Guide to the Dager Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Dager Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1909-1916

Call Number

RG 207

Creator(s)

Dager family.

Quantity

0.25 cubic feet (7 folders)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Reverend William M. Dager (1869-1917) and Sarah Shaw Dager (1870-1936) were appointed to the PCUSA's West Africa Mission in 1899 and served at the Gaboon and Corisco Missions. William Dager trained Bulu candidates for the ministry and pastored the church at Elat while Sarah Dager taught Bulu women and children. The upheavals of the First World War necessitated their return to America in 1916. Their scheduled return to Africa the following year was aborted by William Dager's premature death. Mrs. Dager did not return to Africa and resigned from missionary work in 1920.

Collection Overview

The Dager Family Papers documents William and Sarah Dager's experiences as missionaries in West Africa, 1909-1916. Their papers include correspondence, personal reports, photographs and miscellaneous items. Of particular value are undated and presumably unpublished manuscripts which reflect their observations on West African life and culture.

Alternative Formats

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Catalog Headings

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Personal Name Subject

Dager, William M., 1867-1917.

Dager, Sarah Jane, 1870-1936.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Gaboon and Corisco Mission.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.

Topical Subject

Missionaries--Africa, West.

Women missionaries--Africa, West.

Missions--Africa, West.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West.

Geographic Subject

Gabon--Social life and customs.

Corisco (Equatorial Guinea)--Social life and customs.

Cameroon--Social life and customs.

Africa, West--Missions.

Genre-form

Clippings (information artifacts) aat

Correspondence. aat

Manuscripts (documents) aat

Photographs. aat

Personal Added Name

Dager, William M., 1867-1917.

Dager, Sarah Shaw, 1870-1936.

Corporate Added Name

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 207

1	2	Correspondence, 1909-1916
1	3	Correspondence/Journal of William Dager, 1916
1	4	Personal reports, 1914-1915
1	5	Manuscripts, undated
1	6	Photographs, West Africa, undated	Digital
1	7	Clippings/miscellaneous items, undated

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