Overview of the Collection |
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| Title: | Garo Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1872-1941 |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, printed material, manuscript material, subject file relating to the Garo tribe of Assam, India. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
The Garos are a tribe of the Garo Hills (Meghalaya, India) and neighboring areas of Bangladesh. Their name for themselves is A'chik-Mande ("hill-people"). They are matrilineal in organization and though originally pantheist they are now primarily Christian.
Reverend F. W. Harding of Hannibal and Fulton, New York was a Baptist minister. He and his wife spent many years as missionaries to Assam and other areas of India in the early 1900s, and founded Harding Theological College (originally Tura Bible Training School, later A'chik Theological College) in Tura in northeastern India.
The Garo Collection consists of correspondence, printed material, manuscript material, and subject files relating to the Garo tribe of Assam, India and to Rev. Harding's mission there.
The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.
The collection is unprocessed and accessible by special permission only.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Garo Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: MRC
Date: 4 Jan 2010
Revision history:
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