study abroad programs. Bob Brown is credited with coining the term "world music," and during his lifetime worked extensively to increase awareness of non-western cultures and music, especially those of India and Indonesia.
Robert E. Brown grew up in Clinton, NY and spent his undergraduate and graduate years at Ithaca College and Cornell University. Although Brown had a background in a wide variety of instruments, in 1953, he entered the PhD program at UCLA as a piano major. After Mantel Hood, famous American ethnomusicologist, arrived at UCLA, Brown switched into the new ethnomusicology program and became Hood's first graduate assistant. Brown's time at UCLA resulted in his dissertation, titled The Mrdanga: A Study of Drumming in South India (1965).
In 1961, Bob Brown began teaching at Wesleyan University, where he founded the school's own ethnomusicology program. Brown's philosophy, following that of Hood, was that students should become musically proficient in two cultures, their own native culture, and that of another. Students would then become "bi-musical". The concept of learning from music masters from other cultures shaped the way Brown taught, and how he fulfilled the mission of the Center for World Music. During the 1970s, Robert E. Brown served as visiting lecturer at three universities, until Brown joined the faculty of the San Diego State University School of Music as chairman in 1979. While at SDSU, Brown introduced world music classes and performance groups, such as gamelan groups, to the school and the surrounding community. He remained chairman until 1982, and retired in 1992.
Throughout his life, Brown was also heavily involved with the organization called the Center for World Music. In 1963 Samuel L. Scripps and his wife Luise founded the American Society for Eastern Arts. Scripps, a life long supporter of the arts, saw the ASEA as a way of brining Asian artists to America to present workshop and performances. Robert Brown was a dedicated member of the ASEA from the start, and in 1973, he was named Executive Director of the ASEA and of the newly formed Center for World Music. At its inception, the Center for World Music was to be the physical meeting space for ASEA events and for performances of other music cultures, such as those from Africa and South America. By 1978, Scripps had left the ASEA, and the organization dropped the use of the name "American Society for Eastern Arts," becoming known exclusively the Center for World Music and the Related Arts. From 1978-1982, the Center for World Music and SDSU, where Brown was teaching at the time, developed a mutual program, which resulted in festivals, study abroad programs, and concerts. From 1982 until his death in 2005, Brown led the Center for World Music in the development of World Music in the Schools programs, and new study abroad opportunities in India, Turkey, and Indonesia, where he was the owner of Girikusuma (Flower Mountain), a center for traditional Balinese performing arts.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
Additional material transfered from Philip Yamplosky, 12/21/2011.
The material in boxes 139-141 was acquired in 2006, but sent to Media Preservation for mold remediation shortly after and did not return to the Sousa Archives until 2018.
The Saung-gauk (Burmese harp and stand), ca. 1950s, was transferred from the School of Music to the Center on 9/1/2022. Prior to this time the instrument which was part of the original acquisition remained in the School of Music director's office until about 2012, and then was transferred to the school's music instrument unit where it remained until 2022.
Acquisition Source:
Robert E. Brown Estate
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: American Society for Eastern Arts Records, c. 1963-1978],
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Series 2: Center for World Music Records, c. 1978-2005],
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Series 3: Robert E. Brown's Personal and Research Papers, 1945-2005],
[Series 4: Photographic Material, 1959-2005],
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Series 5: Audio-visual Materials, c. 1963-2005],
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Series 6: Music Instruments, ca. 1950s],
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All]
- Series 4: Photographic Material, 1959-2005
- Documents the activities of the ASEA, CWM and Robert E. Brown's research interests and projects. The series consists of three subseries. Sub-series 1: Photographs, 1960-2005, includes publicity photographs of artists, performances, tours, and instruction. Sub-series 2: Slides, 1959-1995, is composed of slides of events and concerts in India and Indonesia, as well as slides of classes taught by Brown in the States and abroad. Sub-series 3 consists of microfilm and rolled negatives of Indian manuscripts related to Brown's research with the Smithsonian.
- Sub-Series 1: Photographs, 1960-2005
- Consists of large and small scale, black and white and color photographs documenting performances, concerts, and artists connected to the ASEA, CWM, and Brown's academic positions and research. Also of note are candid photographs of social functions and gatherings of the ASEA, CWM and of Brown's family and friends. The subseries is organized alphabetically by topic and chronologically within topics. Photographs on optical discs and oversized photographs are found at the end of the subseries.
- Box 57
- Folder 1: Africa, undated
- Large format B&W publicity photographs of African artists provided by the California Institute of the Arts.
- Folder 2: Balasaraswati, 1965-1973
- Large format B&W photographs, negatives, press releases, and a program of a Balasaraswati recital.
- Folder 3: Balasaraswati Portrait, undated
- Color photograph of dancer Balasaraswati.
- Folder 4: Bali Trip, undated
- Large scale B&W photographs of Robert E. Brown with a gamelan ensemble in Bali.
- Folder 5: Balinese Dance Photographs, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of Balinese dancers.
