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t-cep471CEP 471Archive belonging to a French prison guard based in Guyana during the first half of the 20th century. His name was Jean Elie Berlureau, Surveillant militaire de première classe

- Dans une couverture d'Agenda Buvard L.B. De 1912 pour la Nouvelle Calédonie, avec carte de la Nouvelle Calédonie et Plan de Nouméa

- Cinq documents relatifs a la pension de retraite du gardien, et à la réparation des dommages de guerre subis dans la zone de Royan.

- Carte photo représentant le gardien avec dédicace autographe à sa fille.

- Carte postale d'un départ de forçat pour la Guyane depuis Saint Martin de Ré.

-Inventaire manuscrit avec prix des conserves arrivées à "La pénitenciaire, société coopérative de consommation, par le cargo Basse terre le 31 Mars 1926.

Dans un feuillet plié "Pénitencier de Saint Laurent" C'est un feuillet servant à comptabiliser les effectifs lors d'un chantier. Il a été modifié à la main"

-Le Paludisme, prophylaxie et traitement. Brochure d'instruction ronéotypée locale d'Aout 1919.

-Liste des passagers du Bateau la Navarre, parti de Saint Nazaire le 10 Juillet 1924. Berlureau figure au nombre des passagers de seconde classe débarqués à Cayenne.

Au fond de la chemise jaune une quinzaine de coupures de presse de journaux des années 1950 relative au bagne et à Papillon (Henri Charrière, bagnard évadé qui publia ses mémoires.)

Dans une chemise " Relégation" dossier vierge en parchemin de l'administration pénitentiaire

Texte manuscrit de 1920 adressé par un détenu de l'ile saint Jacques au ministère de la Justice (8 pages).

Il se déclare innocent et se plaint de mauvais traitements de la part d'autre détenus, de problèmes de santé, Une liasse de documents épinglé concernant les traitements (salaires) affectés aux gardiens, l'attribution de la médaille coloniale à Berlureau et le prolongement d'un congé de convalescence. Certains sont écrits sur des papiers de récupération. (dont programme de la fête du 11 Novembre 1926 à Saint Laurent (8 eme anniversaire de l'armistice de 1918), formulaire de cession de main d’œuvre )

Trois plans manuscrits :

-Croquis a main levée du Camp de la Crique saint Jacques

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-Carte du plateau Saint Jacques et de la 11 eme région dossier vierge en parchemin de l'administration pénitentiaire Déclaration de délégation (document dans lequel BERLUREAU laisse une partie de son salaire à son épouse restée en France) Liasse épinglée avec procès verbal manuscrit suite au vol de draps à la lingerie du pénitencier. Série de documents vierge (solde, délégation) différentes pièce dactylographiées relatives aux problèmes des soldes, traitement et retraites des personnel pénitentiaires. Le dernier document est très intéressant car il comporte les signatures de tous les surveillants des Iles du Salut Cahier d'écriture de M. Berlureau (entre 1911 et 1919) Registre dont 93 pages sont écrites. Le gardien Berlureau y a recopié de nombreux textes législatifs et correspondances relatifs au bagne :

- Loi du 27 Mai 1885 sur les récidivistes (elle permet la relégation de ces récidivistes dans les bagnes)

- décret d'application

- Devoirs généraux des relégués (règlement sur la vie pratique du bagne)

- diverses circulaires ; dépêches

- Décret du 13 Janvier 1888 (les bagnards libérés doivent rester en Guyane

- Décret du 4 Septembre 1891 (punitions et camps disciplinaires)

- Circulaire de 1913 au sujet de la surveillance a exercer sur les armes (a la suite du vol d'un revolver de gardien par un détenu

- circulaire de 1913 sur l'ivresse des agents

- Circulaire de 1913 sur le suicide d'un gardien sous emprise alcoolique

-courrier de 1918 relatif au vol de toxiques a la pharmacie du camp, et a l 'attribution de postes de faveurs a des malfaiteurs connus

- Arrêté modifiant la tenue des surveillants militaire de 1919 (description du nouvel uniforme)

The rough English translation is as follows:

Jean Elie Berlueau, First Class Military Supervisor

- In a cover of Agenda Buvard L.B. From 1912 for New Caledonia, with map of New Caledonia and Plan of Nouméa

- Five documents relating to the guard's retirement pension, and compensation for war damage suffered in the Royan area.

- Photo card representing the goalkeeper with autograph dedication to his daughter.

- Postcard of a convict leaving for Guyana from Saint Martin de Ré.

-Handwritten inventory with price of canned goods arrived at "La penitentiaire, consumer cooperative society, by the cargo ship Basse Terre on March 31, 1926.

In a folded sheet “Saint Laurent Penitentiary”

It is a sheet used to count the workforce during a construction site. It was modified by hand"

-Malaria, prophylaxis and treatment.

Local mimeographed instruction brochure from August 1919.

