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Scarlatti to Spencer- Treasures from the Violin and Piano Repertoires

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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
Scarlatti to Spencer- Treasures from the Violin and Piano Repertoires

Book Launch: Stronger, Surer, Bolder: Ruth Nita Barrow, Social Change and International Development

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
Book Launch: Stronger, Surer, Bolder: Ruth Nita Barrow, Social Change and International Development

Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Map

Description:
Map to the University of the West Indies for to the 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
Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Map

Slave Society in the City Book Launch Invitation

Description:
Invitation to the book launch of Slave Society in the City: Bridgetown, Barbados 1680-1834 by Dr. Pedro L.V. Welch, held at the Arts Lecture Theatre University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. This book seeks to explain the way slave societies functioned in the Caribbean. The book provides a comparison between urban and rural slave societies, an analysis of several areas of urban social formation, demographic issues, trade and commerce, gender issues, and social and economic issues in the free coloured communities.
Date:
September 2, 2003
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
Slave Society in the City Book Launch Invitation

Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender Book Launch Invitation

Description:
Card accompanying a copy of the book Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender, gifted to the Archives Department by the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies Campus. 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
Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender Book Launch Invitation

Launch Invitation: White Rebel: The Life & Times of TT Lewis

Description:
Invitation to the launch of White Rebel: the Life & Times of TT Lewis by Gary Lewis. Event held at the Lecture Theatre 2 New teaching Complex , the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. Gary Lewis was the great nephew of Atholl Edwin Seymour (T.T.) Lewis. His book covers the life of T.T. Lewis, a white working class Barbadian who sought to better the conditions of all working class Barbadians. T.T. Lewis was elected to the Barbados Parliament in 1942 as an independent and later served under the Barbados Labour Party from 1948-1955.
Date:
September 1, 1999
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
Launch Invitation: White Rebel: The Life & Times of TT Lewis

Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender Book Launch Programme

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
Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender Book Launch Programme

Secondary Schools Drama Festival

Description:
Program of festival sponsored by the Guild of Graduates of the University of the West Indies (Barbados Branch) under the auspices of the Barbados Arts Council. Performances took place in the Civic Theatre in Queen's Park. The Barbados Arts Council is a non-governmental umbrella organisation for all the arts of Barbados which aims to promote, support and develop all the arts whether they be music, dance, drama, literature, the visual arts and other forms of artistic expression.
Date:
November 22, 1968
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
Secondary Schools Drama Festival

Celebration of Apostle Lucille Baird J.P.

Description:
Invitation for celebration of Apostle Lucille Baird J. P. on Sunday June 8, 2003 at 4th Ave, Rock Dundo, St. James. Apostle Lucille Baird J.P. is the founder, CEO and Senior Pastor of Mount Zion's Missions Barbados Foursquare Church. She manages four ministries in Barbados and is the covering apostle for several ministries across the Caribbean and Africa.
Date:
June 8, 2003
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
Celebration of Apostle Lucille Baird J.P.

I Speak for the People: The Memoirs of Wynter Crawford Book Launch Invitation

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
I Speak for the People: The Memoirs of Wynter Crawford Book Launch Invitation

Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Programme

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
Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Programme

Barbadian Short Stories: Alfred Pragnell Reads Timothy Callender and Recalls Joe Tudor

Description:
Invitation to the launch of the audio cassette "Barbadian Short Stories," held on 20 July 1993 at the Courtyard of the Island Inn Hotel, Aquatic Gap. "Alfred Pragnell reads Timothy Callender and recalls Joe Tudor." Alfred Pragnell is a well known story-teller who has been telling stories on Barbadian radio stations from the 1950s. He has also been involved in the field of broadcasting and acting.
Date:
July 20, 1993
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program
Barbadian Short Stories: Alfred Pragnell Reads Timothy Callender and Recalls Joe Tudor

Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Invitation

Description:
Invitation by Elizabeth Watson (UWI Campus Librarian) and Stedson Wiltshire in collaboration with the National Cultural Foundation to the launch of "Mr. Ragga Ragga," an annotated discography of the musical works of Red Plastic Bag and "The Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2." The event was held at the Arts Lecture Theatre, UWI. 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
Official Launch of Mr. Ragga Ragga and the Red Collection Vols. 1 & 2 Invitation

200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade: National Gathering

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
200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade: National Gathering