Subject strengths: Contemporary Literature, Literature

A specialist in Caribbean art and literature, Anne Walmsley is a British editor, scholar, critic and author. Anne started her career in the late 1950s when she worked as a secretary for Faber and Faber. 

Anne Walmsley participated in the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), founded in 1966 by Kamau Braithwaite, John La Rose and Andrew Salkey. In 1985 she was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship to research CAM and in 1992 she was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Kent for her thesis on this, which was also published as a book entitled The Caribbean Artists Movement: A Literary and Cultural History, 1966-1971. 

Anne Walmsley has contributed to a range of journals, literary magazines, exhibition catalogues and anthologies. The archive at Newcastle University Special Collections holds a range of material including letters and reports from her time at Longman's, her scrapbook from teaching at Westwood, research on CAM, and research on a range of Caribbean artists.

Collection Name and Collection Reference Code:

Collection Name: Walmsley (Anne) Archive

Archive Ref Code: GB186/WAL

Date Range of Material

1952-2018

Type of Material

The personal archive of Anne Walmsley.

Size of Collection

11 Linear metres of shelving

How To Order Items From This Collection

Please use the finding aid below to search through a list of the individual items we have within this collection.

If you find an item you would like to consult in the Special Collections reading room, simply make a note of the reference number and title of the item(s) you are interested in (for example AW/2/1 Jamaica Scrapbook).

You can then place your order by linking to our Request Form. 

Finding Aid 

Archival catalogue available via the Archives Hub.

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Other Resources

See Walmsley (Anne) Collection for published Caribbean and black british literature.