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Description:: Flyer for a concert to celebrate the Central Bank of Barbados' 35th Anniversary titled "Scarlatti to Spencer-Treasures from the Violin & Piano Repertoires" as part of the Sean Jackson & Friends Series. The event, introducing violinist Stephen Clapp, was held at the Frank Collymore Hall, Friday, May 18, 2007.
Date:: May 18, 2007
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Invitation to the launch of Stronger, Surer,Bolder:Ruth Nita Barrow -Social Change and International Development held at the Grande Salle, Frank Collymore Hall. Presented by the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies. Editors: Eudine Barriteau and Alan Cobley. Ruth Nita Barrow, the sister of Barbados first prime minister, Errol Barrow, was Barbados' first female governor general, serving in this post between 1990 and 1995. This book examines how Dame Nita Barrow developed her leadership strategies to contribute to social change and development policy on regional, national, and international levels.
Date:: November 14, 2001
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Brochure explaining the production of the book John Wesley 300 as a fund-raising project.
Date:: September 24, 2003
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
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Description:: Program for the launch of the book Barbados First: The Years of Change by Karl Watson.
Date:: 2003
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Booklet for the Independence Queen Show. Contains programme of events, prize list, ads for products and services, and photographs and information on Independence Queen contestants.
Date:: July 13, 2006
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Program of events for the launch of Confronting Power Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Caribbean by the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Centre for Gender and Development Studies held at the Grande Salle, Frank Collymore Hall. This book explores masculinity as a gender construct and its manifestation in the Caribbean. It explores the interaction of power and sexuality in the creation of masculine identities in the Caribbean region.
Date:: February 28, 2004
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Program by the University of the West Indies entitled "Soundscapes: Reflections on Caribbean Oral and Aural Traditions" held at the University of the West Indies Lecture Theatre 4.
Date:: July 2005
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Invitation from the Nation Publishing Co. Ltd for the launching of the book I Speak for the People: The Memoirs of Wynter Crawford held at the Grande Salle, Central Bank Barbados. Wynter Crawford (1910-1993) was the publisher and editor of the "Barbados Observer" newspaper, but was more known for his involvement in politics. He was the founder and leader of the West Indies National Congress Party and spent 26 years in Parliament. The memoirs offers insight to the personality of Crawford and information on his career.
Date:: April 14, 2003
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Program launch of "Mr. Ragga Ragga," an annotated discography of the musical works of Red Plastic Bag and "The Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2." Stedson Wiltshire, also known as Red Plastic Bag or Mr. Ragga Ragga, is a well known calypsonian in Barbados who has won the Barbados calypso monarch competition (known as Pic o' de Crop Competition) numerous times. Wilthshire combined the sounds of reggae and soca music to form a new Caribbean genre of music known as ragga soca.
Date:: November 19, 2005
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: National Gathering organized by the Government of Barbados with the slogan "Breaking the Chains." The event was held at the Bay Street Esplanade, Bay Street, St. Michael, on Sunday, March 25, 2007. Contains extract of bill for the abolition of the slave trade, order of the programme, words for prayers and songs, list of production team members, and performers. On 25th March, 1807, Britain passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act making the trafficking and sale of enslaved Africans illegal throughout the British colonies.
Date:: March 25, 2007
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

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