![]() | Les communications intérieures en Guyane Française sous l'ancien régime (1664-1794) Auteur(s) : Leroux, Yannick Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : APHGG : Association des Professeurs d'Histoire-Géographie de Guyane SAAHG : Société des Amis des Archives de l'Histoire de la Guyane Extrait de : "La Guyane au temps de l'esclavage : discours, pratiques et représentations, XVIIe-XIXe siècle" : colloque international, du 16 au 19 novembre 2010. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane Description : Les amérindiens avaient déjà des pistes pour le commerce et la guerre, ainsi sur le Maroni, il existait plus de 240 km de sentier. Seulement, ce sont des voies de communications encombrées, sinueuses, étroites... Durant la deuxième moitié du XVIIe siècle, les gouverneurs songent à développer des routes dans la Guyane. La construction et l'entretien des chemins, principalement dans la zone colonisée (ile de Cayenne et ses alentours) est réalisées par la corvée et la réquisition des soldats. Siècle(s) traité(s) : 17 Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V11058 V11058 | Partager |
![]() | La Vallée de Caracas dans Peregrina o El pozo encantado (1922) de Manuel Díaz Rodríguez : quand la Caraïbe ne s'affiche pas comme telle ; La Vallée de Caracas dans Peregrina o El pozo encantado (1922) de Manuel Díaz Rodríguez : quand la Caraïbe ne s'affiche pas comme telle Auteur(s) : Belrose, Maurice Belrose, Maurice Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines Extrait de : "La prégnance du lieu dans la Caraïbe" : colloque, les 14 et 15 avril 2016. Université des Antilles Description : Maurice Belrose (Professeur émérite, Université des Antilles), propose une réflexion à partir du roman de Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, Peregrina o El Pozo encantado (1922). L'auteur présente un lieu qui a des caractéristiques éminentes caribéennes mais l'auteur ne se sent pas caribéen, le roman ne comporte aucune référence à la Caraïbe. D'où l'intérêt de l'analyse de ce roman, avec la vallée de Caracas, dans un pays, le Venezuela qui a une réalité qu'on peut identifier comme caribéenne. La réflexion s'ouvre donc sur ce roman dans lequel il est question d'un pays de la Caraïbe mais dans lequel la Caraïbe n'apparaît pas comme telle. L'auteur n'a aucune conscience que ce Venezuela qui appartient à la Caraïbe. D'où le questionnement : que veut dire exactement la Caraïbe ou les Caraïbes ? Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V16044 V16044 V16044 | Partager |
![]() | La graphie du créole haïtien à l'épreuve du sandhi Auteur(s) : Govain, Renauld Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines Extrait de : "Tracées de Jean Bernabé" : colloque international, du 25 au 27 octobre 2017. Université des Antilles Description : La graphie du créole haïtien (CH), promulguée le 31 janvier 1980, est d'ordre phonographique (établissant des correspondances quasi-fidèles (Vernet 1980, Dejean 1977) entre les unités phoniques et leur représentation graphique. Partant de ce principe, elle est transparente, biunivoque) et construite selon le principe de la déviance maximale. Elle provoque depuis quelques années un débat, comme aux Antilles, si l'on se réfère aux dernières publications de J. Bernabé (2013a, b ; 2017). Elle est acceptée et intériorisée mais semble problématique quant à la prise en compte des éléments hérités du français issus du phénomène de sandhi. C'est que le traitement de ces éléments convoque un niveau sophistiqué du fonctionnement de la langue qu'est la phonologie avec laquelle l'orthographe, en général, entretient d'étroits rapports. Il fait appel à des règles plus complexes que celles proposées dans la graphie officielle du CH et pour laquelle on sent maintenant la nécessité d'une réforme. Or, la graphie phonographique ne facilite guère la prise en compte des éléments résultant d'un sandhi (Burov, 2013). Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V17236 V17236 | Partager |