- Folder 6: Balinese Gamelans - Negatives, 1979-1981
- Folder 7: Brown with Gamelan Ensemble, undated
- B&W matted photograph of Brown playing with a gamelan ensemble.
- Folder 8: Candids #1, early 1960s
- Folder 9: Candids #2, ca. 1963 - 1966
- Folder 10: Candids #3, ca. 1968 - early 1970s
- Folder 11: Candids #4, 1970s
- Folder 12: Candids #5, 1980s - 2000s
- Folder 13: Center for World Music Photos and Poster, 1982-1984
- Folder 14: Gamelan Photographs, ca. 1980s
- Small format B&W photographs of gamelan ensemble.
- Folder 15: Gathering at V.K. Rajamani's House, 1986
- Small format color photographs of a gathering taken at V.K. Rajamani's house in India.
- Folder 16: Japan, undated
- Large and small format B&W photographs and negatives of Japanese artists.
- Folder 17: Java Album, 1971
- Smalle scale B&W photographs of a summer program in Java.
- Folder 18: Java, Wayang, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of Wayang Shadow Puppet play with artist Oemartopo.
- Folder 19: Javanese Dance, mid 1960's-mid 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of Javanese dance performances and artists.
- Folder 20: Javanese Gamelan, ca. 1973
- Large and small format B&W photographs of Javanese gamelan performances.
- Folder 21: Korea, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of Korean artists in performance.
- Folder 22: Master Photographs, ca. 1970s
- Large and medium scale B&W photographs of various artists and performers.
- Folder 23: Mel Howard Productions Photogrpahs, 1971
- Large scale B&W publicity photographs for the Afro-Asian Festival.
- Folder 24: Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan University Photographs, October 12-20, 1969
- Large scale B&W photographs of visiting artists to the Navaratri Festival, given by the World Music Program at Wesleyan University.
- Box 58
- Folder 1: Negatives #1, Unidentified, 1960s - 1990s
- Folder 2: Negatives #2, Unidentified, 1960s - 1990s
- Folder 3: North India, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of artists from North India.
- Folder 4: Oemartopo and Wayang, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of performer Oemartopo working with shadow puppets.
- Folder 5: Performances, Dancers and Puppeteers, 1963 - 1990s
- Folder 6: Performances, Musicians, ca. 1963 - 1980s
- Folder 7: Performances and Workshops, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs and negatives of performances and workshops.
- Folder 8: Performances, Artists, and Puppeteers, ca. 1970s-1980s
- Folder 9: Performing Arts Program of the Asia Society Photographs, 1971
- Large format B&W photographs of Aisan artists and performers.
- Folder 10: Personal Photographs, undated
- Large and small format B&W and color photographs of Brown and friends.
- Folder 11: Photographs for Lectures, 1969
- Large and small format B&W photographs used by Brown for lectures on World Music Program. Typed list of photographs included.
- Folder 12: Publicity, ca. 1965 - 1969
- Small and large format photographs, including performances at the 1965 Mills College summer school.
- Folder 13: Publicity #2, mid 1960s - early 1970s
- Large format photographs of Asian, African and Indian performers. Among these are Nikhil Banerjee, Kanai Dutta, Balasaraswati, and Kayoko Hashimoto.
- Box 59
- Folder 1: Publicity #3, mid 1960s - early 1970s
- Large and medium format photographs. Performers include Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Kanai Dutta, Khatereh Parvaneh, Steve Reich, Jaila and Suhaila Salimpur, Sardono, and Bendictus Suharto.
- Folder 2: Publicity #4, mid 1960s - early 1970s
- Large format photographs of Asian and Indian performers. Among these are Ali Akbar Khan, Kanai Dutta, and Pak Tjokro.
- Folder 3: Publicity #5, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of performances and artists, including Shela Xaregos, the Kathakali company, Namino Torii and Nikhil Banerjee.
- Folder 4: Publicity #6, mid 1960's- early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of artists and performances. Artists include Sanik Suharto.
- Folder 5: Publicity #7, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of artists, performances, and workshops.
- Folder 6: Publicity #8, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of performances, artists, and shadow puppets.
- Folder 7: Publicity #9, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of performances and artists, inclding Ali Akbar Khan, Kanai Dutta, Nikhil Banerjee, Ram Narayan, and Mahapurush Misra.
- Folder 8: Publicity #10, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of artists, including the Ah Ahk Troupe, Namino Torii, and Kanai Dutta.
- Folder 9: Publicity #11, mid 1960's-early 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs performances and artists.
- Folder 10: Publicity #12, ca. 1973
- Large format B&W photographs of Spanish dancer Maruja Vargas.
- Folder 11: Publicity #13, ca. 1973
- Large format B&W photographs of Jean-Leon Destine dance company.
- Folder 12: Publicity #14, ca. 1973- 1980
- Large format B&W headshots of artists.
- Folder 13: Publicity #15, ca. 1974
- Large format photographs of artists in performance and instruction.
