Typescript drafts of chapters from 'A son of the Canadian Church' covering Westgate's time in German East Africa, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1909-1912 and 1913-1914 (3 sets). There are manuscript annotations and a few pages of notes.
Autobiography drafts of Thomas Westgate
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 179
- Dates of Creation
- 1982
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 archive box(es) 1 box paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate was a Canadian missionary who joined the Church Missionary Society in German East Africa in 1902. He was imprisoned by the Germans during World War I, and returned to Canada after his release. He revisited East Africa in the 1930s.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Presented by the Westgate family, April 1982.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
MSS 469c99
The collection is described at Y30469F in Photograph catalogue no. 24.
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Additional Information
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Westgate, Thomas Buchanan Reginald, fl 1899-1936, missionary