1. 40 photographs of Thangka painting from the Tibetan Collection of the American History of National Museum, New York, donated by the JFR 3rd Fund of New York, USA.
2. 8 photographs of important personalities of Kham and Amdo provinces of Tibet, collected by research assistant Tashi Tsering3. 48 photographs of Tibetans in Nepal. Donated by Joyce Murdoch.
3. 17 photographs of Mangtro and stog monasteries, Ladakh, taken by LTWA staff Tashi Dorji.
4. 11 photographs of construction of 3-dimensional mandala of Avalokiteshvara at the LTWA. Donated by Brian C. Beresford.
5. 378 old photographs of Tibet from the collection of the late Rev. G. Tharchin. Donated by his son, Rev. Sherab Tharchin through Research Officer, Kirti Tulku.
6. 164 old photographs of Tibet taken in the year 1910, purchased from the collection of Mr. Rose Meyer.
7. 49 photographs of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Panchen Rinpoche taken during their visit to India in 1 956 during the 2500 year of Buddha Jayanti. Acquired from Nehru Museum and Library, and Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, New Delhi,

Tibetan Rare Photo Archives

LTWA has long planned to build up a photo archives of rare old photographs of Tibet and Tibetans forthepurpose of research and reference.

Numerous institutions, individuals and private Tibetan sources have rare collections of such photographs dating back to the 1 9th Century Tibet. For instance, Fani Mookerjee, an Indian photographer who accompanied the fame Pandit Rahul Sankrayana to Central Tibet has about 300 rare negatives of Tibet and important Tibetan personalities which cannot be obtained anywhere else in the world today. To purchase the set of rare negatives from Fani Mookerjee will cost us about Rs.5000 to 6000.

The negatives that we have acquired must be printed and enlarged. This is an expensive process. But as these photographs are rare and not available even in Tibet itseIf. they will serve very useful purpose for the reference and research materials of the Tibetan, Indian and Western students and scholars of Tibetology and Buddhism.

Frequent enquiries about such photographs have been received over the years from long standing scholars of Tibetology, universities and other related institutions of culture and learning.

Due to lack of funds, we have not been able to build up a rare photo archives to provide standard photo reference service to students and scholars of Tibetology. To build a standard photo archives for the above mentioned purpose, LTWA would require :-

1.Purchase of old and rare negatives, copying, developing and printing Rs. 10,000
2.Enlargement for preservation and reference Rs. 10,000
3.Total Rs. 20,000

For further information contact:

The secretary

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Dharamsala - 176215, H.P.
(INDIA)
Phone: +91-1892-22467
Fax:+91-1892-23723
E-mail: ltwa@ndf.vsnl.net.in

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