- Folder 14: Publicity #16, 1974
- Large format &W photographs of performers and workshops. Some photographs taken bY Karen Nelson.
- Folder 15: Publicity #17, mid 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of artists and performances. Soem photographs taken by Karen Nelson.
- Folder 16: Publicity #18, mid 1970's
- Large format B&W photographs of artists and performances. Some photographs taken by Karen Nelson.
- Box 60
- Folder 1: Publicity #19, late 1970s - early 2000s
- B & W and color photographs of Asian and African artists in performance, rehersal and instruction. Color photographs are printed on stock or laser printer printer paper. There are also two copies of a calling card with an electrotyped image of the flutist Kodo Araki V printed on heavy card stock.
- Folder 2: Publicity # 20, 1980s
- Large format B&W pictures of various artists and performers including Steve Reich, Namini Torii, and the Ladzekpo Brothers.
- Folder 3: Publicity #21, undated
- B&W photographs of film negatives of gender and saron instruments.
- Folder 4: Publicity #22, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of Indian performers including, Padma, Vinayakaram, K.V. Narayanaswamy, and T. N. Krishnan.
- Folder 5: Research Materials #1, 1960s
- B&W full-page photographs of two unidentified Indian manuscripts.
- Folder 6: Research Materials #2, 1986-1987
- Sculpture and Architecture from the American Institute of Indian Studies
- Folder 7: St. John's, ca. 1970s
- Large format B&W photograph of St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley.
- Folder 8: School Programs, 1986-1987
- Color photographs of CWM music and dance performances.
- Folder 9: Schools Program -- Final Report, undated
- Large and small format B&W and color photographs documenting CWM Schools Program performances and workshops. Also includes color photographs printed on stock or laser printer printer paper.
- Folder 10: Single Photographs, ca. 1974
- Individual large and small format B&W and color photographs of artists and Brown. Some photographs taken by Karen Nelson.
- Folder 11: South India, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of SOuth Indian artists and performances.
- Folder 12: Summer Membership Party, 1966
- Large format B&W photographs of artists and ASEA members, taken at the summer membership party at Samuel Scripp's house in 1966.
- Folder 13: Summer School, 1966
- Large format B&W photographs of Ali Akbar Khan and the summer school program in 1966.
- Folder 14: Sudanese Wayang, undated
- Large and small format B&W photographs of artists with puppets performing Sudanese Wayang.
- Folder 15: Sukay Photographs, 1980
- Large and medium format B&W photographs of the musical group Sukay.
- Box 61
- Folder 1: Tours #1, early 1960s
- Small format B&W photographs and negatives documenting Brown's travels in Istanbul, Egypt and India in the early 1960s.
- Folder 2: Tours #2, early 1960s
- B&W photographs and negatives documenting Brown's travels in Indian in the early 1960s.
- Folder 3: Tours #3, early 1960s
- B&W photographs documenting Brown's travels in India. Includes a series of close up images of drums and hand positions of players.
- Folder 4: Tours #4, early 1960s
- B&W photos documenting Brown's travels in India. Includes images of performance and group and individual portraits.
- Folder 5: Tours #5, 1966-1967
- Photographs of Indonesian architecture with typed captions on reverse and of an ethnomusicological exhibition of instuments.
- Folder 6: Tours #6, 1968-1969
- Color and B&W photographs and negatives documenting Brown's travels in India and Indonesia.
- Folder 7: Tours #7, 1970s
- Color and B&W photographs documenting travels to Indian and Indonesia.
- Folder 8: Tours #8, 1980s
- Color print and Polaroid photographs documenting travels in Indonesia.
- Folder 9: Tours #10, ca. 2000 - 2005
- Color photographs documenting travels in Indonesia.
- Folder 10: Turkey Photographs, undated
- Large scale B&W photographs of the Turkish landscape, some with Robert Brown in them.
- Folder 11: Wayang Masks, undated
- Large format B&W photographs of mask used in Wayang performances.
- Folder 12: ASEA Publicity Drawings "Jan's Animals"
- Folder 13: Indian Tapestry Photographs with Purchase Note, undated
- Box 91
- Item 1: CD: Balasaraswati Photos, 2001, 2005
- JPEG images of dancer Balasarawati
- Item 2: CD: Bob's Copies, 2004
- JPEG images of Brown, visitors and performers in Bali.
- Item 3: CD: The Farm at Wesleyan, Curry Concerts, 2004
- JPEG images of photographs taken while Brown was at Wesleyan University
- Item 4: CD: I-Photo Backup, May 24, 2004
- JPEG images created from 1999 to 2004 of Brown with friends and world music artists
- Item 5: CD: India Project, 2002
- Freese India JPEGS of indian dancer
- Item 6: CD: Pre-Wesleyan - Weslyan People, 2003
- Multiple folders of JPEG images of Brown and friends before and during Brown's time at Wesleyan University (ca. 1960s)
- Item 7: CD: Wesleyan: Before and During, 2003, 2005
- JPEG images of Brown and friends before and during Brown's time at Wesleyan University (ca. 1960s).