![]() | Regards croisés sur : "Art, pouvoir et contre-culture" Auteur(s) : Le François, Frédéric Berthet, Dominique Sentier Année de publication : Loading the player... Éditeur(s) : CEREAP : Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Esthétique et Arts Plastiques Description : Dominique Berthet introduit la conférence en soulignant la complexité des enjeux de la thématique. Frédéric Le François concentrera sa communication sur le théâtre. Le plasticien Sentier expliquera comment il pense la relation entre art et pouvoir de son point de vue d'artiste. Dominique Berthet lui s'intéressera à la notion de contre-culture. Siècle(s) traité(s) : 21 Droits : CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification Permalien : http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/V14127 V14127 | Partager |
![]() | Ravine Citronnier.Aucune trace de ce sentier ne reste Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. 7791 | Partager |
![]() | Le nouveau sentier Vieux-Bourg à Cotes de Fer Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. 10895 | Partager |
![]() | Man in miniksirt sent for psychiatric treatment ; (Guyana Graphic January 16, 1968) Éditeur(s) : Guyana Chronicle "Tales from Way Back When, Clifford Stanely" Guyana Chronicle "Tales from Way Back When, Clifford Stanely" ( Guyana ) Résumé : A YOUNG man, Compton Bowen of Bagotsville, West Bank Demerara, who was found wearing a miniskirt on Sunday was yesterday ordered to be sent to the Georgetown Hospital for psychiatric treatment. The order was made by Magistrate Aubrey Bishop when Bowen pleaded guilty to a charge of wearing female clothing for an improper purpose. The prosecutor, Sergeant Charles said that the Police were on patrol on Sunday morning. when they saw Bowen strolling along Water Street wearing a miniskirt and carrying a wallet. The prosecutor said that Bowen was twisting his waist from side to side like a female. Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015241/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Límites entre Honduras y Nicaragua Auteur(s) : Honduras -- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Nicaragua -- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Éditeur(s) : Tip. Nacional Tip. Nacional ( Tegucigalpa ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Publicación de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Honduras. Correspondence respecting the fulfilment of the sentence pronounced by the King of Spain, December 23, 1906, on the question of boundaries between Honduras and Nicaragua, etc. Honduras Nicaragua Nicaragua Honduras 000126784 29000978 AAP2766 | Partager |
![]() | Miss World Joan Crawford and Watson looking at Kapo Éditeur(s) : The Daily Gleaner The Daily Gleaner ( Jamaica ) Résumé : The photograph of Barrington Watson and the Jamaican Miss World, Carol Joan Crawford, viewing a sculpture by the self-taught artist Kapo tells us much about that post-independence moment and how Jamaica was poised to present itself to the outside world. The juxtaposition is telling, Watson, trained academically in Europe, would go on to become one of the founders of an artist group that pushed modernist artistic principles and an internationalist outlook in Jamaica. In contrast, Kapo, along with other self-taught artists, was already being celebrated as an icon of an indigenous Jamaican art tradition, the roots of which were said to be inspired by Africa. Carol Joan Crawford as a world icon sent a message at home and abroad that Jamaica had style. Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. | Partager |
![]() | Life and nature under the tropics Auteur(s) : Myers, Henry Morris, d. 1872 Myers, Phillip Van Ness, 1846-1937 Éditeur(s) : D. Appleton and company D. Appleton and company ( New York ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) By H.M. and P.V.N. Myers. Narrative of a scientific expedition sent out by the Lyceum of natural histroy of Williams college in the summer of 1867. The present edition includes a brief record of an expedition to Honduras in 1870-1871. South America Honduras 000608340 22945394 ADD7471 | Partager |
