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
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
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. 

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Topics Geographical Names Document Types

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

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.
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

Container Description Date
Domingos Luisa drawing
1998
"Arquipèlago de Cabo Verde" topographical map
Flat File Drawer 11 "Carribean Creoles" map
Contents Note: Map detailing all the Carribean islands and which dialect they speak.

2002
Flat File Drawer 11 "30 Aniversário Independência Nacional" poster
2005
Box 5 Abstract mixed media painting
2006
Box 5, Folder 1 Sheetmusic
Box 5, Folder 2 Sand art map of Cape Verde Islands
Box 6 Doll
Box 6 Textiles
Contents Note: Fives pieces: three pánn di téra and two embroidered napkins

Box 1, Folder 1 Anané CD
Contents Note: Promotional copy of the single "Shake Dat Booty", produced by Lou Vega.

circa 2007
Box 1, Folder 2 Cape Verde newspaper
2006 June 30
Box 1, Folder 3 Postcards
Box 1, Folder 4 Tourist pamphlets

Series 2. Research, circa 1899-2006

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 6 A Agricultura E As Técnicas Agrílas
1985
Box 1, Folder 7 A Batalha Socialista
1913 June 10
Box 1, Folder 8 A Esperança: Revista Colonial, popular, encyclpédica pela direcção do Almanach Luso-Africano
Box 1, Folder 9 Almanach Luso-Africano para 1899
1899
Box 1, Folder 10 A Lestada De Lés A Lés
1985
Box 1, Folder 11 A Mocidade Africana
1930
Box 1, Folder 12 A Morna- Belada- O Legado de Renato Cardoso
1999
Box 1, Folder 13 A Voz De Cabo Verde
1914
Box 1, Folder 14 Cabo Verde e S. Tomé e Príncipe: esquema de uma evolução conjunta
1956
Box 1, Folder 15 Cancioneiro Da Saudade E Da Morte
Box 1, Folder 16 Canções Crioulas e Musicas Populares de Cabo Verde
1910
Box 1, Folder 17 Correio de Africa
1922 May 4
Box 2, Folder 1 Cultura Cabo Verde
1998 July
Box 2, Folder 2 Da Literatura Colonial e da "morna,, de Cabo Verde
1934
Box 2, Folder 3 Flores Murchas
1938
Box 2, Folder 4 Folclore Caboverdeano
1933
Box 2, Folder 5 Government Documents
1997 December
Box 2, Folder 6 Government Publications
Box 2, Folder 7 Io EncontroDe Musica Nacional (1 of 2)
Box 2, Folder 8 Io EncontroDe Musica Nacional (2 of 2)
Box 2, Folder 9 Jardim Das Hespérides
1926
Box 2, Folder 10 Jornal das Colónias
Box 2, Folder 11 Medecina Tradicional
1985
Box 2, Folder 12 Mesa- Redonda Sobre Identidade Cultural Cabo-Verdiana
Box 2, Folder 13 Música Caboverdeana, Mornas Para Piano
1993
Box 2, Folder 14 Músicas De Cabo Verde Mornas De Eugénio Tavares
1987
Box 3, Folder 1 Na Perspectiva De O Crioulo Ser Língua Literária, Qual Deverã Ser Em Cabo Verde O Crioulo Literãrio Padrão
1985
Box 3, Folder 2 Nossa Terra Nossa Gente
1994
Box 3, Folder 3 Notes
Box 3, Folder 4 Novo Almanach de Lembranças Luso-Brazileiro para o anno de 1913
1912
Box 3, Folder 5 O Dialecto Crioulo, Léxico Do Dialecto Crioulo Do Arquipélago De Cabo Verde
Box 3, Folder 6 O Eco De Cabo Verde
1933 May 1
Box 3, Folder 7 O Independente
1912 April 12
Box 3, Folder 8 O Manduco
1923 August 1
Box 3, Folder 9 Os Rebelados Da Ilha De Santiago De Cabo Verde
1974
Box 3, Folder 10 Pedro Cardoso "Lirios E Cravos"
Box 3, Folder 11 Pedro Cardoso publications
Box 3, Folder 12 Pedro Cardoso "Rafodjos"
1924
Box 4, Folder 1 Por Uma Etnografia Da Resistência: o caso das tabancas de Cabo Verde
2006
Box 4, Folder 2 Quadras Em Crioulo De Cabo Verde
Box 4, Folder 3 Sonetos E Redondilhas
1934
Box 4, Folder 4 Terra Nova, "O Carnaval D'Outróra
1987
Box 4, Folder 5 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Geografia E A Identidade Cultural
1985
Box 4, Folder 6 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Indentidade Cultural Cabo-Verdiana Como Sintese De Culturas
1985
Box 4, Folder 7 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Morna Musica De Cabo Verde
1985
Box 4, Folder 8 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Commisáo Central Para As Comemoraçoes
1985
Box 4, Folder 9 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Contribuição Para A Perspectivação Do Artesanato Nacional No Desenvolvimento Das Comunidades
1985
Box 4, Folder 10 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Lingua Kultura Y Identidadi
1985
Box 4, Folder 11 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, A Literatuta Oral Y Identidadi Kultural
1985
Box 4, Folder 12 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Identidade Cultural
1985
Box 4, Folder 13 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Mesa-Redonda Sublevações Pupulares E Resistencia Cultural
1985
Box 4, Folder 14 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, O choque da cultura caboverdiana com a cultura das sociedades industrials no seio da Emigração
1985
Box 4, Folder 15 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, O Treato Africano A Procura De Identidade
1985
Box 4, Folder 16 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional, Sub-Commisao De Cultura
1985
Box 4, Folder 17 X Aniversário Da Independencia Nacional
1985

Series 3. Published books
Published books are cataloged in Adams Library's OPAC