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'Safeguard all manner of cultural heritage material' – Christopher Varlack
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When the natural disasters of August and September 2017 hit the Virgin Islands it threatened to erase much of our history. Records lost in destroyed buildings ranged from old family albums to business records and even museum artifacts and other records of VI history.
'3 to 5 percent of current archived documents destroyed' - Christopher Varlack
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During a press conference with media houses on April 19, 2018, Christopher Varlack, Chief Records Management Officer, said his department lost roughly “three to five percent” of archival materials while emphasising that what was saved needs to be secured before the next hurricane season.
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