Michelle Etnire HAITI: The Orphan Chronicles

University of Kansas Institute of Haitian Studies

Occasional Papers

Bryant C. Freeman, Ph.D. - Series Editor

N° 1 - Konstitisyon Repiblik Ayiti, 29 mas 1987. 1994. Pp. vi-106. Haitian-language version
(official orthography) of the present Constitution, as translated by Paul Dejean with the
collaboration of Yves Dejean. Introduction in English. $12.00

N° 2 - Toussaint's Constitution (1801), with Introduction. 1994. Pp. ix-20. In French.
Introduction (in English) by Series editor places Constitution in its historic context and analyzes
salient features. $5.00

N° 3 - Bryant C. Freeman, Selected Critical Bibliography of English-Language Books on Haiti.
1999 (Updated). Pp. 24. Contains 177 entries, with brief description of each; special list of
"Top Ten." Introduction and text in English. Updated periodically. $5.00

N° 4 - Strategy of Aristide Government for Social and Economic Reconstruction (August 1994).
1994. Pp. iv-9. Official document setting forth recovery plan for Haiti. Introduction and text
in English. $4.00

N° 5 - Robert Earl Maguire, Bottom-Up Development in Haiti. 1995. Pp. iv-63. Keynote: develop
people rather than things, with case study as carried out in Le Borgne. Introduction and text in
English. $8.00

N° 6 - Robert Earl Maguire, Devlopman Ki Soti nan Baz nan Peyi Dayiti. 1995. Pp. v-71. Haitian-
language version of N° 5,.in Pressoir-Faublas orthography. Introduction in English. $8.00

N° 7 - Samuel G. Perkins, "On the Margin of Vesuvius": Sketches of St Domingo, 1785-1793.
1995. Pp. vi-75. First-hand account by an American merchant living in Saint-Domingue during
onset of the Haitian Revolution. Introduction by Series editor analyzes strong and weak points
of narrative. Index of Proper Names. $9.00

N° 8 - Official Spelling System for the Haitian Language. 1995. Pp. 27. Text of official Haitian
government edict of 28 September 1979, in Haitian. Remarks by Series editor in English on
subsequent contemporary usage and brief pronunciation guide. Eleven pages chosen to
illustrate good usage of official system, plus brief examples of the three major preceding
orthographies. Introduction traces development of the four major systems. $5.00

N° 9 - Organization Charts of the Haitian Judiciary and Military. 1995. Pp. 10. Two charts of
Haitian judicial system - one in French and English, other in French only. Three charts in
French of Armed Forces of Haiti (1993) and one of Port-au-Prince police; officer and enlisted
ranks with insignia (in French and English). Introduction in English. $4.00 .

N° 10 - Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen, Dosye Chef Seksybn: Chef Seksyon - Yon Sistèm Ki Mérite
Elimine. 1995. Pp. vi-52. Detailed, scathing account of the institution of section chiefs as of
March 1991, compiled by a leading Haitian peasant group. Much exact information.
Introduction in English, text in Haitian (official orthography). $7.00

N° 11 - Sara Lechtenberg, An Overview of the Haitian Justice System. 1996. Pp. iv-25. Based upon
written sources, as well as 18 personal interviews with Haitian judges and lawyers, and foreign
observers highly knowledgeable concerning the Haitian justice system. $5.50

N° 12 - Mari Dyevela Seza, Refôm nan Lajistis / Judicial Reform. 1996. Pp. iv-18. A down-to-
earth look at the practical problems involved in the judicial system of today's Haiti, by a Port-
au-Prince journalist and jurist. In the original Haitian-language text, with an English-language

translation by Series editor. $5.50

N° 13 - Jennie Marcelle Smith, Family Planning Initiatives and Kalfouno Peasants: What's Going
Wrong? 1998. Pp. iv-27. Practical problems involved in effective family planning, as seen by
a Haitian-speaking US anthropologist living for three years in a remote community. $4.00

