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Box 606754304

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Contains 15 Results:

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

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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...
Extents: 32 Leaves
Dates: 1927

Papers relating to witchcraft and the law, together with press cuttings on witchcraft, 1936

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Comprises: (fols. 1-7) excerpts from the Gold Coast Criminal Code, possibly applicable to the suppression of pretension to witchcraft (four copies); and from the Witchcraft Act of 1735, n.d. (fols. 8-11) cuttings from The Gold Coast Spectator, of articles on African witchcraft by the Rev. Cullen Young, F.R.A.I. [Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute?],...
Extents: 12 Leaves
Dates: 1936

Notes and extracts related to witchcraft, n.d., 1930

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Comprises: (fols. 1-41) notes about witchcraft in Williams' hand, n.d. (fols. 42-53) exercise book with notes on witchcraft (four pages) in another hand, n.d. (fol. 54) extract from 'Order in Council 1906' on witchcraft, n.d. (fols. 55-58) typescript notes on witchcraft by Williams, possibly for a sermon (two copies), May 1930. ...
Extents: 58 Leaves
Dates: n.d., 1930

Correspondence with Williams about witchcraft, 2 Feb 1930-14 Feb 1940

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There are a number of letters from boys at Government Schools; the typescript of a letter from Williams to the Editor of The Gold Coast Spectator headed 'Witchcraft, Suhum and the Native Administrative Ordinance', with a letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary, Accra (W.J.A. Jones) commenting on it; and a letter from Prof. B. Malinowski about a questionnaire on witchcraft prepared by Williams.
Extents: 29 Leaves
Dates: 2 Feb 1930-14 Feb 1940

Papers concerning witchcraft and medicine, 1930-1956

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Comprises: (fol. 1) proclamation by the High Commissioner for Swaziland (Eswatini), No. 5 of 1930, concerning witch doctors, 21 Feb 1930 (fols. 2-7) summaries of discussions on witchcraft by the National Council for Pastoral and Medical Co-operation, 16 Apr-3 Jun 1940 (fols. 8-12) reprint of an article by M.J. Field in the Journal of Mental...
Extents: 12 Leaves
Dates: 1930-1956

Notes and extracts from eleven works listed on the envelope in which they are contained, 1925-1958

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One item in the list (a despatch on the Achimota Constitution) is missing. A second envelope contains three printed items. Comprises: (fols. 2-7) J.C. de Graft Johnson: African Experiment, 1958 (fols. 8-9) Oversea Education: editorial about Achimota, 1958 (fols. 10-14) Round Table: quotations from an article,...
Extents: 70 Leaves
Dates: 1925-1958

File labelled 'Documents used in preparation to Prelude to Ghana', n.d.

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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....
Extents: 118 Leaves
Dates: n.d.

Correspondence about a proposed history of Achimota to be written by Williams and a letter about a booklet on A.G. Fraser's theory and practice of education, 25 Jul-23 Dec 1957

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Correspondence between Williams and A.W.E. Winlaw (Headmaster of Achimota), W.E.F. Ward (on the staff of Achimota), and the Colonial Office Librarian, about a proposed history of Achimota to be written by Williams (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 282/5 and MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 282/6). Also, a letter from Ruth Douglass, Church Missionary Society (CMS), to Williams about a booklet on A.G. Fraser's theory and practice of education.
Extents: 19 Leaves
Dates: 25 Jul-23 Dec 1957

Papers relating to the Christian Council of the Gold Coast and the Christian Council of Ghana, 1957

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Comprises: (fols. 1-8) the text of a sermon delivered by the Rev. C.G. Baeta, Chairman of the Christian Council of the Gold Coast, at the massed religious service at Accra Sports Stadium, 3 Mar 1957 (fol. 9) A printed statement by the Christian Council of Ghana relating to the appeal to Government about the Deportation Bill, and the reply of the Minister of Information and Broadcasting,...
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates: 1957

Papers in an envelope labelled by Williams 'Of and by A.G.F.' containing papers relating to the Rev. A.G. Fraser, 1956-1962

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Comprises: (fol. 1) envelope labelled 'Of and by A.G.F.' (fols. 2-4) printed paper by Williams on the Reverend A.G. Fraser, with a portrait of Fraser, n.d. (fols. 5-15) cyclostyled copy of a questionnaire put to Fraser, with his replies, concerning his views on education based on his experience in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and West Africa, n.d. (fols. 16-42)...
Extents: 53 Leaves
Dates: 1956-1962

Materials relating to the death of A.G. Fraser, 1962, n.d.

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Comprises: (fol. 1) cutting of The Times' obituary, 29 Jan 1962 (fol. 2) postcard from the Rev. E.W. Thompson to Williams about the above (fols. 3-4) typescript of a letter from Williams to the Editor of The Times (fol. 5) cutting of a letter from W.E.F. W[ard] to The Times...
Extents: 27 Leaves
Dates: 1962, n.d.