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Title: Denise Berry, Tonya Cauley, Sabrina Spurlock Interview, September 14, 2019
Date: September 14, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Denise Berry; Tonya Cauley; Sabrina Spurlock
Description: Denise Berry, Tonya Cauley, and Sabrina Spurlock grew up together in the Petworth neighborhood. They all lived on the same block, attended school together, and spent free time together, as their mothers were close friends. The Petworth of their youth felt like “one big family,” and they traveled by foot to local shops, school, and the park, without fear of safety. Tonya Cauley closed the interview with a powerful call for the members of the community to love and take care of one another.
Subject: 2019 Celebrate Petworth Festival; Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Neighborhood festivals; Shepherd Street (Washington, D.C.); 5th Street (Washington, D.C.); Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.); Upshur Street (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Georgia Avenue Day; Caribbean heritage; It Takes a Village; Local businesses
Country: United States
Collection: 2019 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1579
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Interview with Drew Schneider, September 15, 2021
Date: September 15, 2021
Creator: Kerr, Dan; Schneider, Drew; Kerr, Dan; Schneider, Drew
Subject: celebrate petworth; neighborhood festival; community; celebration; Caribbean day festival; block parties; petworth porch fest
Country: United States
Collection: 2021 "Celebrate Petworth" Festival
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed media

Title: Peter Stebbins Interview, November 9, 2019
Date: November 9, 2019
Creator: Dan Kerr; Peter Stebbins
Description: Peter Stebbins, Community Historian and President of the Lily and Earle M. Pilgrim Art Foundation, talks about his traffic box art project for Georgia Avenue Thrive. He discusses his partner, David Jamieson, and their relationships with Earle and Lily Pilgrim, that began in the artist community of Provincetown, MA. He reflects on the ties Lily and Earle had to the neighborhood - Lily grew up in the area and Earle's Carribbean ties mirror the long legacy of Carribbean heritage on Georgia Aveue. Peter discusses how the traffic box art project started with Georgia Avenue Thrive, and talks about the complicated process of creating the art for the boxes. He shares some information about the research he's done on the area and the appreciation he has for the tools provided by the DC Public Library. Peter thinks the overall reception to the traffic box art has been good, and hopes it becomes a city-wide program.
Subject: It's a Small World After All: Art Wraps on Historic Georgia Avenue event (2019); Petworth (Washington, D.C.); Petworth Neighborhood Library; Georgia Avenue (Washington, D.C.); Lily and Earle M. Pilgrim Art Foundation; Earle Montrose Pilgrim (1923–1976); Lily Theresa Touma Pilgrim (1928-2017); David Bethuel Jamieson (1963-1992); DC Public Library; Georgia Avenue Thrive; Caribbean heritage; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Provincetown, MA; Provincetown Art Association
Country: United States
Collection: Petworth Library 2019 - "It’s a Small World After All"
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1974
mods_typeOfResource_mt: mixed material

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman holds up a baby vervet monkey she and her family adopted after the monkey's mother was killed by a dog at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. The family and monkey have received rabie shots. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice served to them at the local bar. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0006_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0007_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys shows up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0008_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Foreign tourists watch as women in bikinis walk down a dock during a bathing suit contest at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 20, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Bikinis
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0003_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Tourism, Dwyer Astaphan, holds a St. Kitts calendar showing a vervet monkey and a woman at Turtle Beach, in Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, June 19, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export. It resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African green vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Dwyer Astaphan
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0004_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A young girl holds up a baby vervet monkey she and her mother (right) adopted after the monkey's mother was killed at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. Mother, daughter and monkey have received rabie shots. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice served to them at the local bar. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0005_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Tourism, Dwyer Astaphan, stands above an undeveloped part of Frigate Bay outside of Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, June 19, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export. It resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African green vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Dwyer Astaphan
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0015_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman carrying a child walks through a small park in Basseterre, St. Kitts, the capital city, early in the morning, June 19, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African green vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0001_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-19
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A woman walks along a bay at Turtle Beach, St. Kitts, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 19, 2002. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0002_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands in the forest near one of the areas where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane, peanuts) to attract the monkeys and pushes them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, he will wait for others to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0010_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A waitress at the Turtle Beach bar watches as a vervet monkey drinks passion fruit juice, ten miles outside Basseterre, the capital city, June 21, 2002. A troop of vervet monkeys show up daily at Turtle Beach for food and passion fruit juice and has become a tourist attraction. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. No hunting is permitted around Turtle Beach and monkeys are protected. A troop of monkeys comes daily to the Turtle Beach bar to drink passion fruit juice. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. The St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0009_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands in the forest near one of the areas where he sets his chicken wire traps, June 21, 2002, to catch vervet monkeys, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane) to attract the monkeys and frightens them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, Monkey Joe will wait for other monkeys to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0011_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: African vervet monkeys trapped by local hunters cling to a cage, June 20, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0014_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-20
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey under anesthesia is taken back to its cage, June 20, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0015_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Trapper Joe Cabey, "Monkey Joe", stands by his pick-up outside one of the mountainious areas where he sets his chicken wire traps to catch vervet monkeys. Monkey Joe has been trapping monkeys for nearly twenty years while also running his nearby farm. He sells the monkeys to the island's research facilities. He uses bait (sugar cane, peanuts) to attract the monkeys and pushes them into a funnel at the bottom of the chicken wire cage. Monkey Joe sits in a "blind" or hut near the top of a caged area. Once the dominant male vervet monkey enters the cage, he will wait for others to join before rushing out forcing the monkeys to run into the funnel. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. Many monkeys are sold to a Yale University supported laboratory situated in a restored sugar mill. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. A green vervet monkey can sell for up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_ct_0014_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey is put under anesthesia, June 22, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0016_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
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Title: St. Kitts and Nevis, Tourists and Monkeys
Date: 2002-06-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An African vervet monkey is put under anesthesia, June 22, 2002, at Yale University's Biomedical Research Foundation, outside of Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts. Yale's St. Kitts facility uses the monkeys in stem cell research, Parkinson's disease research, alcoholism, epilepsy, gene therapy and neurodegenerative disorders. Monkeys are separated by sex and age. St. Christopher, as St. Kitts is formally known, was named after Christopher Columbus who first visited the volcanic island in 1493. The British and French fought over the island ever since the British settled in 1623. Sugar cane was planted soon after and became the island's main export and resulted in the importation of slave labor. The island is home to thousands of African vervet monkeys. Locals estimate the monkey population is nearly double the island's human population of 40,000. The monkeys were first brought over by the British as pets and soon escaped. Monkey trappers scour the island attempting to trap the green vervet monkeys. A green vervet monkey can sell up to $500 USD to overseas laboratories. Yale's St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation pays trappers $50-$150 depending on specific requirements for research. Local farmers bitterly complain the vervet monkeys ruin their crops and devour mangoes, cashews, and sweet potatoes.
Subject: St. Kitts; Caribbean; Tourism; Monkeys; Stem Cell Research; Parkinson's Disease Research; Sugar Cane; Yale University; Biomedical Research; Green Vervet Monkeys; Primates; Beaches; Trapping
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Local Identifier: st_kitts_nc_0017_web.jpg
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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