Archival Cell
‘Archival cell’ is the unique and Special Cell of the University that contains material of rare values.Archival Cell of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur was established in the year 1988, with the assistance and guidance of the U.G.C. under VIth Five year plan. The purpose of UGC was to provide facilities for Collection, processing and preserving archival material such as rare books, historical documents, manuscripts and the University records.
Collections:
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.
Rare Books
Some of the Important Donations, which are available in the Archival Cell are as below:
| Sr. No | Name of Donor/ Collection | Subject Area | Year of Donation | No. of Books |
| 1 | Keshavrao Jedhe Collection | English Literature | 1963 | 3212 |
| 2 | ItihasbhushanBabasaheb Deshpande Collection | History | 1963 | 703 |
| 3 | V. S. Page Collection | History, Social Science, Assembly debates | 1964 | 813 |
| 4 | K. N. Noolkar Collection | History, Sanskrit, English, Marathi Literature | 1965 | 4558 |
| 5 | S. K. Belvalkar Collection | Sanskrit, English Literature | 1965 | 2015 |
| 6 | S. D. Kardhegekar Collection | Sanskrit | 1965 | 286 |
| 7 | L. G. Parab Collection | Library Science | 1967 | 1420 |
| 8 | Prin. S. R. Tawade Collection | Education | 1969 | 1048 |
| 9 | KridamahrshiMeghnathNageshkar Collection | Sports, general. | 1970 | 241 |
| 10 | R. V. Deshpande Collection | English Literature | 1971 | 307 |
| 11 | S. G. Sardesai Collection | History | 1971 | 645 |
| 12 | P. A. Asyekar Collection | Social Science | 1972 | 780 |
| 13 | G. H. Padhye Collection | English Marathi Literature, General | 1973 | 1177 |
| 14 | Itihaskar V. S. Wakaskar Collection, Baroda | History. | 1976 | 338 |
| 15 | Dr. RajvaidyaJagtap Collection | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Medicines and literature | 1977 | 700 |
| 16 | KhaseraoSawantCcollection | Religious and Spiritual books | 1979 | 1035 |
| 17 | ‘Vijayi Maratha’ Collection | Satyashodak movement of Mahatma Phule | 1980 | 120 |
| 18 | Bhai MadhavraoBagal Collection | Social movement, Freedom Struggle and united India movement, Labour movement, Communism and Socialism | 1983 | 1362 |
| 19 | A.C. Tikekar Collection | Marathi Literature | 1983 | 3040 |
| 20 | Dr. DhananjayKeer Collection | Biographical materials on Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma JyotiraoPhule, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, LokmanyaTilak, SwatantryaveerSawarkaretc | 1984 | 980 |
| 21 | J. C. Sinha Collection | English, Commerce & Management | 1990 | 254 |
| 22 | Dr. B. S. Bhanage Collection | Economics and Planning, Social Sciences | 1991 | 465 |
| 23 | Shripadshastri Jere Collection | Religion, Sanskrit. | 1992 | 472 |
| 24 | Shekhar Deshpande Collection | English | 1993 | 125 |
| 25 | Prof. Pednekar Collection | English Literature | 1994 | 725 |
| 26 | PanditBalacharyaKhupekar Collection | Religion, Sanskrit, Veda, Upnishad, Grammar | 1995 | 359 |
| 27 | B. T. Bhosale Collection | Sports | 1996 | 400 |
| 28 | PanditSadashivshastriMarulkar Collection | Religion, Sanskrit | 1999 | 640 |
| 29 | Dr. HiralalAuluck Collection | Hindi Literature, Language and Culture, Marxism, Leninism and Socialism | 2001 | 6500 |
| 30 | Dr. V. N. Kuber Collection | Marathi Literature | 2002 | 321 |
