Barrington Irving Collection, Circa 2007-2008
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Paige Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Barrington Irving Collection, AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Barrington Irving Collection includes materials documenting the career of Jamaican-American pilot Barrington Irving. It contains one of his khaki flight suits, a copy of "Caribbean Today" (January 2008) newspaper issue featuring Irving on the cover, a copy of the "Broward Times" (June 2007) featuring the cover story "Pilot gets hero's welcome after round-the-world trip", materials related to the 2007 "National Salute to America's Heroes" honoring Barrington Irving and Elijah H. Williams, and a City of Lauderdale Lakes proclamation declaring October 27, 2007 as "Barrington Irving Day."
- Biographical / historical:
Captain Barrington Irving Jr. (born 1983, Kingston, Jamaica) is notable for his 2007 solo flight around the world. While attending Florida Memorial University, Irving became the first Black person to circumnavigate the globe and, at the time, broke the record for being the youngest person to do so.
- Acquisition information:
- Barrington Irving donated the materials to the AARLCC Special Collections on November 2, 2007 (Accession AARLCC-2007.14).
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Jamaican Americans
Air pilots
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Barrington Irving Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Barrington Irving Collection, AARLCC Special Collections, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Library2650 Sistrunk BoulevardFort LauderdaleFL33311USA
