"Chairman of the G[old] C[oast] District Rev. W.R. Griffin on his office verandah, Cape Coast Castle." William Griffin served in the West Indies from 1885 to 1900 and then as the Chairman of the Gold Coast District from 1910 to 1915. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2274
- Date published
- 1910/1915
- Dates
- 1910/1915
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- printing-out paper, 8.3 x 10.7 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Ghana
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Ghana
- Reference
- impa-m2274 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-MMS-06-20-017-009
- Rights
- Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/14cbb8e4c6f9c86fc7492301152bb32b
