Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Gold Coast Mission - Collection 157

[Note: The BGC Archives does not have the original documents of this collection. What it does have is a microfilm edition of the papers, which it purchased from a publisher, as did many other archives and libraries.]

[Note: What follows is a description of the documents in this collection which are available for use at BGC Archives in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. The actual documents are not, in most cases, available online, only this description of them. Nor are they available for sale or rent.]

Table of Contents

Brief Description of This Collection

Title Page and Restrictions

Historical Background of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Gold Coast Mission

An Essay on the Contents of the Collection (Scope and Content)

Lists of Microfilm in This Collection (Location Records)


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Collection 157
[March 15, 2001]
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; 1701-
Gold Coast Mission Records; 1753-1933
12 Reels of Microfilm

Restrictions

Permission to quote from, publish, or reproduce any material in this microfilm edition must be secured from:

The Archivist
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
15, Tufton Street
London, S.W.1. ENGLAND

Historical Background

Church of England mission organization; formed in 1701 as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; renamed following a merger with Universities' Mission to Central Africa in 1965.

Scope and Content

Missionary reports and correspondence from S.P.G. mission stations in Accra, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and West Africa. Includes correspondence of eighteenth century missionaries Thomas Thompson and Philip Quaque, and correspondence of the twentieth century Committee for Women's Work. The collection was microfilmed from originals in possession of the U.S.P.G. in London.

Provenance

The microfilm in this collection was purchased by the Center Library.

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LOCATION RECORD
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Type of Material: Microfilm

The following items are located in the CENTER LIBRARY MICROFILM ROOM:

All reels are 35mm, positive copy.

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