University of the Virgin Islands and University of Florida collaboration: Digitization for preservation Comprehensive Bibliography of Virgin Islands Agriculture and Rural Life Publications Compiled by Suzanne Stapleton, Valrie Minson, Tim D’Annecy Marston Science Library George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida November 20, 2015 This publication was made possible with financial support from Project Ceres, a collaboration of the Center for Research Libraries, the United States Agricultural Information Network and the Agriculture Network Information Collaborative. Additional acknowledgements to Hattiesha Rich, University of Florida. Introduction The nearly 1,500 items in this comprehensive bibliography reflect the rich and complex history of agriculture and rural life on the Virgin Islands. English-language publications from the mid- nineteenth century through 2015 are the primary resources included. Digital resources, including historic maps, photographs and digitized publications, are identified with their location (permanent urls) in the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), hosted by the University of Florida Digital Collection. Open access to the digital objects in this bibliography is provided, thus enhancing global scholarship of Caribbean studies. The Virgin Islands, named by Christopher Columbus, are a group of islands and islets in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. The U. S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, lie east of Puerto Rico (Antilles or West Indies Islands, 1844). Agricultural production and trade from the tropical Caribbean islands have been important to many nations. An original colony of the united Denmark-Norway kingdom was established in the mid-1650s. Small settlements, raiding and fighting were prevalent as various peoples ruled the islands: Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Scottish. By the mid-late 1700s Denmark controlled the islands, importing African slaves to the islands, known at that time as the Danish West Indies, to work in cotton and sugar plantations. St. Thomas served as an important trading center with Charlotte Amalie as the territorial capital; St. Croix produced the greatest volume of agricultural products. In the mid-nineteenth century, the population of St. Thomas was 12,800 and that of St. Croix 25,600. Slavery was abolished in 1848. St. Croix’s support of 30 sugar mills declined, until the last mill closed in 1965. After a devastating hurricane, the United States of America purchased the territories from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million (Clinedinst Studio, 1918). Today, a large portion of St. John is incorporated into the Virgin Islands National Park. This bibliography provides resources that illustrate the changes in agriculture and rural life on these islands. Resources describe the rise and fall of cotton and sugarcane. Restrictions to retard and combat invasive pests from the islands agriculture are documented, including pests of cattle, corn and cotton. Investments in local food and timber production and crop diversification are reported, particularly by publications of the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station. Reports from ecological research summarize methods to evaluate fisheries potential, protect water quality and enhance tourism with birding. Environmental education materials developed by local teachers are also included. The annual Agriculture and Food Fair publication is provided, along with citations to native recipes. The bibliography is a component of a partnership between the University of the U. S. Virgin Islands and the University of Florida. Noteworthy are items that reflect the historical relationship between Florida and the Virgin Islands such as the Pencil Sketch of David Yulee from 1876. David Levy Yulee, a native of St. Thomas, was a “key figure” in Florida’s development (Wiseman, 2011). The bibliography is designed to enhance accessibility of historical agricultural publications and to foster further collaboration among Caribbean scholars. 2 Abrahams, Roger D. The Abrahams, Roger D. (1983). The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture, Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture; Variation: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. Achievements in Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research under Pl 89-106, Special Research Grants. (1991). [Gainesville, Fla.?]: Caribbean Basin Administrative Group. Ackerman, J. D. (1989). Prescotia and Cranichis of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Lindleyana 4(1): 42-47. Adams, Kenneth A. (1971). Comparative Study of the Similarities between the Black Community of Chicago, Illinois and Two Neo-Colonies: The Virgin Islands and the Republic of Ghana. [Disseration]. Ann Arbor, MI: Northeastern Illinois University. 62 pp. Adjei, Martin B., and Olasee Davis. (1999). Pasture Brush Weed Control in the Virgin Islands. Farmers bulletin. Kingshill, St. Croix: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of the Virgin Islands. Adkins, Leonard M. (2009). The Virgin Islands a Walking & Hiking Guide. West Palm Beach: Hunter Pub. Administrative Instructions Prescribing Method of Okra from Certain Parts of the West Indies and Related Interpretation. (1962). [Washington, D.C.]: U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Quarantine Division. Adolf, W., and E. Hecker. (1984). On the Active Principles of the Spurge Family. X. Skin Irritants, Cocarcinogens, and Cryptic Cocarcinogens from the Latex of the Manchineel Tree. Journal of Natural Products 47(3): 482-496. Agricultural Development in the Caribbean and Central America: Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session, July 20 and 22, 1982. (1982). Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office. Ahl, A. S., C. D. Gibson, J. H. Kirk, J. B. Kaneene, and J. G. Ahl. (1989). Cost of Mastitis and Its Prevention in Four Cattle Herds on St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 194(10): 1418-1421. Ahl, A. S., D. A. Miller, and P. C. Bartlett. (1992). Leptospira Serology in Small Ruminants on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 653: 168- 171. Ahl, A. S., P. C. Bartlett, and W. M. Frerichs. (1993). Serological Evidence for the Presence of Brucella Antibodies in Sheep and Goats on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux. Paris: Vigot Frères 46(1-2): 1- 2. Aiken, George David, and United States Congress Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. (1954). Restrictions on the Admission of Cattle and Poultry into the Virgin Islands. August 2 (Legislative Day, July 2), 1954. Washington, D.C.: [s.n.] Aitken, T. H. C. (1940). The Genus Psorophora in California (Diptera, Culieidae). Revue d'Entomologie 11: 672-82 pp. Ajayi, Owolabi, Fernando Gomez-Gomez, Yahaya Bello, and V. I. Water Resources Research Center. (1985). Water Resources Appraisal of the College of the Virgin Islands Area, St. Thomas. [St. Thomas, V. I].: [Water Resources Research Center]. 3 Ajayi, Owolabi, Henry H. Smith, United States Policy Office of Water, Caribbean Research Institute and V. I. Water Resources Research Center. (1983). Compendium of Water Resources Data for the U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.: Caribbean Research Institute, College of the Virgin Islands. Aley, Jennifer, and Joseph K. Berry. (1989). Natural and Cultural Resources in the United States Virgin Islands: Research, Education, and Management Needs: With Special References to St. Thomas U.S.V.I. And Case Studies of Estate Botany Bay. New Haven, CT: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Allaire, Louis. (2003). Agricultural Societies in the Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles. In General history of the Caribbean Autochthonous societies. ed.: Jalil Sued-Badillo 1: 195-227. Allison, U. S. (1950). Soil Conservation in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Carib. Comm. Rept. Soils Conf. 1950, p. 163-165. [s. l.]:[s.n.] Almeida, C. R. Marques de. (1948). The Effect of Shade Trees on Tropical Crops. An. Inst. Agron. Lisboa, 16: 91-99. American Forest Congress, Peter L. Weaver, and American Forestry Association. (1996). Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Region: Forest research report: Seventh American Forest Congress. [Washington, D.C.]: [American Forestry Association]. Anglo-American Caribbean Commission. (1943). Nutrition, Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry. Meeting of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States, August 17-21, 1943. [St. Thomas, V.I.]: [Anglo- American Caribbean Comm.]. 24 pp. Annual Report October 1966-October 1967. Bananas, Coconuts and Sisal. (1969). Mimeographed Report. University of the West Indies, 1-2,5,11. [s. l.]: University College of the West Indies Department of Crop Science. Annual Report October 1966-October 1967. Fruit Crops. (1969). Mimeographed Report. University of the West Indies, 4-5, 9. [s. l.]: University College of the West Indies Department of Crop Science. Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, University of Florida, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1961. (1961). Gainesville,