Eustace Bernard Photograph Collection
Abstract
The collection consists of three hundred photographs, mainly of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. Also included are photographs of prominent personalities in Trinidad and Tobago as well as photographs of foreign heads of state who visited Trinidad and Tobago.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1974
Biographical / Historical
Francis Eustace Bernard was born on April 20th 1914 in Mason Hall, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. He joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in 1934. Commissioner of Police, 1970-1974, he was the first Police Commissioner in Trinidad and Tobago to have risen through the ranks. Mr. Bernard was also an attorney-at-law, having been called to the Bar in 1970. He died in 2003.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These photographs were collected by Mr. Eustace Bernard in his capacity as Police Commissioner. Mr. Bernard subsequently donated this collection to The University of the West Indies in 2001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The photographs were donated by in 2001.
- Title
- Eustace Bernard Photograph Collection
- 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)