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MS 2177 |
Louise Bennett-Coverley
archive |
Correspondence |
1883 and 1936-1988 |
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Series 1 Correspondences - This
series contains Personal and Professional correspondences which
relate to Louise Bennett- Coverley and Eric Coverley. All
letters to/from Louise Bennett- Coverley (LB) and Eric Coverley
(EC) jointly are found here. |
1943-1988 |
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1.1 |
Personal correspondence |
Sub-series 1.1 Personal correspondence. |
1943-1987 |
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1.1.1 |
Miriam Coverley |
correspondence and papers relating to Eric
Coverley’s mother including Thanksgiving Service programme, Jul
1981 |
Oct 1943-Jun 1969 and Jul 1981 |
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1.1.2 |
Eric Coverley |
correspondence between Louise Bennett-Coverley
and EC including letters from LB written on the ship,
Isle de France,
11 Sep 1945, in Port au Prince, Haiti, Feb-Apr 1958, and dated 7
Jun 1958 |
Sep 1945-May 1983 |
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1.1.3 |
Members of the Public |
mainly fan mail including letter from
Stephanie Scott Lloyd suggesting a diet for LB, 13 Apr 1975, and
letters asking for assistance |
Mar 1947-Oct 1985 |
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1.1.4 |
Roy Coverley |
letters and papers relating to Eric
Coverley’s brother, Roy, whose pen name was Roy de Coverley |
Oct 1947-Mar 1958 and n.d. [c.1940s] |
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1.1.5 |
Ivy Coverley |
correspondence relating to Eric Coverley’s
sister, Ivy Coverley (IC), including letter to IC regarding
authorship of the song, ‘plantain “oman”’, n.d. |
1947-Apr 1985 |
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1.1.6 |
Friends and family |
mainly letters and postcards from friends
including Linda Brown, Ramona Lowe, and Ethlyn (in Spanish Town) |
Feb 1957-Dec 1987 |
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1.1.7 |
References |
correspondence relating to references for and
assistance to staff and other persons, and papers relating to
real estate matters concerning Jack Brown, Gladys Buchanan, Mr
and Mrs Wesley Carwin and others |
Nov 1957-Aug 1986 |
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1.1.8 |
Fabian Coverley |
correspondence and papers relating to Eric
Coverley’s son, Fabian, and his family |
Nov 1964-Jul 1985 |
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1.1.9 |
Florence Roberts |
letters from LB’s Aunt Florence “Flo” Roberts |
Sep 1966-Feb 1981 |
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1.1.10 |
Gordon Town community |
correspondence and papers relating to
community associations and schools in Gordon Town and a meeting
of residents attended by Prime Minister Michael Manley at LB’s
home on 24 Aug 1976 |
Oct 1969-Jul 1984 and n.d. [c. Jan 1985] |
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1.1.11 |
Swaby/Watson |
correspondence relating to the Coverleys'
“adopted” children, Theresa Swaby,
Christine Swaby, Althea and Odette Swaby, and
Simone Watson |
Dec 1970-Mar 1982 |
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1.1.12 |
Telegrams |
telegrams relating to personal and
professional matters |
n.d. |
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1.1.13 |
Greetings cards |
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n.d. [c.1960s-1980s] |
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1.2 |
Professional correspondence |
Sub-series 1.2 Professional correspondence. |
1947-1988 |
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1.2.1 |
Louise Bennett |
copy and draft letters on professional and
personal matters by LB |
Feb 1962-Sep 1983 |
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1.2.2 |
Jamaica Federation of Women |
correspondence and papers
including Women’s
Federation by Dora
Ibberson addressed to Lady Huggins, 3 Jan 1947 |
Jan 1947-Jan 1983 |
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1.2.3 |
United States |
correspondence relating to performances,
publishing permissions, requests for assistance with academic
research, other matters including letter from Langston Hughes, 1
Oct 1956, and request from Ketchum, MacLeod and Grove Inc. that
LB record a commercial for Gulf Oil Company, and related papers
including Bulletin of
Black Theatre, Winter
1972, containing article
Plays of the English-Speaking
Caribbean, Part 1 - Jamaica, A Bibliography and check list,
Prepared by Errol Hill |
Jul 1953-Nov 1973 |
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1.2.4 |
United States |
correspondence and papers relating to
publishing permissions, requests for assistance with academic
research, performances at folklore and storytelling festivals,
and other matters |
Mar 1974-Oct 1983 |
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1.2.5 |
United States |
correspondence and papers relating to
publishing permissions, requests for assistance with academic
research, performances at folklore and storytelling festivals,
and other matters including request by the Women’s International
Centre to present award to Maya Angelou in 1985 |
Feb 1984-Feb 1988 |
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1.2.6 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission |
correspondence regarding LB’s work as Drama
Officer, village festivals, play making with agricultural
workers and other communities, other matters, and related papers
including LB’s monthly reports, Feb-Apr 1956, interview of LB by
Mrs Pansy Hart entitled
Drama in the Recreation Program of the Jamaica Social Welfare
Commission, n.d.
