The Gandhi Collection reference sheet organizes all photographs and negatives by their origin and folder, classifying them into categories that assess their quality and value, with A representing low and H representing high.

Behind each listing below is the respective file id of the Gandhi Collection reference sheet.

Material acquired from the Kanu Gandhi estate

Modern reproductions:

• 4 albums each containing a set of c. 1450 numbered repro-negatives of the Kanu Gandhi photo collection - KG-Repronegs

• 2 lever-arch files with a reproduction of Kanu Gandhi’s reference album of his photographs each, with captions in Gujarati and English - KG-Album/Captions 

37 lever-arch files with the complete photo collection of Kanu Gandhi:

A series of 12 lever-arch files containing 2142 old and vintage prints of 855 photographic images of Gandhi, 1936-1948, taken informally, depicting him alone and in groups, various locations. The condition of the prints varies between excellent and poor. Each image with a reference number (which can be cross-referenced to a caption), arranged by the original reference number as follows:

• 0001-0100: 68 images, 248 old and vintage prints - file id in the Gandhi Collection ref. sheet: KG, photo id: KG0001 - KG0099
• 0101-0200: 70 images, 201 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0101 - KG0199
• 0201-0300: 45 images, 127 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0201a - KG0291
• 0301-0400: 30 images, 61 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0301 - KG0387
• 0401-0500: 82 images, 240 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0401 - KG0488
• 0501-0600: 93 images, 250 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0501 - KG0599
• 0601-0700: 89 images, 297 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0601 - KG0700
• 0701-0800: 87 images, 167 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0701 - KG0800
• 0801-0900: 86 images, 203 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0801 - KG0899
• 0901-1000: 77 images, 171 old and vintage prints - KG, KG0901 - KG0997
• 1001-1200: 65 images, 98 old and vintage prints - KG, KG01001 - KG1200
• 1201-1338: 63 images, 89 old and vintage prints - KG, KG1201 - KG01338

A series of 13 lever-arch files containing 467 large format (> 20 x 30cm) old and vintage prints of the same images, arranged as follows:

• 0001-0099: 53 images, 133 old prints, 1 vintage print - L: KG0001-0099, KG0071 - KG0010
• 0100-0199: 23 images, 10 old prints, 13 reproductions - L: KG0100-0199, KG0186 - KG0140
• 0200-0299: 15 images, 20 old prints, 1 reproductions - L: KG0200-0299, KG0289 - KG0206
• 0300-0399: 2 images, 2 old prints - L: KG0300-0399, KG0316 - KG0314
• 0400-0499: 31 images, 22 old prints, 10 reproductions, 2 repro-negatives - L: KG0400-0499, KG0430 - KG0469
• 0500-0599: 22 images, 32 old prints, 15 reproductions - L: KG0500-0599, KG0589 - KG0507
• 0600-0699: 37 images, 49 old prints, 1 vintage print, 31 reproductions - L: KG0600-0699, KG0686 - KG0601
• 0700-0799: 9 images, 5 old prints, 11 reproductions - L: KG0700-0799, KG0757 - KG0717
• 0800-0899: 22 images, 22 old prints, 10 reproductions - L: KG0800-0899, KG0826 - KG0832
• 0900-0999: 10 images, 19 old prints - L: KG0900-0999, KG0939 - KG0918
• 1000-1099: 3 images, 3 old prints, 3 reproductions - L: KG1000-1099, KG1058 - KG1094
• 1100-1199: 2 images, 2 old prints - L: KG1100-1199, KG1181 - KG1198
• 1200-1338: 10 images, 3 old prints, 7 reproductions - L: KG1200-1338, KG1338 - KG1274
• Miscellaneous: 18 images, 6 old prints, 34 reproductions - L: KG Miscell., PEMG1931505004 - KGZE25

Additional prints of the main series of photographs:

• Bundles of old contact prints of 16 images, each bundle containing multiple prints (varying from 11 to 244 in number), in total c.1600 prints - KG-Contact prints
• 99 numbered glass slides (8 x 8cm), produced for a slide show for the Gandhi centenary of 1969 - KG-Glaspositives
• 8 box files with the complete photo collection of Kanu Gandhi, c. 2000 modern photographs and c. 4000 repro-negatives

11 lever-arch files and one folder of large format prints of additional Kanu Gandhi photographs of Gandhi and other subjects, outside the main numbered series:

• S001-S117: 106 images, 165 old prints, 2 original negatives - Additional photographs, chiefly of Gandhi - KGS, KGS001 - KGS117
• MI 001-100: 96 images, 99 old and modern prints, 83 original and repro-negatives - KGMI, 1 - 100
• MI 101-200: 100 images, 100 modern prints (20 x 20cm), 100 original negatives - KGMI, 101 - 200
• MI 201-275: 75 images, 75 modern prints (20 x 20cm), 75 original negatives - Miscellaneous subjects, including Gandhi at public meetings, other public figures including Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Vinoba Bhave, groups of people, buildings, documents, public events - KGMI, 201 - 275
• Miscellaneous Personalities: 170 images, 184 vintage and old prints, 60 original negatives - Including images of Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Chek, Rajendra Prasad (two signed), Kaka Kalelkar (two signed), Jawaharlal Nehru (one signed by him and Indira Gandhi), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Mirabehn, selfportraits of Kanu Gandhi, including some photographs not taken by Kanu Gandhi - Miscellaneous Personalities, SM, MI, BP, MISU, MILS, MIPN, KGVP, MIVP, KGKK, MIJP, MIMD, KGKA, MIZH, MIRT, MIAK, MIMP, MIIG, MIRP, KGKA, KGNE
• Spinning wheels: 115 images, 115 old prints (7 x 10cm), 42 original negatives (6 x 6cm)- Photographs of charkas (traditional Indian spinning wheels) - KGSW, KGSW001 - KGSW115
• Blurs: 42 images, 44 modern prints (20 x 20cm), 42 original negatives (6 x 6cm) - Photographs of Gandhi rejected by the photographer, comprising original negatives with modern prints - KGBL, KGBL01 - KGBL41
• Vinoba Bhave 001-423: 158 images, 183 old prints, and 2 album covers - KGVB, 1 - 423
• 35 old large prints of Vinoba Bhave, (29 x 37cm on a 39 x 48cm passepartout) - Photographic portraits of Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895-1982) - XL: Vinoba Bhave, KGVB319 - PEVB031
• Album 001-118: 103 images, 111 old prints - Photographs recording a visit by Kanu Gandhi and family to New Delhi, c.1950, including meetings with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajendra Prasad - KGAL, 1 - 110
• Village Life: 10 images, 10 old prints, 10 negatives (6 x 6cm) - KGVL, 1 - 10
• Report Cards: 19 images, 33 old prints, 19 original negatives (8 x 10.5cm) - Photographic prints of Gandhi’s school report cards - KGRC, 7 - 25
• 1 lever-arch file with photographs of Gandhi’s visits to the North West Frontier Provinces in 1938 by an unknown photographer (38 modern prints with repro-negatives) and copies of photographs recording a visit by Kanu Gandhi and family to New Delhi, c.1950, including meetings with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajendra Prasad.

Material acquired from the Vithalbhai Jhaveri estate

• 1 lever-arch file with a catalogue incl. contact prints of all photographs of the Vithalbhai Jhaveri Archive depicting MKG.
• 1 lever-arch file with a catalogue incl. contact prints of all photographs of the Vithalbhai Jhaveri Archive depicting others than MKG

A series of lever-arch files containing 780 old prints of 486 images of Gandhi depicting every stage of his life, the content arranged chronologically, as follows:

• 1869-1927: 83 images, 72 old prints, 12 vintage prints and 62 modern prints - VJC-MG1869-1927, M0005 - S0190
• 1928-1930: 43 images, 42 old prints, 15 vintage prints, 12 modern prints, 2 repro-negatives - VJC-MG1928-1930, S0191 - S0280
• 1931: 102 images, 42 old prints, 19 vintage prints, 83 modern prints - VJC-MG1931, M0093 - M0200
• 1932-1941: 87 images, 71 old prints, 23 vintage prints, 18 modern prints - VJC-MG1932-1941, S0525 - S1696
• 1942-1945: 110 images, 78 old prints, 39 vintage prints, 28 modern prints - VJC-MG1942-1945, S0916 - PEMG1945505027
• 1946-1948: 86 images, 42 old prints, 27 vintage prints, 85 modern prints - VJC-MG1946-1948, S1348 - M0793
• Miscellaneous: 42 images, 18 old prints, 15 vintage prints, 45 modern prints - Miscellaneous, VJC-EVCR, VJC-EVSS, VJC-ARMG, VJC-PEMI, VJC-PENE

11 lever-arch files containing 190 old large-format prints (20 x 30cm - 30 x 40cm) of Gandhi, arranged chronologically, as follows:

• 1869-1914: 7 images, 9 modern prints - L: MKG1869-1914, M0006 - M0016
• 1915-1924: 22 images, 17 old prints, 7 vintage prints - L: MKG1915-1924, S0031 - S0124
• 1925-1930: 15 prints, 7 old prints, 1 vintage print, 8 modern prints - L: MKG1925-1930, PEMG1930040602 - M0059
• 1931-1932: 15 prints, 3 old prints, 13 modern prints  - L: MKG1931-1932, 1931 - S0460
• 1933-1939: 42 Prints, 31 old prints, 12 modern prints - L: MKG1933-1939, KG0801 - S0766
• 1940-1944: 23 prints, 11 old prints, 3 vintage prints, 10 modern prints - L: MKG1940-1944, KG0590 - S0803
• 1945-1946: 20 prints, 9 old prints, 2 vintage prints, 12 modern prints - L: MKG1945-1946, L0174 - L0155
• 1947-1948: 19 prints, 5 old prints, 16 modern prints - L: MKG1947-1948, M1160 - S1535
• Nehru: 7 prints - L: VJC-PENE, M0958 - M0948
• Miscellaneous: 4 prints - L: VJC-Miscell, S2298 - L0464
• Extra large - Miscellaneous: 11 images, 7 old prints, 1 vintage print, 4 modern prints - XL:VJC-Miscell, E024 - PEMG1948013102

• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting various events of Gandhi’s life (Salt March, Quit India Movement, Gandhi’s Cremation, South Africa, …).
• 3 lever-arch files containing modern and old prints depicting various documents of Gandhi’s life.
• 5 lever-arch files containing modern and old prints depicting various people associated with Gandhi’s life.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting village industries.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting village life and people.
• 3 lever-arch files containing modern and old prints depicting photographs of Jawaharlal Nehru and his family.
• 2 lever-arch files containing modern and old prints depicting cartoons associated with Gandhi.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting architecture associated with Gandhi.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting architecture not directly associated with Gandhi.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting miscellaneous motifs.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting Rome, Italian architecture, the Aga Khan Palace and ships.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting war photographs.
• 1 lever-arch file containing modern and old prints depicting Porbandar.

Repro-negatives:

• About 258 large reproduction negatives (13 x 18cm) of images from the Vihalbhai Jhaveri estate - VJ-Repronegs large
• About 570 small reproduction negatives (24 x 36mm) of images from the Vihalbhai Jhaveri estate - VJ-Repronegs small

Material acquired from other sources

• 28 commercial prints of the 1950's of a stereo-photograph by George Lewis depicting Gandhi spinning while the sculptor Jo Davidson works on a bust, with printed text on the reverse by C.F. Andrews (London, 1931). Keystone’s description: ”This is one of the rarely circulated square-topped Keystone cards, produced in the 1950’s but not widely marketed. Dwarfed by his reading companion, his secretary Mahadev Desai, the diminutive Mahatma Gandhi hunches cross-legged over a bit of delicate handwork. Newspaper clippings lie at his feet, a testimony to the erudite mind of this dhoti-clad giant whose outward image was, at best, curiously simple. The bottom right corner of the view reveals a skillfull artist at work on a clay bust of the Indian leader. Card reverse details Gandhi’s humble beginnings and current accomplishments at the date of card publication. The information becomes even more poignant in light of Gandhi’s eventual assassination. Front of the card is hand printpressed with “Keystone Stereoview Company, Manufacturers Publishers, Made in U.S.A., Meadville, PA, New York, NY, Chicago, Ill., and London, England.” The copies are from the surplus inventory holdings of the Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum. All materials were recovered from the original Keystone factory in Meadville, PA (1892-1976), and essentially are all vintage factory direct. - Stereo photograph
• 2 photo exhibitions "MAHATMA - Images of M.K. Gandhi" (50 modern prints of 25 x 38cm)
• 1 photo exhibition "Mahatma Gandhi - Travelling by Train" (50 modern prints of 25 x 38cm)
• 2 photo exhibitions "Mahatma Gandhi's Peace March through Bihar - A Photographer's Account" (50 modern prints of 25 x 38cm)
• 3 original photographs (vintage) by photographer Shantilal Shah of Mahatma Gandhi, 1944 (10 x 15cm)
• 500 repro-negatives of Mahatma Gandhi
• 46 box files with c. 4600 modern prints and 1000 repro-negatives of Mahatma Gandhi from various sources, which represent the complete collections of Dr. Hermann Kallenbach, Vinoba/Govindan, Counsic Brothers, Jagan Mehta, Homai Vyarawalla, Datta Khopker & Engineer, etc.), incl. a file containing addresses and information of c. 350 photographers of Mahatma Gandhi from all over the world. The latter is an ideal resource for research on Mahatma Gandhi’s photographs, which has not been undertaken so far.
• 600 various photographs (modern prints) of Mahatma Gandhi
• 2000 slides of Mahatma Gandhi (24 x 36mm)
• 300 original photographs of Vinoba Bhave, his associates and Paunar Ashram, from the S.V. Govindan estate (unpublished)
• 45 slides of Vinoba Bhave (from the S.V. Govindan estate)
• 56 CDs with various photographs (original scans), research material, films, exhibitions, interviews and newspaper articles
• 50 CDs original and touched scans (jpg + tif) of original photographs of Mahatma Gandhi
• 5 files with c. 300 slides each of the audio visual show NAMASTÉ – A Journey Across India Following the Footprints of Mahatma Gandhi
• 16 slide boxes of c. 100 slides each