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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78708
title: Surgical ward, Blantyre Hospital, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "Surgical ward, Blantyre Hospital. European staff in centre". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Iinterior view of a single story building, beds containing patients line both walls and a number of windows are set into both sides of the building, a chimney breast dominates the far end wall and rises up to the exposed corrugated roof. Medical orderlies stand at the far end and two European nurses work at a table set in the central aisle of the room. ❧ Blantyre Mission was established in 1876 by Henry Henderson (1843-1891) and was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The Blantyre mission also had an excellent reputation for its medical provision. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78720
title: Mr Bowman's house at Domasi, Malawi, 29 March 1918

description: "Mr Bowman's house at Domasi. Negative given to Mrs Frank Bowman." "Nyasaland [Malawi]" ❧ Photograph showing the end view of a brick built two story house with a single story extension protruding from one side. At the back of the house runs another single story level with a thatched roof and a verandah. The main part of the house is covered in ivy that also extends across the roof. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions, extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78704
title: Domasi Hospital, Malawi, ca.1922

description: "Domasi Hospital" Exterior view of an L-shaped brick building with a slate roof. The building is one story high and sits on a gentle incline with dense vegetation in the background. Sitting on a bench on the verandah are four patients and standing next to them is a man in a white uniform, possibly an orderly. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in the Domasi mission where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78712
title: Wedding at Domasi Church, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "Wedding of 'Rossie' and Henry Chimponda at Domasi Church, Nyasaland." ❧ Photograph of a wedding party standing in a church doorway, three white missionaries stand behind. The bride and groom both wear white and she holds a bouquet of flowers. To the left stands the minister and on either side stand a number of guests. The three white guests are, possibly, Miss Low, Mr Bowman and Miss Muir who all worked at the Domasi mission during this time. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82186
title: Lake Naivasha, Rift valley, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Lake Naivasha. A trip to Uganda. Photos by W. R. Carr.” Landscape view looking over flat plains towards a large lake. Raymond Carr, brother of Margaret Irvine, took the photographs during a trip from Chogoria to Uganda. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78714
title: Native hunter, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: Photograph of a native hunter wearing only a loin cloth, he stands amongst tall grass in profile and stares off to the right. He holds a bow, un-flexed, with an arrow nocked and pointing towards the ground. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78724
title: New Hospital, Mozambique, ca.1888-1929

description: New Hospital, Mihecani, Lomweland" ❧ Photograph showing a large building, corner on, constructed from brick and with corrugate iron roofs. There is a walled area at the front of the building and a staircase leading up towards the main door. The building appears to have three main blocks joined together. ❧ Lomweland was part of Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique] and the first Church of Scotland mission was established in Mihecani [1913] south east of the Numali hills near Alto Moloque. This was where Lewis Mataka Bandawe translated the New Testement into Lomwe and John Gray Kufa worked in the hospital. Both men were to become active in Malawian nationalism and politics. Some critics blame their Blantyre educations for radicalising them. Kufa was second in command during the Chilembwe uprising [1915] against colonial rule and was executed after it failed. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78713
title: School boarders, Ladies House, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "Miss Muir with girl boarders, Ladies House, Nyasaland." ❧ Photograph of school girls sitting in three rows on stone steps leading up to the entrance of a brick building. The girls all wear the same white skirt and blouse uniform and sit with their hands in their laps. Behind them, on the next step up, stands Miss Muir in a nurse’s uniform. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in the Domasi mission where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78752
title: Town in Iringa, Tanzania, ca.1924