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N° 14 - Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice, Si m pa rele: 29 sept. 1991 - 14 oct. 1994.
1998. Pp. xviii-245. Officiai report of the Haitian Truth Commission on the crimes committed
during the defacto period. Introduction in English, text in French. $15.50

N° 15 - Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice, Si m pa rele: Annexes I et EL 1998. Pp. x-
142. Annex I: Official documents concerning the Commission's work, including a request for

the FRAPH papers as well as the detailed questionnaire used in interviewing victims. Annex II:
Statistics from the Port-au-Prince morgue 1985-95, and those of the Commission recording by
month and place crimes inflicted upon the Haitian people 1991-94. Introduction in English,
text in French. $10.00

N° 16 - Victor-Emmanuel Holly, La Grammaire Haïtienne. 1998. Pp. vi-62. The first
thoroughgoing grammar ever published of the Haitian language (1931). Today mainly of
historical interest. Introduction in English, text in French. $6.25

N° 17 - Frédéric Doret, Les Premiers Pas dans la Grammaire. 1998. Pp. vii-75. A grammar in
Haitian (etymological orthography) and in French contrasting the two languages, with
pioneering insights concerning the former (1925). Introduction in English. $6.50

N° 18 - Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen, The Rural Police. 1998. Pp. v-33. Edition and translation by
Max Blanchet of Dosye Chef Seksyon: Chef Seksyon - Yon Sistèm Ki Mérite Elimine (see
Occasional Paper N° 10). Introduction and text in English. $5.00

N° 19 - Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice, Si m pa rele: Annexe DI. 1998. Pp. x-436.
Official list of names of 8,650 victims of the de facto regime, 29 September 1991-14 October
1994. Includes affiliations of victims and of perpetrators, and types of offenses. Introduction in
English, listings in French. $26.00

N° 20 - Bryant C. Freeman, compiler, Eighty-Eight Historical and Present-Day Maps of Saint-
Domingue/Haiti, its Sites, Towns, and Islands. 1999. Pp. x-88. Average size: 9" x 7".

Dating from 1492 to 1994. Eight sections: two general maps of the Caribbean, three of

Hispaniola, three of Saint-Domingue, twenty-three of Haiti, eleven of regions, fourteen of Port-
au-Prince, twenty-three of other towns and sites, nine of islands belonging to Haiti.

Introduction in English, maps marked in French, Haitian, or English. $7.50

N° 21 - Michelle Etnire, Detailed Index to Heinl, Heinl and Heinl: Written in Blood: The Story of
the Haitian People, 1492-1995. 1999. Pp. vi-80. Key to the most extensive general history of
Haiti in any language. $7.00

N° 22 - Jim D. Ross, Word-Frequency Lists of the Old and New Testaments of the Haitian-
Language Bible (Official Spelling system): 1) Alphabetical Order; 2) Descending

Order of Frequency. 2000. Pp. viii-100. Useful not only as an obvious study guide in
Haitian to the Bible, but also as an indicator of preferred usage concerning some 7,000 terms
as defined by four of Haiti's leading linguistic scholars. $8.50

N° 23 - Michelle Etnire, Haiti: The Orphan Chronicles. 2000. Pp. 42. What it means to be an
orphan in Haiti today. Overview of eight representative Haitian orphanages, followed by

detailed accounts of the life stories of 24 boysi of Saint Joseph's Home for Boys in Port-au-
Prince. $5.00

N° 24 - Commission Internationale de Juristes, La Situation politique et sociale en Haïti (août
1963). 2000. Pp. v-27. An analysis by an impartial group of foreign judges, lawyers and
legal scholars of the François Duvalier regime as seen after almost six years in power.
"Unlike most or all dictatorial governments, the Duvalier regime did not even have the
excuse of serving a particular ideology; it's sole purpose was to maintain in power Duvalier
and his henchmen." (Text in French, followed by an English translation by Max Blanchet.) •
$4.00

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