[Personal diaries and notes of Komal Kothari]

This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages are dedicated to documentation of ethnographic visits to Hindal Gol and Barmer and transcription of Kathas like Madhumalati and Dungariya Bhil ki Katha. The notebook has also been used as a daily journal which includes entries on Jean Jenkins's visit and her work in Rajasthan, Information on Beneshwar mela at Banswara, meeting on establishing an Institute of Traditional Arts in Udaipur, etc. The notebook also contains planning notes for a Mela (Fair) to be held in 1983 and 1984 along with two posts of Assistant director and Organising secretary with their job descriptions. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes. Extent and format of original material: 43 pages. Physical characteristics: A notebook with green coloured plastic jacked containing handwritten text in blue and black ink. All the pages show acid discolouration. Owner(s) of original material: Rupayan Sansthan. Author(s) of original material: Komal Kothari.