For further information on the Trinidad and Memory of the World Register, please contact: The Memory of the World Committee c/o Trinidad and Tobago National Exhibition of Commission for UNESCO 15 Wainwright Street, St. Clair Collections Inscribed Trinidad & Tobago on the Tel: 1 868-622-0939 Fax: 1 868-622-8909 Trinidad and Tobago Email: [email protected] Memory of the World Register UNESCO Memory of the World website: www..org/webworld/en/mow National Library Building Abercromby Street, P.O.S. August - September, 2010 A Project of the Trinidad and Tobago Memory of the World Committee Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers of Trinidad and Tobago 1845-1917 National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago

The Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers comprise the most detailed records of the indentureship system, the colonial powers and its Estate Register 10 consequences for the human Collections inscribed on rights of the labourers. the international Memory of the World Register They constitute a body of documentation which 1997 details personal The Derek Walcott Collection information of a mass of people who were 1999 contracted as cheap The Eric Williams Collection indentured labourers. 2005 This information is the Girl's emigration pass for The C.L.R. James Collection only source for genealogy Ship Bann (1886). 2009 The Registry of Slaves of search for the the British 1817-1834 descendants of girmityas.

The records date from 1832-1962 and can be Collections inscribed on the found in Fiji (1879-1962), Trinidad and Tobago (1838-1917), Memory of the World Register Suriname (1853-1946) General Register (1852). and Trinidad and Tobago 2010 (1845-1917). Records of the ?The Derek Walcott Collection Indian Indentured ?The Eric Williams Collection Labourers were ?The C.L.R. James Collection inscribed on the Trinidad and Tobago ? Slave Registers for Trinidad and Tobago Memory of the ?The Donald ‘Jackie’ Hinkson Collection World Register in 2010 and have been ?The Constantine Collection nominated for ?The Carlisle Chang Collection inclusion in the ?The Digital Pan Archive international Register of Returning Immigrants. Memory of the ? Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers World Register in 2011. of Trinidad and Tobago 1845-1917

