2026-06-24T19:15:16Zhttps://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/resources/952026-02-26T12:46:43ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchAR-028https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/resources/95The Dohnavur FellowshipSaythu…Linking People and HeritageDohnavur CollectionsEarly 1900s to 1990s1223 SheetsengLatntamThe conceptual origin point for the material in this collection is the main campus of The Dohnavur Fellowship (TDF) located in the foothills of the Western Ghats in southern Tamil Nadu. The material is largely paper-based, a mix of handwritten, typed and printed, ranging from the early 1900s to 1990s. It includes field diaries, field notes, sketches, log-books, books of songs, photos, slides, maps and graphs, all with information on the flora, fauna, biodiversity of this region and sustained weather observations. It is mostly in English with notes in Tamil. Many materials move back and forth between the main campus and the Naraikadu retreat.
The Collection has been arranged into the following series and sub-series:
Series 1: Pedagogic material - environment, with sub-series, Songs - Environment.
Series 2: Sketches - Environment, with no sub-series but folders organised by theme.
Series 3: Dohnavur Biodiversity - notes and diaries, recorded by individual TDF family members-naturalists, Godfrey Webb-Peploe (GWP).
Series 4: TDF family records - Dohnavur, with no sub-series but individual folders organised by item name.
Series 5: Weather observations with sub-series on Weather graphs.
Also see AR-027 Naraikadu Collections.The Dohnavur Fellowship (TDF) is a non-denominational Christian charity not affiliated with any institutional Christian administrative and/or theological bodies. It was founded in 1901 by Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), an Irish woman missionary who lived and worked in India for most of her life. The charity runs a clinic, hospital, kindergarten, residential and day school, vocational training center, home for senior citizens, and a home for children and young women at their institutional campus in Dohnavur, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, near the foothills of the Western Ghats. The Fellowship and surrounding settlement were both named Dohnavur in honor of Count Dohna, a Prussian count who made a substantial donation to help establish Carmichael’s charitable and educational endeavour.
The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Processing Archivist has applied an order - see Content Description for details.Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Art and natural historyMusicEnvironmental educationEcology -- IndiaPedagogy