ABOUT US
The EAP was established in June 1993 to archive, preserve and present items of Anglo-Punjabi
heritage through high quality participative arts and heritage events. We aim to
generate arts interest in the Asian community by actively presenting rare and unique
materials representing the long standing partnership of the British and Punjabi
communities. We have been very active in the Asian community and have collaborated
with mainstream arts and heritage institutions to gain access to items of shared
ownership.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A union catalogue of Punjabi manuscripts in UK collections is a complex synthesis
of linguistics, logistics and scholarship. This monumental undertaking of cataloguing,
photographing, and migrating data was the result of years of dedicated effort and
involvement of many institutions and individuals.
Fundamental to the delivery of the project was the support, flexibility and guidance
of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund who helped
to scope the project and funded it through to completion.
This project was inspired and guided by the scholarship of Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.
His original work was substantially added to and concluded by Harminder Singh Mann,
whose personal commitment, scholarship and energy drove this project to completion.
Harminder's project management of the cataloguing was instrumental in its success.
Harminder was assisted by a team of volunteers who made a remarkable contribution
at its most critical point. Thus, we are extremely grateful to Amritpal Singh Ubhi,
Tajinder Singh Chana, Navjit Singh Surdhar, Ranvir Singh Jagdev, Gurinder Singh
Mann and Gurdeep Singh Gill. This endeavour could not have been successful without
the constant support and efforts facilitated by the Asian Collections Librarian
at the Wellcome Library, Dr Nikolaj Serikoff and Marina Chellini at the British
Library.
The Wellcome Trust Library, The British Library, and the Universities of Cambridge,
Oxford and Edinburgh have carefully and professionally preserved and stored their
respective manuscript collections. We are extremely grateful to the institutions
and their staff who have supported the project with their professionalism and enthusiasm.
Their partnership has been integral to the success of this endeavour.
We would also like to acknowledge the artistry and technical excellence of Macrojuice
for their work on the website and Sukhdeep Singh Jodha and Mipserv for his unstinting
and responsive support throughout the project and bringing a level of technical
excellence to the project when it needed it most. We would also like to thank Professor
Gurpreet Singh Lehal, at Punjabi University, Patiala , for his technical advice
and support on matters relating to fonts.
manuscripts@ukpha.org