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Inaugural Eric Williams CAPE Prize in Historic Awards Ceremony

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – On March 22, 2009 The Eric Williams Memorial Collection (EWMC) at The University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago ushered in the eleventh anniversary of Dr. Williams, the country’s first Prime Minister who died in office on March 29, 1981.

In an Awards Cerremony at the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission, Ms. Henry received, on behalf of The Eric Williams Memorial Collection at The University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago): a laptop computer, framed certificate and book prize.


L to R: Yanique Amoy Henry, Hampton School, Jamaica – winner of the Inaugural Eric Wiliams CAPE Prize in History; and Hon. Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner to Jamaica.
Photo courtesy of Dennis Gordon

The Collection consists of Williams’ Research Library, Archives and Museum. In 1999, it was named to UNESCO’s prestigious Memory of the World Register. At the time, the documentary heritage of only 47 other countries had been so designated.

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