Guide to the Carla Martin collection on Cape Verdean language and culture , circa 1899-2012
(bulk 1985-2007)
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2022
Collection Overview
Title: |
Carla Martin collection on Cape Verdean language and culture |
Date range: |
circa 1899-2012, (bulk 1985-2007) |
Creator: |
Martin, Carla |
Extent: |
approximately 16 linear feet
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Abstract: |
This collection consists of over 300 books, along with articles and research files, sheet music, textiles, artworks, and souvenirs collected by Dr. Carla Martin, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in Harvard University’s Department of African and African American Studies. Items are related to the topic of Cape Verdean culture, language, music, politics, history, and literature, with a wide range of disciplines from social sciences and humanities represented. |
Language of materials: |
Portuguese |
Repository: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
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Collection number: |
MSS.13-22 |
Scope & content
This collection consists of over 300 books, along with articles and research files, sheet music, textiles, artworks, and souvenirs collected by Dr. Carla Martin, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in Harvard University’s Department of African and African American Studies. Items are related to the topic of Cape Verdean culture, language, music, politics, history, and literature, with a wide range of disciplines from social sciences and humanities represented. Books are in several languages, principle among them Portuguese and Cabo Verdean Creole. Materials were gathered during trips to the Cape Verde islands while Dr. Martin was working on her dissertation, which she completed in 2012. Research materials include photocopies of rare materials held by the National Library of Cape Verde which are not held in many libraries worldwide. Martin’s collection won the Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art from the Harvard University Library System.
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Arrangement
This collection is divided into 3 series:
- Series 1. Cultural objects and souvenirs
- Series 2. Research (arranged alphabetically)
- Series 3. Published books
Biographical/Historical Note
Dr. Carla Martin completed her B.A. in Anthropology in 2003, her M.A. in Anthropology in 2007, and her PhD in African and African American Studies in 2012, all from Harvard University. An interdisciplinary social anthropologist, Martin lectures widely and has taught classes in African and African American Studies, critical food studies, social anthropology, and ethnomusicology. In 2011, she founded the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute, “a nonprofit with a mission “dedicated to identifying, developing, and promoting fine cacao and chocolate.” Since 2014, Dr. Martin has been a Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and in 2021 she became the department’s Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Martin researches the politics of fine cacao and chocolate globally. Her previous research examined language inequality in Cape Verde and its diaspora. She has contributed her writings to publications Transition Magazine, Social Dynamics, The Root, US History Scene, Sodade Magazine, Socio.hu, The Savannah Review, and edited volumes.
Access & Use
Access to the collection: |
The collection is open for research by appointment. |
Use of the materials: |
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
Preferred citation: |
Carla Martin collection on Cape Verdean language and culture, MSS.13/22, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College |
Contact information: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Ave Providence, RI, 02908 Tel: 401-456-8380 email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
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Administrative Information
ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
Processing information: |
Published books in the collection were cataloged and shelved in Special Collections. Photocopies of materials already held at RIC or widely available were weeded. Remaining photocopies were rehoused in archival folders and organized alphabetically by title. Large objects and artwork were placed in flat boxes or flat file drawers, as appropriate. |
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ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Molly Bruce Patterson and Erica Florenz. |
Encoding: |
This finding aid was encoded by Molly Bruce Patterson, 2022 |
Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series 1. Cultural objects and souvenirs, circa 1998-2007
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Domingos Luisa drawing
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1998 |
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"Arquipèlago de Cabo Verde" topographical map
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Flat File Drawer 11 |
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"Carribean Creoles" map Contents Note: Map detailing all the Carribean islands and which dialect they speak.
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2002 |
Flat File Drawer 11 |
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"30 Aniversário Independência Nacional" poster
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2005 |
Box 5 |
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Abstract mixed media painting
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2006 |
Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Sheetmusic
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Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Sand art map of Cape Verde Islands
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Box 6 |
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Textiles Contents Note: Fives pieces: three pánn di téra and two embroidered napkins
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Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Anané CD Contents Note: Promotional copy of the single "Shake Dat Booty", produced by Lou Vega.
