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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
39 - Fr Wilfrid Banham SJ (1893-1963)
1 - Correspondence
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/39/1/1
Title
Letters to his sister, Winefride Lyons
Date
1948-1963
Level
File
Description
Letters from Wilfrid Banham in British Guiana to his older sister, Mrs Winefride M. Lyons (nee Banham). Includes several accounts of Banham's journeys: journey to Pacaraima Mountains (2 October 1953-10 November 1953) with map; journey to Pacaraima (September-October 1955) with one loose photograph inserted; journey to Pacaraima (March-April 1956); journey to Pacaraima (April 1957); journey to Pacaraima (October 1958) with map. Also includes notes on Banham's last missionary journal in 1963.
Related Material
An extract from Fr Banham's last letter to his sister is reproduced in his obituary: see LL&NN 68 (1963), pp. 230-237.
Format
Manuscript
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to archive material in the Jesuits in Britain Archives.
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Dates
DS/UK/40
Banham; Wilfrid (1893-1963); Jesuit Priest
1893-1963
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