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           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02.03.26.02.02
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1403
callnumber MMS/17/02/03/26/02/02
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/03/26/02/02
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/03/26/02/02
prefix_number 02
title 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]
scb_date_creation c1930-c1934
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 22 leaves
format Archive
description 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.
scb_arrangement Loose leaves placed together where images form same sequence but otherwise not possible to recreate original order of what remains of this album.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by various
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 2
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0003.0026.0002.0002