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Biographical and Miscellaneous Material

The Biographical and Miscellaneous Material contains essays written in honor of Rup Chand after his death, autobiographical reminiscences of his childhood and early adult years in India, and newspapers clippings related to Chand and Walter Koelz. The majority of the newspaper clippings concern the 1960 lawsuit that Chand filed against Koelzwhich alleged that Koelz had unfairly kept all of the profits from the pair's plant and animal collecting efforts in Asia. The series also includes legal and financial documents, several of which are related to the lawsuit, handwritten instructions for Rup Chand's will, passports, and miscellaneous material, much of which is written in Chand's native language of Urdu. Of special note is an oral history interview with Chand that was recorded in 1981.

Rup Chand papers, 1930-1994
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Rup Chand papers, 1930-1994

5.75 linear feet

Rup Chand was associated with the University of Michigan for over forty years as a collector and labeler of plant and bird specimens from India, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, and other parts of the Middle East and South Asia. The collection documents his travels and his work as a collector of plant and bird specimens, his association with Walter Koelz, collector of plants for the University of Michigan. The collection includes biographical information; correspondence; journals for the period 1934-1994 documenting his travels and specimen collecting; and photographs and slides of South Asia and the Middle East, and of his life and travels in the United States.

The Rup Chand Papers document Chand's travels and collection of plant and bird specimens throughout India, Tibet, Persia, Afghanistan, and other areas in South Asia and the Middle East in the 1930s and 1940s, and his life after immigrating to the United States in 1956. The Papers have been divided into four series: Biographical and Miscellaneous Material, Correspondence, Journals, and Photographs and Slides.

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