| Description | Transcripts of entries from the diaries of Herbert and Caroline Tugwell whilst in Nigeria, made by Herbert Tugwell for circulation to associates and family; the transcripts are of entries relating to Herbert Tugwell's stay with a mission party in Gierko, Hausaland; details include Tugwell's daily itinerary, accounts of services, descriptions of the local landscape, climate, inhabitants, relationships with local Chiefs and Colonial officials, the health of his fellow missionaries, and matters of topical importance including the slave trade; the transcripts of entries from the diaries of Caroline Tugwell relate to the diocesan tours she undertook with her husband, and include details of her daily itinerary, accounts of journeys, visits to Forcados, Burut, Onitsha, and Asaba, her Bible reading classes, and visits to local schools, churches, hospitals and leper houses |