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On June 7, The BVI Beacon turned 40. To celebrate, it is re-publishing some of the biggest stories from its archives over the past four decades. The article below originally …
Continue reading “FROM THE ARCHIVES, 1989: Hurricane Hugo hammers BVI”
On June 7, The BVI Beacon turned 40. To celebrate, it is re-publishing some of the biggest stories from its archives over the past four decades. Written by James Harris, …
Continue reading “FROM THE ARCHIVES, 1988: Panama’s loss is BVI’s gain”
Soon after Dr. Angel Smith was appointed to oversee the government’s archives last year, he was assessing old records when he found a series of documents that shed new light …
Two-century-old land records displayed during a recent archives exhibition were found “purely by accident,” according to Archives and Records Management Unit Director Dr. Angel Smith. Dr. Smith discovered the documents …
On June 7, The BVI Beacon turned 40. To celebrate, it is re-publishing some of the biggest stories from its archives over the past four decades. The article below originally …
Continue reading “FROM THE ARCHIVES, 1985: LEGCO gets 1985 $21 million budget”
On June 7, The BVI Beacon turned 40. To celebrate, it is re-publishing some of the biggest stories from its archives over the past four decades. The article below originally …
Continue reading “FROM THE ARCHIVES, 1984: BVI pins its hopes on tax haven bill”
I was pleased with the cultural emphasis during the August Emancipation Festival events this year. It is getting closer to what I have been advocating for many years: prayerful thanksgiving, …
Continue reading “Commentary — Call made for new library, archives”
The Cabinet Office has been working to restore and preserve records stored at the R&R Malone Complex, some of which were damaged by soot from a fire and need to …
A visiting archivist made recommendations last Thursday for coping with the “huge amount of destruction” she saw as she surveyed archives throughout the Virgin Islands, and suggested to caretakers how …
Continue reading “Visiting archivist calls for national document repository”