| 31 | Anant B. Karvirkar Collection | Religion, Sanskrit | 2003 | 73 |
| 32 | Ex.M.P. Udaysingrao Gaikwad Collection | Loksabha Debates | 2005 | 159 |
| 33 | Dr. Vilas Sangave Collection | Jain Religion and Jain Literature | 2006 | 71 |
| 34 | Dr. P. N. Kulkarni Collection | Marathi Religion | 2006 | 216 |
| 35 | Dr. D. K. Sant Collection | Marathi Literature | 2007 | 551 |
| 36 | Smt. SmitaPatvardhan Collection | Mathematics | 2009 | 160 |
| 37 | Dr. S. P. Punalekar Collection | Marathi Literature | 2010 | 230 |
| 38 | Dr. Sarojini Babar Collection | Marathi Literature | 2014 | 150 |
| 39 | Prin. R. K. Kanbarkar Collection | English, General | 2016 | 744 |
| 40 | Dr. G. M. Pawar Collection | Marathi Literature | 2016 | 245 |
| 41 | Com. Govind Pansare Collection | Social History, General | 2016 | 1465 |
| 42 | Barr. P. G. Patil Collection | English, Literature, General | 2018 | 2689 |
| 43 | Ex. M.P. PrithvirajChavan Collection | Loksabha Debates | 2019 | 45 |
| Total | 41,839 |
Note:- From the above donated collections the books which are having current knowledge with recent publication are merged in the main collection of stack section.
Manuscripts:
About 9163 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. which dates back to 1353. The manuscripts were acquired mainly from the individuals and institutions.
 Ganesh Mahatmya (Pictorial) Shake 1713 |  Raja Todarmal written: Ayurveda soukhya paribhashay, Ayurvedasoukhya Nidan Chikitsa.Ayurveda Manuscripts Shake 1741 |  Shilapress Atharukminisvaymvar (sankirna) Shake 1783 |
 Manuscripts tied ‘Rumal’ |  Atha Grahashanti padhati (Paper Scroll) 32*4 long |  Dnyaneshwari (Shake 1490/A.D 1568) |
Some of the important collection of manuscripts is:
- Shri. V. N. Panditrao, Kolhapur
- Ingale-Kulkarni Collection
- NirnayaSagar Press, Mumbai Collection
- Principal B.A. Babar,Tasgaon
- PanditBalacharyaKhuperkarShastri, Kolhapur
- Shri.B.S. Pradhan, Kolhapur
- ShrimantGanapatraoRajopadhye, Kolhapur
Other Archival Materials:
 Old Newspapers Din Bandhu, Bombay(1893 – 1912) |  Constitution of India (Facsimile Copy) Imitation copy oforiginal hand written Constitution |
Rare Periodicals
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 Shivkalin Coins |  Britishkalin Coins |  Old States Rare Coins |  A Tamrapata (Copper plate) of 516 A.D.namely‘PandurangpalliTamrapta’ |
Besides the rare books and manuscipts different archival material is also available in the cell. Old Newspapers Din Bandhu, Bombay (1893-1912), Rashtraveer, Belgaum (1920-1947), Hunter, Akhand Bharat (Kolhapur), Vijayi Maratha, Kolhapur (1919-1932), Din Mitra, Taravadi etc. The old Periodicals and journals like Bharat ItihasSanshodhakmandals quarterly, Purusharth, VividhDnyanVistar,Kirloskar, Kalyan,Sahyadri,Wangmayshobha, etc. and some of the distinct materials like Tamrapat(516 AD), Old historical coins, stone objects from Bramhapuri (Kolhapur) excavation, facsimile copy of ‘Constitution of India’ etc. are available in the Archival cell.The work of digitization of Manuscripts is planned.
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Project:
Archival Cell has completed a project to the NMM (National Mission for Manuscripts, Ministry of Culture, G.O.I.) for documentation of Manuscripts.
For information & details regarding Archival cell contact at the e-mail address: archival.krc@unishivaji.ac.in.
(Phone-0231-2609336)