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The Caribbean Performing Arts: Programmes and Ephemera, holds items collected over the years about theatre productions. The items were part of the Vertical File collection at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus.

Scope and Contents The collection comprises documents, correspondence and photographs from both Edric and Pearl Connor. The items from Edric include several drafts of Edric Connor's autobiography, photographs, several of which illustrate his film career and many music scores that he possessed. The photographs also highlight the evacuation of the northwest peninsula of Chaguaramas in Trinidad which Connor helped to organize on behalf of the U.S. Military in the early 1940s. There are also early photographs of...

Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of programmes for dramatic and musical performances. Included are programmes for the biennial music festival, choral and solo performances, operas and operettas, The Lydians, Recital Club concerts, National Youth Orchestra, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop as well as programmes for steelband events. The collection also contains material on the Recital Club, which was formed in 1973 to revive interest in classical music: its constitution, newspaper clippings,...

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The collection contains materials accumulated by Mrs. Joslynne Carr-Sealey during her career as an opera singer and musicologist. One of the main highlights of the collection is a series of scrapbook with photographs, ephemera and other mementoes from 1953-2009 on theatre arts in Trinidad and Tobago. Researchers can also find information about the Prime Minister's Best Village programme and the Panorama Steelpan competition.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of programmes for theatrical and other performances primarily from Trinidad and Tobago. Also included are photocopies of newspaper articles concerning drama in Trinidad and Tobago.