'Archival Cell' was established by Shivaji University in the year 1988 with the assistance and guidance of UGC under VI plan. The purpose of UGC was to provide facilities for processing archival material such as historical records, manuscripts and the University records.
Collection:
Rare Books:
Archival cell consists of about 50,000 rare books, which are donated by various eminent scholars and personalities. The rare books dates from 1716 to 1950 A.D. The important donations, which are available in the Archival Cell are:
- Bhai Madhavrao Bagal Collection
- Dr. Dhananjay Keer Collection
- Babasaheb Deshpande(Satara)collection
- Dr.Rajvaidya Jagtap collection
- Dr.Hiralal Auluck (Solapur )Collection
Manuscripts:
About 6600 Manuscripts are available in the Archival Cell on various subjects such as Vedanta, Dharmashastra, Nyayashastra, Jotishya, Vaidak, History, Puran, Literature, Kavya, Natak(Drama), Yoga etc. The manuscripts were acquired mainly from the individuals and institutions. Some of the important collection of manuscripts are:
- Ingale-Kulkarni Collection
- Rajvaidya Jagtap Collection
- Nirnaya Sagar Press, Mumbai Collection
- Principal B.A. Babar,Tasgaon
- Pandit Balacharya Khuperkar Shastri, Kolhapur
- Shri.B.S. Pradhan, Kolhapur
- Shrimant Ganapatrao Rajopadhye, Kolhapur
Other Archival Materials:
Besides the rare books and manuscipts different archival material is also available in the cell. Old Newspapers Din Bandhu, Bombay (1893-1912), Rashtraveer, Bombay(1920-1947), Hunter (Kolhapur), Vijayi Maratha (1919-1932)etc. The old Periodicals and journals like Bharat Itihas Samshodak mandals quarterly,Purusharth,Vivid Dyan Vistar,Kirloskar, Kalyan,Sahyadri,Wangmay shobha,Dinmitra etc are available in the Archival cell.
The Library has recently procured MINOLTA PS 7000 Publication Scanner for digitization of rare documents. The work of digitization will be commenced soon.
For details regarding archival cell may be had from Dr M.N. Mane, Asst Archivist at the e-mail address: sukbbkl@unishivaji.ac.in