This oral history collection comprises three interviews, two of which are in Punjabi and one in English. The interviews document the lives and experience of members of the Sikh Community in Leicester, including recollections of life in the Punjab, the partition of India in 1947, migration to Britain, life in Britain and the experience of revisiting the place where one interviewee grew up after years away.
Guru Nanak Sikh oral history collection, 2001
This material is held atEast Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA)
- Reference
- GB 3003 EMOHA72
- Dates of Creation
- January-June 2001
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Punjabi English
- Physical Description
- 3 interviews
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The interviews were conducted by the Guru Nanak Sikh Museum in Leicester with a view to incorporating oral histories in displays in the Museum. The interviews were recorded between Summer 2001 and Summer 2002. The recordings were deposited with EMOHA over the same period.
Access Information
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Other Finding Aids
Full catalogue available via: https://archives.le.ac.uk/calmview/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=EMOHA%2f72
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Cassette
Conditions Governing Use
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