Female circumcision, 1923-1932; 1954

folder

Held at the Weston Library

Request
this

'Material for Students Essay' on the female circumcision controversy collected by C.G. Richards.

Comprises:

(fols. 1-2) copy of a letter from C.G. Richards to the Rev. F.B. Welbourn of Makerere College listing ten items of essay material that he is sending, some of which appear below, 28 Aug 1954
(fols. 3-6) part of the recommendations of the Highland District Committee, including a resolution passed on circumcision, Jan-Feb 1923
(fol. 7) brief record by Arthur of a meeting of missionaries at Kiambu to pass resolutions against female circumcision, 17 Dec 1923
(fols. 8-10) minutes of a missionary meeting, 23 Apr 1924
(fol. 11) cyclostyled letter from the Church of Scotland missionary Calderwood to Leakey about the case of one of their mission schoolgirls against her father and a woman who forcibly circumcised her, 24 Mar 1930
(fols. 12-15) notes of a meeting at Government House, with a covering note from Butcher, Secretary of the Kenya Missionary Council, to Leakey, 13 May, 22 Feb 1930
(fols. 16-18) letter from Arthur to Leakey suggesting regular meetings several times a year of the Kiambu District missions, especially during the period of controversy over the circumcision question, enclosing a similar letter of 23 May from the Church of Scotland Mission (CSM), 24 May 1930
(fols. 19-21) letter in Kikuyu about the Rev. and Mrs Leakey, 2 May 1932.

Undated items:

(fol. 22) part of a draft article by Leakey on female circumcision for the East African Standard
(fol. 23) envelope addressed to Welbourn by Richards, originally containing the contents of this file and endorsed 'Female Circumcision'.

Dates

23 Leaves

MSS. Afr. s. 633/17, folder 3

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk