Research Catalog

Title

Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society records, 1934-1984 (bulk 1940-1966).

Author

Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society (New York, N.Y.)

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Description

6.2 lin. ft. (13 boxes)

Summary

The Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society records, 1934-1984, contain correspondence, membership application forms, meeting minutes, and financial documents which offer views into the running of the Society, members' lives, and the practical assistance disbursed such as "sick aid" and help with burial costs. Of particular interest are several letters, such as the 1938 and 1949 recommendations sent to the Royal West India Commission and Secretary of State for the Colonies respectively, which divulge immigrants' political sensibilities, diasporic sympathies, and nascent pan-Caribbean identification. Letters from Antigua, including two from V .C. Bird, the first prime minister of sovereign Antigua, while commending the Society for the work it pursued for citizens at home, also outline conditions on the island. The collection also documents the interactions between the Society and other Caribbean associations in New York such as those founded by immigrants from Anguilla, Bahamas, Dominica, Montserrat, and St. Vincent.

Subjects

• Black people > New York (State) > New York > Societies and clubs
• Black people > Services for > New York (State) > New York
• Antiguans > New York (State) > New York > Societies and clubs
• Fraternal organizations
• Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > 20th century
• Immigrants > New York Metropolitan Area > Social conditions
• Antigua and Barbuda > Social conditions
• West Indians > New York (State) > New York
• Minorities > Political activity > United States
• Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society (New York, N.Y.)
• Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Societies and clubs
• Women in charitable work > New York (State) > New York

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• Antigua & Barbuda Progressive Society

Biography (note)

• The Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society was established on August 22, 1934, by a group of 22 Antiguans in New York City under the leadership of Bishop James P. Roberts. The Society provided charitable assistance to Antiguans, Barbudans, and the neighboring community, as well as lent assistance to institutions on the home island. In the early 1960s, the Society purchased a brownstone on 122 Street in Harlem which still functions as the Society's headquarters.

Call Number

Sc MG 856

OCLC

856661533

Author

Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society (New York, N.Y.)

Title

Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society records, 1934-1984 (bulk 1940-1966).

Biography

The Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society was established on August 22, 1934, by a group of 22 Antiguans in New York City under the leadership of Bishop James P. Roberts. The Society provided charitable assistance to Antiguans, Barbudans, and the neighboring community, as well as lent assistance to institutions on the home island. In the early 1960s, the Society purchased a brownstone on 122 Street in Harlem which still functions as the Society's headquarters.

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Research Call Number

Sc MG 856