Obituary of and papers about Dr J.E.K. Aggrey, Assistant Vice-Principal at Achimota, 1927

Folder

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

(fols. 1-6) an address delivered by Williams at the Service of Remembrance for Aggrey at Achimota (two copies), 7 Aug 1927
(fols. 7-9) an appeal by the Rev. A.G. Fraser for the Aggrey Memorial Chapel at Achimota, and a foreword by J.H. Oldham to Appeal 1938, n.d.
(fols. 10-32) folder labelled 'On Dr. Aggrey by C.K. Williams', containing speeches made at the meeting of the Legislative Council, Accra, on 5 Sep 1927, following the death of Dr Aggrey; among the speakers quoted are Sir Gordon Guggisberg, Rev. A.G. Fraser, and Nana Sir Ofori Atta; also, an obituary by Dr Thomas Jesse Jones of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, and some correspondence dated 3 Aug-6 Sep between him, Sir Ransford Slater (Governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana)), and Major W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore (Colonial Office) about memorial services in America and the future of Aggrey's family, 1927.