John Bullbrook papers
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence with institutions and individuals: Yale University, 1941-1963; several persons on the subject of archaeology in the West Indies, 1917-1960; the Historical Society of Trinidad and Tobago, 1938-1949; and the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club.
Dates
- 1913-1966
Biographical / Historical
John Bullbrook, English archaeologist and historian, came to Trinidad in 1913 as a petroleum geologist. He began his archaeological career in 1919, pioneering the search on the indigenous population of Trinidad. In the 1940s, he conducted extensive excavations in the Amerindian middens in Cedros, Erin and Palo Seco. He later became curator of the Royal Victoria Institute (now the National Museum). He died in 1967.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the University by Carlisle Chang in October 2000.
- Title
- John Bullbrook papers
- Status
- Completed
- 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
868-662-2002 Ext 82132
868-662-9238 (Fax)