[c.1956], and pamphlets and song sheets concerning aspects of
recreation and social welfare published in Jamaica, Barbados and
the U.S.A. [LB joined the JSWC in February 1956 and resigned in
March 1959 to take up a post at the JBC.] |
Oct 1955-Dec 1956 |
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1.2.7 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission |
papers relating to the Recreation Section’s
Ten Year Plan including
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission Recreation Section Ten Year
Plan, Development of Recreation
by Louise Bennett-Coverley, Drama Officer and Ivy E A Baxter,
Creative Dancing Instructor, Nov 1956, |
Nov 1956 and n.d. [c.1956] |
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1.2.8 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission |
correspondence and papers relating to LB’s
work as Drama Officer including
JSWC Training Course for Staff
in Recreation and Literacy, Hope 17th-21st Jan 1957
by LB, Marjorie Kirlew, T A Noonan (United States Information
Service), Ivy Baxter, Horace Gordon and C A Harriott;
Clarendon Drama Society
programme, Mar 1957, and
Drama Officer’s Report
on Visit to US, n.d.
[c.1957] |
Jan-Oct 1957 and n.d. [c.Dec 1957] |
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1.2.9 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission - Creative
Arts Course |
papers relating to Creative Arts Course
organised jointly by the Recreation Department of the Jamaica
Social Welfare Commission and the Extra Mural Department of the
University College of the West Indies, 5-18 Aug 1957, including
list of participants,
Programme of Presentations by Students,
and report to Education Committee, n.d. [c.Aug 1957]. Lecturers
included LB, Ivy Baxer, and Beryl McBurnie from Trinidad |
Feb-Aug 1957 |
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1.2.10 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission |
correspondence and papers
relating to LB’s work as Drama Officer including
Drama Officer’s Association
with Enalpa Film Company
by LB, n.d. [c.1958], and
Drama Officer’s Report on
Recent Visit to London,
n.d. [c.Oct 1958] |
Jan 1958-Apr 1959 |
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1.2.11 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission Annual
Reports |
Annual Reports, 1958/1959 and 1959/1960 |
Mar 1959-Mar 1960 |
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1.2.12 |
Jamaica Social Welfare Commission |
correspondence and papers relating to the
activities of the JSWC |
Jan-Nov 1960 |
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1.2.13 |
Jamaica |
correspondence regarding
requests for performances and support, Jamaican dialect (letters
from Lawrence Chang, 1966-1967), other matters, and related
papers including poem,
De Seventh a July
written for the Young Women’s Christian Association, 1956 |
May 1956-Nov 1969 |
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1.2.14 |
Jamaica |
correspondence regarding requests for
performances and support, proposed Academy for Jamaican Creole
(letter from Keith Lowe, 5 Dec 1970), proposed trip to West
Africa to explore “traditions that have informed Jamaican
theatre” (letter from Wycliffe Bennett, 17 Jul 1974), other
matters, and related papers |
Mar 1970-Dec 1975 |
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1.2.15 |
Jamaica |
correspondence regarding requests for
performances and support including letter from Jacqueline
Ranston, Public Relations Associates, requesting a radio feature
on World Population Year, 18 Jul 1974, other matters, and
related papers |
Jan 1976-Dec 1979 |
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1.2.16 |
Jamaica |
correspondence regarding requests for
performances and support, other matters and related papers |
Jan 1980-Apr 1988 and n.d. |
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1.2.17 |
Theatre and Dance |
correspondence regarding theatre and dance
groups including The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
(NDTC), Jayteens, and Pickney Players, and related papers
including Tribute to
NDTC on its 20th
anniversary by LB, and Rex Nettleford’s reply, 24 Mar 1982, and
Tribute to Jayteens
by LB, Oct 1983 |
Jul 1956-May 1985 |
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1.2.18 |
Excelsior |
correspondence relating to requests for
support, the Excelsior Education Centre (EXED), naming the EXED
Community College Hall after LB in 1975, other matters, and
related papers |
Jan 1957-Feb 1986 |
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1.2.19 |
Caribbean and South and Central America |
correspondence relating to requests for
performances, participation at conferences in Belize, Puerto
Rico and Grenada (invited by George Lamming) and elsewhere,
other matters, and related papers |
Jan 1957-Feb 1988 |
