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The Special Collections The Special Collections constitute a
separate category of materials within the West Indiana and Special
Collections Division. These comprise unpublished source materials
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A.M. Clarke Manuscripts A.M. Clarke is considered to be one of the pioneers of the literary movement in Trinidad and Tobago. He has written poetry, short stories and novels. See more >> |
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Amy Ashwood Garvey
Memorabilia Amy Ashwood Garvey was the first wife of Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Biographer Tony Martin describes Amy Ashwood Garvey as a "precocious child who grew into a talented, attractive woman of expansive horizons and boundless energy ... See more >> |
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Andrew Lochhead Papers Andrew Van Slyke Lochhead was born in the United Kingdom in 1911. He was the Organising Lecturer and Tutor in Social Science at University College, Cardiff, in Wales. See more >> |
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Andrew Pearse Collection Andrew Pearse was a British sociologist who lived and worked in Latin America. The material (books, serials, papers, reel-to-reel audio-tapes and a film) relates broadly to the subject of Caribbean Popular Culture. See more >> |
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Anthony de Verteuil papers The papers contain poems by Sylvester Devenish; short stories by Leon de Gannes; and music by I. Umilta McShine. The materials were accumulated by Father de Verteuil while doing research work for three of his biographies: Leon de Gannes: Trinidad's Raconteur, The McShines of Trinidad, and Sylvester Devenish: Trinidad's Poet. The papers were given to The Alma Jordan Library in 2009. |
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Biological Drawings from E. Julian Duncan |
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Bullbrook Papers John Bullbrook, English archaeologist and historian, came to Trinidad in 1913 as a petroleum geologist. He began his archaeological career in 1919, pioneering the search on the indigenous population of Trinidad. See more >> |
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C.L.R. James Collection Cyril Lionel Robert James, writer, political activist and Marxist intellectual, was born in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago in 1901. See more >> |
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C.L. Williams Papers Mr. Charles Louis Williams was a public servant in the Inland Revenue Department of Trinidad and Tobago, who rose to the level of Commissioner of Inland Revenue. He was actively interested in birds and other fauna of Trinidad and Tobago and was a founding member of the Bird and Animal Protection Society that became the Wild Life Protection Committee. See more >> |
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Camps-Campins Greeting
Card Collection Adrian Camps-Campins, artist, was educated at St. Mary's College, Port of Spain, Trinidad, and at the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Insurance College at Surbiton, Surrey, England. His interest in the history of Trinidad and Tobago led him to create paintings of historical events, places, and people. See more >> |
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Capildeo Papers Dr. Rudranath Capildeo, mathematician, lawyer and politician, rose to prominence when he became political leader of the Democratic Labour Party Trinidad and Tobago in 1960. He was seen by the party hierarchy as someone who had the intellectual ability and status to match Dr. Eric Williams of the People's National Movement. See more >> |
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Caribbean Charts and Engravings Circa
1555-1818 The Caribbean Charts and Engravings circa 1555-1818 is a collection comprised of fifty five framed items which showcase individual islands as well as the entire island chain. Several of the maps have unique illustrations which can be valuable resources for the study of the cultural aspects of the islands in that era. See more >> |
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Caribbean Performing Arts: Programmes and Ephemera |
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Caribbean Voices Correspondence Photocopies of correspondence, covering the period 1945 to 1953, between West Indian authors and Henry Swanzy, editor of the Caribbean Voices programme that was broadcast on the BBC World Service. See more >> |
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Carlisle Chang Collection The collection includes sketches of carnival costumes, numerous other sketch pads, photographs, slides, correspondence, newspaper clippings, documents relating to Carifesta V, transparencies, catalogues of art exhibitions and the medal of the Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil which Chang received. See more >> |
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Carlton Whitborne Warner Papers The collection contains correspondence, pamphlets and minutes relating to the Pharmaceutical Society of Trinidad and Tobago and the Civil Service Association. It also includes... See more >> |
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Caroni Swamp The collection covers the campaign led by Professor Bacon and the Blue River Action Committe against the attempt by Shell Trinidad Limited to transport liquified propane gas by barge through the Caroni Swamp which had been designated as a bird sanctuary. See more >> |
