Notes by Mrs Ellis on her life in England and West Africa

Typed notes giving an overview of her childhood in Somerset, marriage to Wesleyan Methodist minister Henry J Ellis, charity work in London, missionary experiences in WMMS Lagos and Gold Coast districts, husband's unexpected death, founding of Girls' Boarding School at Cape Coast [Ghana].

Archive & Special Collections MMS/17/01/02/080 Open

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1219A
Date(s) of creation: ?1960
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1219A
callnumber MMS/17/01/02/080
callnumber_txt MMS/17/01/02/080
callnumber-sort MMS/17/01/02/080
prefix_number 080
title Notes by Mrs Ellis on her life in England and West Africa
scb_date_creation ?1960
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 6 pages
format Archive
scb_admin_history Clara Foster Standfast (b 1866) served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in education in their Gold Coast District from 1897 to 1903. She married Rev Ellis on 10 September 1896. Rev Henry J Ellis (1866-1899) served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their Lagos District from 1892 to 1897 and their Gold Coast District from 1897 to 1899.
scb_custodial_history Given to the Methodist Missionary Society by Mr F L Bartels, August 1960
description Typed notes giving an overview of her childhood in Somerset, marriage to Wesleyan Methodist minister Henry J Ellis, charity work in London, missionary experiences in WMMS Lagos and Gold Coast districts, husband's unexpected death, founding of Girls' Boarding School at Cape Coast [Ghana].
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by author
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0001.0002.00080

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