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1.2.20 |
Churches |
correspondence mainly relating to requests
for performances and support to churches and church groups |
May 1957-Jan 1986 |
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1.2.21 |
Schools |
correspondence and papers mainly relating to
requests for performances and support to schools including
letters from Sprucecourt Public School pupils to LB and EC
thanking them for their visit, papers regarding Rusea’s High
School Bicentennial, and other matters including assistance to
individual schoolchildren |
May 1957-Apr 1986 |
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1.2.22 |
Chief Minister’s Office |
papers regarding the
establishment of the Priory School Trust Society, Dec 1957, and
printed pamphlet Address
by the Premier Hon. Norman Manley Q.C. to the Jamaica Teachers
Union Conference, 1961 |
Dec 1957-1961 |
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1.2.23 |
Office of the Prime Minister |
mainly requests to attend or perform at
functions including for H.M. The Queen in 1975, and in honour of
Nanny and N W Manley, and other matters |
Nov 1974-Feb 1983 |
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1.2.24 |
University of the West Indies |
correspondence and papers relating to the
Department of Extra-Mural Studies, the Creative Arts Centre,
other departments, and related papers |
Aug 1956-Mar 1979 |
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1.2.25 |
University of the West Indies |
correspondence and papers relating to the
Department of Extra-Mural Studies, the Creative Arts Centre,
other departments, and related papers |
May 1980-Dec 1985 |
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1.2.26 |
University of the West Indies Radio Service |
scripts relating to
university’s radio service programmes including
Your University and You,
Number: Eight that
featured interview by Rex Nettleford and poems from
Jamaica Labrish,
n.d. [c.1966] |
1957-1966 and n.d. [c.1950s-1960s] |
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1.2.27 |
University of the West Indies - The State of
the Arts in Jamaica |
report on Sunday Morning Seminar featuring
Mervyn Morris, Norman Rae, Gloria Escoffery, Jim Ducker, Harry
Milner, John Hearne, and Alex Gradussov |
Feb 1965 |
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1.2.28 |
University of the West Indies Department of
Extra-Mural Studies, Barbados |
correspondence mainly relating
to Peggy Antrobus’ invitation to LB to attend the 1981 Symposium
regarding Caribbean Women in Culture, and related papers
including profile,
Louise Bennett “Miss Lou” September 7, 1919 Dialect Poet and
comedienne, Jamaica |
Jun 1980-Jul 1982 |
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1.2.29 |
Irving Burgie (Lord Burgess) |
correspondence and papers mainly relating to
Burgie’s Lifetime Achievement Award from The Songwriters Hall of
Fame (United States), and the Irving Burgie Literary
Competition, n.d. [c.1985] |
Jun 1958-May 1985 and n.d. [c.1950s] |
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1.2.30 |
Government Ministries |
correspondence mainly relating to serving on
committees concerning the arts, representing Jamaica overseas,
women’s issues, and handing out prizes to the winners of the
Irving Burgie Literary Competition, and related papers including
Advice to Jamaican Women
Recruited for work in Canada as Household Helps,
Ministry of Labour, 1958, and
Ministerial Working Group on
Entertainment in the Tourist Industry - Strategies for Upgrading
Entertainment, Jan 1979 |
Oct 1958-Jun 1983 |
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1.2.31 |
Kings House |
correspondence from Bridget Blackburne, wife
of the Governor, and Josephine Glasspole, wife of the Governor
General, mainly relating to charity performances including
letter of thanks from Lady Blackburne, 14 Mar 1959 |
Mar 1959-Apr 1985 |
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1.2.32 |
National Song for the Federation of the West
Indies |
papers relating to the National Song
Committee including anonymised copies of entries |
Apr 59 |
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1.2.33 |
Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) |
corrrespondence and related papers including
JBC Advertisement Rate Card effective June 1959, and JBC
Christmas Card from Charles Hyatt, n.d. |
Jun 1959-Dec 1981 |
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1.2.34 |
Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Board |
plans of proposed cottages for workers drawn
by David Harrison and by R Bailey, Annual Reports 1959 and 1967,
and other papers |
1959-1973 |
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1.2.35 |
Little Theatre Movement |
correspondence and papers relating to the
Little Theatre and the Little Theatre Movement including meeting
