This extensive collection originates from Mehera's firsthand narrative gathered from over 200 hours of tape recordings made by David Fenster, from the years 1974 to 1982. These recordings feature Mehera, Mehera J. Irani, Avatar Meher Baba's foremost woman disciple, and several men and women mandali members. The recordings were made primarily at Meherazad, Pimpalgaon, Maharashtra, India. 

and pressed my cheek against his for quite a few seconds. Baba just sat there. I looked up in his eyes. He looked straight at me with such a tender, loving look in his eyes. There was a very sweet and tender expression in his eyes. It was very beautiful. Sometimes, when you felt that way, you wanted to kiss and embrace Baba. I still remember that. It has remained in my mind all this time.”

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DF-116B: Mehera J. Irani
New Life caravan; First heard Begin The Beguine?; Meherabad should be like Meherazad; 1966 film Memorable Meherazad; Baba with lamb; Baba’s sign for Mehera?; Sitar music

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DF-117A: Mehera J. Irani
Riding an elephant; Zoo in Poona; Calluses on Baba’s hand, thumb; Snapping fingers, motion of left hand; Cutting Baba’s toenails; Poona, 1957

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DF-117B: Mehera J. Irani; Adi K. Irani
Mehera: Khorshed brings eggs to ward off the evil eye; Ganeshkind, 1958; Mahabaleshwar, 1956; Baba’s hair…
Adi: About Mehera; His mother; Women mandali; Prague, OK; Baba dropping his body

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DF-118A: Adi K. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-118B: Adi K. Irani; Mehera J. Irani
Adi: (cont.)
Mehera: Early Meherabad; Upasni Maharaj gives name Mira, then Mehera; Padri’s mother; Relatives and Col. Irani; Babajan

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DF-119-i-A: Mrs. Ned Burleson

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DF-119-i-B: Mrs. Ned Burleson
Mrs. Ned Burleson (cont.)
Charlene Kimberly:
Delia: Talking about Mehera

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DF-119-ii-A: Delia DeLeon
Delia: Talking about Mehera (cont.)

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DF-119-ii-B: Anita Viellard
Talking about Mehera

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DF-119-iii-A: Anita Viellard & Mehera J. Irani
Anita: (cont.)
Mehera: Baba took women to Mahabaleshwar to see Mohammed Mast; Baba’s last Dehra Dun trip; Baba’s mustache; Irene Billow; Early Meherabad; Photo: Baba, Mehera, Cracker-Mahabaleshwar; She visits Chand Bibi at sister’s wedding; Sai Baba; Baba passes statue in Poona; Poona Race track; Baba’s gesture for “good”

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DF-119-iii-B: Mehera J. Irani
Bangalore; Narit 1968 wedding; Her father; Sukkor; her childhood; School; Col. Irani

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DF-119-iv-A: Mehera J. Irani
Her hair

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DF-119-iv-B:
Speaker(s)
Location(s) and Date(s) ––TBA

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DF-120A: Mehera J. Irani; Kitty Davy
Mehera: Her hair
Kitty: Speaking on Mehera

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DF-120B: Kitty Davy; Mehera J. Irani
Kitty: (cont.)
Mehera:

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DF-121A: Mehera J. Irani; Rano Gayley
Mehera: (cont.)
Rano: Her New Life in Bombay; Visit to Hyderabad during New Life

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DF-121B: Rano Gayley; Mehera J. Irani
Rano: (cont.)
Mehera: Piano lessons

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DF-122A: Mehra J. Irani

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DF-122B: Mehera J. Irani
Swimming; Karwar; Lahore, Hyderabad

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DF-123A: Kumar & Subhadra; Mehera J. Irani
Kumar & Subhadra: Speaking about Mehera
Mehera:

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DF-123B: Speaker,
Location(s) and Date(s) ––TBA

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DF-124A: Mehera J. Irani
Story of tennis playing, Mysore; Rabbit caught by a crow, Mahabaleshwar (copy of a tape made by Christine Miljour)

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DF-124B: Mansari
(same as DF-126C)

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DF-125A: Bhau Kalchuri
Writing work and Meher Sarode stories

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DF-125A: Bhau Kalchuri; Mansari
Bhau: (cont.)
Mansari:

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DF-126A: Mansari
(cont.)

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DF-126A: Mansari
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File number, Title, Speaker(s)
Location(s) and Date(s) ––TBA

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DF-127B: Mansari; Sushilla
Mansari: (cont.)
Sushilla:

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DF-127B: Sushilla: Mehera J. Irani; Sushilla
Sushilla:
Mehera: Childhood Tea Party; Gem finger story

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DF-128A: Mehera J. Irani
Mehera: (cont.)
Krishna: (one of Naryan Maharaj’s mandali)

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DF-128B: Krishna Joglekar
TBA

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DF-129A: Krishna Joglekar; Mehera J. Irani
Krishna:
Mehera:

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DF-129B: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-129B: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-129B: Mehera J. Irani

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File number, Title, Speaker(s)
Location(s) and Date(s) ––TBA

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DF-131A: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-131B: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-132A: Mehera J. Irani
Korshed; No pillow; Ships

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DF-132B: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-133A: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-133B: Mehera J. Irani
(cont.)

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DF-134A: Mehera J. Irani
Ajmer

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DF-134B: Mehera J. Irani; Meheru K. Irani
Mehera: Saying goodbye to Tuck Andress & Patti Cathcart
Meheru:

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DF-135A: Mehera J. Irani
Udwada

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DF: 135B: Mehera J. Irani
Putting Kum Kum on Baba on his birthday, Nasik

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DF-136A: Mehru K. Irani; Mehera J. Irani
Meheru: Baba would tell us we were going out on tour for 2 months and it would end up for a year so we had to take so many clothes for winter-summer; Be prepared…
Mehera: (copy of Gary Kleiner video on 2/10/1981)

DF-136B: Mehera J. Irani

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DF-137A: Mehera J. Irani
Look hands, Quetta

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DF-137B: Mehera J. Irani

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DF-138A: Mehera J. Irani
Talk of the movie, “Oh God”

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DF-138B: Kumar & Subhadra Gildial; Mehera J. Irani

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DF-139A: Mehera J. Irani
Kashmir

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DF-139B: Mehera J. Irani
(copy of Gary Kleiner video of Mehera relating Animal stories; Starts with her Garden story.)

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DF-140A: Mehera J. Irani

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DF-140B: Sheela Kalchuri; Delia DeLeon
Sheela:
Delia:

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DF-141A: Delia DeLeon; Minta Toledano
Delia: About Mehera
Minta: About Mehera

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DF-141B: Minta Toledano; Kim Tolhurst
Minta: About Mehera; Kashmir
Kim:

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Df-142A: Kim Tolhurst
About Mehera; Portofino Film-part of soundtrack

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DF-142B: Kim Tolhurst; Adi (Jr.) Irani
Kim: (Portofino soundtrack (cont.)
Adi Jr.: About Mehera

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DF-143A: Adi (Jr.) Irani; Margaret Craske
Adi: (cont.)
Margaret:

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DF-143B: Margaret Craske
(cont.)

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DF-143B: Margaret Craske
(cont.)

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