26106: From BensonFW: Caribbean sources? (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Legrace Benson <legrace@twcny.rr.com>

LeGrace Besnon:  This new library in Brazil is seeking advice about what to
include in their colleaction.  This is an excellent opportunity for all the
Haitian scholars on this list to send them a list of books on Haiti we think
are essential to the understanding of Haiti and of Caribbean history. Please
mail your suggestions to

frosaribeiro@yahoo.fr

I add that there is a growing interest in Brazil and several other South
American continental countries in the history of Haiti. At last the
connections between Simon Bolivar and Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines,
Christophe and even Boyer and the liberations in other countries re-focuses
on the roles Haiti and Haitians played.  Please send your suggestions.




From: Fernando Rosa Ribeiro [mailto:frosaribeiro@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:37 PM



I am in charge of buying books, cds, cd-roms, microfiches, etc, for our
local library related to the Caribbean. We are especially interested in
collections of historical sources, but also in more contemporary sources
such as books, cds, dvds, etc. The sources can be in any of the Caribbean
languages.

I will welcome any suggestions that might help us in our search.



In fact, to tell the truth, we have nearly nothing.  Caribbean studies have
barely begun in Brazil.  I am the first lecturer ever who has some
specialized interest in the Caribbean at my university, and this is the
first time a more specific order is being placed related to the area for our
library, as far as I now. Also, as you may have noticed, I am not a
librarian and am therefore a total neophyte.



To be more specific, I am more interested in the Anglophone, Francophone,
and Dutch Caribbean after 1600. I know that is not much help, but that is
it. I would like to build a basic collection for the library regarding those
areas.



I can peruse some data bases on my own, provided they are on the internet,
so I dont think I need help with books. However, historical sources on cds
and microfiches are a mystery to me. Music and film are two areas that are
also of some interest to the library, but in those domains I am even more
hopeless.



Collections of newspapers, for instances, would be a good buy, depending on
prices. Large collections of microfiches containing lots of historical
documents, old books, etc might be a good start too.



Fernando Rosa Ribeiro

Departamento de Historia - IFCH
Cidade Universitaria Zeferino Vaz
Unicamp - Barao Geraldo
13081-970 Campinas - SP Cx Postal 6110
Brazil

+55-19-37881575 (secretary)
+55-19-37881693 (office)