<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-04-14T23:02:28Z</responseDate><request identifier="oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/22518" metadataPrefix="oai_dc" verb="GetRecord">https://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/22518</identifier><datestamp>2026-02-16T13:45:40Z</datestamp></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Archives at NCBS</dc:publisher><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</dc:publisher><dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MS-036-2.MS-036-2-3</dc:identifier><dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/22518</dc:identifier><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">V., Parvathy</dc:creator><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ramachandran, Anjali</dc:creator><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ali, Sálim Moizuddin Abdul (1896-1987)</dc:creator><dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sub-Series 3: Ephemera and collectibles</dc:title><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1941 - 1989</dc:date><dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">0.5  Linear Feet; 1 Hollinger Archives Box</dc:format><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">eng</dc:language><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Latn</dc:language><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sálim Ali Papers is divided into two series. 

The first series is titled S R Nayak. It contains visiting cards/ contact cards that were kept by Sálim Ali. All visiting cards have been arranged alphabetically. It include visiting cards of artists, forest conservators, researchers, publishing houses, professors, government officials, etc. These cards were handed to Nayak who was working on a project with Sálim Ali in 1987 at BNHS.

The second series contains material donated to the Archives by Shahid Ali, Salim Ali's nephew. Some of this material was kept at Ali's residence at Kihim, Bombay. It includes letters, research material and ephemera. Most of this material was found tucked between a pages in a set of books on birds that belonged to Ali. 
Also contains a hunting log and a few personal diaries maintained by Ali. Includes material collected by Shahid Ali post Salim Ali's demise and some material related to Shahid Ali's own work on birds.</dc:description><dc:rights xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Access Level: Open/Online.</dc:rights><dc:rights xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.</dc:rights><dc:relation xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sálim Ali Papers, MS-036</dc:relation></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>