McMaster University Archives

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Topics

Children and Youth Culture, Heritage and Arts Educational Resources Historical Achievements, Figures, and Biography

Collection includes:

  • Books
  • Multimedia
  • Personal papers
  • Articles
  • Textual records
  • Photographs
  • Audio cassettes
  • Audio compact discs
  • DVDs
  • Video cassettes and audio discs

Archive address

1280 Main St W

1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8S 4L8

The Archive

Ausable Valley conservation report Austin Clarke fonds Jackie Washington fonds Louise Bennett Coverley fonds Angela Davis collection typed lists of contents of LB’s notebooks, 1966-1974 trip to the West Indies Pocket guide to the West Indies Menu historical account of the black empire of Hayti Voyage a la Martinique Menu View album of Trinidad Two years in the French West Indies Trinidad: journal d'un missionnaire dominicain des Antilles anglaises The Island Of Cuba The Barbados handbook Stark's history and guide to the Bahama Islands Santo Domingo, past and present Roaming through the West Indies John Morton of Trinidad: Pioneer missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada to the East Indians in the British West Indies Jamaica Isles of spice and palm In the trades, the tropics and the roaring forties Histoire de l'expédition des Français à Saint-Domingue Haiti, or the Black Republic Facts relative to the conduct of the war in the West Indies Down the islands: a voyage to the Caribbees Diary letters: A missionary trip through the West Indies and to South America Stark's history and guide to the Bahama Islands Conquest of the tropics A new history of Jamaica: from the earliest accounts, to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon Printed Materials - Programes Listen to Louise - Part 1 Listen to Louise - Part 2 Various lists of contents of LB’s notebooks, 1966-1974 Louise Bennett Coverley 'Miss Lou' Audio Recordings Louise Bennett Coverley 'Miss Lou' fonds Printed Materials - Programes (LB as performer and/or speaker) “Dat Jamaican Dialect should be offical recognize as one secon language”; LB spoke in the affirmative: Debate Songs - "Jamaican Songs from Pantomime Compiled and Published by Louise Bennett" Louise Bennett Folkways, Children’s Songs and Folk Songs, 1954 - Part 1 Louise Bennett Day on Nationwide [Jamaica], 1999 - Part 1 Songs - “Jamaican Songs from Pantomime Compiled and Published by Louise Bennett” CBC radio, “Louise Bennett, Jamaican Storyteller” on “As It Happens”, 9 Apr. 1992 Prose - “Caribbean Literature” Poetry - Poems, placed in alphabetical order by archivist Monologues not used in Aunty Roachy seh, typed, placed in alphabetical order by the archivist Monologues not used in Aunty Roachy seh, typed, Christmas themes Monologues used in Aunty Roachy seh, typed, placed in alphabetical order by the archivist - Part 2 Order of Merit Ceremony, Toronto, 2001 - Part 2 Anancy Stories - part 2 Miss Lou Reggae Riddim, 9 Jan. 1990 - Part 1 Miss Lou “Yes mi dear”; “Bedward dip dem” and “Under the Coconut Tree” - Part 2 Afternoon Tea with Ms. Lou, 1994 - Part 2 Performing at CODE’s Caribbean ‘88 Gala, 1988 at the Radisson Hotel, Ottawa Centre Nationwide HOT 102 [Jamaica], Miss Lou’s 80th Birthday, 1999 - Part 1 Reflections on Jamaica’s Christmas Traditions, 1994 Verse on Poetry International: A Radio Magazine of World Poetry, program 11 Lou and Ranny A395, B360 - Part 1 Interview for Caribbean Crucible, CHRY 105.5 FM, 2003 - Tape 2 - Part 2 Miss Lou and the University of the West Indies Singers, CBC, 1994 The Honourable Miss Lou, music and interview - Part 2 Beyond the Headlines, RJR radio, interview with Miss Lou re: National Pantomime show, 1996 - Part 1 Breakfast Club radio interview, 1993 - Part 2-1 In concert at family party re: appointment as Ambassador at Large for Jamaica, 1989 - Part 1 Interview by Dianne Thompson, WGCI Radio Chicago, 1990 - Part 1 Caribbean Round-up on WBAI (NY) feat[uriing]. Miss Lou, 2002 CBC radio, Morningside, 1990 Beyond the Headlines, RJR radio, interview with Miss Lou re: National Pantomime show, 19-20 1996 Anancy Stories - Part 1 Radio interview, 1998 - Part 1 Miss Lou and the University of the West Indies Singers, CBC, 1994 Lou and Ranny A281 completed, A467 incomplete - Part 1 Lou and Ranny B360, A126 - Part 1 Lou and Ranny 399, A52 - Part 1 Lou and Ranny A126, A281 - Part 1 Lou and Ranny A281 completed, A467 incomplete - Part 2 CFRU 93.3 FM, Guelph, show 78 on 1[5] 1997 - Part 2 Breakfast Club radio interview, 1993 - Part 2-2 CBC radio, This Morning with Miss Lou, 20 Jan. 2002; tribute to Eric Coverley, CHRY 105.5 FM, 2002 - Part 1 Down the islands: a voyage to the Caribbees
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