File labelled 'Documents used in preparation to Prelude to Ghana', n.d.
Folder
Held at the Weston Library
See MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 282/8, item 24, for Prelude to Ghana. This folder contains undated manuscript notes and items numbered 1-20 (no. 4 is missing) as follows:
- (fols. 1-10) notes and bibliographical references in Williams' hand
- (fols. 10-16) 1. Excerpt from An African Survey by Lord Hailey (1938)
- (fols. 17-19) 2. Excerpt from Dom Bernard Clements in Africa by C.E.F. Laing
- (fols. 20-27) 3. Letter from Colin Forrester Paton to Williams, listing material available at the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee Offices concerning the contribution of the Churches to the new Ghana, 23 Nov 1956
- (fol. 28) 5. Copy of a Despatch dated 23 Feb 1824 on the death of Sir Charles Macarthy
- (fol. 29) 6. Notes on A History of Christianity by Latourette
- (fol. 30) 7. Notes on The Boys of St. Nicholas by A.J. Knight
- (fols. 31-34) 8. Excerpt on slavery from A History of Europe by H.A.L. Fisher
- (fols. 35-65) 9. Papers and notes tracing the history of Christianity in Ghana
- (fols. 66-73) 10. Excerpt from Thomas Birch Freeman by Allen Birtwhistle
- (fols. 74-79) ll. Excerpts from The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
- (fol. 80) 12. Excerpt from Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley
- (fol. 81) l3. Excerpt from Hailey's Survey
- (fols. 81-82) l4. Excerpts from Thomas Birch Freeman by Allen Birtwhistle
- (fol. 88) 15. Biographical notes on P. Quaque
- (fols. 89-90) 16. Excerpt from A Hundred Years: the seminary established (two copies)
- (fols. 91-92) 17. Excerpt from Gold Coast Colony and Ashanti, 1928
- (fols. 93-104) 18. Excerpts from Gold Coast Methodism by A.E. Southon
- (fols. 105-107) 19. Excerpts from Catholic Pioneers in West Africa by M.J. Bane, Society of African Missions (SMA)
- (fols. 108-118) 20. Manuscript notes on the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) and various missions.
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Extent
118 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 282/4, folder 10
Repository Details
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