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  • Storm Warning
  • Hurricanes
  • A hurricane is approaching and already the heavy rains are causing physical destruction and severe hardship for the people. For example, Silver has a terrible toothache and because of the storm he is unable to get to the dentist; Pinkie, desperate...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Would you care to see a bailiff_or, 'ell, em 'N' 'O Amazons_Carboncopy
  • Women ; Adventure
  • The author laments the absence of swashbuckling non-conformist mamas of past who knew how to live dangerously in sharp contrast to modern women who have gone soft and sissy the world over. He then goes on to recount the hair-raising adventures of...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Ed is coming home
  • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
  • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • World's End
  • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Tanzilo Popular Music Collection [Finding Aid]
  • • Popular music - Jamaica; Reggae music - Jamaica; Reggae musicians - Jamaica
  • • The Tanzilo Popular Music Collection includes printed material collected over a twenty year period by reggae fan and musician Bobby Tanzilo. It is alphabetically arranged by artiste. A lover of Jamaican music, Tanzilo amassed memorabilia...
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  • P J Patterson Collection : Speeches [Finding Aid]
  • Prime Ministers - Jamaica - Oratory; Speeches, addresses, etc. - Jamaican
  • Speeches related to different subject areas including Agriculture, Business & Service Sectors, and Budget Presentations among other areas.
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  • P. J. Collection Collection: Papers [Finding Aid]
  • Jamaica - Politics and government ; Jamaica - Social conditions; Jamaica - Economic conditions; Government correspondence – Jamaica; Prime Ministers - Jamaica
  • Prime Ministers - Jamaica Description Includes documents relating to aspects of local governance, Highway 2000, Caricom, the Caribbean Court of Appeal (CCJ), United Nations, international relations and government correspondence.
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  • Vic Reid Collection [Finding Aid]
  • Reid, Victor Stafford, 1913-1987 - Biography ; Reid, Victor Stafford, 1913-1987 - Correspondence; Authors - Jamaican; Caribbean literature (English)
  • The collection comprises collected materials related to the Jamaican writer Victor Stafford Reid. The collected materials include some of his personal and business correspondence. In addition there are other documents, dating from 1937 to 1987,...
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