Turan Velusamy collection [1866-1946]

This collection contains 56 handwritten paper document, 60 printed book and 32 palm leaf bundles. The paper documents concern loans, land matters, letters, court issues, alimony, receipts, religion, accounts. The palm leaves relate to land issues and traditional medicine. The books, cover history, cinema, music and poetry. It land related documents such as Land loan, agreement, Land sale, Land lease, land Tax, and Lease. This collection contains 13 series: (1) Film and literature booklets, (2) Social history of Kongu Vellalar, (3) Alimony PP, (4) Court PP, (5) Land PP, (6) Letter PP, (7) Loan PP, (8) Receipts PP, (9) Account PL, (10) Astrology & magic PL, (11) Land PL, (12) Literature and poem PL, (13) Medecine PL. Some documents are dated from 1866 to 1946 and some documents are undated. Dates of original material: 16-03-1866 to 10-06-1946. Extent and format of original material: The collection consists of 154 handwritten paper documents, 784 Printed book documents and 2127 handwritten palm leaf bundles.