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astrolabe newsletter of the Turks & Caicos National Museum This collage is just a small sampling of the photos donated to the Turks & Caicos National Museum by Barbara Currie Dailey. They represent festivals, events and the general lifestyle on Grand Turk, South Caicos and Salt Cay during the late 1970s. What’s Hiding in Your Closet? Donations are the lifeblood of the National Museum. Story & Photo Collages By Lisa Turnbow-Talbot Everyone knows that non-profit organizations rely on monetary donations, but for the Turks & Caicos National Museum that is not the only donation that matters. Gifts-in-kind of photographs, videotapes, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, historical objects, business records, organization records, government records and oral histories are all important in documenting history and culture through the years. 72 www.timespub.tc
astrolabe newsletter of the Turks & Caicos National Museum This collage is a sampling of images donated by Moira and Alan Bishop, who spent time on Grand Turk, South Caicos and Salt Cay during the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs are perhaps the most common and currently, the easiest way of documenting history. While photos of prominent places and famous people are commonplace, it is often those photos of everyday people in their element that truly capture our cultural history. The lifestyles of people working, socializing, celebrating and spending time with their families are all part of a country’s culture. When you look at a photo, it brings that particular time in history to life. Wall carvings and paintings throughout the world are the photographs of their time. A great deal of what we know about many ancient cultures is derived from those etchings. What’s hiding in your closet that may be of historical value? Many of us may remember sorting through boxes of photographs left by family members after they passed or when cleaning out closets. Photos are now more likely to be stored on a phone or online, but you may still find older items stashed away in Grandma’s shoe box. The culture and how people lived even between the Islands in the Turks & Caicos varied widely. This article focuses on photos from some of our collections and the people who donated them. As there are too many to list them all, this is just a small sample of those who have contributed to recording the history of the Turks & Caicos in photographs. Barbara Currie Dailey donated a large collection (over 1,000 photographs) taken in the late 1970s. Her photos represent festivals, events and the general lifestyle on Grand Turk, South Caicos and Providenciales. It was difficult to choose which of her photos to highlight as there are so many valuable images. Moira and Alan Bishop spent time on Grand Turk, South Caicos and Salt Cay during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to over 300 photos, they also donated a collection of postcards. We often have military persons who were based on Grand Turk or South Caicos in the past return for visits and donate various items from their time spent on the island. One of our largest collections of photographs was donated by Ted Philippona. He was stationed on Grand Turk from 1954 to 1968. His collection contains over 600 photos and several videos of Grand Turk, Salt Cay and South Caicos. He captures “true life” from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s—the faces of children playing and people working and living everyday life. His collection provided us with some of the only photographs from John Glenn’s landing in 1964 and the Mercury Friendship 7 being loaded from the dock and taken to the airport on Grand Turk. Times of the Islands Summer 2021 73
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