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Christian Prayers in Yoruba Wooden plaques etched by Joseph Joseph.Mr. Joseph Joseph, popularly known as Mr. Zampty of Sierra Leone Village, Diego Martin, Trinidad, was a carpenter by trade and had also served as a serviceman in the West India Regiment during World War I. His maternal grandparents were from West Africa... See more >> |
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Colonial Bank Correspondence The Colonial Bank, the forerunner to Barclay's Bank and Republic Bank Limited, was established in the West Indian colonies as an effort, on the part of a group of merchants and private bankers in London, to fill the need for a banking system. See more >> |
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Constitution Commission Papers The Constitution Commission was appointed in June 1987 to hold an inquiry in public, "to consider the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and to make recommendations for the revision thereof." The Commission was chaired by Sir Isaac Hyatali. See more >> |
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Dennis Mahabir Collection Dennis Jules Mahabir was born in Trinidad, West Indies, in April 1920. He was the son of Jules Mahabir, the first Indo-Trinidadian magistrate and Minnie Mahabir, founders of the Minerva Club and patrons of the Minerva Review, an early Indian literary magazine in Trinidad. See more >> |
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Derek Walcott Collection Derek Walcott is a St. Lucian poet and dramatist of international repute. He attended The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and lived for many years in Trinidad and Tobago, where he founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. See more >> |
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Diaries On Military Life Diaries on Military Life in the Crimea, India and the Caribbean by Colonel John E. Dickson Hill. 3 volumes covering the period 1854-1894. Vol. 1: Diary from 1854 to 13th March 1867 Vol. 2: From 14th March 1867 to 12th March 1882 Vol. 3: From 13th March 1882 to 1894. See more >> |
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Diary of Governor Ross Diary of David Ross, Lieutenant-Governor of Tobago, for the period January to June 1851. The first page of the diary contains a list of books at Government House, Tobago - June 12, 1851. See more >> |
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Documents from the St. Joseph Estate, Mayaro, 1873-1890 |
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Documents from Stella Gillezeau Stella Gillezeau was the principal of a private school in Port of Spain located at 71 Cipriani Boulevard. The documents include a register with the names of students admitted to the school for the period 1954-61, testimonials for some students 1948-1954, postcards and photographs of children particularly in confirmation wear. |
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Dominica diary, 1929, January 12 to 1930, April 8 |
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E. Mcdonald Bailey from
British Newspapers Photocopy of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings highlighting the career of the Trinidad-born sprinter McDonald Bailey. See more >> |
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Earl Lovelace Manuscripts Earl Lovelace, who was born in Toco, Trinidad, in 1935, worked in agriculture as a forest ranger before turning to writing. He is a highly successful writer with several novels, short stories and plays to his credit. See more >> |
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Earl Lewis Memorabilia Dr. Earl Lewis, born in St. Lucia, was the brother of the late Sir Arthur and Sir Alan Lewis. He studied medicine at Manchester University and later specialized in psychiatry. He joined the staff at St. Ann's Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago in 1943. He was instrumental in starting the Caribbean Federation for Mental Health and became its first president in 1959. See more >> |
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Edric and Pearl Connor Papers, 1941-1978 Edric Connor was born in Mayaro, Trinidad in 1913. He emerged as a cultural activist in the early 1940's and migrated to Britain in 1944. Pearl Connor (also known as Pearl Connor-Mongotsi) was born in Trinidad in 1924. Originally a dancer with Beryl McBurnie, she went to Britain in 1948 to study law and subsequently married Edric Connor. See more >> |
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Edward B. and Maureen Henry cultural collection, 1963-2003 Edward Barrington Henry (1934-1997) was a professional musician with a strong interest in drama. A lover of the arts, Maureen Henry is a former Deputy Campus Librarian at the Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. See more >> |
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Eric Roach Manuscripts Eric Roach was born in Tobago in 1915. After a secondary education at Bishop's High School, Tobago, he entered the teaching profession. In 1939, he joined the army in Trinidad and served as a volunteer with the South Caribbean forces during World War II. See more >> |
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Eric Williams Memorial Collection
