The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
Dennis Mahabir Collection
SC18
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
- Title
- Dennis Mahabir collection
- ID
- SC18
- Date
- 1881-1965
- Extent
- 3.0 Linear feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation note
Dennis Mahabir collection. The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Biographical/Historical note
Dennis Jules Mahabir was born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, in April 1920. He was the son of Jules Mahabir, the first Indo-Trinidadian magistrate and Minnie Mahabir, founders of the Minerva Club and patrons of the Minerva Review, an early Indian literary magazine in Trinidad. Dennis Mahabir was the editor of the Spectator and associate editor of the Observer, two Indian literary magazines in Trinidad. He served as Mayor of Port-of-Spain, 1957-1960. He was also the author of the novel, The Cutlass is not for Killing (1970). He died in 1992.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists mainly of periodicals, including almost complete runs of the Spectator, Observer and Minerva Review and a few issues each of the Indian, Sentinel and Trinidad Presbyterian. It also includes the manuscript of his novel, a compilation of selected essays by Mahabir and a copy of the Report on the Carnival Riots (1881). There is, too, a copy of a novel entitled, Frustrated Love, which was printed "for Mrs. M. Mahabir".
Administrative Information
Publication Information
The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine868-662-2002 Ext 82132
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, acquired this collection in April 2002 from Sastri Mahabir, son of Dennis Mahabir.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago
- East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Periodicals.
Collection Inventory
The Indian |
Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
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1940: Sept. Vol. 4, No. 39 |
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1940: Dec. Vol. 4, No. 42 |
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1941: Jun. Vol. 4, No. 48 |
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1943: Aug. Vol. 7, No. 74 |
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1944: Sept. Vol. 8, No. 87 |
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1949: Oct. Vol. 13, No. 148 |
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The Minerva Review, 1941-1944 |
Box 1 |
Folder 2 |
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1941: Apr. - Jun. Vol. 1, No. 1 |
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1941: Jul. - Sept. Vol.1, No. 2 |
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1941: Oct. - Dec. Vol.1, No. 3 |
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1942: Mar. - Aug. Vol. 2, No. 1 |
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1942: Sept. - Dec. Vol. 2 No. 2 |
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1943: Jan. - Jun. Vol. 3, No. 1 |
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1944: Jan. - Jun. Vol. 4, No. 1 |
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New Dawn |
Box 1 |
Folder 3 |
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19??: P 9-23; Cover missing |
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1940: Dec. Vol. 1, No. 2 |
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1941: Mar. Vol. 1, No. 5 |
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1941: Apr. Vol. 1, No. 6 |
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1941: May - Jun. Vol. 1, No. 7 |
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1941: Sept. Vol. 1, No. 10 |
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1941: Oct. Vol.1, No.11 |
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Observer |
Box 1 |
Folder 4 |
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1942: Mar. Vol. 1, No. 3 |
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1943: May Vol. 2, No. 5 |
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1944: Vol 3: Nos. 5,6,8,9, 11, 12 |
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1945: Vol. 4, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 |
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1946: Vol 6, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 12 |
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1948: Dec. Vol. 7, No. 12 |
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1949: Vol. 8, Nos. 1, 2, 3 |
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1950: Oct. Vol. 9, No. 10 |
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1951: Oct. Vol. 10, No. 10 |
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1952: Nov. Vol. 11, No. 11 |
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1953: Vol. 12, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 |
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1954: Vol. 13, Nos. 3, 5, 10 |
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1955: Jul. Vol 14, No. 7 |
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1956: Aug. Vol. 15, No. 8 |
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1964: Vol. 23, No. 12 |
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Observer 1941-1942: Vol. 1, No 1-11 |
Box 1 |
Folder 5 |
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Observer: 1942-1943: Vol. 1, No. 12; Vol. 2 No. 1-12 |
Box 1 |
Folder 6 |
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Sentinel |
Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
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1947: Vol. 2, Nos., 2, 4, 5 |
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1948: Vol. 3, No. 4 |
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Trinidad Presbyterian |
Box 2 |
Folder 2 |
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1907: Aug. Vol IV, No. 8 |
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1935: Jan. Vol. XXXII, No. 1 |
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1937: Aug. Vol. XXXIV, Nos.8, 9, 11, 12 |
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1938: Vol. XXXV, Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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1938 or 1939 p. 3-22 |
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1939: Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 1, 2,4 |
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1940: Vol. XXXVII, Nos. 6, 7, 8 |
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1941: Vol. XXXVIII, Nos. 7, 9, 10,12 |
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1956: p. 3-30 |
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Other magazines |
Box 2 |
Folder 3 |
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The African and Colonial world, p. 3-20. year (unknown) |
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The Beacon, March 1932 |
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Caribbean quarterly, West Indies Federation commemorative issue Vo. 5, No. 3, Apr. 1959 |
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Great thoughts, June 1953 |
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Jamaica and the West Indian review, Autumn 1963 |
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The Missionary monthly - Glimpses of Trinidad, June 1951 |
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Trinidad Radio Times Television, Vol. 11, No. 6, June 1962 |
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The West Indian review, July 1958 |
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Other materials |
Box 2 |
Folder 4 |
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Caribbean Affairs: a framework for Caribbean Studies / M.G. Smith |
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Fortune, Jose R. Eh bien oui: an anthology of twenty poems in English and Creolese. |
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From Dennis Mahabir, London |
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Erva. Frustrated love : a novel. General noteprinted by Ben Durham Printing Works, 3 Ariapita Avenue, Port of Spain for the author Mrs. M. Mahabir of No. 2, Herbert Street , POS. |
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Report of the Conference on movement of persons within a British Caribbean Federation |
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Report on the Legislative Council general elections 1956 |
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Mahabir, Dennis. Selected essays /Dennis Mahabir. |
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Mr. Hamilton's report on the causes & disturbances in connexion with the carnival in Trinidad 1881General noteReport ends at page 8. |
Box 2 |
Folder 5 |
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The cutlass is not for killing. Manuscript. |
Box 2 |
Folder 6 |
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Spectator |
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Bound Book 1: Sept. 1949-Aug. 1950 |
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Bound book 2: Sept. 1950- Aug. 1951 |
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Bound book 3: Sept. 1951-Aug. 1952 |
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Bound Book 4: Sept. 1952-Aug. 1953 |
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Bound Book 5: Sept. 1953-Aug. 1954 |
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Bound Book 6: Sept. 1955-Aug. 1956 |
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Bound book 7: Sept. 1956-Aug. 1957 |
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Bound book 8: Sept. 1957-Aug. 1958 |
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Bound book 9: Sept. 1958-Aug. 1959 |
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Bound book 10: Sept. 1959-Aug. 1960 |
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1959: Sept. Dec. |
Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
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1960: Copies for Jan. Feb. Mar. May, Jun., Jul. Aug. Oct. Nov. |
Box 3 |
Folder 2 |
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1961: Copies for Anniversary; Feb. Mar. Apr. Jun. Jul. Aug. Oct. Nov. |
Box 3 |
Folder 3 |
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1962: Copies for Jan. Feb. Mar. Jul.-Aug. Sept. Oct. Dec. |
Box 3 |
Folder 4 |
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1963: Jan. Feb. Mar. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. |
Box 1 |
Folder 5 |
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1964: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. |
Box 1 |
Folder 6 |
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