African missions

The papers of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland cover the period 1874-1928. Hope Masterton Waddell (1804-1895) led the mission in Nigeria from 1847 onwards and his work is well covered in these papers. Waddell remained at the mission until 1859. He was joined by William Anderson (1812-1895), a dominant figure in the period 1849-1891, and Hugh Goldie (1815-1895) who became the mission's leading Efik scholar and translator. The missionaries concentrated partly on education and partly on preaching by which they hoped to effect both religious and social change. They were particularly concerned to alter such practices as ritual killing, the killing of twins and poison ordeals. This microfilm publication contains all incoming letters from missionaries in Africa sent to the UPC Foreign Mission Committee between the years 1874-1928.