- Box 62
- Folder 1: Balasaraswati Materials with Photographs (1 of 2), ca. 1960s
- Group of Balasaraswati articles and B&W photographs, some matted
- Folder 2: Balasaraswati Materials with Photographs (2 of 2), ca. 1960s
- Group of Balasaraswati articles and B&W photographs, some matted
- Folder 3: California Institute of the Arts Javanese Gamelan, ca. 1972
- 5.5in x 20in B&W photograph on board of a Javanese Gamelan ensemble with Pak Tjokokno.
- Folder 4: Indian Study Group, 1963-1964
- 5in x 14in B&W photograph of Brown's Indian Study group with group list in back of photograph.
- Folder 5: Kathakali Characters, undated
- Large format B&W photograph on board of close-up of Kathakali play characters.
- Folder 6: Kathakali Play, undated
- Oversized color matted photographs of a Kathakali play.
- Folder 7: Matted Artists Photographs, undated
- Oversized B&W photographs of artists on matts.
- Folder 8: Matted Musician Photographs, undated
- Oversized black and white photographs of musicians on matt board.
- Folder 9: Musician with Zurna, undated
- Large scale color photograph of a musician playing a zurna.
- Folder 10: Photographs, Oversized, ca. 1960s-1970s
- Oversized B&W photographs of performances and artists.
- Folder 11: Poster Mock-ups on Masking Paper, 1980
- Mock-ups of posters for the Center for World Music on masking paper.
- Folder 12: Robert E. Brown Portrait, undated
- 11in x 14in color photograph of Robert E. Brown.
- Box 18
- Folder 14: Center for World Music Artists and Instruments Photographs and Negatives, undated
- One large scale color photograph of instruments and one large scale black and white photograph of negatives showing world music musicians and instruments.
- Folder 15: Gamelan Ensemble, ca. 1970s
- Large format black and white photograph depicting unidentified players of a gamelan ensemble.
- Sub-Series 2: Slides, 1959-1995
- Consists of slides created by Brown documenting trips abroad related to ASEA, CWM, and academic activities, such as concerts and classes. This subseries is arranged by location of slides, and then chronologically thereunder.
- Box 64
- Item 1: Slide carousel: ASEA and CWM History, 1960s-1970s
- Item 2: Slide carousel: CWM, 1960s-1970s
- Item 3: Slide carousel: Sumatra, Japan and China, 1994
- Item 4: Slide box: New Orleans, 1959
- Item 5: Slide box: In Middletown - Rao, Fall 1961
- Item 6: Slide box: First San Francisco Trip - study group, Viswa, undated
- Item 7: Slide box: Second San Francisco trip with study group, 1961
- Item 8: Slide box: Los Angeles, Oriental Instruments, Spring 1962
- Item 9: Slide box: Peacock Costume, May 1967
- Item 10: Slide box: 1, 1967
- Item 11: Slide box: 2, 1967
- Item 12: Slide box: 3, 1967
- Item 13: Slide box: Gamelan Concert, 1969
- Item 14: Slide box: Earthquake, 1971
- Item 15: Slide box: CWM Misc. 1 of 2, 1980
- Item 16: Slide box: CWM Misc. 2 of 2, 1980
- Item 17: Slide box: Jose Gutierrez - Los Trouadores, 1980
- Item 18: Slide box: CAC Documentary - CWM copy, 1980
- Item 19: Slide box: CAC Documentary (alternates), 1980
- Item 20: Slide box: CWM - Fort Mason, 1980
- Item 21: Slide box: Intercon - South American, African, Balinese, 1982
- Item 22: Slide box: Intercon - Latin America, Balboa Park, April 18, 1982
- Item 23: Slide box: Intercon - Gamelan Festival, May 2, 1982
- Item 24: Slide box: Intercon - African Groups, Balboa Park, May 9, 1982
- Item 25: Slide box: Bali Gamelan, January 1983
- At the Wild Animal Park in San Bernadino, CA
- Item 26: Slide box: Intercon - Balinese Wayang, 1983
- Item 27: Slide box: Intercon 1 of 3, 1983
- Item 28: Slide box: Intercon 2 of 3, 1983
- Item 29: Slide box: Intercon 3 of 3, 1983
- Item 30: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1983
- Item 31: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1983
- Item 32: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1983
- Item 33: Slide sheath: CWM, 1983
- 3 slides: January - Balinese Dancer Putu Wenten with SDSU Gamelan, Wild Animal Park; August - Cambodian musicians, Rutercon; November - Salsa Band Batachanga, Intercon.