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circa 2007 |
Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Cape Verde newspaper
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2006 June 30 |
Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Postcards
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Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Tourist pamphlets
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Series 2. Research, circa 1899-2006
Box 1, Folder 6 |
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A Agricultura E As Técnicas Agrílas
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1985 |
Box 1, Folder 7 |
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A Batalha Socialista
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1913 June 10 |
Box 1, Folder 8 |
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A Esperança: Revista Colonial, popular, encyclpédica pela direcção do Almanach Luso-Africano
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Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Almanach Luso-Africano para 1899
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1899 |
Box 1, Folder 10 |
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A Lestada De Lés A Lés
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1985 |
Box 1, Folder 11 |
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A Mocidade Africana
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1930 |
Box 1, Folder 12 |
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A Morna- Belada- O Legado de Renato Cardoso
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1999 |
Box 1, Folder 13 |
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A Voz De Cabo Verde
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1914 |
Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Cabo Verde e S. Tomé e Príncipe: esquema de uma evolução conjunta
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1956 |
Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Cancioneiro Da Saudade E Da Morte
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Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Canções Crioulas e Musicas Populares de Cabo Verde
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1910 |
Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Correio de Africa
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1922 May 4 |
Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Cultura Cabo Verde
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1998 July |
Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Da Literatura Colonial e da "morna,, de Cabo Verde
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1934 |
Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Flores Murchas
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1938 |
Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Folclore Caboverdeano
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1933 |
Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Government Documents
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1997 December |
Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Government Publications
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Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Io EncontroDe Musica Nacional (1 of 2)
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Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Io EncontroDe Musica Nacional (2 of 2)
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Box 2, Folder 9 |
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Jardim Das Hespérides
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1926 |
Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Jornal das Colónias
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Box 2, Folder 11 |
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Medecina Tradicional
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1985 |
Box 2, Folder 12 |
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Mesa- Redonda Sobre Identidade Cultural Cabo-Verdiana
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Box 2, Folder 13 |
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Música Caboverdeana, Mornas Para Piano
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1993 |
Box 2, Folder 14 |
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Músicas De Cabo Verde Mornas De Eugénio Tavares
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1987 |
Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Na Perspectiva De O Crioulo Ser Língua Literária, Qual Deverã Ser Em Cabo Verde O Crioulo Literãrio Padrão
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1985 |
Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Nossa Terra Nossa Gente
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1994 |
Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Novo Almanach de Lembranças Luso-Brazileiro para o anno de 1913
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1912 |
Box 3, Folder 5 |
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O Dialecto Crioulo, Léxico Do Dialecto Crioulo Do Arquipélago De Cabo Verde
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Box 3, Folder 6 |
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O Eco De Cabo Verde
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1933 May 1 |
Box 3, Folder 7 |
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O Independente
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1912 April 12 |
Box 3, Folder 8 |
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O Manduco
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1923 August 1 |
Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Os Rebelados Da Ilha De Santiago De Cabo Verde
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1974 |
Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Pedro Cardoso "Lirios E Cravos"
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Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Pedro Cardoso publications
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Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Pedro Cardoso "Rafodjos"
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1924 |
Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Por Uma Etnografia Da Resistência: o caso das tabancas de Cabo Verde
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2006 |
Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Quadras Em Crioulo De Cabo Verde
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Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Sonetos E Redondilhas
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1934 |
Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Terra Nova, "O Carnaval D'Outróra
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1987 |
Box 4, Folder 5 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Geografia E A Identidade Cultural
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 6 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Indentidade Cultural Cabo-Verdiana Como Sintese De Culturas
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 7 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Morna Musica De Cabo Verde
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 8 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Commisáo Central Para As Comemoraçoes
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 9 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Contribuição Para A Perspectivação Do Artesanato Nacional No Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 10 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Lingua Kultura Y Identidadi
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 11 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Literatuta Oral Y Identidadi Kultural
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 12 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Identidade Cultural
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 13 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Mesa-Redonda Sublevações Pupulares E Resistencia Cultural
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 14 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, O choque da cultura caboverdiana com a cultura das sociedades industrials no seio da Emigração
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 15 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, O Treato Africano A Procura De Identidade
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 16 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Sub-Commisao De Cultura
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1985 |
Box 4, Folder 17 |
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X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional
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1985 |
Series 3. Published books
Published books are cataloged in Adams Library's OPAC