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Description & Rationale

ICS Reference    M915
Date    circa 1769-1924
Creator    West India Committee

Scope and Content
Includes minutes of meetings of the West India Committee and sub-committees, 1769-1924; minutes of the British and Colonial Anti-Bounty Association, 1887-1890; note books and letter books of Edwin Fitzpatrick, John F. Alleyne, Robert Reece, Thomas D. Hills, William D. Bruce.

Extent    16 reels of microfilm
Catalogued to item level.  A pdf version is available via record description at: http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/Details/archive/110044876 [1]

 

Reasons for consideration: 

Per creator description in Institue of Commonwealth Studies archive catalogue:

"The West India Committee was formed in the 18th century by a permanent association of London merchants engaged in the West Indian trade, and absentee owners of West Indian estates who lived in London and its environs. ...The Committee acted as a pressure group for West Indian interests, principally in the support of the sugar and rum trades and, in the first decades of its existence, in opposition to the abolition of the slave trade and then slavery. Although the campaign against slavery eventually won the day, the West India Committee did manage to secure improved compensation terms for the planters and merchants it represented. Following the abolition of slavery in 1834, and a short period of virtual inactivity, the Committee shifted its work firstly towards the encouragement of immigrant labour from India, China and Africa (to replace the emancipated slave labour), and then to opposing the removal of preferential sugar duties for West Indian sugar."

Author(s): 
West India Committee
Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Program: 
GCI Latin America
Resource Types: 
Archival materials
Regions: 
Latin America and Caribbean
Countries of Origin: 
United Kingdom
Posted: 
Jan 14, 2019 1:51pm
Updated: 
Jan 14, 2019 2:30pm
Source Details
Major Languages: 
English
Holding Institutions: 
University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
OCLC: 
940414112
Additional Identifiers: 

ICS Reference M915

Links: 
Index to microfilm [2]
Physical Details: 

16 reels. Est. 19,000 pages?

Existing Reformatted Materials: 

Microfrom held at Institue of Commonwealth Studies, from originals held at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. (per http://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/Details/archive/110044876 [3])

West Inida Committee has selected documentation online, including minute books 1914-1920 at: http://westindiacommittee.org/caribbeansgreatwar/archives/ [4]

Intellectual Property Considerations: 

Copyright held by West India Committee (http://westindiacommittee.org/ [5]) - unpublished collection, may require permission?

Activity
StatusCurrentDescription
FlaggedyesThe proposal is flagged for further research.
VettednoThe proposal has been examined and vetted.
BallottednoThe proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
ApprovednoThe proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
ReformattednoThe proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration for reformatting.

Source URL: https://gcollections.crl.edu/resources/west-india-committee-archives

Links
[1] http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/Details/archive/110044876
[2] http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/M915.pdf
[3] http://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/Details/archive/110044876
[4] http://westindiacommittee.org/caribbeansgreatwar/archives/
[5] http://westindiacommittee.org/