Incomplete photograph album containing images depicting Methodist missionary work in Kumasi and other images of Ashanti and elsewhere in the Gold Coast [Ghana]

Photographs and commercial postcards. Includes images depicting staff, student and visitors at Wesley College [Kumasi]; staff and students at Mbofraturo [?Mmofraturo], Kumasi; missionary staff in the Gold Coast; the Ashanti (restoration of confederacy, golden stool, chiefs, etc); a few images of the...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1403
Date(s) of creation: c1930-c1939
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/Box 1403
Summary: Photographs and commercial postcards. Includes images depicting staff, student and visitors at Wesley College [Kumasi]; staff and students at Mbofraturo [?Mmofraturo], Kumasi; missionary staff in the Gold Coast; the Ashanti (restoration of confederacy, golden stool, chiefs, etc); a few images of the Hausa as well as commercial postcard images of buildings and places in the Gold Coast [Ghana]. Photographs captioned and in a few instances individuals have been identified.
Extent: 13 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: 3
Format: Archive