Year of The Elder
Scope and Contents
Miniature sheetlet containing four stamps issued by St. Vincent and the Grenadines to commemorate the Year of the Elder. The sheetlet bears the emblem of the United Nations. Four persons are depicted on the stamps: Earle Kirby; Sir Sydney Gun-Munro, a former Governor-General of St. Vincent; Sarah Baptiste; and Thomas Saunders.
Dates
- Creation: 1999
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
The United Nations observed the year 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Holman E. Williams, Emeritus Professor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, donated this sheetlet to the library in 2003. Professor Williams wished to draw attention to Dr. Earle Kirby who attended the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA) in the early 1940s. ICTA later became the Faculty of Agriculture of UWI, St. Augustine.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Holman E. Williams.
- Title
- Year of the Elder
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Department
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Repository
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
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