minutes, accounts regarding the 1973 pantomime,
Queenie’s Daughter,
The Little Theatre Comes
of Age by Greta and
Henry Fowler, n.d., and notes probably about Greta Fowler in
LB’s hand |
Mar 1961-Jan 1988 and n.d. |
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1.2.36 |
Institute of Jamaica/National Library of
Jamaica |
correspondence regarding
Jamaica Journal
permission requests, other matters including letter from Neville
Dawes regarding Lorna Goodison, Sep 1977, and related papers |
Sep 1962-Aug 1983 |
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1.2.37 |
Great Britain |
correspondence regarding performances,
publishing permissions, requests for assistance with academic
research, and other matters, with Bogle L’Overture Publications,
Airborne Music Ltd and other organisations, and related papers |
Feb 1964-Sep 1979 |
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1.2.38 |
Great Britain |
correspondence and papers relating to
performances, publishing permissions, requests for assistance
with academic research, and other matters |
Jan 1980-Dec 1983 |
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1.2.39 |
Great Britain |
correspondence and papers
relating to appearances on the Channel 4
Everybody Here
programme, at the Albany Empire
and elsewhere, publishing permissions, requests for assistance
with academic research, and other matters |
Jan 1984-Jan 1988 |
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1.2.40 |
Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) |
corrrespondence and related papers including
RJR Advertisement Rate Card effective 1 Sep 1966, programme
schedules for Oct and Nov 1970, Jan, Feb and Apr 1971, and
Apr-Oct 1978, and RJR Radio Advertising Awards Presentation
Ceremony programmes, 1984 and 1985 |
Nov 1964-May 1979 and n.d. [c.1984-1985] |
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1.2.41 |
Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) |
papers sent to LB when she became a director
of the company including memorandum and articles and copies of
documents dating from Sep 1947-Jul 1974 |
Oct 77 |
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1.2.42 |
Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) |
accounts, minutes and reports |
Oct 1977-Dec 1978 |
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1.2.43 |
Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) |
accounts, minutes and reports |
Jan 1979-Dec 1980 |
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1.2.44 |
Jamaica Festival Commission |
correspondence mainly relating to requests to
LB to serve on the Speech and Drama Committee, as an adjudicator
at competitions, and programmes |
May 1965-Sep 1979 |
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1.2.45 |
Jamaica Festival Commission |
papers relating to adjudicating including
syllabus, n.d. |
n.d. [c.1960s] |
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1.2.46 |
Jamaica Tourist Board |
correspondence and papers mainly regarding
the “Meet the People” programme begun in 1970 |
Jul 1965-Feb 1981 |
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1.2.47 |
Cardiff Commonwealth Arts Festival |
correspondence and papers relating to
festival at which LB was invited to sing |
Aug-Sep 1965 |
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1.2.48 |
Sangster’s |
correspondence and papers relating to
publications, permissions, copyright and other matters |
Nov 1966-Apr 1988 |
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1.2.49 |
Edna Manley and family |
mainly letters and greetings cards from Edna
Manley, one letter from N W Manley, Feb 1967, and four cards
from Michael Manley [correspondence from Edna Manley mainly
undated] |
Feb 1967 and n.d. [c.1970s- 1980s] |
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1.2.50 |
Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) -
Jamaican Women |
letters from the public to
Leonie Forbes-Amiel regarding her JBC programme,
Jamaican Women,
and copies of her replies |
Jun-Dec 1967 |
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1.2.51 |
Canada |
correspondence and papers relating to
publishing permissions, requests for assistance with academic
research, performances at Caribana ’67, and Cumbayah. A Festival
of Black Heritage and Storytelling, 1984, and other matters |
Jul 1967-Jun 1986 |
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1.2.52 |
Shirley Maynier Burke |
poem
The Song of Seaga
by SMB, Jamaica Jane Cut
Out Doll and
accompanying note from SMB, and copy SMB application for a
British Council Sponsorship |
n.d. [c.1960s-1970s] |
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1.2.53 |
The Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO |
correspondence and papers regarding Caribbean
Conference held in Jamaica, 1970, Writers’ Workshop held at Knox