description: “Iringa – Native Town.” View of a townscape from above and showing brick built houses with tiled roofs, several streets run off from an open square in the foreground. ❧ The Church of Scotland, based in Nyasaland [Malawi], took over the work of the Berliner Missionsgesellschaft [Berlin Missionary Society], in the Iringa district of Tanzania, after the deportation of German missionaries during the First World War. The British authorities were concerned that the mission stations were being used to supply the enemy and that they exerted too great an influence in the region. James Hetherwick, from Blantyre, was worried that the German missionaries would not be allowed to return and their successful work would falter. He appealed to Robert Laws at Livingstonia to cooperate in caring for the German fields. ❧ Andrew M. Anderson and Duncan Ross Mackenzie were the two main participants in Iringa and the Churches custodianship of the Berlin Missionary society’s property. The indigenous population were predominately from the Hehe tribe and the three main stations were at Lupembe, Kidugala and Ilembula with numerous sub-stations, many of which had fallen into disrepair after the war. ❧ When the German missionaries started to return there were disputes over whether they should be allowed to return to their former station. The Church of Scotland home authorities eventually ruled that the German missions should be returned. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78710
title: Classes in the open air, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "School 'bwalo' classes in the open under a large fig tree, Nyasaland." ❧ Exterior view of children sitting in an open court yard under the branches of a large fig tree, each desk accommodates three children and more children sit in the shade of the building's verandah. A small chalk board is set up on a stand facing the class. ❧ Blantyre Mission was established in 1876 by Henry Henderson (1843-1891) and was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The Blantyre mission also had an excellent reputation for its medical provision. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78709
title: Blantyre Hospital staff, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "European and native staffs, Blantyre Hospital. Europeans - Nurse Muir, Dr. Wilfred McFarlane, Sister Drayton" - "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Group portrait of the staff of Blantyre Hospital. The three European members of staff sit in the middle whilst the indigenous men and women, make up the majority of the staff. The group stands in front of a doorway of a brick building, possibly the hospital. This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in Southern Nyasaland where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ Blantyre Mission was established in 1876 by Henry Henderson (1843-1891) and was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The Blantyre mission also had an excellent reputation for its medical provision. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82173
title: Mr Barlow in the garden with porters, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “A. R. Barlow starting off for his safari back to Kikuyu, after the mountain trip.” Exterior view of the garden at Chogoria with a pitched tent and Mr Barlow next to supplies. Mr Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965)was the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott and he translated a number of text into Kikuyu. The Chogoria mission was often used as a base from which to climb Mount Kenya. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82157
title: Unloading logs, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “Offloading firewood from the ox cart for the brick kiln.” Exterior view of the mission, near the brick sheds, with large logs being dropped from an ox cart. Chogoria produced its own bricks from local clay which were used to build permanent buildings for the hospital and church. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78735
title: Shaman, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: View showing a shaman performing a ritual, he wears animal skins and has a large ostrich feather placed in a hat. He appears to be mixing ingredients from the containers in front of him. A number of children stand around watching. ❧ The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78694
title: Domasi bell tower, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Domasi bell tower, European and native staff". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". ❧ Exterior view of a substantial bell tower built from brick and standing three stories high. The tower is square and stands on its own, another building is partially obscured by trees on the right. The mission staff stand and sit in two rows across the entire length of the picture with the white staff standing centrally at the base of the bell tower. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78732
title: Providing food, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Exterior view showing a female missionary worker standing and holding a jug. Sitting around her are a number of indigenous males drinking from tin cups and a large basin stands in the foreground. ❧ The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78727
title: Kikuyu horseman, Tumutumu mission, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Portrait of two Kikuyu men in traditional dress the one on the left wears an ostrich feather headdress. A saddled horse is being held by both men. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78733
title: Women carrying water, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Portrait of two women both carrying several earthenware pots, possibly for water, tied together and suspended on their backs with a strap over their foreheads. The peaks of Mount Kenya rise in the background. ❧ The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78729
title: Kikuyu warriors, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: External view of young men dressed in warrior outfits, they wear elaborate feather headdresses that encircle their faces and hold painted leather shields. They also brandish spears with capped ends. The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78726
title: Goat herders, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Portrait of two Kikuyu goat herders both in traditional dress and holding long switches, some goats graze behind them and children watch on. Goats were a major livestock amongst the Kikuyu. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78731
title: Group portrait, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Group portrait of four men and three boys wearing various types of costume, several hold bows and the youngest child holds a wooden sceptre with a metal head. Traditional thatched huts can be seen in the background. ❧ The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78725
title: Tumutumu mission station, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: View of a mission building constructed from thatch, possibly the Hospital building. Two female missionaries walk down the path from the building. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78734
title: Shaman, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: View showing a village shaman performing a ritual, he wears animal skins and has a large ostrich feather placed in a hat. The shaman inserts a long stick into a man’s mouth. ❧ The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.