Dabou and Ivory Coast

Groups include: women at ?Akradjou; large congregation outside unnamed church; congregation outside Jackville church; villagers greeting missionary; students at Abidjan school washing before the class; church and congregation at Debrimu; church members at Rogaff meeting to decide to erect a new bric...

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Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Date(s) of creation: c 1910 -c 1940
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS Box 1195A
Summary: Groups include: women at ?Akradjou; large congregation outside unnamed church; congregation outside Jackville church; villagers greeting missionary; students at Abidjan school washing before the class; church and congregation at Debrimu; church members at Rogaff meeting to decide to erect a new brick church; people at riverside in Ngokrou for departure of Rev Ernest Partner; boys singing a welcome in a village near Divo; Rosemary Home teacher group of female students inside classroom, Dabou; intermediate class, Dabou Boys' School, being taught by a young woman; schoolgirls from seven different tribes; girls knitting on school steps. People include: indigenous man in western clothing with "The Bible he cannot read"; W Fletcher and chief of Bouboury; Fanti preacher at door of church, Azurretti; Eliza at sewing machine, "the most advanced pupil". Activities include: building new church at Grand Lahou; missionary leaving Dabou for Jackville. Places or buildings include: Christian house near Abajekute; Wesleyan church at Grand Lahou; Rogaff old church; interior of Jackville church showing congregation; Wesleyan mission house, Dabou. Also includes: motor boat "L'Evangeleste" on lagoon and on River Bandama. Prints taken by/received from: A W Banfield; Robert Howett; Ernest Partner; Muriel Stennet.
Previous numbers: MMS/06/20/05/28
Extent: 28 silver gelatin prints including 1 postcard
Note: Previously in box 1195B
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: 28
Format: Archive