*East Indian Settlers at Cedar Hill Estate (1889). *Photos courtesy Geoffrey MacLean and *East Indian Huts. Angelo Bissessarsingh. The Digital Pan Archive The Derek Walcott Aranjuez, Trinidad Collection Main Library, University of the Dr. Kim Johnson, a Senior , St. Augustine Campus Research Fellow at the University of Trinidad and Derek Walcott was born, in 1930 Tobago (UTT) is one of the in Castries, St. Lucia but spent a world's leading researchers on number of years living and steelband history. In the 1990s working in Trinidad and Tobago. his long-standing “Pan In 1959, he founded the Little Pioneers” newspaper series Carib Theatre Workshop which introduced the public to the later became the Trinidad Dr. Kim Johnson men and women who created Derek Walcott Nobel Laureate Theatre Workshop (TTW) and in pan between the 1940s-1950s. 1992 he became the second person from the Caribbean to His new project, the receive a Nobel Prize. DIGITAL PAN ARCHIVE, supported by Pan Trinbago Walcott has made sterling and The Institute, contributions to the aims to gather and development of Caribbean preserve the visual and literature, publishing oral record of the many poems, essays, plays and dimensions of the literary reviews. Through steelband movement. It his work, Walcott set out includes all information on to create a literature steelbands and panmen, truthful to West Indian Scene from “Little Prince” including the small and life. He has also produced painted by Derek Walcott. country bands. It covers Prime Minister Dr. Eric many paintings and Williams, Rudolph Charles sketches. (manager, Desperadoes Steel The Derek Walcott collection covers Orchestra) and Wallace Austin his time in Trinidad and Tobago (tuner) in the Laventille and represents the history of the Community Centre, ca. 1977. Trinidad Theatre Workshop, much Photo courtesy Government of his Information Service Photo Unit. poetry and prose up to their mas, foreign trips, and 1981 as well concerts with other musicians, as reviews flyers for shows, record covers of his work and panyards. in the 1990s. This The photo features Clifford 'Rope' Alfred archive is prominent actors, Albert steel pan tuning 2009. also rich Laveau and Errol Jones, Photo courtesy Kats Imai. who performed in with Derek Walcott's photo- productions. The Project is expected to graphic produce a 250-page material. definitive book on pan in a coffee-table format called Derek Walcott The Derek Walcott Collection was ‘The Illustrated Book of Pan’. Laventille All Girls. Photo produced a set of inscribed on the international courtesy Cynthia Yuille. paintings for the play Memory of the World Register in “Haytian Earth.” The Digital Pan Archive was 1997 and on the inscribed on the Trinidad and Trinidad and Tobago Tobago Memory Memory of the of the World World Register in Register in 2010. Clifford Alfred's steelpan Tuning 2010. “O Babylon!” A play Instruments. by Derek Walcott. The Eric Williams The Carlisle Chang Collection Collection Main Library, University of the West Main Library, University of the Indies, St. Augustine Campus West Indies, St. Augustine Campus Dr Eric Eustace Williams, eminent historian, statesman and scholar, Born to parents of Chinese led Trinidad and Tobago from descent in San Juan, Trinidad in colonialism into a short-lived West 1921, Carlisle Fenwick Chang Indies Federation, then spent most of his life as an Independence in 1962 and finally artist. His first job was as a to the status of Republic in 1976. Carlisle Chang photographer working out of Dr. Eric Williams He was Premier/Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago and later operating a photo studio in of Trinidad and Tobago . from 1956-1981. As a leader in the arts, Chang A graduate of Queens' pioneered the use of vinylite Royal College and Oxford or plastic paints in Trinidad University, he authored and Tobago. His collection several historical works, the includes a brilliant array of most notable of which, costume designs he produced The First Cabinet with the for carnival bands from 1964 Capitalism and , Governor General of continues to generate Trinidad and Tobago. to 1985. scholarly debates more than fifty years after its publication. The collection spanning 1948- 2001 is of national significance The Eric Williams Collection because it captures the comprises the research Photograph of a Doll library and archives of the created by Carlisle Chang, late Dr. Eric Williams. The undated. material depicts various aspects of Dr. Williams' life Diary of Dr. Williams and his contribution to diversity of this multi talented showing his last entry, dated Trinidad and Tobago, the artist and how his activities March 22nd, 1981. He died contributed to the creation of on March 29th 1981. cultural traditions and history.

Caribbean Region and the world. The Archives in the Eric Williams Collection consist of a variety of “We Chinee” (1975) Carnival costume design for the band “We materials: correspondence; Kinda People” which won Band manuscripts of published A section of the museum in of the Year. and unpublished works, honour of Dr. Eric Williams. documents and reports; a miscellany of reports including publications relating to the birth of the People's National Movement.

The Eric Williams Collection “Japan”, (circa 1982). was inscribed on the Carnival Costume design. international Memory of the World Register in 1999 and on The Carlisle Chang Collection the Trinidad and Tobago was inscribed on the Trinidad Memory of the World Register and Tobago Memory of the in 2010. World Register in 2010.

“” written by Dr. Eric Williams has been “Javanese Prince” (1973). Carnival costume design with fabric translated into many languages. swatches for the band “East of Java”. The Constantine The C.L.R. James Collection Collection Heritage Library, National Library Main Library, University of the West and Information System Authority Indies, St. Augustine Campus

Learie Nicholas Constantine was Cyril Lionel Robert (C.L.R.) James born in Trinidad in 1901, into a (1901-1989) was born in Trinidad renowned cricketing family. By and Tobago, but spent much of his the age of 27 he had become a life in Britain and the United valuable member of the States. He was the main ideologue Trinidad and Tobago and West and leftist thinker of the Indies Cricket Teams. His career nationalist movement in Trinidad C.L.R. James Learie Nicholas blossomed in Lancashire, and Tobago, 1958-1960, as well as Constantine England where he revolutionized a leading theoretician of the League Cricket. Trotskyite wing of American communism.