![]() | A twelvemonth's residence in the West Indies, during the transition from slavery to apprenticeship; with incidental notice of the state of society, prospects, and natural resources of Jamaica and other islands. By R. R. Madden. Auteur(s) : Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Éditeur(s) : Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. ( Philadelphia ) Résumé : From Wikipedia (March 23, 2013) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Robert_Madden : Richard Robert Madden (born Dublin, Ireland 22 August 1798, died Dublin, 5 February 1886) was an Irish doctor, writer, abolitionist and historian of the United Irishmen. He was born at Wormwood Gate, Dublin to Edward Madden, a silk manufacturer. He was educated at private schools. He studied medicine in Paris, Italy, and St George's Hospital, London. While in Naples he became acquainted with Lady Blessington and her circle.[1] Madden was employed in the British civil service from 1833, first as a justice of the peace in Jamaica, where he was one of six Special Magistrates sent to oversee the eventual liberation of Jamaica's slave population, according to the terms of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. From 1835 he was Superintendent of the freed Africans in Havana. His son, Thomas More Madden, who later became a surgeon and writer, was born there. In 1839 he became the investigating officer into the slave trade on the west coast of Africa, in 1847 the secretary for the West Australian colonies. He returned to Dublin and in 1850 he was named secretary of the Office for Loan Funds in Dublin.[2] He died at his home in Booterstown, just south of Dublin city, in 1886 and is interred in Donnybrook Cemetery. Early Caribbean Literature and History. al-Sadika, Abu-Bakr/Edward Donlan. “The History of Abon Becr Sadika” in this, volume 2, starting on page 126. Droits : See Google statement. 18826401 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00014503/00001 | Partager |
![]() | Sentier devenu très étroit par le fait de la Végétation et des crevasses Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. 7780 | Partager |
![]() | Sentier Provisoire sur un Terrain privé. Ancien sentier maintenant sur un lit profond de riv. Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. 7776 | Partager |
![]() | Guyana's Hindus face Gay Quandary Auteur(s) : Hinduism Today Éditeur(s) : Himalayan Academy Himalayan Academy ( United States ) Résumé : (Funding) Support for the development of the technical infrastructure and partner training provided by the United States Department of Education TICFIA program. (Acquisition) This article is published in Hinduism Today http://www.hinduismtoday.com and is shared by the author Vidyaratha Kissoon email vidyak1 (at) gmail dot com. The author Vidyaratha Kissoon has proposed the following corrections to the PDF version. Some corrections have been made in the print version and in the online edition. Errata Sheet for "Guyana's Hindus face Gay Quandary" Page 60 1) The caption on the photograph should be "Activists from the Caribbean at a human rights advocacy workshop in Guyana in August 2010" - 2) The line "After being ruled by the Dutch, the Spanish and finally the British ... " should read "After being ruled by the Dutch and the British".. 3) The line 'Revisions and amendments to the constitution are relatively common' to 'Revisions and amendments to the constitution are necessary to achieving this nationhood' 4) The phrase "Congress of Guyana" should be changed to "Parliament of Guyana" Page 61 4) The line "Hindu institutions were mostly absent from the 2001 debate except for a joint statement issued by a few organisations.." should read "Hindu institutions were mostly absent from the 2003 debate except for a joint multifaith statement which included a few organisations .." 6) The comments by Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan - referred to laws like those in Guyana (the British colonial Caribbean) 7) The last sentence should read "Freedom of worship is ... and each of the main groups has national holidays [Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Phagwah, Eid ul Adha, Youman Nabi] Page 62 8) The line "Pandit Dhanesar was not able.. " to "Pandit Dhanesar did not provide any specific reference in the Vedas. In Guyana, many Pandits sustain traditions a mix of oral and written traditions" 9) The line "Active in helping the gay and lesbian communities, he advocates acceptance." should read "He advocates acceptance .. " The corrected version of the article appears online at http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5172 Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. | Partager |
![]() | Le nouveau sentier de Vieux-Bourg à Cotes de fer Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. 10894 | 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 |
![]() | Handmade Christmas card showing bird with flower Résumé : (Ownership) Received by the Rubenstein Library as a gift from Mariela Ferrer Jewett in 2010 A handmade Christmas card sent to Mariela Ferrer Jewett by a rafter. | Partager |
