![]() | L'urne close; Auteur(s) : Lataillade, Robert, 1910-1931 Amis de Robert Lataillade Éditeur(s) : Les Éditions des "Amis de Robert Lataillade," Les Éditions des "Amis de Robert Lataillade," ( Port-au-Prince Haïti ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) préface de Jean F. Brierre. Poems. "Préface" (p. iii-x) is a biographical sketch of the author. 01822995 44053644 ocm01822995 | Partager Voir aussi |
![]() | Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00005 | Partager |
![]() | Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00050 | Partager |
![]() | Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00011 | Partager |
![]() | Un Haïtien exceptionnel, Maurice Dartigue Auteur(s) : Dartigue, Esther, 1908- Éditeur(s) : Editions "J'étais une fois" Editions "J'étais une fois" ( Paris ) Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references. (Statement of Responsibility) Esther Dartigue. Haiti 28709205 92247306 2950657001 ocm28709205 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00007503/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Copy of resignation letter from John F. Stevens to President Theodore Roosevelt Auteur(s) : Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943 ( Author, Primary ) Résumé : (Biographical) From Wikipedia: John Frank Stevens (25 April 1853 – 2 June 1943) was an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907. Biography: Stevens was born in rural Maine, near West Gardiner to John Stevens, a tanner and farmer, and Harriet Leslie French. He attended Maine State Normal School (now the University of Maine at Farmington) for two years. At the conclusion of his schooling in 1873, bleak economic conditions held little promise of a job, and he chose to go west. Entry into the field of civil engineering evolved from his experience in the Minneapolis city engineer's office. For two years he carried out a variety of engineering tasks, including surveying and building railroads, and at the same time gained experience and an understanding of the subject. He became a practical engineer, self-taught and driven by a self-described "bull-dog tenacity of purpose." In 1878 Stevens married Harriet T. O'Brien. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy.
By the age of 33, in 1886, Stevens was principal assistant engineer for the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, and in charge of building the line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Although a large part of his work involved surveying, he assisted in all phases of railroading: reconnaissance, locating, organizing, and construction.
In 1889, Stevens was hired by James J. Hill as a locating engineer for the Great Northern Railway.
Stevens earned wide acclaim in 1889 when he explored Marias Pass, Montana, and determined its practicability for a railroad. Stevens was an efficient administrator with remarkable technical skills and imagination. He discovered Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains, set railroad construction standards in the Mesabi Range of northern Minnesota, and supervised construction of the Oregon Trunk Line. Hill promoted him to chief engineer in 1895, and later to general manager. During his time at the Great Northern, Stevens built over a thousand miles of railroad, including the original Cascade Tunnel. Stevens Pass in the Cascade Range was named for him. (Most other Pacific Northwest landmarks with the word "Stevens" are named after Isaac Stevens, who is of no relation.)
Panama Canal:
Stevens left the Great Northern in 1903 for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, where he was promoted to vice-president. Then, in 1905, at Hill's recommendation, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer on the Panama Canal.
Stevens' primary achievement in Panama was to build the infrastructure needed for the completion of the canal. "The digging," he said, "is the least thing of all." He proceeded immediately to build warehouses, machine shops, and piers. Communities for the personnel were planned and built to include housing, schools, hospitals, churches, and hotels. He authorized extensive sanitation and mosquito-control programs that eliminated yellow fever and other diseases from the Isthmus. Reflecting his background, he saw the early stage of the canal project itself as primarily a problem in railroad engineering, which included rebuilding the Panama Railway and devising a rail-based system for disposing of the soil from the excavations. Stevens argued the case against a sea level canal like the French had tried to build. He successfully convinced Theodore Roosevelt of the necessity of a high-level canal built with dams and locks.
Resignation:
Stevens resigned suddenly from the Canal project in 1907 to Roosevelt's great annoyance, as the focus of the work turned to construction of the canal itself. As a railroad engineer, Stevens had little expertise in building locks and dams, and probably realized he was no longer the best person for the remainder of the job. Stevens would also have been aware that the original great Cascade Tunnel, for which he was responsible, was in hindsight built in error too close to the ruling grade and was perhaps turning from a credit to a debit. The true reasons for his resignation have never been known.
