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Collection of Materials Relating to the Anguillan Revolution
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Consists of materials relating to the Anguillan Revolution of 1967, including the Anguillan-published newspaper The Beacon, news articles from American publications, and memorabilia. Also includes policy statements on Anguilla from the British Information Services, Economic & Political Affairs Division.
Materials are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Address labels of Mr. Edward Munce on some issues of The Beacon.
Purchased in 2023 from Ian Brabner (AM 2025-015), who compiled these materials as a collection.
This collection was processed by Lauren C. Williams in August 2024. Finding aid written by Lauren C. Williams in August 2024, incorporating some description provided by the dealer.
No materials were removed from the collection during 2024 processing.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Lauren C. Williams
- Finding Aid Date
- 2024
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Issues of "The Beacon: An Independent Anguillan News Sheet," edited by Atlin Harrigan. Published weekly. Later subtitled "An Independent Anguillan Newspaper."
Physical Description8 folders
A small Anguillan flag with metal pole and wooden base, one 5 peso Mexican coin from 1963 over-stamped on the verso "Anguilla Liberty Dollar July 11 1967," and two envelopes each with First Day Covers of six Anguilla postage stamps (1, 5, 10, 20, 25, and 40 cents, respectively).
Physical Description4 items1 box
1 folder
1 folder
Includes clippings from The New York Times and The Washington Post, along with the Manchester Guardian Weekly.
Physical Description1 folder