People and places in Sierra Leone by Rev James Walton

Events include: Christmas Day rejoicings at Kennema, showing musicians including 'dwarf' playing the bugle. Places or buildings include: view from mission house, Segbwema showing railway train; Segbwema mission house, including view from the railway; ruins of Bandajuma mission house; Benguema, show...

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Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Date(s) of creation: c 1900-c 1920
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Summary: Events include: Christmas Day rejoicings at Kennema, showing musicians including 'dwarf' playing the bugle. Places or buildings include: view from mission house, Segbwema showing railway train; Segbwema mission house, including view from the railway; ruins of Bandajuma mission house; Benguema, showing Wesleyan church; house of 'native catechist', Segbwema; court house of the African chief, Mendeland; Wilberforce market, near Freetown; Freetown mission house. Also includes: fetish tree; missionary (Rev W T Balmer) asleep on camp bed, captioned "Camping out in a village school"; bridge and fetish house, Mendeland; floating bridge, attached by a creeper, Mendeland. Prints taken by/received from: Rev James Walton, via William Turnbull Balmer.
Previous numbers: MMS/06/20/01/03
Extent: 16 Printing out Paper prints
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society.
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
File number: 3
Format: Archive