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THE MISS LOU ARCHIVES IS NOW OPENED IN DOWNTOWN KINGSTON!

By Richard Johnson—-  From left: Vivian Crawford, acting executive director of Institute of Jamaica; Clayton Coverley — grandson; Fabian Coverley — son and co-executor of the Miss Lou Estate; Olivia “Babsy” Grange, minister of culture; Dr Pamela Appelt — co-executor of the Miss Lou Estate; Joy Douglas, chairman of the National Library; Poet Laureate Professor Mervyn Morris; and Winsome Hudson, national librarian. JAMAICANS will now have access to some personal documents of cultural icon Louise “Miss Lou” Bennett-Coverley. The National Library of Jamaica on Thursday launched the Miss Lou Archives, a collection of some of Miss Lou’s private documents and writing which she agreed to donate when she was leaving Jamaica to take up residence in Canada. The arduous process of sorting, collating and filing the documents, which include hand-written manuscripts of some … Read entire article »

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