Ved Mehta papers circa 1924-2005

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Ved Mehta papers circa 1924-2005

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The papersdocument the life and work of Ved Mehta and include writings, correspondence,family archival material, personal papers, academic records, financial records,research and subject files, printed material, photographs, and electronicfiles. Writings includes drafts of (and for some, extensive research files for)all of Mehta's major works from 1957 to 2004. Drafts of writings and Mehta'soutgoing correspondence are typewritten. Subject files and correspondencerelate not only to Mehta's life and work, but also to his family, toacquaintances such as Ethel Clyde, and to organizations such as the ArkansasSchool for the Blind, Pomona College, and Oxford University.

102.95 linear feet (200 boxes)+ 3 broadsides

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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University of Oxford

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Arkansas School for the Blind

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Clyde, Ethel, 1879-

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Pomona College Claremont, Calif

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Mehta, Ved, 1934-

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Ved Mehta, Indian-American author of novels, family biographies, and essays, was born in 1934 in Lahore (then an Indian city, now part of Pakistan). Blind since childhood, he attended boarding schools in India and in the United States. He continued his education at Pomona College and Harvard University, eventually becoming an American citizen. Among his many writings are A Portrait of India (1970), the series of family biographies Continents of Exile (1972-1993), and the collected essays Fly and...