- Item 34: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1984
- Item 35: Slide box: World Music, 1985
- Item 36: Slide box: "Send to CWM", 1985
- Item 37: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1985
- Item 38: Slide box: World Music, 1980s
- Item 39: Slide box: SDSU Gamelan, Undated
- Item 40: Slide box: "Class under trees", Undated
- Item 41: Slide box: Indonesian Dancer, Undated
- Item 42: Slide box: Unlabeled, Undated
- Item 43: Slide box: "for Bob", Undated
- Item 44: Slide box: Seminar in Ethnomusicology, 1969
- John Barlow, Ray Rendall, Eric Colon
- Item 45: Slide box: Javanese Music and Dance Study Group, African Music Study Group, 1969
- Item 46: Slide box: American Indian Music Study Group, Student Recital, Ethiopean Music Class, Japanese Music Concert, 1969
- Item 47: Slide box: Japanese Music Study Group, Student Recital, Korean Music Study Group, 1969
- Item 48: Slide box: North Indian Music Study Group, 1969
- Item 49: Slide box: North Indian Music Study Group, undated
- Ranganathan, Thyagarajan, N. Rao
- Item 50: 80 capacity slide container: Gamelan, the Farm, Raghu and Nahyanaswamy, 1966
- Item 51: 60 capacity slide container: SUS at Wesleyan, California Tour, 1967
- Item 52: Slide sheet: Wesleyan Choir in Mexico and Robert E. Brown Presents, 1963
- Box 65
- Folder 1: Aghanista, Baghdad, Tahiti, 1982
- Folder 2: Hong Kong, Tokyo, Madras, China, 1984
- Folder 3: Japan, China, undated
- Folder 4: Semester At Sea, 1994
- Folder 5: Morocco, 1994
- Folder 6: Mehter Band in New York, May, 1999
- Box 66
- Folder 1: Indonesia Tour, 1 of 2, 1983
- Folder 2: Indonesia Tour, 2 of 2, 1983
- Folder 3: Bali, 1 of 2, 1982-1984
- Folder 4: Bali, 2 of 2, 1982-1984
- Folder 5: Bali, 1988
- Box 67
- Folder 1: Bali, 1 of 2, 1968-1971
- Folder 2: Bali, 2 of 2, 1968-1971
- Folder 3: Bali, 1 of 2, 1981-1987
- Folder 4: Bali, 2 of 2, 1981-1987
- Folder 5: Bali, Cremation, undated
- Loose slides, not binder contents
- Box 68
- Item 1: Slide Carouse: Java, 1980
- Item 2: Slide Carousel: Java, Spring 1994
- Item 3: Slide Carousel: Java and Bali Gamelan, 1960s-1980s
- Item 4: Slide Carousel: Bali, 1980
- Item 5: Slide box: Indonesian Music, undated
- Item 6: Slide box: Java 2, undated
- Item 7: Slide box: Java 3, undated
- Item 8: Slide box: Old Bali - Java, undated
- Item 9: Slide box: Bali, undated
- Item 10: Slide box: Bali, 1971
- Item 11: Slide box: Bali, 1971
- Item 12: Slide box: Bali 1, undated
- Item 13: Slide box: Bali 2, undated
- Item 14: Slide box: Bali 3, undated
- Item 15: Slide box: Bali 4, undated
- Item 16: Slide box: Bali 6, undated
- Item 17: Slide box: Gamelan Gong, undated
- Item 18: Slide box: Hawaii 1, undated
- Item 19: Slide box: Hawaii 2, undated
- Item 20: Slide box: Borobudur, undated
- Box label: 3
- Item 21: Slide box: Borobudur, undated
- Box label: 6
- Item 22: Slide box: Last Candi Mendut, undated
- Box label: 10
- Item 23: Slide box: Last Dieng, undated
- Box label: 13
- Item 24: Slide box: M Palace, undated
- Box label: 14
- Item 25: Slide Box: Omar Topo, undated
- Box label: 17
- Item 26: Slide box: First Prambanan, undated
- Box label: 18
- Item 27: Slide box: Mid and Last Prambanan, undated
- Box label: 20
- Item 28: Slide box: Ramayana Ballet, undated
- Box label: 21
- Item 29: Slide box: Pura Ulun Danu Batur, undated
- Box label: 28
- Item 30: Slide box: Java, 1964
- Item 31: Slide box: Thailand, Road to Solo, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 1
- Item 32: Slide box: Jogya, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 2
- Item 33: Slide box: Klungklung, Summer 1971
- Item 34: Slide Box: Solo, Borobudur, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 4
- Item 35: Slide box: Borobudur, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 5
