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Kurumbasiddy Era Kanagaratnam collection

  • UTSC 018
  • Fonds
  • 1864, 1899-2013

The Kurumbasiddy Era Kanagaratnam collection consists of the lifework of Mr. R. Kanagaratnam who collected Tamil and English newspaper clippings and manuscripts related to political and cultural affairs of Eelam Tamils for almost six decades under the institutional name of the International Tamil Archives.

Kanagratnam’s collections document more than a hundred years of Tamil polity, starting from 1889 to December 2013. Although the main part of his collections is newspaper clippings, there are also published and unpublished articles related to social and cultural heritage of the nation of Eelam Tamils. 

Newspaper clippings from Morning Star, The Hindu Organ, Eezhakeasari (1930 to 1957), Veerakeasari, Chuthanthiran (since 1952), The Daily News, Sun, Saturday Review (full volume), Eezha-Naadu, Chari-nikar (full volume), Tribune (full volume), Thisai (full volume), Thina-murasu (from 1st issue to 2002), Dhiniapathi, Sunday Times, Sunday Observer, Thinakkural, Chinthaa-ma’ni, Island, Chudar-o’li and Hotspring are some of the collections in the International Tamil Archives. His collections also include 10,000 published and unpublished articles, manuscripts, and around 10,000 cartoons. 

The collection is divided into two series:

  1. Microfilm reels
  2. History of the Eelam Tamils' Struggle for Freedom : clipping collection

Kanagaratnam, Kurumbasiddy Era

Microfilm reels

Series contains newspapers and textual records such as Ceylon Patriot, Hindu Organ, Sansoni Commission Evidence, Sutantiran, Thainadu, Congress, Eelakesari, Kesari, The Independent, Thina Murasu, Sari Negar, Viduthalai, Tribune, Elath Thamilar Varalalu (or Waralaru), and Tamil Culture. Some reels contain miscellaneous articles or articles that have been organized by theme.

Articles 1991

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, essays, images, and poetry from Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ, a monthly publication by the Marxist Periyarist Communist Party in Chennai.

Articles 1998

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, essays, images, book reviews, and poetry from Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ, a monthly publication by the Marxist Periyarist Communist Party in Chennai.

Articles 1999

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, interviews, and images from Nantaṉ, a sociopolitical bi-monthly publication and Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ, a monthly publication by the Marxist Periyarist Communist Party in Chennai.

Articles 2002

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, essays, poetry, and images from Nantaṉ, a sociopolitical bi-monthly publication, Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ, a monthly publication by the Marxist Periyarist Communist Party in Chennai, Periyar Era, and Tamiliḻt Tēcam, a special publication from the Tamilil Nationalist Front Conference.

Articles 2005

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, essays, and poetry from Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ (a monthly publication by the Marxist Periyarist Communist Party in Chennai), Tamiḻar Kaṇṇōṭṭam, Cemparutti (Malaysia), āṉanta vikaṭaṉ, and Periyar Era.

Articles 2009

Contains a mix of original and photocopied clippings of news articles, essays, poetry, and images from Tamiliḻ ōcai, Kuṅkumam, Tiṉappulari, Jaṉa Cakti, Rippōrṭṭar, Cintaṉaiyāḷaṉ, KumuTamil, āṉanta vikaṭaṉ, Jūṉiyar Vikaṭaṉ, Nakkīraṉ, Periyar Era and TamililWin.com.

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