Transfer Day: A Centennial of the Virgin Islands of the United States

The Herald (St. Croix, USVI, 1915-1925)

The Digital Library of the Caribbean holds scattered issues of The Herald, a newpaper founded on St. Croix by David Hamilton Jackson (1884-1946), a Crucian and first person of color in the US Virgin Islands to launch a newspaper.

US Virgin Islands Newspapers at the Statsbibliotek of Denmark

The Statsbibliotek (National Library) of Denmark has digitized several 19th/20th century newspapers from the US Virgin Islands:

The Bulletin (St. Thomas)

The Danish West Indian

The Herald (St. Croix)

Lightbourn’s Mail-Notes

The Royal Danish American Gazette / Dansk Vestindisk Regierings Avis / St. Croix Avis

The St. Croix Bulletin

The Saint Thomas Gazette / Sanct Thomæ Tidende

The Saint Thomas Herald

The West End News

Latin American Travelogues

Digitized collection of 19 century travel books produced at Brown University. Click on Browse and go down list to St. Thomas to find titles there.

University of the Virgin Islands Research Reports

Digitized collection in the Digital Library of the Caribbean going back to the 1960s (under the original name College of the Virgin Islands) from the CVI/USI Agricultural Experiment Station, Caribbean Research Institute, Continuing Education Program, Cooperative Extension Center, Eastern Caribbean Center, Small Business Development Center, and the Water Resources Research Institute.

University of the Virgin Islands Libraries Historic Photographs

Digitized collection in the Digital Library of the Caribbean of images ranging from the 1900s to 1940s. An extensive part of the collection was donated by Gerald Guistry.

Virgin Islands Funeral Booklets

Digitized collection in the Digital Library of the Caribbean going back to the 1970s and based on holdings of the Enid M. Baa Library, St. Thomas.