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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP794/1 Subject Politics and Government

1. EAP794/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1
Title:
Eastern Caribbean Court House records
Scope & Content:
The vault of the Eastern Caribbean Court House, Nevis, holds numerous historic manuscript documents connected with the legal and colonial administration of the island. The earliest records date from 1705, with records continuing through to the 20th century. Some recent court documents are also h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1705-1974
Extent:
10 series comprised of 155 files containing 53149 TIFF images

2. EAP794/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/3
Title:
Supreme Court
Scope & Content:
The early records of the Supreme Court in Nevis stem from the passage in 1871 of the Leeward Islands Act. This created the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, under a single Governor, in which Nevis was one of six Presidencies with its own Administrator. One of the expressions of the Federal ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1962
Extent:
9 files containing 3145 TIFF images

3. EAP794/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/8
Title:
Land Title Register
Scope & Content:
The historic Land Title Register Books are generally thick volumes, 28 cm x 43 cm with anything up to 100 pages plus numerous attachments. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Registry office also acts as a Land Registry and is frequently used as such by ordinary Nevisians transferring or ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1922
Extent:
3 files containing 403 TIFF images

4. EAP794/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9
Title:
Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This series of Miscellaneous Records encompasses anything from a single book of prescriptions, formerly the Infirmary Book, to a volume of commissions to various public appointees by the Lieutenant Governor of the Leeward Islands between 1863 and 1919 and two surveyor's field notebooks. There ar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1940
Extent:
23 files containing 3119 TIFF images

5. EAP794/1/9/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9/2
Title:
Commissions 1863-1919
Scope & Content:
Commissions to various appointees by Lieutenant Governor of the Leeward Islands. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 199 pages; some missing, including pp128-159 inclusive; 330 x 210 x 30mm. Disbound. Document very difficult to read due to ink leaching through from other side of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1919
Extent:
178 TIFF images

6. EAP794/1/9/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9/20
Title:
Election Writs 1859-1873
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Loose documents of various sizes, many folded. Contained ina single bundle.; Various
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1873
Extent:
93 TIFF images

7. EAP794/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/10
Title:
Plans and Maps
Scope & Content:
The loose digitised estate plans are comprised of a few large sheets, and a far greater number of smaller-sized plans. The large plans date between 1888 and 1929. They consist of individual plans of large estates on Nevis of several hundred up to one thousand acres or more. The largest plans can...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1974
Extent:
1 file containing 205 TIFF images

8. EAP794/1/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/10/1
Title:
Plans and Maps
Scope & Content:
This file contains the following items: EAP794/1/10/1/1: ‘Opus of plans under Ordinance 13 of 1887.’ Spring Hill Estate; plot in Charlestown; two un-named plans., 1890-1892; EAP794/1/10/1/2: Plan of the Hardtimes Estate., 1881; EAP794/1/10/1/3: Misc. small plans: Stony Grove Estate (2); Fotherg...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1974
Extent:
205 TIFF images

9. EAP794/1/10/1/144

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/10/1/144
Title:
Misc. small plans: Government Road; Craddock Road; Hanley’s Estate; Cotton Ground; Hick’s Estate; Budgeon’s Estate; Braziers Village; Paradise Estate.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
1 TIFF image