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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Archive & Special Collections MS 381242/05 Open

Order number: MS 381242
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

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
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scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 381242
callnumber MS 381242/05
callnumber_txt MS 381242/05
callnumber-sort MS 381242/05
prefix_number 05
title Letter from Rev John Beech and Joke Beech to [Hezekiah] Beech and [Eliza] Beech
scb_date_creation 25 April 1957
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 1 sheet
author Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary
author_facet Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary
Beech; Johanne (1933-2001); née Johnges, known as Joke
authorStr Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary
author_letter Beech; John (1926-2012); missionary
author2 Beech; Johanne (1933-2001); née Johnges, known as Joke
author2Str Beech; Johanne (1933-2001); née Johnges, known as Joke
format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by SOAS, University of London
scb_use_restrictions Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 381242
hierarchy_sequence MS_381242.0005

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