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Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex papers The collection is comprised of documents and photographs on the construction of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex including correspondence, Trinidad and Tobago cabinet minutes, notes from the Mt. Hope Medical Complex Task Force and the Ministerial Review Committee assigned to monitor the project, and documents about SODETEG, the construction company that worked on the project. There are a few items on other health facilities in Trinidad and Tobago particularly the San Fernando Hospital. The bulk of the papers are for the period 1982-1984. See more >> |
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Esperance Sporting Club Papers, 1952-1954 The Esperance Sporting Club was established on 16th December 1952 in Esperance Village, south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. The Club participated in the sport of cricket. The collection contains typescripts of administrative documents from the early history of the Esperance Sporting Club over the period 1952-1954. See more >> |
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Eustace Bernard Photograph Collection Francis Eustace Bernard was born on April 20, 1914 in Mason Hall, Tobago. He joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in 1934 and in 1970, became the first Police Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to have risen to the position through the ranks. See more >> |
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Fitzroy Baptiste Thesis
Materials Fitzroy Andre Baptiste was a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The papers deal with a variety of themes related to the mid twentieth-century Caribbean. See more >> |
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Frank Dowdy
Correspondence and Papers Frank Dowdy, an economist by profession, worked with the Caribbean Commission 1953-1959, and subsequently in the Economic Planning Division of the office of the Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. See more >> |
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Frederick De Verteuil
papers Frederick Joseph De Verteuil was born in Trinidad in 1887. He practised as a barrister in India for several years and later returned to England where he continued practising law until he was debarred from practice due to misrepresenting his clients in court. See more >> |
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Garnett Ifill Photograph
Collection Garnett Ifill, an artist and photographer, was born February 8, 1935 in San Fernando, Trinidad, where he has lived all his life except for a brief period when his father went to work at Brechin Castle, Couva, where he worked on the estate as a turner. See more >> |
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Gaskynd Granger Papers Gaskynd Granger was born in Guyana and later settled in Trinidad and Tobago. In the 1930s he became a member of the Negro Welfare Cultural and Social Association. See more >> |
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Grenada Plantation
Reconveyance of Mortgage Document Mortgage document dated 31 March 1774 between Charles Sloane Cadogan (of Whitehall, Westminster) on the one hand and four British subjects on the other: Sir Robert Cockburn Bt., Sir George Colebrooke Bt., John Stewart and John Nelson. The agreement is for a loan of £20,500 to purchase from Andrew Davoran a 320-acre estate in St. George's parish, Grenada, West Indies. See more >> |
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Gros Islet, St. Lucia: painting by Derek Walcott |
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H. Dudley Huggins Dudley Huggins had a long association with The University of the West Indies. He was Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Mona, Jamaica from 1948-1963, and Principal of the St. Augustine Campus from 1963 until his retirement in 1969. See more >> |
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J. Hamilton Maurice
Papers The son of a teacher, Julius Hamilton Maurice was born in the south of Trinidad in the late 1890s. Deciding on a career in education, he established the Southern Grammar School. In 1913, he took up a teaching appointment at Naparima College, staying there for the next thirteen years. See more >> |
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Henri Telfer Sketches Henri Everest Telfer was born on 8th December 1927 and passed away on 8th January 1999. He was a designer and graphic artist who produced logos, insignia, illustrations, costume and set designs. See more >> |
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Historical Notes on the
Jews in Trinidad Hans John Stecher and his family were among the Jews who arrived in Trinidad as refugees from Vienna after the occupation of Austria by Germany in 1938. See more >> |
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Hochoy Papers Solomon Hochoy was born in Jamaica on April 20, 1905 and arrived in Trinidad as an infant. On February 3, 1935 he married Thelma Edna Huggins who was born September 17, 1910 in St. Madeline, Trinidad. See more >> |
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Homecomings: poems by Derek Walcott |
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ICTA Miscellany The Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), forerunner to The University of the West Indies, was established in 1921 in Trinidad and Tobago. See more >> |
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Identification Cards of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Illustrations from Monkey
Liver Soup Eaulin Blondel, retired librarian, documented some of the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago.These are the first set of illustrations that were done for the book Monkey Liver Soup before it was printed. See more >> |
