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Layout of a traditional Manipuri house
This is a diagram of the layout of a traditional Meithei house adapted from Chaki-Sircar's 1981 work. This diagram describes traditional customs and includes the Manipuri words for areas of the house.
Photograph of a Manipuri woman
This is a photograph of a Manipuri woman standing on a balcony of an apartment building.
Photograph of a traditional Meitei house
This is a photograph of the front view of a traditional Meitei house. The house has a thatched roof and a garden outside.
Photograph of Mangla Ningombla
This is a photograph of Mangla Ningomba, one of the Manipuri language consultants who helped Shobhana Chelliah and other researchers translate Manipuri stories. This photograph was taken at the Manipur University guest house staff quarters in 1986.
Retelling of Hanuba Hanubi
This is a retelling of Hanuba Hanubi Pungawari, a traditional narrative about an old man who is tricked by a monkey to plant paan after it is cooked. It is part of the modern Manipuri canon of folk tales.
Retelling of Kerkuhanjaba
This is a retelling of Kerkuhanjaba, a traditional Manipuri story about a man as black as the kekru berry.
Retelling of Mayba
This is a retelling of a traditional narrative about a farmer who puts a spell on an unknown person who was stealing his vegetables.
Retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp
This is a retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp, a modern Manipuri traditional narrative, narrated by Radhe Sham Singh.
Retelling of the Pear Story: Gopendro
The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of Gopendro’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Retelling of Tǝpta
This is a retelling of the traditional narrative about Tǝpta, the boogeyman.
Akha notebook 130
Handwritten notes and comments on previous notebooks.
Akha notebook 134
Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha narratives, word lists, lecture notes, grammar notes, and notes on terms used in English translations with detailed descriptions of rituals, festivals, the Akha calendar, genealogies, traditional clothing, sacrifices, the agricultural cycle, and taboos. Includes excerpts of the 1988 Thai census demographics.
Call Number, Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 1986
"Call Number, the newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University, is distributed three times a year" (p. 2). The periodical contains information about professors, news in the department, the school's alumni and listings of class schedules for the following semesters.
Call Number, Volume 46, Number 3, Summer 1986
"Call Number, the newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University, is distributed three times a year" (p. 2). The periodical contains information about professors, news in the department, the school's alumni and listings of class schedules for the following semesters.
Call Number, Volume 47, Number 1, Fall 1986
"Call Number, the newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University, is distributed three times a year" (p. 2). The periodical contains information about professors, news in the department, the school's alumni and listings of class schedules for the following semesters.
Photograph of a taro plant
This is a photograph of the taro plant, a root vegetable which grows in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The edible root, known as paan in Manipuri, is used in traditional dishes.
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