Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00301 2B Annex
Title
Date(s)
- 1906-1954 (bulk 1906-1910) (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
20 boxes (2.6 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Barney Gilmore, 1992.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of lecture notes and miscellaneous material relating to the philosophy of Sankara, a seventh century Hindu philospher. The lectures were delivered by Miss B.S.A. de Branconiere, also identified as 'Guru Sahasrara Satchitananda,' to the student members of the Oriental Literature Society of California. She is described as "an accredited Messenger from the Sankaracharya School of Philosophy, France." The collection also contains an Esoteric Dictionary which was compiled by Mary Elizabeth Gilmore in the mid-1950s. The Dictionary contains definitions of philosophical and literary terms drawn from the lectures. It appears Gilmore gathered and arranged the lectures in their present form sometime in the mid-1930s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sankara (Hindu Philosopher) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description identifier
CA OTUTF MS COLL00301
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto