Between December 1st, 1964 and August of 1966, Social Anthropologist Dr. Brenda Beck lived in the village of Olappalayam, 6 miles East of the town of Kangayam in Tamil Nadu. During this time, Dr. Beck collected a wealth of primary research materials with the assistance of research assistant, K. Sundaram of Olappalayam. This collection, curated and described in collaboration with a postdoctoral Fellow at UTSC (Shanmugapriya) makes available images, documents, and digitized recordings describing festivals, ceremonies, and rituals. In particular, the collection of folksongs (துதிப் பாட்டு, ஊர்த்தொகைப்பாடல், ஒப்பாரி பாடல், வீர பாடல் and பக்தி பாடல் ) and folk tales (குலமரபுக் கதை, சாதியக் கதை, நீதி விளக்கக் கதை, நீதி விளக்கக் கதை, and பழங்கதை) are distinctive to the region. Together, this collection provides a window into the cultural landscape of Kongu Nadu in the mid 1960s.