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A Guide to the Jackson Davis Liberia Photographs, 1944 Davis, Jackson, Liberia Photographs, 1944 3072-e

A Guide to the Jackson Davis Liberia Photographs, 1944

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
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Title
previous hit Jackson  next hit previous hit Davis  next hit Liberia Photographs 1944
Physical Characteristics
This collection contains eighteen items.
Language
English

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previous hit Jackson  next hit previous hit Davis  next hit Liberia Photographs, 1944, Accession # previous hit 3072 -e, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These photographs were made a gift to the Library by Corinne Geras of Escondido, California, on January 30, 1999.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of copies of eighteen original photographs on four pages of an album kept by previous hit Jackson  next hit previous hit Davis  next hit documenting his trip to Liberia in 1944. previous hit Davis  next hit traveled to Liberia for the International Missionary Council to make a field study of African education and agriculture and to consider how the total resources of African churches and missions could be utilized to the best advantage. His observations were included in the book Africa Advancing . Photographs include scenes in Monrovia and the countryside including the Booker T. Washington Institute; the College of West Africa; the Episcopal Mission School; Liberia College, faculty and students; the hospital of the Negro Baptist Mission; a community school; and street and market scenes.