Folder contains 1 handwritten notebook with excerpts from books detailing history of the Nilgiri area and indigenious communities. Some noticeable excerpts include sections from the Madras District Gazatteer from 1908 by W Francis marked under Gold and Minerals, Forests, Exotics, Wildlife, Introduction of Trout, Archeology, Discovery of Ootacamund, tribal groups including Todas, Kotas, Irulas, Kurumbas, Chettis, Paniyas, Wayanad Agriculture and more. Some other references listed includes Maureen L P Patterson's 'South Asian Civilizations: A Bibliographic Synthesis', Babagrahi Misra's 'Sitala: The Small-Pox Goddess of India', DD Kosambi's 'At the Crossroads: Mother Goddess Cult-Sites in Ancient India' and more..