Annotated copy of S R Driver's commentary on the Book of Genesis

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MMSL MSS/063
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early to mid 20th century
  • Language of Material
    • English Mende (Sierra Leone)
  • Physical Description
    • 559 pages

Scope and Content

Ninth edition (1913) of Driver's publication which has in parts been annotated by Rev J Rossendale S Law. Annotations appear to be translations of small sections of the text into Mende, possibly in 1940s or 1950s, although Law had owned this book since January 1917.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rev J Rossendale Stone Law (1892-1971) served the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Sierra Leone from 1916 to 1959 and from 1969 to 1971.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Deposited at SOAS by the World Church Office of the Methodist Church, March 2006

Archivist's Note

Catalogued

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Publication out of copyright but annotations are the copyright of the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes.

Custodial History

Gift from Rev Glanville T Magor to the Methodist Church, January 2006