College, 1973, and other matters |
May 1970-Sep 1980 and n.d. [c.1970s-1980s] |
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1.2.54 |
Norman Washington Manley Foundation |
correspondence and papers relating to the N W
Manley Foundation Award for Excellence including papers
regarding the 1982 selection. [LB was the awardee in 1972] |
Jul 1970-Jun 1984 |
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1.2.55 |
Cultural Training Centre |
correspondence regarding the Cultural
Training Centre and its predecessor bodies, the Schools of Art,
Dance, and Drama, and related papers including
Jamaican Theatre 1910-60 and
it’s [sic]
influence on post-60 Theatre
by Leroy Walker, May 1980, publication proposal
Jamaica Maddah Goose,
1981, and catalogue for
Exhibition of Traditional Instruments,
n.d. |
Jan 1971-Nov 1986 and n.d. [c.1970s] |
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1.2.56 |
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
correspondence and papers
relating to LB’s appearance in the BBC Play for Today
In the Beautiful Caribbean
by Barry Reckord, and other matters |
Oct 1971-Sep 1983 |
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1.2.57 |
Exploratory Committee on the Arts |
correspondence and papers
relating to the committee set up by Prime Minister Michael
Manley including
Questions for Cultural Development
by Henry Fowler, minutes of first meeting held 16 Apr 1972, and
final report |
Apr 1972 and n.d.[c.1972] |
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1.2.58 |
Europe |
letter regarding promoting Jamaican Creole in
Germany from Dr Manfred Gorlach, Heidelburg University, 5 Oct
1979, and letters regarding other matters from other
correspondents |
Apr 1972-Jan 1981 |
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1.2.59 |
Black Theatre Canada |
correspondence and papers regarding Black
Theatre Canada and performances of LB and Paul “Tim Tim”
Keens-Douglas [letters from Paul Keens-Douglas are in MS
2177.1.2.19] |
Feb 1974-Apr 1984 |
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1.2.60 |
Rex Nettleford |
correspondence including two
letters from RN in Ghana and the United States, n.d., and
related papers including
Theatre Economics - A Comment
by Rex Nettleford, 1966,
and copies of News
Analysis by RN,
1972-1980 (three issues only) |
Mar 1974-Sep 1980
and n.d. [c.1962] |
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1.2.61 |
Martin “Marty” Glassner |
correspondence and related
papers including manuscript
Jamaica Land of Wood and Water
- and Names by Martin
Ira Glassner, n.d., and shorter version of manuscript as
published in journal
Places, Jul 1974 |
Jul 1974-Jan 1975 and n.d. [c.1962] |
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1.2.62 |
Jamaica Federation of Musicians’ Union |
mainly circular correspondence and list of
members |
Mar 1975-May 1978 |
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1.2.63 |
Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of
Literacy (JAMAL) |
mainly printed material |
Apr 1975-Jan 1979 |
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1.2.64 |
Beverley Manley |
correspondence and papers mainly relating to
the Jamaica House Garden Theatre |
Apr 1975-Nov 1978 and n.d. [c.1980s] |
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1.2.65 |
National Savings Committee (NSC) |
correspondence and papers
including Savings
written for National Launch of
the Consumer Economics Programme, 17 Sep 1980, and poem,
Likkle Likkle Mek Up Nuff Nuff,
Sep 1980, written for launch of the NSC Schools Savings
Programme |
May 1975-May 1981 |
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1.2.66 |
National Savings Committee (NSC) |
minutes of meetings of National
Savings Committee Board and related papers including
Our National Savings Movement -
A Guide for Savings Coordinators,
Nov 1978 |
Nov 1978-Dec 1979 |
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1.2.67 |
National Savings Committee (NSC) |
minutes of meetings of National Savings
Committee Board and related papers |
Jan-Nov 1980 |
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1.2.68 |
National Savings Committee (NSC) |
Consumer Economic Programme booklets 1, 3, 4,
and 7 |
1980 |
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1.2.69 |
The Agency for Public Information (API) |
mainly flyers and leaflets produced by the
API |
Jul 1975-Mar 1979 and n.d. [c.1975] |
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1.2.70 |
Carifesta ‘76 |
correspondence and papers relating to
Carifesta ’76 held in Jamaica including poster featuring
photograph of Prime Minister Michael Manley at the Opening
Ceremony at the National Stadium |
1976 |
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1.2.71 |
Carifesta ‘79 |
correspondence and papers
relating to invitation to LB to recite a poem at the Carifesta
