People and places, Western Nigeria.

Groups include: Rev [Herbert Lewis Octavius] Williams with daughter Peggy and "motherless babies", Christmas, ?Ama Ashana hospital; Ibos boys who performed in play Joseph and his brethren; "The twelve apostles at ?Abajekute [?Abeokuta]"; Nigerian lepers; female church members and catechists, Iseyin;...

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Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Date(s) of creation: c 1885-c 1930
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Summary: Groups include: Rev [Herbert Lewis Octavius] Williams with daughter Peggy and "motherless babies", Christmas, ?Ama Ashana hospital; Ibos boys who performed in play Joseph and his brethren; "The twelve apostles at ?Abajekute [?Abeokuta]"; Nigerian lepers; female church members and catechists, Iseyin; missionary with scouts, Wesley College, Ibadan, 1929 [reproduced in The Foreign Field June 1939.] People include: Rev Oliver J Griffin and wife [Lagos 1897-1928] ; portrait of Dorcas, wife of William, Methodist chief at Orin, near Ilesha; portrait of Methodist leader, Ilesha. Events include: church opening, Ntalakwa, Ndoro [reproduced in The Foreign Field March 1933]. Places or buildings include: place of sacrificial executions, Oyo; mission house, Oyo; fetish or devil houses, at Fiditi, Yoruba [Oyo state]; boat and camp on Ogun River; beach at Owulakon, River Ogun; courtyard of heathen secret society, Ifaki; village at Kapa, Ilesha circuit. Prints taken by/received from: John T Frederick Halligey; [Arthur Humphrey] Richardson; N A Birtwistle; A W Banfield; Frank Deaville Walker; J P Shrimpton; Dr. D M Beaugie.
Previous numbers: MMS/06/20/04/22
Extent: 19 images comprising 1 postcard and 7 printing out paper and silver gelatin 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: 22
Format: Archive