Fw: H-ASIA: Blitz Bombay -- seeking 1950s files (response)

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Subject: H-ASIA: Blitz Bombay -- seeking 1950s files (response)

> H-ASIA
> September 4, 2011
>
> Response re: query seeking files of Blitz (Bombay) for 1950s
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> From: Gyan Prakash <prakash@Princeton.EDU>
>
>
> With reference to Eric Pullen's query of files of _Blitz_ for the 1950s:
>
> The Center for Research Libraries, Chicago has the full set, including the
> years you want.
>
> Gyan Prakash
> Princeton University
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Fw: H-ASIA: Blitz Bombay -- seeking 1950s files

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 6:38 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: Blitz Bombay -- seeking 1950s files

> H-ASIA
> September 4, 2011
>
> Seeking files of _Blitz_ (Bombay)
> **********************************************************************
> Ed. note: I believe Blitz commenced publication in 1941, not 1951, but
> my memory on this is hazy. My recollection is that the University of
> Pennsylvania had some, but not all, files from circa 1952 and that
> these were microfilmed and preserved in the Center for Research
> Libraries in Chicago. For an appreciation of _Blitz_ see Gyan
> Prakash, _Mumbai Fables_ (Princeton University Press/HarperCollins
> India, 2010). Possibly Professor Prakash might have some insights
> regarding collections of this journal. FFC
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Eric Pullin <epullin@carthage.edu>
>
> I am a little embarrassed to ask this question, but I'll ask it
> anyway. Does anyone know where I can obtain copies of _Blitz_, the
> weekly newspaper published in Bombay from the 1951-1961?
>
> By searching WorldCat, I have found issues from 1944-1951 and from
> 1961 to the present at the U.S. Library of Congress. However, it seems
> no other academic library in the United States possesses copies of
> Blitz from the 1950s. Given that this was such an important newspaper
> during the 1950s, I find this gap surprising. Any helpful thoughts
> or comments would be appreciated.
>
> --
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