’79 inaugural ceremony in Havana, and poems by LB:
Carifesta Rydim
(various versions),
Carifesta 79,
Carifesta Bangalang,
Ballanci |
Jun 79 |
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1.2.72 |
Come Home to Jamaica - New York |
papers relating to the Air Jamaica sponsored
show performed in the United States including schedule of
performances |
Mar 77 |
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1.2.73 |
Come Home to Jamaica - Great Britain |
papers relating to the Air Jamaica sponsored
show performed in Jamaica and in England (London, Birmingham,
Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds) including schedule of
performances. [There were seven performances over 14 days.] |
Jun 78 |
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1.2.74 |
PNP Women’s Movement/Committee of Women for
Progress |
correspondence and papers including the PNP
Women’s Movement Convenor’s Annual Reports for 1977 and 1978 by
Beverley Manley, newsletters from the Committee of Women for
Progress, papers relating to International Women’s Day, 1979,
and International Women’s Year greetings cards |
Sep 1977-Mar 1986 |
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1.2.75 |
Toronto Board of Education - Ananci for all
People Week |
pack of papers relating to the Toronto Board
of Education’s week celebrating Anancy, 17-23 April 1978,
including An Interview
with Miss Lou by Ruth
Johnson. [Interview transcript features illustration of Anancy
drawn by Eric Coverley from the record
Jamaican Anancy Stories by
Louise Bennett.] |
Feb-May 1978 |
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1.2.76 |
Drama test papers |
secondary school second form test papers
featuring a question about Miss Lou, Nov 1979 [No school
information available.] |
Nov 79 |
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1.2.77 |
Press Association |
mainly copy correspondence between the Press
Association Chairman, Professor Rex Nettleford and Hector Wynter,
the Editor of the Daily Gleaner, Aug-Sep 1981 |
Nov 1979-Dec 1981 |
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1.2.78 |
Holy Childhood High School Youth in Action
contest |
circular correspondence and papers relating
to the Youth in Action Contest, 26 Jan 1980, for which LB was a
judge [LB’s adopted daughter, Althea, was a student at Holy
Childhood High School at this time] |
Dec 1979-Jan 1980 |
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1.2.79 |
Caribbean Dance Company |
leaflets, press cuttings, certificate, and
poster inscribed by Monty Thompson to Miss Lou |
Feb 1982-Jan 1983 and n.d. [c.1980-1983] |
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1.2.80 |
Black on Black |
correspondence and papers
relating to the London Weekend Television series,
Black on Black,
and Louise Bennett’s role as presenter |
Oct 1982-Feb 1984 |
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1.2.81 |
Black on Black |
scripts relating to the London
Weekend Television series,
Black on Black |
Nov 1983-Jan 1984 and n.d. [c.1983-1984] |
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1.2.82 |
Poetry in the Caribbean |
correspondence and papers
relating to Poetry in
the Caribbean by Julie
Pearn, published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1985, for which LB
wrote the introduction |
May 1983-Feb 1985 and n.d. [c.1980s] |
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1.2.83 |
C J “Jim” V Nelson |
correspondence relating to James Nelson
regarding his dispute with Sylvia Wynter over the television
play, Maskarade,
Columbia University, and other matters including copy letter
from Rex Nettleford, and related papers including
The Death of King Ring Ding -
Lyrics for a Folk Operetta,
1983 |
Jun-Oct 1983 |
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1.2.84 |
SISTREN Theatre Collective |
correspondence with Honor
Ford-Smith and related papers mainly regarding SISTREN’s tour of
Europe in 1983, and LB’s appearance and speech at the launch and
celebration of the publication,
Lionheart Gal,
in Apr 1987 |
Aug 1983-Apr 1987 |
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1.2.85 |
The Patriots of Jamaica |
correspondence regarding
proposed documentary by Carol Kreeger Davidson about LB, John
Hearne, Edna Manley, Patrick Tenison, and others, and related
papers including Another
Jamaica - Life in an Afro-Saxon Democracy
and other versions with similar titles |
Jan 1985-Oct 1987 and n.d. [c.1984] |
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1.2.86 |
Fragments and notes |
handwritten and typed pieces of
correspondence and other writing by LB including notes relating
to contacts and wardrobe lists |
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1.2.87 |
Envelopes |
addressed to LB with contents removed |
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