- Item 36: Slide box: Gandera Cremation, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 6
- Item 37: Slide box: Besakih, Summer 1971
- Item 38: Slide box: Gamelan Gong Gede, Summer 1971
- Box ID: 8
- Item 39: Slide box: Kraton Jogya, 1976
- Item 40: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1976
- Item 41: Slide box: Bali and Java (dark), 1980
- Item 42: Slide box: Bali and Java (dark), 1980
- Item 43: Slide box: Java, 1981
- Item 44: Slide box: Batah slides (extras), 1983
- Item 45: Slide box: North Bali, 1984
- Item 46: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1984
- Item 47: Slide box: Bali Ubud Ceremony, 1985
- Item 48: Slide box: Bali Ubud Cremation, 1985
- Item 49: Slide box: Bali Tenganan, 1985
- Item 50: Slide box: Bali Tenganan, 1985
- Item 51: Slide box: Bali Ngis, 1985
- Item 52: Slide box: Bali Selunding, 1985
- Item 53: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1991
- Item 54: Slide box: Bali, 1976
- Box 69
- Item 1: Slide Carousel: Bali and San Diego, 1980
- Item 2: Slide Carousel: Bali, Java, Sumatra, 1985
- Item 3: Slide Carousel: Accross Sumatra, 1985
- Item 4: Slide Carousel: Sumatra and Maui, 1985
- Item 5: Slide Carousel: Islands?, 1995
- Item 6: Slide box: Tahiti, 1981
- Item 7: Slide box: Bali and Sumatra, 1984
- Item 8: Slide box: Sumatra, Batah, 1985
- Item 9: Slide box: Sumatra, Batah, 1985
- Item 10: Slide box: Sumatra, equator, 1985
- Item 11: Slide box: Sumatra, 1985
- Item 12: Slide box: Sumatra, Sibolga, 1985
- Item 13: West Sumatra, 1985
- Item 14: Slide box: West Sumatra and Maui, 1985
- Item 15: Slide box: Sumatra, Huta Lombang, 1985
- Item 16: Slide box: Sumatra, Papantan Village, 1985
- Item 17: Slide box: Sumatra, Ngis, Berastagi Karo, 1985
- Item 18: Slide box: Maui, Lahaina, 1985
- Item 19: Slide box: Maui (last), 1985
- Item 20: Slide box: Unlabeled, 1995
- Box 70
- Folder 1: Java, 1 of 2, 1976-1988
- Folder 2: Java, 2 of 2, 1976-1988
- Folder 3: SDSU Gamelan, 1 of 2, 1979-1985
- Folder 4: SDSU Gamelan, 2 of 2, 1979-1985
- Folder 5: Indonesia, undated
- Slides sent to Brown from Martin Goldman, with letter.
- Box 71
- Folder 1: Sanganeer, 1971
- Slides, photographs, 1 5" reel to reel tape: Sounds of Sanganeer.
- Folder 2: Indian Music Performance Negatives, undated
- Item 1: Slide carousel: Trip to India and Indonesia, 1970
- Item 2: Slide box: Republic Day in India 1, 1959
- Item 3: Slide box: Republic Day 2, 1959
- Item 4: Slide box: Kerala 1, 1965
- Item 5: Slide box: Kerala 2, 1965
- Item 6: Slide box: Madras, Republic Day 1, 1965
- Item 7: Slide box: Madras, Republic Day 2, 1965
- Item 8: Slide Box: Madras, Republic Day 3, 1965
- Item 9: Slide box: Madras, Republic Day 4, 1965
- Item 10: Slide box: Nilgiris 1, 1968
- Item 11: Slide box: Nilgiris 2, 1968
- Item 12: Slide box: Sili Temple 1, 1968
- Item 13: Slide box: Sili Temple 2, 1968
- Item 14: Slide Box: Sili Temple 3, 1968
- Item 15: Slide box: Sili Temple 4, 1968
- Item 16: Slide box: Sili Temple, Tanjore 5, 1968
- Item 17: Slide box: Sili Temple, Tanjore 6, 1968
- Item 18: Slide box: Tanjore 7, 1968
- Item 19: Slide box: Trip to India and Indonesia 1, 1970
- Item 20: Slide box: Trip to India and Indonesia 2, 1970
- Item 21: Slide box: Kashmir 1, undated
- Item 22: Slide box: Kashmir 2, undated
- Item 23: Slide box: Kashmir 3, undated
- Item 24: Slide box: Kashmir 4, undated
- Item 25: Slide box: Kashmir 5, undated
- Item 26: Slide box: Kashmir 6, undated
- Item 27: Slide box: Mahabalipuram, undated
- Item 28: Slide box: Mysore, undated
- Item 29: India Misc., 1962-1968
- Item 30: 60 capacity slide container: Indian extras, 1965-66
- Item 31: 60 capacity slide container: Kodaikanal, 1965
- Item 32: Slide box: untitled, 1963
- Item 33: Slide box: KVN Wedding, 1966
- Item 34: Slide box: Madras, 1966