Subsequent career:
Following the collapse of Imperial Russia in 1917, leaders of the provisional government appealed to President Wilson for help with their transportation systems. Stevens was selected to chair a board of prominent U.S. railroad experts sent to Russia to rationalize and manage a system that was in disarray; among his work was on the Trans-Siberian Railway. After the overthrow of the provisional government, the board's work ceased. Stevens remained in Allied-occupied Manchuria and in 1919 headed the Inter-Allied Technical Board charged with the administration and operation of the Chinese Eastern and Siberian railways. He remained in an advisory capacity until occupying Allied troops were withdrawn; he finally left in 1923. After his return to the United States Stevens continued to work as a consulting engineer, ending his career in Baltimore in the early 1930s. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Franklin Medal in 1930. He then retired to Southern Pines, North Carolina, where he died at the age of 90 in 1943. Digital version only, no paper copy in collection archives. Droits : This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact Digital Services (UFDC@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00029596/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Why Is Haiti So Poor? Auteur(s) : Geggus, David Éditeur(s) : Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, University of Florida ( Gainesville, FL ) Résumé : (Funding) Sponsored by the Caleb and Michele Grimes Fund in the CLAS Dean's Office and organized by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. (Biographical) Prof. Geggus received his Ph.D. in 1979 from York University, England, M.A.s from the Universities of London and Oxford (1972, 1976), and his B.A. from Oxford University in 1971. He joined the University of Florida Department of History in 1983 after holding research positions at the Universities of Southampton and Oxford. He has published five books, including Slavery, War and Revolution (Oxford, 1982) and Haitian Revolutionary Studies (Bloomington, 2002), and more than one hundred academic articles. Dr. Geggus teaches courses on Caribbean history and slavery in the Atlantic world. He has been awarded fellowships from the French Government, British Academy, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Humanities Center, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Social Science Research Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, and John Carter Brown Library. Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000385/00001 | Partager Voir aussi |
![]() | Ramón Puig Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill. ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on back: June 16, 1979. (Biographical) Tailor Ramón Puig, who was often referred to as “The King of the Guayaberas,” fled Cuba and settled in Miami in 1968. Forced to leave without any personal belongings, he returned to Cuba in the 1980s and retrieved them. Puig practiced his trade in South Florida until his passing in 2011. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-17264 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015713/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Excerpt from A struggle to walk with dignity : the true story of a Jamaican-born Canadian Auteur(s) : Archambeau, Gerald A. Éditeur(s) : Blue Butterfly Books Blue Butterfly Books ( Toronto, Canada ) Résumé : Excerpt from full book: http://geraldarchambeau.iguanabooks.com/ Jamaica Canada Droits : Copyright by Creator. Permission granted to University of Florida to digitize and display this item for research and educational uses. Permission to reuse, publish or reproduce this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions must be obtained from the copyright holder. 226999190 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00021767/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Letters to Jane from Jamaica, 1788-1796 Auteur(s) : Mozley, Geraldine Nutt Institute of Jamaica Éditeur(s) : Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee ( London ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) edited by Geraldine Mozley. Family letters to Jane Brodbelt in England, followed by short biographies of the Brodbelt family. Jamaica ADJ2502 00611351 000652492 | Partager Voir aussi |
![]() | Untrodden Jamaica Auteur(s) : Thomas, Herbert T. Éditeur(s) : A. W. Gardner A. W. Gardner ( Kingston, Jamaica ) Résumé : Ingested from copy on HathiTrust http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008585237 (Biographical) Herbert Theodore Thomas was born 6 June 1856 in Jamaica, and died in 1930. Author of Untrodden Jamaica (1890; http://www.dloc.com/AA00020116/ ) & The story of a West Indian Policeman-47 years in the Jamaica Constabulary (1927; http://www.dloc.com/AA00010421/ ). Droits : See http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008585237 671599573 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00020116/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Homenaje a Bernarda Toro de Gâomez Auteur(s) : Gomez Carbonell, Maria, 1903- Garcia Galan, Gabriel, 1881- Alianza Nacional Feminista (Cuba) Éditeur(s) : Imp. del Ejercito Imp. del Ejercito ( Habana ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Alianza Nacional Feminista. (Internal Comments) Alianza Nacional Feminista. Cuba Cuba Cuba ACP2399 10558428 000476145 83161416 | Partager |