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Irma Goldstraw Collection |
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Isaiah
James Boodhoo Papers |
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Ivan Wilson Papers Ivan Wilson worked as a proofreader for Caribbean Quarterly with the Extra Mural Department of the then University College of the West Indies, as a solicitor's clerk, and later became a certified Public Health Inspector and Inspector of Meat and other foods. See more >> |
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Jamaica Military Journal, 1895-1896 |
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James O’Neil Lewis Papers |
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Jean Sue Wing Papers Jean Sue Wing, née Herbert, was the officer in charge of drama at the Ministry of Education and Culture in Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 to 1982. See more >> |
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John Keats John Keats: Letter to Fanny Brawne |
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Joyce Gibson-Inniss documents Mrs. Joyce Gibson-Inniss joined the staff of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in 1955 and served as the Hall Manager of Milner Hall for a number of years. In 2002 the Hall of Residence for the Faculty of Medical Sciences was named in her honour. The collection includes documents and correspondence which highlight some aspects of her work as Hall Manager of Milner Hall. The documents were formerly the Appendices to an interview of Mrs. Gibson-Inniss conducted for the Oral Pictorial Records Programme (OPReP), The University of the West Indies. Researchers may wish to consult OP 108 for a transcript of this interview. |
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Joycelynne Loncke music
scores The collection consists primarily of steelband music scores written for festivals and carnival competitions in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, St. Vincent, Grenada and Antigua. See more >> |
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June Dolly-Besson Papers |
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Kathleen Warner
Memorabilia Kathleen Warner, née Davis, popularly known in Trinidad and Tobago as "Aunty Kay", was a very talented woman. In the course of her life she was a medical student, pianist, singer, actress, dancer, salesperson, teacher. See more >> |
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Land Granted by the Spanish Government, 1784-1814
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Leaves from a Masonic
Library "Leaves from a Masonic Library" or "Freemasonry Reviewed" is a manuscript which describes the history, ceremony and rituals of the freemasons. The authors of the work remain anonymous. See more >> |
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Letter, 1823 from John Nelson and John Stephenson, Tobago, to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. |
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Letter, 1848 Feb. 15, from Edmund Christian, Cedros Trinidad to his brother John |
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Lloyd Braithwaite Papers Sociologist and University Principal Lloyd Ewen Braithwaite was born in Belmont, Trinidad on July 16, 1919. In the late 1930s and early 1940s he took an active interest in radical politics. See more >> |
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Log book of the East Indian Training College, 1903-1904 |
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Lopinot family papers,
1697-1998 Photocopies of original documents relative to the history of the family of Charles Joseph, Compte de Lopinot. This collection is accompanied by a brief account of the Lopinot family by Jerome F. Lopinot. See more >> |
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Lord
Pretender Memorabilia |
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Lystra Lewis Papers |
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Manuscript of Raffique Shah’s Address Delivered to Court Martial at the Town Hall, Port of Spain on January 12-13, 1971 |
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Martin Adamson Papers Alastair Martin Adamson was born in Scotland in 1901 and trained in zoology at the University of St. Andrews. In 1933 he was appointed Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Entomology of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), St. Augustine, Trinidad. See more >> |
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Max Beverly Ifill Papers |
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Michael Anthony Papers |
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Michael Goldberg Collection |
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Mike Watson Collection Mike Watson, stained-glass artist, learned his craft as an apprentice at a stained glass factory in Hertfordshire, England. His stained-glass work can be seen at a number of churches and other buildings throughout Trinidad and Tobago. See more >> |
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Minute Books (George F. Huggins and
Company Limited) The collection includes minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors, deeds, correspondence and Directors' reports of the Company for the period 1918-1987. See more >> |
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Muslimeen Coup: Documents The collection consists of legal documentation related to the attempted coup in Trinidad and Tobago, July 1990. See more >> |
