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Education and the training of teachers in Ghana, by David C. A. Bradshaw; with papers relating to Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1927-1941.

Archive File: MS 1597

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Education and the training of teachers in Ghana, by David C. A. Bradshaw; with papers relating to Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1927-1941.

Level: File

Classmark: MS 1597

Creator(s): Bradshaw, David C A

Date(s): 1927-1975

Language: English

Size and medium: 1 vol. (282 ff.), maps, tables, typescript; with 43 items, manuscript, printed and typescript (all photocopy).

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8170

Description

Comprises: (1) Typescript of 'Education and the training of teachers in Ghana', by David C.A. Bradshaw, 1975. (2) Photocopies of: (a) Papers and newspaper cuttings relating to education in West Africa and the establishment of Achimota College. (b) Papers relating to the administration of Achimota, 1929-1938. (c) Prospectuses, annual reviews and inspectors' reports for various years, 1929-1939. (d) Sermons and addresses delivered at Achimota, 1927-1935. (e) Articles and pamphlets by R.C. Blumer. (f) Letters and memos to R.C. Blumer. (g) 'Criticisms occasioned by Gipsy (?) Chapel Fund Appeal', by R.C. Blumer. (h) Account of Accra earthquake, 22 Jun 1939, by R.C. Blumer.

Biography or history

David Bradshaw worked for the Ghanaian Education Service as a tutor in a College of Education, from 1959 until 1963, and later wrote on education. Achimota College was opened in Jan 1927 as a non-denominational Christian institution providing education from pre-school to pre-university level, as well as London University degree courses. It closed in 1943, but re-opened in 1946 as Achimota School and now provides primary and secondary education. Rev. R.C. Blumer was Vice-Principal of the College, 1927-1939, and Acting Principal, 1939-1941 (?).

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