Most of them written in Ghana during World War I, some correspondence with colonial authorities. Amongst the documents is a copy of a speech by Sir F. G. Guggisberg on the events in Ghana 1920-1926 and the prospects for 1927/1928, touching on the…
a) Photocopy of a report on his journey to England and Ghana 1896, 12 pages; b) Photocopy of a report on his observations during Lent and Easter in Ghana
Copy of a "Seminararbeit" by Rev. Bruno Bassi (then Abetifi, Ghana; typescript; plus 12 building plans of Basel Mission settlement, Mission Station and Ramseyer Chapel Abetifi. The first plan dated 1878, the last one 1973. Given to the Basel Mission…
Second edition of a lecture held in Basel and Stuttgart on the 150th Anniversary of the Basel Mission in Ghana by John Middleton (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London); Typescript.
Folder containing a small collection of drawings and written exercises by pupils of Basel Mission schools in Ghana and sent to Basel for an exhibition.
Exercise-book with the handwritten autobiography of Peter Hall, born at Akropong in 1851 as son of a black Jamaican Christian; Hand-written most probably by Hall himself and dated 1929.
A hard-cover exercise-book with a hand-written diary of the Akem-Asante expedition, written by O. Lädrach, who accompanied the expedition as chaplain. The diary was handed over to the archive by his widow.
Ca. 25 essays by the students of the 2-year training course for Evangelists and Deaconesses 1984, Ramseyer Training Centre Abetifi; Folder with typescript copy.
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