St Christopher newspapers

Today’s gem consists of two parts.  They are the two earliest newspapers in our collection both dating from April 1801.  They came to us as a donation from the Archives of Nova Scotia, Canada.  The rest of the collection dates from the 1870s and is extremely fragile.  We managed to narrow the gaps with microfilms of newspapers held at the British Library and the America Antiquarian Society. The St. Christopher Chronicle and Caribbean Courier was […]

Earth Tones Brass

Our item today is a photograph of the Band called Earth Tones Brass or Shattering Earth Tones. We are sharing it because this is the time when Bands are most evident but also because we know so little about this group. We would be grateful for identification of the band members and any history that can be shared with us.

Carnival troupe 1957

We are sending out our gem early this week. We do not want to get so absorbed in the season’s festivities that we forget to share one with you. And the one we have chosen is quite appropriate in that it shows one of the earliest carnival troupes. We are not one hundred per cent sure which one this is but we think it was The Ten Commandments which came out in 1958. Its inspiration […]

Challenger to Arrindel

6 Central Street Basseterre Sherry Sanderson Cottage Sept 6, 1983 Sir Clement Arrindel Government House Your Excellency, I claim to have influenced the removal of the records that I met in the cellar under the deceased Court House to their new quarters in the Administration Building Church St. Since the fire bundles of scorched records of current use have been piled into the already crowded archives rooms. What the fire did not accomplish, damp is […]

Carnival expenses

Our item today is a rather tattered piece of paper that records the expenses incurred for the first ever carnival held in St. Kitts. The event took place in 1957. The main organizer was the late Basil Henderson, who did his very best to keep documents related to it. The change in the value of the currency is worth noting. Although these records are from a private source we were very happy to add them […]