This collection contains fragmentary texts and images documenting cultural expressions from the Caribbean and South America. Many of the transitory materials grouped under ephemera include posters, postcards, leaflets, tracts, special editions, programs and menus published in countries such as the Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Curaçao Grenada, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
"Specially compiled for the Royal Gazette Co., Ltd. A large two-color folding map...with charming scene of a carriage and a bicyclist sharing a Bermuda road." -- Descriptions from Black Swan Books, bookseller.
Folders 1-5 of this box contain newspapers specific to the regions of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidad Guardian is a major national newspaper, printed in English and distributed daily throughout the region, and the Trinidad and Tobago Review is a monthly journal, also printed in English and released by the Institute of the West Indies at Tapia House. Folder 6 contains an issue of The Flash, a periodical that highlights an international view of gay lifestyles, and this particular issue features articles focused on the Caribbean.
