Letter from Rev John Beech and Joke Beech to [Hezekiah] Beech and [Eliza] Beech
Typescript letter from Rev John Beech (Wesley College, Kumasi, Ghana) to his parents, Hezekiah Beech & Eliza Beech (Congleton, Cheshire, England). Subjects include: Joke [Johanne] Beech's pregnancy; the mood among the Europeans in post-Independence Ghana; Beech's views on inefficiencies in the n...
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MS 381242 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
25 April 1957 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary |
| Other authors: | Beech; Johanne (1933-2001); née Johnges, known as Joke |
| Order number: |
MS 381242 |
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| Summary: |
Typescript letter from Rev John Beech (Wesley College, Kumasi, Ghana) to his parents, Hezekiah Beech & Eliza Beech (Congleton, Cheshire, England). Subjects include: Joke [Johanne] Beech's pregnancy; the mood among the Europeans in post-Independence Ghana; Beech's views on inefficiencies in the new country; Beech's negative views on Kwame Nkrumah and the 'beginnings of dictatorship' in policies regarding the civil service, religious minorities, and Kumasi College of Technology [later Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology]; the situation of Europeans and the Church under the new Ghanaian Government; Beech's happiness at his return to England; gardening. In addition a handwritten message from Joke [Johanne] Beech to her parents-in-law regarding a visit to the swimming pool at the Ashanti Gold Mine. |
| Main author: | Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary |
| Other authors: | Beech; Johanne (1933-2001); née Johnges, known as Joke |
| Extent: |
1 sheet |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by SOAS, University of London |
| User restrictions: | Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Archive |