-List of passengers of the Bateau la Navarre, which left Saint Nazaire on July 10, 1924.

t-cep471a1CEP 471Berlueau is among the second-class passengers disembarked at Cayenne.

Inside the yellow file around fifteen newspaper clippings from the 1950s relating to the penal colony and Papillon (Henri Charrière, escaped convict who published his memoirs.)

In a “Relegation” file blank parchment file from the prison administration Handwritten text from 1920 sent by an inmate from Saint Jacques Island to the Ministry of Justice (8 pages).

He declares himself innocent and complains of mistreatment by other detainees, health problems, A sheaf of pinned-up documents concerning the salaries (salaries) assigned to guards, the awarding of the colonial medal to Berlureau and the extension of convalescence leave. Some are written on scrap papers. (including program for the celebration of November 11, 1926 in Saint Laurent (8th anniversary of the armistice of 1918), labor transfer form)

Three handwritten plans:

-Freehand sketch of Camp de la Crique Saint Jacques

-[Location of the camp in relation to neighboring concessions]

-Map of the Saint Jacques plateau and the 11th region blank parchment file from the prison administration Declaration of delegation (document in which BERLUREAU leaves part of his salary to his wife who remained in France) Pinned bundle with handwritten report following the theft of sheets from the penitentiary linen room. Blank set of documents (balance, delegation) various typewritten documents relating to the problems of pay, salary and pensions of prison staff. The last document is very interesting because it includes the signatures of all the supervisors of the Iles du Salut M. Berlueau's writing notebook (between 1911 and 1919) Register of which 93 pages are written.

The guard Berlueau copied numerous legislative texts and correspondence relating to the penal colony:

- Law of May 27, 1885 on repeat offenders (it allows the relegation of these repeat offenders to the prisons)

- Application decree

- General duties of the relegated (regulations on the practical life of the penal colony)

- various circulars; dispatches

- Decree of January 13, 1888 (liberated convicts must remain in Guyana

- Decree of September 4, 1891 (punishments and disciplinary camps)

- Circular of 1913 concerning the supervision to be exercised over weapons (following the theft of a guard's revolver by an inmate

- circular of 1913 on the drunkenness of agentst-cep471a2CEP 471

- Circular of 1913 on the suicide of a guard under the influence of alcohol

-letter from 1918 relating to the theft of poisons from the camp pharmacy, and the allocation of favored positions to known criminals

- Order modifying the uniform of military supervisors of 1919 (description of the new uniform)

A rare find for anyone studying prison life in French Guyana from the perspective of a French prison guard. ECCC

 

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Photo postcard of a market at Port-au-Prince. RC

 

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1864 panoramic illustraton of Nassau, with a Confederate blockade runner in the foreground. EC

 

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1853 illustration of the proclamation of the British colony of Bay Islands (now part of Honduras). Complete text. LC

 

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Vintage Spanish cardboard advertisement for Jamaican Old Rum Rhumprat. 24x34cm. ACC

 

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Early advert label of Cola-Cao. 10x19cm. NC

 

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2 early postcards of Jamaica. LC

 

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Early Mexican comic book El Napoleon Negro. Poor condition but quite rare. EC

 

t-cr220CA 220Early French chromo card of Victor Schoelcher. RC

 

Note: Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), was a French abolitionist writer, politician and journalist, best known for his work towards and leading role in the abolition of slavery in France in 1848. In 1828, he was sent to America by his father as a business representative of the family's enterprise. While on the continent he visited Mexico, Cuba, and the southern United States. On this trip he learned a lot about slavery and began his career as an abolitionist writer, and returning to France in 1830 he published his first writing in the Revue de Paris, an article titled Des noirs ("Of the blacks"), in which he proposed a gradual abolition of slavery. Schœlcher elaborated on social, economic, and political reforms he believed would be necessary to the Caribbean colonies after the abolition of slavery. He thought that the production of sugar could continue, though it should be rationalized with the construction of large central factories, and defended the reduction of concentration of land. Schœlcher was the first European abolitionist to visit Haiti after its independence, and had a large influence on the abolitionist movements in all of the French West Indies.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sch%C5%93lcher - cite_note-OU-6 He was actively against the debt collected from the Haitians as French slave owners sought reparations for their property lost in the Haitian Revolution. In February, 1848 he was appointed under-secretary of State for the colonies, as well as president of a new commission charged with drafting the immediate abolition of slavery. In his capacity as under-secretary of state and president of the commission, Schœlcher prepared and wrote the decree that was issued on 27 April 1848, in which the French government announced the immediate abolition of slavery in all of its colonies and granted citizenship to the emancipated slaves.

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Four gum cards by American company Fleer, published in 1961 on Pirates. Shown are David Henderson (1800-1830), Fred Hickey (1804-1832) and Rod Mason (1747-1788). These men plundered in Florida, Trinidad and the Leeward Islands. HSC

 

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