Singers' Quarterly : a quarterly magazine edited by /

Hutton-Davis, Albinia Catherine.

Singers' Quarterly : a quarterly magazine edited by / Albinia Catherine (Hutton) Davis. - 1932-1973. - volumes : colour illustrations ; 31 x 24 or smaller - handwritten - Includes 9 bound volumes from various poetic works between 1932-1947.

The manuscript collection has 13 boxes of magazines circulated privately five times a year under the title Singers' quarterly. It includes excerpts concerning the West Indies or by West Indians from the "singers" quarterly. Some of which were contributed by persons such as Albinia O Sullivan, Tom Redcam, Astley Clerk, Stephanie Ormsby, Constance Hollar, Vivian Virtue, Mary Lockett,Lena Kent, Ellis Bentley and Beverley Nichols. This manuscript consists of several volumes from the following years1932-1947.These feature 9 bound volumes nos. 1-9. No. 1 includes postcards titles such as (Priest man s River, North Coast, Portland, Jamaica), (Mandeville, Jamaica), (Hope Gardens, Jamaica), (Flat Bridge, Bog walk, Jamaica), (Montego Bay, (In Bananaland,St. Mary, Jamaica), (Constant Spring, Jamaica) No. 2 includes postcards titles such as (Ocho Rios, Jamaica, British West Indies), Mandeville from the church tower), Bamboo Arch Avenue, Young Jamaica, Priestman river, The Bog Walk,(Blue Mountain, Jamaica,B.W.I) No. 3 includes postcards titles such as (Fern Gully, St Ann, Jamaica), Columbus Cove, (A typical Jamaican church), (Fern Gully,Jamaica, British West Indies). No. 4 include postcards titles such as Government buildings, Spanish Town, Town of Mandeville, By Road and River Trelawny, Montego Bay, Jamaica, B.W.I, Morant Bay, Jamaica, British West Indies, Irrigation Dam, Bog Walk. No. 5 includes postcards titles such as Scene on the road to Castleton, Falls near Gordon Town, Brandon Hill, Road to Castleton, Greetings from Jamaica-Fern Gully St. Anns, A peep at Blue Hole, Portland, Botanical Gardens Hope, 5 miles from Kingston, Flat Bridge Rio Cobre Bog Walk, Roaring River Falls. No. 6 postcards titles such as At Bog Walk, (Mandeville, Jamaica), Scene Near Ocho Rios, (Nelson s Memorial, Jamaica, British West Indies), The Bog walk (Bocas del Agua),(Coconut walk, Gibraltar, St Mary, Jamaica), photos of Highgate house, Albinia O Sullivan, St. John s Church No. 7 image titles such as Newcastle Military Cantonment 19 miles from Kingston, (Llandovery Falls, St Ann), Newcastle, Montego Bay, Coconut Grove on the road to Morant Bay (postcards), (Washing at the fording, White River), The Highlands of Jamaica, (Roaring river falls, St Ann s), (Ocho Rios harbor from Hill house), (St. Michael s Church, Arthur s seat) Dog s Head Rock, Robin s Bay, The Rio Cobre Canal. No. 8 postcards titles such as Shettlewood, (Grapefruit Plantation, Manchester Pastures, Manchester, Jamaica), Bath of St. Thomas Mineral,(Dam Head Irrigation, Spanish Town,5 miles from Kingston),(A Coffee Plantation, Andrew, Jamaica),(Mandeville Parish church interior),(Peasant s home,St Andrew, Jamaica),(Reaping Coconut,Wentworth,Jamaica),(North Bay,Jamaica,B.W.I), Castleton gardens, Bamboo arched avenue, Banana blossoms and fruit, (Mango tree, bearing fruit),Famous Manchester oranges, Fern Gully St. Anns, Orange Grove, (Castleton Gardens,19 miles from Kingston) No. 9 postcards titles such as (Constant Spring Aqueduct, Jamaica, B.W.I), (Parade square, Montego Bay, Jamaica), (Montego Bay Hotel, Jamaica), (Hotel Casa Blanca, Montego Bay, Jamaica, B.W.I), (Beach View Hotel and Doctor s cave bathing Club, Montego Bay, B.W.I), Bird songs, (Constant Spring Hotel, Jamaica, B.W.I), (Rosselle Falls, Jamaica, B.W.I), Kings Measburn Westmoreland, (Mandeville Jamaica,B.W.I-25282),(Bog walk showing flat bridge, 19 miles from Kingston),(Blue Mountain, Jamaica,B.W.I),(White Horses, Jamaica,B.W.I),(Bog walk, Jamaica,B.W.I), 1940-April (This features the postcard title Castleton Gardens). 1952- April, July, October; 1954- April, July, October; 1955-January, April, July, October (This features postcards titles such as Tom Cringle's cotton tree, Tek me foto sah, Kings house, Tobacco growing on the Temple Hall estate, Jamaica, BWI, Christmas; 1956-January, April, July, October; 1957-January, April, July, October, Christmas; 1958-January, April, July; 1959-January, April, July, October, Christmas; 1960- January, April, July, October, Christmas; 1962- January, April, July, October, Christmas; 1963- Winter, April, July(This features postcards titles such as Hope gardens, a banana field, a lady picking a breadfruit, Bird songs, (Wesley church, tower street, Kingston, JA) October, Christmas(This features postcards titles such as a negro dance in the islands and John canoe) ; 1964- January, April(This features postcards titles such as Fern Gully Ocho Rios, Hope Gardens, Yellow Flowers plant) July, October(This features postcards titles such as of San san Bay,poui tree blossoming, clearing of a cane field, Ye Olde Ferry Inn) Christmas; 1965- January(This features images of Blue mountain range, doctor birds, postcards of Hope gardens, the town of Mandeville, Manchester hotel, Mandeville, Jamaica, BWI, Sugar Estate) , April (This features image of Big woods, on the road to new market, Westmoreland) July, October, Christmas; 1966-January, April, July, October, Christmas; 1967-Winter, April(This features the a postcards title of the coffee plant), July, October, Christmas; 1968-Winter, April (This features postcards Mount Ida Malvern, Blue Mountain Inn, (Lacovia bamboo grove, St Elizabeth, Jamaica) (Lucea, Harbour, Jamaica, 1771), July (This issue features postcards titles such as of a Poui tree blossoming, Lacovia bamboo grove, Sunset and dusk over Kingston) October, Christmas; 1969-Winter, April, July, October, Christmas; 1970-Winter, April, July, October, Christmas; 1971-Winter, April, July, October, Christmas; 1972-January, July, October, Christmas; 1973 - April.


Manuscripts--Jamaica.
Caribbean periodicals.
Magazine illustration--Jamaica.
Caribbean periodicals.
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