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[Identification of item], Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia Reference Collection, University Archives, Duke University.
The University Archives Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia collection was compiled by University Archives staff from a variety of sources. Materials were transferred over a period of time to the Archives.
Processed by Archives Staff, October 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, December 2007
Updated by Molly Bragg, July 2011
Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
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Established in 1961 under a Ford Foundation grant to the Commonwealth Studies Center, the Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia was established to facilitate research on, and the training of graduate students in, the political, historical, economical and sociocultural development of Commonwealth countries in Southern Asia. A South Asia Center was established in 1963. Currently (2007) South Asia is an Area Course in International Comparative Studies.
Collection contains materials, such as, newspaper clippings, flyers, publicly-distributed memoranda, form-letters, and agreement books pertaining to the organization and unionization of Duke's non-academic employees.
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