The oldest library of Haiti

In 1873, Père Daniel Weick funded the library

And later the ObservatoireObservatoire

At the same time, the first free branch of the fire brigade of Port-au-fire brigade of Port-au-

Prince

Gabriel Débien’s opinionsGabriel Débien s opinions

The « Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit », the Eighteenth Century and colonial Saint-Domingue library, hosts one of the most famous collection about slave history.

The BHFIC (des Frères de l’Instruction Ch éti ) i th h iti ’ i t th tChrétienne), is the haitian’s nineteenth century Library.

The oldest book: sixteenth century

EDEN. Richard.The Decades of the newe worlde or west Indiaworlde or west India, Imprynted by Rycharde jug; In ædibus Guilhelmijug; In ædibus Guilhelmi Powell: Londoni, 1555. 4o

British Library have a copy

Ouvrage du 16ème siècleThe sixteenth century book

Voyages et conquêtes de Ferdinand Courtois aux y g qIndes Occidentales/ traduit par Guillaume Le

Breton. Paris, 1588.

Foundation of BHPSEThe evangelization and the

education project of the Holy Ghost, and the alumni rooting at

the alma mater are the main enrichment and anchorage enrichment and anchorage

points of the libraryC th li Ch h iCatholic Church servicesHaitian nation services

BHPSE SpecificitiespIn the begining the library project was to offer doc mentation aro nd 3 main to offer documentation around 3 main

subjects:

Haïti, (history, literature, culture);American history (Caribbean . . .); The slave history of the world.

N ti d t th il f th New section: due to the exile of the Haitian Holy Ghost (1969-86)

The Haitian’s refugee history and economy The Haitian’s refugee history and economy from the 1960s to today.

The slaves’ regulationsThe slaves’ regulations

Le code noir La police des noirs

Science at Saint-DomingueTh i i i d S iThe printing arrived at Saint-Domingue to reinforce the repression and administrative tools against the fugitivetools against the fugitive slaves.Arthaud and Le Cercle des Philadelphes (the SaintPhiladelphes (the Saint Domingue Academy of science affillated with the Benjamin Franklin society) used it in a y)most constructive way, printing scientific books, very useful at that time.

The first imprint at Saint Domingue, 1764 (65)

Al h d S i tAlmanach de Saint-Domingue pour l'année 1765, contenant les noms ,des personnes en place dans la colonie. Cap-François : ChezCap-François : Chez Marie, Imprimeur breveté du Roi pour toute l’Ifle St-D i à l’ l i dDomingue à l’exclusion de tous autres, 1764? (BHPSE)(BHPSE)

The collections:Linstant de Pradines;Semexan Rouzier;Michel Oreste;;Edmond Mangonès (4,000 books and around 20 archives’ boxes);around 20 archives boxes); Recently the Dupuy’s Family, around 1.000 monographs and handwritten;monographs and handwritten;Milo & Odette Rigaud records’ collection.

Lois Constitutions de Moreau de Saint-Méry (83 titles)

The only copy of volume 7

Toussaint Louverture, General GovernorToussaint Louverture, General Governor

Estimation...

20,000 books;1,000 titles of scientific journals; 500 maps and other materials500 maps and other materialsMany rare books, some are one of a kind, f th i t th t th dfrom the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, as well as nineteenth and t entieth cent riesand twentieth centuries.

Modernisation of BHPSE

Holy Ghost’s exile: 1969 1986 (books onHoly Ghost’s exile: 1969 1986 (books on box)

Homecoming: 1986

Digitalization solution to the 1969 1986 crisis

Preservation and diffusion

CULTURE :CULTURE : Fonds vaudou Odette M. Rigaud

HISTORY : Fonds esclavage et son abolitiongFonds imprimés à Saint-Domingue

DEVELOPMENT :DescourtilzFonds Lois et actes d’Haïti (1801-2009)

http://www ht refer org/fondspatrimoniaux/http://www.ht.refer.org/fondspatrimoniaux/

Numérisation des fonds en dangerm f g

http://www.ht.auf.org/OMR/

Fonds colonial

http://www.ht.refer.org/fonds-colonial/

Partenariat 3 bibliothèques patrimonialeswww.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/UFDC.aspx? Bib=CA00000005&vid=00011

B N HB H P S EB H F I C

http://www.ht.refer.org/fonds-descourtilz/index.php

Researching plants

F d E lFonds Esclavage

Low cost

500 $ 8 secondes page 2000 $ 500p hour

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DiffusionDiffusion

PreservationPreservation

Lois et Actes 1801-2004o s et ctes 80 00

Full text OCR & Data Base by subject

70 000 pages 20 000 entries

Sujet recherchable COMMERCE103 textes

Th kThanksPatrick D. Tardieu, M.Sc.

Conservateur