West Africa

Comprises the personal papers of missionaries who worked for the MMS (or its predecessors) in their districts in West Africa. Papers relating to missionary work in Dahomey, Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea], Gambia, Gold Coast [Ghana], Nigeria and Sierra Leone are available. Includes the papers...

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Date(s) of creation: 1833-1998
Level: Sub-Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02.03
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MMS/17/02/03
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/03
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/03
prefix_number 03
title West Africa
scb_date_creation 1833-1998
scb_level Sub-Series
level_sort 5/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/
scb_extent 15 boxes
format Archive
description Comprises the personal papers of missionaries who worked for the MMS (or its predecessors) in their districts in West Africa. Papers relating to missionary work in Dahomey, Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea], Gambia, Gold Coast [Ghana], Nigeria and Sierra Leone are available. Includes the papers of, or material relating to, Henry Badger (WMMS), William Turnbull Balmer (WMMS), Robert Fairley (PMMS), William Hare Findlay (WMMS), Thomas Birch Freeman (WMMS), John Henry Hirst (PMMS), William Broadbent Luddington (PMMS), Thomas & Nella Mckenzie (PMMS), Benjamin Tregaskis (WMMS), George & Harriet Wrigley (WMMS), Christopher & Margaret Eddy (WMMS) and William Garfield Waterworth (WMMS).
scb_place_code 7729885
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access The majority of this material is only available for consultation on microfiche.
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
Akan
Bube
Spanish
Multiple languages
language_search English
Akan
Bube
Spanish
Multiple languages
note Brief biographical information on Methodist missionaries who worked in the West African districts along with references to where further information appears in printed sources is available from the Methodist Missionary Register. Please contact us for details.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0003