Miscellaneous letters, notes, photographs and ephemera

Various papers relating to Stanley Browne's time in Yakusu, including some undated medical jottings; photograph of plaque commemorating the building of Yakusu Church 1934-1936 and the missionaries who died at Yakusu since 1895; typescript of a song entitled 'Missionary Mirth, (or Bachelors' Banter!)' [1930s]; some undated notes in indigenous languages; poem 'Farewell, my friends belov'd' in Congo language ('Boele wa lisenyani la bosongo la mama mokili') Denys K Likandja II, 1937; service programme (in Congolese lanugage) for BMS Yakusu 20 Jun 1937; sample Christmas cards from Browne, 1939; letter from Ken S Seal, WHO Fellow, addressed to 'Mr Morgan and Mary' describing his visit to Yakusu in 1957, meeting Browne, describing his personality, work, the facilities there, the leper colony at Yalisombo; letter by Browne to I Lloyd Phillips, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 15 Feb 1966, summarizing his experiences in the Belgian Congo between 1936-1958

1930s-1966

1 file

Series B.11 was added to Section B in Dec 2006

Congolese languages