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Carte de l'isle de la Jamaique.

Description: Map shows mid-eighteenth century geography, cities, and towns on the island of Jamaica. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:880,000].
Date: 1758
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Central America.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century geography, cities, towns, and railroads in Panama, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala, and Jamaica. Trans-oceanic cables in the region are also shown. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1904
Creator: C. S. Hammond & Company.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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["Melting Pot" exhibit silent walk through video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a silent gallery walk-through of the Melting Pot exhibition featuring Caribbean artists from Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. The exhibition was held at the James E. Kemp Gallery from January 18 to May 14, 2004. The video shows a silent visual walk-through of the gallery space with close-up shots of piece descriptions followed by the connected work. The work displayed includes paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
Date: January 2004
Duration: 11 minutes
Creator: Collins, Phillip; Fabelo, Roberto; Fonseca, Ever; Vizcaino, Marcelino; Bigaud, Wilson; Chery, Richard et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Mexico & Guatimala

Description: This map shows Mexico, Guatemala, and the surrounding areas. Mexican states are outlined in various colors and labeled; "Guatimala" encompasses all of Central America (except for Belize). Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mexique, Amerique Central, Antilles

Description: This map shows Central America and the Caribbean as well as the surrounding areas. Countries are shaded in color (corresponding to a key near the upper right corner) and the states of Mexico are outlined in green. Some major cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are four insets: the Isthmus of Panama (lower right corner), and the islands of St. Martin, La Martinique, and La Guadeloupe in the upper right corner. Scale [ca. 1:2,28… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Dumas-Vorzet, Ed.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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["Rhythm/Soul Dance Promo":15 "Promo" video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a brief promotional video for the "Rythm and Soul of a People" weekend dance festival that took place March 3rd and 4th of an unknown year. The footage shows clips of dancers under a narrator listing the performing groups as well as the performance date, location, and time.
Date: [1990..2010]
Duration: 22 seconds
Creator: Eyecon Video Productions
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.773926 -96.801732
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Central America and the West Indies from the latest and best authorities.

Description: Map shows West Indies sailing routes and related major cities and ports. Lower Mexico and northwest coast of South America is also shown and Texas is identified as a separate entity. Layouts of cities in port insets; parishes, towns and estates for inset of Jamaica. Includes key to "Abreviations of the Names of the Nations possessiong the West India Is." Insets: "The Harbour and City of Havana," "Jamaica," and "The Harbours of Port Royal & Kingston." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by so… more
Date: [1840..1850]
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus.

Description: This map shows Central America and the Caribbean as well as the surrounding areas. Some countries and bodies of water are labeled. There are several series of radiating lines throughout the map as well as illustrations of ships within the ocean and people around the outsides of the map.
Date: 1671
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664 & Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's West Indies.

Description: Map shows major cities and railroads in Cuba. Also, cities in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, the Bahama Islands, Trinidad, the Florida "Reef" [Keys]. Shows political divisions, ship channels and "passages," and soundings along the Great Bahama Bank and banks off the Antilles, Jamaica, and the coast of Central America. Inset: The Bermuda Islands. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:6,540,400] and [ca. 1:563,200 ].
Date: 1864
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, November 13, 1898]

Description: Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing current events, including England's Jamaican colony and their dealings with the Philippines, and his plans for the rest of his trip. The bottom half of the letter is torn off.
Date: November 13, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Location: 50.839205 19.235149
Partner: Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

Mexico and Central America to illustrate Harpers Gazetteer.

Description: Map shows sailing routes through the West Indies, major cities, and ports. Lower Mexico and northwest coast of South America is displayed and Texas is shown to be part of United States. Insets: "Jamaica," "The Harbours of Port Royal and Kingston," and "The Harbour and City of Havana." Includes key to "Abreviations of the Names of the Nations possessing the West India Is." and notes. Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: McLellan, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of North America: Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography.

Description: This map shows North and Central America and some of the surrounding areas. Countries and regions are shaded in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights as well as depth by form lines). Scale [ca. 1:34,957,000]. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The back of the map contains a page of text titled "Questions on the Map of the Eastern Hemisphere" (not included) at the top of the page and then te… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Client Card: Mrs. Juanita Ballinger]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Juanita Ballinger, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a cast of a "Portrait Head," and a bronze cast of a "Head" from wax measuring.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

Nova Designatio Insulæ Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion: non postremae Secundum Gubernationes fuas accuratas aeri incisa et publici juris facta.

Description: Map shows early eighteenth century Jamaican "precinct" or parish boundaries, harbors, pastures, churches, settlements, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Scale not given.
Date: [1731..1751]
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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["Black Art - Ancestral Legacy" art exhibition documentary]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.
Date: 1989/1990
Duration: 43 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Katina; Stepneski, Mark & Nance, Daryl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.787696 -96.801044
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Treasure hunt]

Description: Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 3 Fort Worth adventurers who participated in a salvage / treasure hunt / exploration of the Spanish galleon Genovesa, which sank off the coast of Jamaica in 1730.
Date: December 19, 1964
Duration: 3 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: 6PM sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.
Date: October 20, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Coward-Patman-Dunlop]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating news stories about the death of Sir Noel Coward in Kingston, Jamaica; Wright Patman criticizing Richard Nixon's economic plans; John Dunlop announces controls on lumber.
Date: March 26, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Glieber death]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about memorial services which is scheduled for Mary Frances Glieber.
Date: July 19, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jamaica]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the pronunciation of "Jamaica".
Date: September 9, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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