Incomplete photograph album contatining images depicting missionary staff, students and property in Kumasi, other areas in Ashanti as well as Elmina Castle, Gold Coast [Ghana]

Photographs and commercial postcards. Includes images depicting staff, students, buildings and the grounds at Wesley College, Kumasi; staff and students at Kumasi Junior Sunday School; staff and students at Mbofraturo [?Mmofraturo], Kumasi (including Girls' Boarding School and Training College for W...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1403
Date(s) of creation: c1930-c1934
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1403
Summary: Photographs and commercial postcards. Includes images depicting staff, students, buildings and the grounds at Wesley College, Kumasi; staff and students at Kumasi Junior Sunday School; staff and students at Mbofraturo [?Mmofraturo], Kumasi (including Girls' Boarding School and Training College for Women Teachers); catechists and church members; magazine image of burning of Naa Adjale's fetish Odente at Nsawam; landscapes and people in Ashanti (including golden stool); commercial postcards of Elmina Castle. Photographs captioned and in a few instances individuals have been identified.
Extent: 22 leaves
Arrangement: Loose leaves placed together where images form same sequence but otherwise not possible to recreate original order of what remains of this album.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by various
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
File number: 2
Format: Archive