As a pioneer, Lord Constantine C.L.R. James was an was a race relations and esteemed author and his human rights advocate, a Pan book, ‘The Black Jacobins’, Africanist, Head of the League is a highly influential of Coloured Peoples, and historical study of the respected author. He was a Haitian Revolution. It has diplomat, a politician, a been published in four journalist and a broadcaster. languages.

The Constantine Collection The C.L.R. James Collection consists of personal consists mainly of primary Programme for the papers/speeches, manuscripts, Photographs of Lord documents and comprises Premiere of the play hand written notes, extensive Constantine demonstrating correspondence, manuscripts, “Black Jacobins” written correspondence on cricket and the art of batting. pamphlets, posters, newspaper by C.L.R. James. clippings, photographs. It also sound and video recordings contains radio transcripts as well as the books that formed penned by and or acquired James' by Lord Constantine. personal library. The Constantine Collection was inscribed on the The C.L.R. Photograph taken of Lord Trinidad and Tobago James Constantine in his London flat Collection with Lady Constantine talking Memory of the World Register in 2010 and was inscribed to Alva Clarke after he was on the created a Life Peer in the Letter from Lord Hailes, Queen's New Year's Honours the first and only international C.L.R. James’ List (1969). Governor General of the Memory of photograph has the World appeared on the (1958-1962), to C.L.R. Register in cover of several has been nominated for inclusion James, Secretary for the 2005 and on international West Indies Federal the Trinidad magazines including in the international Memory of African Concord, the World Register in 2011. Labour Party (WIFLP), and Tobago which was the Memory of Third World Book governing party in the the World Review, and Urgent Federation. Tasks: Journal of Register in the Revolutionary 2010. “Easing the power from a hard Left. hit”. Photograph of Lord Constantine demonstrating how C.L.R. James was an avid to catch a ball. reader and annotated many of his books. The “Padding Up”. Photograph of commentaries provide Lord Constantine putting on his insights into his thoughts cricket gear. on various subjects. Slave Registers for The Donald ‘Jackie’ Trinidad and Tobago Hinkson Collection National Archives of Trinidad and , Trinidad Tobago Born in 1942, Donald ‘Jackie’ The Registry of Slaves of the Hinkson grew up in Port of British Caribbean 1817-1834 Spain, Trinidad. His travels with represents the archive holdings his brothers and father left on from Bahamas, , Dominica, his young mind images of rural, Jamaica, St Kitts, Trinidad and coastal and plantation settings Tobago and the United that would later figure Kingdom. prominently in his work. Donald ‘Jackie’ Hinkson Registry of The collection of Slave registers For decadesHinkson has been a Annual Returns of for Trinidad and Tobago at the painter and interpreter of the Unattached Slaves National Archives consists of landscape, seascape, architecture and people of his Tobago. January eight (8) bound volumes, mainly country and the regions, in watercolors, oils, acrylics, 1822 ink, pencil and crayon and in his sculpture and murals. from Tobago, covering the period The Donald ‘Jackie’ 1819 to 1832. Hinkson Collection includes over ninety A slave registry was established in (90) sketch books Trinidad following an Order in done in situ. The Council of 1812. Under this Act no subjects cover slaves could be bought, sold, architecture, festivals, inherited or moved between the sport, music, culture, daily life and family. Tobago Register of “St Joseph House” (Architecture). Plantation Slaves, Lowlands Estate (1820). The Donald ‘Jackie’ Hinkson islands unless they were Collection was inscribed on the officially registered. Trinidad and Tobago Memory Other West Indian of the World Register in 2010. colonies soon adopted this practice. This collection is of national significance as it represents a primary The artist, ‘Jackie’ source for the study of Hinkson, is a familiar British West Indian sight on the local enslaved persons. landscape. Tobago Register of Plantation The Slave registers for Slaves, Culloden Estate (1829). Trinidad and Tobago “Sno Cone Vendor” (from the Registry of (Daily Life). Slaves of the British Caribbean 1817-1834, which was inscribed on the international Memory of the World Register in 2009) was inscribed on the Trinidad and Tobago Memory of the World Register in 2010. “Parandero’s Praise” from Tobago Register, Annual “And so we Return of Unattached continue”, Slaves (1833). published 2006.