Caribbean Studies

The Archives Nationales d'Haïti houses civil and state records as well of those of the Office of the President and most government ministries. The Archives Nationales d'Haïti is contributing to is contributing to the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and participates in dLOC's Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative.

The Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Frères de l'Instruction Chrètienne, founded in 1912 by the Christian Brothers, serves as a repository for Haitian imprints and holds one of the most significant collections of newspapers.

The Bibliothèque Nationale d'Haïti, established in 1939, holds a collection of historical rare books, manuscripts and newspapers, and offers current publications, research support, and study space.

A Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789 provides online access to the French originals as well as the English and Haitian Creole translations of key primary sources dealing with the grain shortage faced by the colony of Saint-Domingue in 1789. Each document is accompanied by a brief historical introduction to situate the reader in the time period (University of Maryland).

The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University's ongoing efforts to help preserve Haitian cultural patrimony, highlight the work of Haiti's cultural leaders, scholars and artists, and promote broad access to discussions about the Arts through the use of Haitian Creole.

Institut de Sauveguard du Patrimoine National (ISPAN) operates independently under the auspices of the Haitian Ministry of Culture. ISPAN's mission is to document and classify historic monuments and sites in Haiti, and to undertake and manage preservation and restoration projects of those sites.

The Haitian Law Digital Collection in the Digital Library of the Caribbean includes historic through current Haitian law documents and related international documents. Contributors to this collection include dLOC partners in Haiti and around the world, LLMC Digital and its partners for the Haiti Legal Patrimony Project, and others.

Founded in 1873 by Father Daniel Weick of French nationality, the BHPSE, is the oldest library in Haiti. Its collection on the history of slavery in many ways is one of the richest in the Caribbean. During its history, the Library has received donations of important private collections: the fund Linstant Pradines, those Semexan Rouzier, Michel Oreste among several others, and Odette Milo Rigaud Edmond Mangonès, the Dupuy family, the diplomat Edner Brutus, and the poet René Belance.

The CIDIHCA of Montreal, QC is home to a collection documenting Afro-Canadian culture and history. Their publications include Revue d'Histoire haïtienne and the cultural review Chemins Critiques.

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Based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Haitian Kreyòl Academy works to standardize grammar and spelling for the language. Its body is composed of leading Haitian academics and educators.

Florida-based Educa Vision designs, develops, publishes, and distributes a broad range of multicultural and multilingual educational materials. Its catalog specializes in books and curriculum materials in Haitian Kreyol.

Leaders of the pioneering educational publishing company "Educa Vision" recorded an oral history of their enterprise. Speakers were founder and publisher Fequiere Vilsaint, author and vice-president Maude Heurtelou and Carol Hollander, editor of the firm's Caribbean Studies Press. Established upon a fundamental commitment to recognize, build upon and develop the linguist and cultural asset that is a Haitian-Creole speaking child's native language, the press supports this child when he or she enters a predominately English-Language classroom (Library of Congress).