Letters and Pictures of Famous People, undated

This series contains the five scrapbooks recording the Fisks' experience in the Indian Subcontinent. The books are, "India, 1946-1950," "Pakistan Memorabilia, 1953-1957," "Nepal, 1959-1963," "Letters and Pictures of Famous People," and untitled. Four of the books have been completely disassembled to preserve the documents and photographs, one ("India, 1946-1950") has been kept partially assembled as a possible exhibition piece. These scrapbooks contain many photographs of places in South Asia, friends of the Fisks, the houses of the Fisks and their servants, and political, social, and religious events. Especially interesting are the photographs of the 1948 Kumbh Mela in Ahmedabad, India, and of Mohandas K. Gandhi's funeral. In addition to photographs, these scrapbooks contain many invitations and programs from social events, clippings of articles found interesting by the Fisks, and cards and letters from famous people. In most cases, items have been removed from the scrapbooks and placed in the 8 folders which are Series II.  As indicated on the inventory, two of the scrapbooks still contain various newspaper clippings.