The collection consists of John C. Wahnon’s collected papers of political articles on the Portuguese Communist Party’s (PCP) and African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), including extracts from the “Unidade e Luta” magazine, verbatim English translation of account of political prisoners in Cape Verde, Independent and Democratic Cape Verdean Union statues and program book, and a school book.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
John C. Wahnon collection, MSS-0076, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived in the Rhode Island College Special Collections.
The collection was a donated by Vernon Lisbon circa 1984.
The collection was initially described by Special Collections staff pre-2000. The guide to the collection was converted to current archival standards and further description to the collection added by Special Collections intern, Melissa Moniz under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison in 2023.
This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.