Guide to the Dager Family Papers
Open for research.
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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.
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 Of particular value are undated and presumably unpublished manuscripts which reflect their observations on West African life and culture.
To browse this collection's digitized content visit Pearl.
Materials marked "Digital" in the Collection Inventory may not have been digitized in their entirety.
| 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 |