![]() | Christmas card Résumé : (Ownership) Received by the Rubenstein Library as a gift from Mariela Ferrer Jewett in 2010 A handmade Christmas card sent from the Cuban camps in Guantánamo to supporters in Miami. | Partager |
![]() | Section du nouveau sentier détruit par l'ouragant du 10 Août 1928 Auteur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Éditeur(s) : Direction Générale des Travaux Publics Direction Générale des Travaux Publics ( Haiti ) Résumé : This collection of over 5,000 black and white photographs held by the National Archives of Haiti dates from 1918 to 1945. It contains images of public buildings before and after restoration, public works, monuments, and the visits of U.S. Presidents and other officials. Haiti Droits : All rights reserved by the National Archives of Haiti. | Partager |
![]() | Nouvelle théorie a propos de l'origine de la vénénosité : de certains poissons antillais Auteur(s) : Morice, Jean Éditeur(s) : ISTPM Résumé : The problems caused by venomous fish in the waters of the Lesser Antilles were studied in two notes published by the state-run Technical Assistance and Social Credit Company (SATEC) and in older works by Poey (1866), Arcisz (1950) and Randal (1958). The first SATEC note gives the brief description and classification of venomous coastal fishes of St. Barthelemy; the other SATEC note explores the hypotheses on the origin of venomousity of tropical fish based on a vast literature review (Morice, 1961, 1962). It also gives in the appendix a complete list of "fearful" species (this is how venoumous fish are designated in the local language and the "ciguatera" is called a "hurt fish") in St. Barthelemy waters and reports the cases of poisoning studied on the island since September 1960.In October 1963, we carried out a short expedition to St. Martin, during which we established equivalences between local names used by the inhabitants of St. Barthelemy and St. Martin to designate dangerous species. Moreover, thanks to kind help by a doctor at the Marigot hospital, we were able to note details on the symptoms from a series of serious poisonings that occurred at Marigot and surrounding areas in July-August 1963. The species incriminated by the victims of this poisoning had been caught in the south-west of the "Ile des Chiens" situated in the north-west of St. Martin and were all part of the list previously established for St. Barthelemy. Les problèmes posés par la vénénosité de certains poissons des eaux des Petites Antilles ont fait l'objet, en de:hors de travaux anciens de POEY, 1866 à ARCISZ, 1950 et RANDALL, 1958) de deux notes ronéotypées par les services de la S.A.T.E.C. L'une concerne la description rapide et la classification des poissons côtiers vénéneux de l'île de St-Barthélémy; l'autre étudie les théories émises à propos de l'origine de la vénénosité des poissons tropicaux, ceci après compilation de la vaste littérature parue à ce sujet (MORICE, 1961 : 1962) ; elle donne également en annexe la liste complétée des espèces « redouteuses » des eaux de St-Barthélémy avec notification des cas d'empoisonnement étudiés dans l'île depuis septembre 1960 (c'est en effet par ce qualificatif que les poissons vénéneux sent désignés dans le patois de St-Barthélémy, et la « ciguatera)) est appelée « mal poisson ))). En octobre 1963, nous avons effectué une courte mission d'étude à St-Martin, séjour au cours duquel nous avons pu établir l'équivalence des noms vernaculaires utilisés par les habitants de St-Barthélémy et de St-Martin pour désigner les espèces dangereuses; de plus, grâce au concours aimable du médecin de l'hôpital de Marigot, nous avons pu noter les détails symptomatologiques d'une série d'intoxications graves survenues à Marigot et clans ses environs en juillet-août 1963. Les espèces incriminées par les victimes de cette intoxication avaient été capturées dans le sud-ouest de l'îlot des Chiens, dans le nord-ouest de St-Martin et faisaient toutes partie de la liste établie précédemment pour St-Barthélémy. (OCR non contrôlé) Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (0035-2276) (ISTPM), 1965-09 , Vol. 28 , N. 3 , P. 231-236 Droits : Ifremer http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1965/publication-4040.pdf http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4040/ | Partager |