Arnold R. Highfield

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Arnold R. Highfield
Arnold Highfield at home in the Virgin Islands
Born	Arnold Ray Highfield March 10, 1940 New Boston, Ohio
Died	September 8, 2019 Middlebury, Vermont
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	writer, historian, linguist, poet
Known for	historical works on the Danish West Indies and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Arnold Ray Highfield (March 10, 1940 – September 8, 2019) was an American professor, historian, writer, and poet, best known for his historical works on the Danish West Indies and the United States Virgin Islands.^[1][2][3][4]

Early life and personal life

Arnold Highfield, the eldest of two children, was born in

In 1963, Highfield married Shirley de Chabert of

Highfield died on September 8, 2019.[6]

Teaching career

Highfield began his teaching career as an assistant instructor and departmental tutor, History Department, Ohio State University, in 1964–66.

Highfield is a past member of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honorary Society; recipient of the Faculty of the Year Award for the St. Croix Campus, College of the Virgin Islands, for the academic years 1975–76, 1976–77, and 1977–78, as selected by the student body;^[8] Scholar-in-Residence, University of the Virgin Islands, 1995–2007; honoree as a "Virgin Islands Hero" by AT&T in 1997; recipient of the Governor's Virgin Islands Medal for Excellence in Literature in August 1997; recipient of the University of the Virgin Islands Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, May 1998.^[7]

Published works

• Editor and Translator Georg Hjersing Høst's Account of the Island of St. Thomas and Its Governors Recorded there on the Island from 1769 until 1776 with Kristoffer F. Bøegh, published in 2018 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-25-5
• Editor and Translator Charles Vanderbourg's Report To Ernst Schimmelmann on the Present Conditions of the Negroes on the Schimmelmann Plantations and the Means of Ameliorating Them published in 2018 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-24-8
• Authored The Cultural History of the American Virgin Islands and the Danish West Indies: A Companion Guide published in 2018 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-22-4^[9]
• Authored Crucian Recollections: From the Compelling Past of a Storied Island published in 2014 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-692-20055-1
• Authored Sainte Croix 1650–1733: A Plantation Society in the French Antilles published in 2013 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-19-4^[10]
• Authored Sea Grapes and Kennips: The Story of Christiansted Town and Its People published in 2012 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-18-7^[1][10]
• Authored Guide to British Documents for the Danish West Indies and the Virgin Islands During the Colonial Period, 1652 to 1739 published in 2010 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-11-8
• Authored Time Longa’ Dan Twine: Notes on the Culture, History, and People of the U.S. Virgin Islands published in 2009 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-23-1^[1][2][10]
• Co-edited Negotiating Enslavement: Perspectives on Slavery in the Danish West Indies published in 2009 by the Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 0-916611-10-8^[10][11]
• Authored Under a Taino Moon published in 2008 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 978-0-916611-03-3^[10][12]
• Edited Hans West's Accounts of St. Croix in the West Indies published in 2004 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 1-886007-05-5^[10][13]
• Edited Emancipation in the US Virgin Islands: 150 Years of Freedom; 1848–1998 published in 1999 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 1-886007-10-1^[10][13]
• Edited and translated J.L. Carstens’ St. Thomas in Early Danish Times: A General Description of all the Danish, American or West Indian Islands published in 1997 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 1-886007-04-7^[10][13]
• Edited Observations upon the state of Negro Slavery in the Island of Santa Cruz, 1829 published in 1996 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 0-916611-17-5^[10]
• Edited and translated Description of the Island of St. Croix in America in the West Indies by Reimert Haagensen published in 1995 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 1-886007-03-9^[10][13]
• Authored St. Croix, 1493: An Encounter of Two Worlds published in 1995 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 1-886007-01-2^[10]
• Co-authored Slavery in the Danish West Indies, A Bibliography published in 1994 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council.
  ISBN 0-916611-14-0^[10]
• Co-editor The Kamina Folk: Slavery and Slave Life in the Danish West Indies published in 1994 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council, 1994, USVI.
  ISBN 1-886007-00-4^[10][13]
• Co-edited The Danish West Indian Slave Trade: Virgin Islands Perspectives published in 1994 by The Virgin Islands Humanities Council, USVI.
  ISBN 0-916611-15-9^[13]
• Authored An Archaeology of Names published in 1993 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 0-916611-12-4
• Co-edited The Generall Description of America or The New World By George Gardiner of Peckham published in 1993 by Antilles Press, Christiansted, USVI.
  ISBN 0-916611-13-2^[10]
• Edited Bibliography of Agriculture in the U.S. Virgin Islands Including the Danish West Indies Origins to 1987 published in 1992 by the University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service, USVI.
  ISBN 0-9628909-1-X^[10]
• Co-translated C.G.A. Oldendorp’s History of the Mission of the Evangelical Brethren on The Caribbean Islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. edited by Johann Jakob Bossard. published in 1987 by Karoma Publishers, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI.
  ISBN 0-89720-075-6^[10][14]
• Co-edited Historicity and Variation in Creole Studies published in 1981 by Karoma Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
  ISBN 978-0-89720-036-3 (cloth), 0-89720-027-3 (paper)^[10]
• Co-edited Theoretical Orientations in Creole Studies published in 1980 by Academic Press, (subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, NY, London, Toronto Sydney San Francisco)
  ISBN 0-12-710160-8^[10]
• Authored The French Dialect of St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands: A Descriptive Grammar with Texts and Glossary, Vols. I & II published in 1979 by Karoma Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.[10]^[15]
• Authored A Brief History of St. Croix published in 1973 by Carib Things Co., Christiansted, USVI.
  OCLC 43471515^[10]

In the early 1980s, Highfield hosted a weekly television program called Focus on TV-Channel 8 in St. Croix that dealt with visiting personalities, cultural events, and politics.[16] During that same period, he also wrote a weekly column for the St. Croix Avis for a period of two years, covering cultural events and topics dealing with history and society.^[4] From 2008 until 2013, he wrote a monthly article for The Crucian Trader, published by the V.I. Daily News.^[1][17]

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