![]() | Speech by Ramiro Guerra entitled "El Latifundo Azucarero y la Poblacion de las Antillas" or "West Indian Sugar Plantations and Peoples" (includes cover letter from H. Harold Hume to Dr. C.L. Crow) Auteur(s) : Guerra, Ramiro, 1880-1970 Résumé : (Biographical) Ramiro Guerra: Author, economic historian, and Cuban nationalist. Born 1880, died 1970. Author of the influential work, Sugar and Society in the Caribbean: An Economic History of Cuban Agriculture. North America -- United States of America -- Florida -- Alachua -- Gainesville AA00003139_00001 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00003139/00001 | Partager |
![]() | History of Josephine ; Josephine Auteur(s) : Abbott, John S. C ( John Stevens Cabot ), 1805-1877 Allman, Thomas, 1792-1870 ( Publisher ) W.J. and J. Sears ( Printer ) Éditeur(s) : Thomas Allman Thomas Allman ( London ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by John S.C. Abbott. Publisher's catalogue on endpapers. England -- London 002446016 19004827 AMF1259 | Partager |
![]() | Funeral booklet for Louise Elizabeth Toote-Tynes Auteur(s) : Toote-Tynes, Louise Elizabeth, 1926-2006 Éditeur(s) : Butler's Funeral Homes & Crematorium Butler's Funeral Homes & Crematorium ( Nassau, Bahamas ) Résumé : Service held at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Shirley and Church Streets, saturday July 15th, 2006. Bahamas Bahamas Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00021204/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Caribe Hilton (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Résumé : Date stamped on verso: Dec. 13,1959. (Biographical) The Caribe Hilton Hotel opened in 1949 and was the first hotel operated outside of the continental United States by Hilton Hotels. San Juan, Puerto Rico Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1989-011-13922 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015699/00001 | Partager |
![]() | National Hotel (Havana, Cuba) Résumé : Caption on back of photograph: "The new year finds Havana much gayer than it has been for the past few years. Vacation throngs are arriving daily by passenger ships and airplanes. Bathing beaches are crowded, and yachting, fishing, hunting and racing are attracting enthusiasts. Social activities are increasing. Spanish and Cuban clubs have arranged special siestas. The Cuban Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition at Rancho Boyerso, just outside of Havana, will attract many visitors. Will P. Taylor, Manager of the National Hotel of Cuba, reports a larger number of reservations than anytime during the past five years. A well known orchestra is under the direction of Sr. Armando Romeu, Jr. The daily tea and dinner dances are very popular, All in all, the National Hotel of Cuba looks forward to the most active season in its history.
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Shows the front facade and landscaped grounds of the hotel. (Biographical) The National Hotel was designed in 1930 by the New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami,1989-011-4325. Havana, Cuba Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1989-011-4325 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015711/00001 | Partager |
![]() | A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 Auteur(s) : Williams, James, 1818- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Library Éditeur(s) : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( [Chapel Hill, N.C.] ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Williams, James. (Original Version) Transcribed from: London : J. Rider, [1837?]. 26 p. ; 24 cm. A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 / by James Williams, an apprenticed labourer in Jamaica. At end of text: "June 1st, 1837." (Funding) Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. (System Details) Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web. (System Details) System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection. Title from TEI header. The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South, Beginnings to 1920. Text scanned (OCR) by Bethany Ronnberg. Images scanned by Carlene Hempel. Text encoded by Carlene Hempel and Natalia Smith. Early Caribbean Digital Archive. Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Droits : See: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/williamsjames/menu.html 40935618 ocm40935618 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015609/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00017 | Partager |
![]() | Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00015 | Partager |