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Norbert Eriché Papers Norbert Eriché was a public servant attached to the government's Co-operative Department in Trinidad and Tobago. He was also actively involved in community affairs in the community of Morvant in Trinidad. See more >> |
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O'Halloran Papers John O'Halloran was born in 1916 in the Heights of Aripo, Trinidad. The owner of extensive citrus estates and manager of the Trinidad Lime Factory, he was also a politician who served in the government of the People's National Movement between 1956 and 1970. See more >> |
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Pan is Beautiful V The collection consists of two musical scores for the tenor pan written by Anthony Prospect. See more >> |
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Patrick Dyer's
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Petroleum Industry
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Professor Julian Kenny's Papers |
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Raymond Collection Arthur F. Raymond (1893-1965), journalist, was at one time editor of the Argos newspaper. Following on the closure of the Argos, he also worked as sub-editor and lead-writer of the Port of Spain Gazette. See more >> |
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Raymond Quevado
Collection Raymond Quevado, the son of a Trinidadian mother and a Venezuelan father, was educated at St. Mary's College in Trinidad. After leaving school he continued to educate himself by reading the literary classics. See more >> |
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Roger Mais Collection Roger Mais, Jamaican novelist, playwright, journalist, painter, began writing verse and short stories in the 1930s. He was a close friend of political leader and later Chief Minister of Jamaica, Norman Manley, and was profoundly influenced by the political, social and cultural climate of the times. See more >> |
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Roland
Graham "Grenada" Collection |
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Roume de St. Laurent Manuscripts Roume de St. Laurent, a French planter on the island of Grenada in the 1770s , was interested in the incentives offered to Catholic foreigners to immigrate to Trinidad at that time. See more >> |
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Sam Selvon Collection Samuel Selvon, writer, was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago in 1923. After his secondary education at Naparima College, he worked with the Royal Navy Reserves and as a journalist with the Trinidad Guardian. See more >> |
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Sao Tome postcard
collection 26 postcards and 2 photographs of the island of Sao Tome in the 1920s. See more >> |
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Sir Philip Sherlock Condolence Book |
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Stewart Hylton Edwards Music Collection Stewart Hylton Edwards was born in London but lived all his working life outside England - in Africa, Canada and the Caribbean. He pursued several parallel careers: soldier in World War II; Major in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment, which he helped to establish; teacher; broadcaster; poet and novelist; businessman. See more >> |
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Trinidad and Tobago Election Memorabilia |
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Trinidad Guardian 75th
anniversary 1992. Special edition The collection consists of 12 postcards depicting the work of cartoonist Dunstan E. Williams, popularly known as Dew. It was produced on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper in 1992. See more >> |
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Trinidad Lake Asphalt Files |
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UWI Extra Mural Play Scripts The rival suitors: a comedy in three scenes Honesty pays: a comedy in three scenes / José Ramon-Fortune Goose and gander: a comedy in one act / Wilfred Redhead. See more >> |
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West India Committee
Records The West India Committee comprised merchants, traders and absentee planters engaged in West Indian trade in the eighteenth century. It functioned as a pressure group for West Indian Interests during the era of the abolition of slavery. See more >> |
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William Demas Papers Mr. William Demas, an economist by profession, was a Caribbean intellectual of immense stature internationally. During his career, he held many influential positions, both locally and regionally. See more >> |
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William Young Diaries |
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Wooding/Fraser Papers Sir Hugh Wooding was born of Barbadian parents in Trinidad and Tobago in 1904. He attended Queen's Royal College and Middle Temple Inns of Courts and was admitted to the Bar in 1927. See more >> |
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Year of the Elder St. Vincent and the Grenadines salutes her senior citizens who have inspired the people for over half a century. Miniature sheetlet containing four stamps issued by the Caribbean island of St. Vincent to commemorate the Year of the Elder. See more >> |
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