Wright (Arthur Alban) Archive

Archive related to Arthur Alban Wright, CMG (24 October 1887 – 4 January 1967), British colonial administrator who was Administrator of St Vincent from 1936 to 1938 and Administrator of St Lucia from 1938 to 1943. The group includes:
- Typescript of a book “The Adventures of Lucy & Co in St Lucia” (about 120 pages typed) by Arthur Alban Wright CMG with associated illustrations and notes, in a loose binding;
- Manuscript and separate typescript of a book by Arthur Alban Wright CMG of “Crown Colony Assignment” (about 200 pages) with associated illustrations and notes and a return slip from Hutchinson publishers;
- A quantity (c.7 qty) of large format family photograph, autograph, sketch and press cutting albums of the 1900s onwards to about mid-c.20th, many of consular postings and life in the Caribbean and elsewhere, many relating to the family of Arthur Alban Wright CMG as Administrator of St. Lucia, and Governor of Fiji, also New South Wales etc;
- A pair of foolscap-size folders of cuttings, letters, papers, correspondence, etc relating to the same as above plus large quantity of loose contemporary letters to and from family etc;
- Guest book (approx. 200pp) embossed “The Officer Administering the Government” at Suva in Fiji, with many manuscript entries;
- Large quantity of early c.20th correspondence, papers, notes, Royal letters of appointment, documents from the Bishop of Barbados etc, most relating to the colonial service of Arthur Alban Wright CMG
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