Christopher Thackray Eddy and Margaret Eddy correspondence

Collection includes a volume of transcribed correspondence of Margaret Eddy; articles and cuttings on the work of the Eddys and others in the (Wesleyan) Methodist Misssionary Society Gold Coast District; images of educational establishments they worked at along with their colleagues and students (no...

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Date(s) of creation: 1929-1998
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Eddy; Christopher Thackray (1906-1999); educational missionary
Other authors: Eddy; Margaret (1908-1984); née Liversidge; missionary wife

Summary: Collection includes a volume of transcribed correspondence of Margaret Eddy; articles and cuttings on the work of the Eddys and others in the (Wesleyan) Methodist Misssionary Society Gold Coast District; images of educational establishments they worked at along with their colleagues and students (notably at Wesley College, Kumasi, and Winneba Training College) as well as images of Ashanti including the coronation of Prempeh II, King of the Ashanti and the golden stool.
Main author: Eddy; Christopher Thackray (1906-1999); educational missionary
Other authors: Eddy; Margaret (1908-1984); née Liversidge; missionary wife
Extent: 2 boxes
Admin history: Christopher Thackray Eddy was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, on New Year's Day 1906. Born into a Methodist family (his grandfather was the Rev John Thackray) he attended Holgate Grammar School in Barnsley, Yorkshire, before studying at Queen's College, Cambridge. During his second year (whilst studying Natural Science) he heard the Rev W J Platt speak on Methodist missions and the Prophet Harris in West Africa and he realised this was where his future lay. Encouraged by the WMMS he changed his degree to English Literature and then und ... View more
Acquisition: Collection accepted as a donation on behalf of the Methodist Church from Antony Eddy, March 2012
Arrangement: The collection has been arranged into four sections: Manuscripts, Visual material, Published material and Objects.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright mainly held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
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Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Christopher Eddy (MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/FBN 16-18 and boxes 1249 & 1250). Further information on Eddy's work, as well as the work of his colleagues, should be contained in the relevant Synod Minutes (MMS/West Africa/Synod Minutes/FBN 11-12 and boxes 1241-1244). Further images taken by him are also available (MMS/West Africa/Photographs/Box 1195A, files 17 & 18).
Format: Archive