- Item 35: Slide box: India, 1968
- Item 36: Slide box: Delhi, Republic Day, 1969
- Item 37: Slide box: Republic Day, Delhi, January, 1969
- Item 38: Slide box: Mahabalipuram, January, 1969
- Item 39: Slide box: Tiruvaiyaru, January, 1969
- Item 40: Slide box: Calcutta, 1969
- Item 41: Jain temples of Khajuraho, Elephanta, April, 1969
- Item 42: Slide box: Madras, undated
- Item 43: Slide box: Bala, Luise, etc., undated
- Item 44: Slide box: Untitled, undated
- Item 45: Slide box: Odalan, Ma, Uluwatu, undated
- Item 46: Negatives: Untitled Indian music performance, undated
- Item 47: Slide box: Madras University, 1986
- Item 48: Slide box: Middleton, Bala, etc., undated
- Box 72
- Folder 1: India, 1 of 2, 1959
- From Hauser
- Folder 2: India, 2 of 2, 1959
- From Hauser
- Folder 3: India, 1 of 2, 1986-1987
- Folder 4: India, 2 of 2, 1986-1987
- Folder 5: Indian and Persian Instruments, undated
- Box 73
- Item 1: Indonesia, 1969
- Item 2: Indonesia, 1978
- Item 3: Slide carousel: Bali, 1976
- Item 4: Slide carousel: Java: Borobudur, Prambanan, Mendut, 1976
- Item 5: Slide carousel: Java: Borobudur, Mendut, 1984
- Box 74
- Folder 1: Semester at Sea, Java and Bali, 1971 and 1995
- Folder 2: Thailand, 1969
- Folder 3: Musical Instruments, 1971
- Slides with some postcards; Persia, Thai, Japan, India, China, New Guinea, MidEast maps, Usul/Berlin, Conservatoire, Musee de l'homme, Africa
- Folder 4: Japan, Hong Kong, 1969
- Box 103
- Item 1: Slide Box: Borabadur 1, ca. 1990
- Item 2: Slide Box: Borabadur 2, ca. 1990
- Item 3: Slide Box: Borabadur 3, ca. 1990
- Item 4: Slide Box: Borabadur 4, ca. 1990
- Item 5: Slide Box: Borabadur 5, Bali, ca. 1990
- Item 6: Slide Box: Borabadur 6, ca. 1990
- Item 7: Slide Box: Candi Mendut, Candi Pawon, ca. 1990
- Item 8: Slide Box: Dieng Plateau 1, ca. 1990
- Item 9: Slide Box: Dieng Plateau 2, ca. 1990
- Item 10: Slide Box: Wonogiri 1, ca. 1990
- Item 11: Slide Box: Wonogiri 2, ca. 1990
- Item 12: Slide Box: Prambanan 1, ca. 1990
- Item 13: Slide Box: Prambanan 2, ca. 1990
- Item 14: Slide Box: Ubud 1, ca. 1990
- Item 15: Slide Box: Ubud 2, Monkey Forest, ca. 1990
- Item 16: Slide Box: Garuda, ca. 1990
- Item 17: Slide Box: Goa Gajah, ca. 1990
- Item 18: Slide Box: Pura Penataran Sasih, Tampak Siring, ca. 1990
- Item 19: Slide Box: Lake Batur, Kintomani 1, ca. 1990
- Item 20: Slide Box: Lake Batur, Kintomani 2, ca. 1990
- Item 21: Slide Box: Puri Taman Ayun, ca. 1990
- Item 22: Slide Box: Danu Beratan 1, ca. 1990
- Item 23: Slide Box: Danu Beratan 2, ca. 1990
- Item 24: Slide Box: Bali 1, ca. 1990
- Item 25: Slide Box: Bali 2, ca. 1990
- Item 26: Slide Box: Ubud 3, ca. 1990
- Item 27: Slide Box: Goa Lawah 1, ca. 1990
- Item 28: Slide Box: Goa Lawah 2, Tenganan 1, ca. 1990
- Item 29: Slide Box: Tenganan 2, Candi Dasa 1, ca. 1990
- Item 30: Slide Box: Candi Dasa 2, ca. 1990
- Item 31: Slide Box: Candi Dasa 3, Karangasem, Tirta Gangga 1, ca. 1990
- Item 32: Slide Box: Tirta Gangga 2, ca. 1990
- Item 33: Slide Box: Candi Dasa 4, ca. 1990
- Item 34: Slide Box: Ikat Factory, Bali 3, ca. 1990
- Item 35: Slide Box: Gamelon Foundry, Bali 4, ca. 1990
- Item 36: Slide Box: Bali 5, Ubud 4, ca. 1990
- Item 37: Slide Box: Ubud 5, ca. 1990
- Item 38: Slide Box: Uluwatu 1, ca. 1990
- Item 39: Slide Box: Denpasar, Ubud 6, ca. 1990
- Item 40: Slide Box: Uluwatu 2, ca. 1990
- Item 41: Slide Box: Ubud 7, ca. 1990
- Item 42: Slide Box: Seattle, ca. 1990
- Sub-Series 3: Microfilm and Rolled Negatives, ca. 1960s-1990s
- Consists of microfilm and rolled negatives of Indian manuscripts created by Brown for a 1980s Smithsonian research project. The first part of this sub-series is arranged by film date and the second part of the sub-series is arranged by microfilm number, which was assigned by Brown for this research.
