Haitian Library of the SpiritansFounded 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.