Memoirs of Sydney H. Clague-Smith, [1928-1968], [1978-1984]
Service as a teacher with the Moravian Mission in Tanganyika, with related correspondence, reports, memoranda, teaching papers, etc., [1928-1968], [1978-1984].
Dates
- Creation: [1928-1968], [1978-1984]
Extent
6 boxes
Language of Materials
- English
- Swahili
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1755 (118) (Boxes XXXVI-XLI)
Biographical / Historical
Sydney H. Clague-Smith worked in Tanganyika as Principal, Teacher Training School, Western Province (Moravian Mission), also Education Secretary of the Mission, 1937-1943. He was Education Secretary for Moravian educational work in the Southern Highlands, 1940-1943 and Honorary Secretary of the Education Committee of the Tanganyika Missionary Council, 1942-1952. He served as Secretary to the Kinampanda Alliance Teacher Training Centre, Rungwe, 1947-1952 and Education Secretary General to the Non-Roman Missions of Tanganyika, 1953-1962.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 805 (118) in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlist is also available in the library reading room.
Repository Details
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