This brilliant Haitian village scene is a yarn embroidery by artist Madame Dequel and is part of the William L. Bryant West Indies Collection at the University of Central Florida Library. In addition to books, the collection includes metal and fabric crafts, sound recordings, paintings, sculptures, and maps. Publication dates of printed materials in the collection range back to 1610. The collection offers research material on Dutch, British, French, Creole, and Spanish culture, with a special focus on Haiti and Jamaica.
The collection is a tribute to the energy and scholarship of William]. Bryant of Woodstock, Vermont, and Tangerine, Florida, who named the collection for his father. His interests in anthropology, archaeology, and art led to its creation. He moved the collection to the University Library in the fall of 1972 and has continually added to it since that time.