- Box 63
- Item 1: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 060, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 2: Microfilm: Unidentified Manuscript, ca. 1960-1990s
- Item 3: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 14, 23 frames, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 4: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 065, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 5: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 061, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 6: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 057, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 7: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 062, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 8: Microfilm: Unidentified Manuscript, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 9: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 066, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 10: Microfilm: Manuscript No. 26/88, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 11: Microfilm: Bodleian Library Oxford 1, ca. 1960-1990s
- MS. Mill 48, MS. Mill 49, MS. Wilson 301, MS. Wilson 303b, MS. Wilson 340
- Item 12: Microfilm: Bodleian Library Oxford 2, ca. 1960-1990s
- MS. Mill 47, MS. Ouseley 65, MS. Wilson 234b
- Item 13: Rolled Negative: Manuscript No. 49-50, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 14: Rolled Negative: 4-21, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 15: Rolled Negative: 347, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 16: Rolled Negative: Unidentified, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Item 17: Rolled Negative: 17, ca. 1960 - 1990s
- Box 79
- Item 73: Film 1 - GOML Madras, MSS001-054, 1981
- damaged
- Item 74: Film 2 - Adyar MSS055-067, 1987
- Item 75: Film 3 - Bhandarkar Institute - MSS068-087, 1987
- 50 ft.
- Item 76: Film 4 - Kairagarh, MSS088-101, 1987
- 50 ft.
- Item 77: Film 5 - Khairagarh #2/Varanasi, 1987
- Item 78: Film 6 - GOML Madras, recopy of MSS001-024, 1987
- Item 79: Film 7 - GOML Madras, recopy of MSS030-036/043-045, 1987
- only 800 exposures, about 35 ft.
- Item 80: Film 8 - ORI Tirupati #1, MSS124-138, 1987
- 60 ft.
- Item 81: Film 9 - ORI Tirupati #2, MSS 138-166, recopy of 136, 1987
- Item 82: Film 10 - ORI Tirupati #3, MSS167-186, 1987
- Item 83: Film 11 - Mysore Sathyanarayanan, MSS 187-221, 1987
- Item 84: Film 14 - Makund Lath personal library, Jaipur, 1987
- a. Recopy of MS 221 (film 11), b. 249-255 (continued on film 15)
- Item 85: Film 15 - Mukund Lath, 255-261, 1987
- ORI, Jodhpur, 262-268; Maharaja Mansing Institute Prakash Jodhpur Fort, 269-284 - all too light to be legible; ORI, Baroda - 285-287
- Item 86: Film 16 - Oriental Institute, Baroda MSS288-317, 1987
- Item 87: Film 17, 1987
- not developed
- Item 88: Film 18, 1987
- Item 89: Film 19 - R.E. Brown, 1987
- Jodhpur ORI, Jodphur Fort, GOML Madras - palm leaf
- Item 90: Film 20 - Music Department, University of Madras, 1981
- Item 91: Film 1, 2nd copy, undated
- GOML Madras, MSS-001-054, damaged (old film defective developing) see films 6 & 7 & xerox of palm leaves. 225 ft.
- Item 92: Film 2, 2nd copy MSS 055-067, undated
- Adyar Library, Madras
- Item 93: Film 3, 2nd copy MSS 068-087, undated
- Bhandarkar ORI, 50 ft.
- Item 94: Film 4, 2nd copy - MSS 088-101, undated
- Kairagarh University #1, 50 ft.
- Item 95: Film 5, 2nd copy, undated
- Kairagarh University #2, MSS 102-114; Bharat Kala Bharan, Varanasi, MSS 115-120; Central Library, BHU, Varanasi, MSS 121-123
- Item 96: Film 6, 2nd copy, undated
- GOML Madras, recopy of MSS 001-024
- Item 97: Film 7, 2nd copy, undated
- GOML Madras, recopy of MSS 030-036/ 043-045, 35 ft.
- Item 98: Film 8, 2nd copy, undated
- ORI Tirupati #1, MSS 124-138, 60 ft.
- Item 99: Film 9, 2nd copy, undated
- ORI Tirupati #2, MSS 138-166, recopy of 136
- Item 100: Film 10, 2nd copy, undated
- ORi, Tirupati #3, MSS 167-186
- Item 101: Film 11, 2nd copy, undated
- Mysore, Sathyanarayanan Library, MSS 187-221
- Item 102: Film 14, 2nd copy, undated
- Personal library of Dr. Mukund Lath, Jaipur. 1. recopy of MS 221 (film 11); 2. 249-255 (continued on film 15)
- Item 103: Film 15, 2nd copy, undated
- 1. Personal library of Dr. Mukund Lath, Jaipur - 255 (conitnued) - 261; 2. ORI Jodhpur 262-268; 3. Maharaja Mansingh Pustka Prakash Jodhpur Fort, 269-284 all too faint to read; 4. Oriental Institute, Baroda, 285-287
- Item 104: Film 16, 2nd copy, undated
- Oriental Institute, Baroda, MSS 288-317
- Item 105: AHU Microfilm 5460, # 1, 1982
- Item 106: AHU Microfilm 5460, #2, 1982
- Item 107: Unidentified Microfilm, 1987
- From the Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) to N. Ramanathan (Madras)
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