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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• André, Nicolas
• Picard, Liesl
• Jean-Louis, Arielle
• Hall, Geoffrey
• Brouillet, Luc
• Verna, Chantalle F
• Cinea, William
• Peguero, Brígido
• Jestrow, Brett
• François, Beatrice Jean
• Francisco-Ortega, Javier

Titel

H AITI, QUEBEC, AND THE FRENCH CANADIAN MISSION TO QUISQUEYA (DECEMBER 1937–JANUARY 1938): PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FOUNDER OF THE MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, BROTHER MARIE-VICTORIN

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Haitian studies, 2019-10, Vol.25 (2), p.206-238

Ort / Verlag

Santa Barbara: Journal of Haitian Studies

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The last, the Aumônier diocésain de la Jeunesse Technique Catholique (Diocesan Chaplain of Catholic Technical Youth; VVH 25), served as the chaplain for the expedition.5 We are certain that Philippe Cantave also joined the delegation and played a key role in the organization and design of the various trips to Haiti.6 Cantave, who later served as Haiti's ambassador to Canada, was a native of Haiti who lived in Canada and was a strong advocate for the preservation of French heritage in the New World.7 Through archival research at the Université de Montréal we have located Brother Marie-Victorin's unpublished travelogue, as well as a collection of 305 photographs he took during his 1937-38 visit to Quisqueya. The microfilm records a fortyfive-page document that includes a twelve-page botanical description of breadfruit, a twenty-eight-page typed version of the travelogue, two handwritten pages of brief travel notes related to December 22-26, 1937, that were also copied into the typed journal, and five typed pages of a speech to be delivered to an unknown audience by Brother Marie-Victorin in which he calls for deeper ties between Quebec and Haiti. The first portion of their journey (December 27-January 1, 1938) focused on Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, including the pine forest of Morne des Commissaires (BMVHB 1-1, 10-14), the mountain areas of Kenskoff (BMVHB 1-1, 14), and the coastal village of Léogáne (BMVHB 1-1, 17-18). The second set of photos, taken during his 1937-38 trip, are mounted on thirty-eight sheets of cardboard (BMVHB 2-2) labeled with consecutive numbers (4162 through 4199) by Brother Marie-Victorin (Figure 5).13 A total of 268 photos are attached to the cardboard sheets, and they also appear in the photographic album or glass slide collection.