cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m117
title: Group seated in Ilafy village, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "In Ilàfy Village" View showing group of indigenous men and women seated on rock. Houses in background.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12224
title: Water sluice, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "An ancient Dutch water sluice." Drainage channel and old Dutch sluice dating from the period of Dutch rule prior to 1802.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5993
title: Fr. Boudinier at Guangxi, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Boudinier at Kwangsi [now Guangxi]."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12152
title: Village near  Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "A Village of disease."  Scene in a village formerly the centre of a disease.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12214
title: Georgetown, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Georgetown from the Tower of Stabroek Market."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12154
title: Village patients, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Village Treatment." Treatment of patient unable to come to the hospital at Ilesha.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12241
title: Hindu sitting in temple, Guyana, s.d.

description: "Hindu reading the sacred book."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12251
title: Warrou dwelling, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "A dwelling of Warrou Indians."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12219
title: Drinks stall and keeper, Georgetown, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "A stall-keeper, Georgetown." This stall selling mineral waters and fruit drinks is near the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11716
title: Two men with snakes, Sri Lanka, s.d.

description: "Snake Charmer".; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ceylon, a fascinating field" revised by Rev. A.S. Beaty in 1942. Arthur Stanley Beaty (1883-1970) was a Methodist missionary in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] from 1906 to 1939.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12145
title: Recovering patients, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Progressing." Recovering patients walking on the verandah at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12142
title: Road-accident patient receiving treatment, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "A Motor Accident." Road accident patient receiving treatment at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60161
title: Two tree covered rock outcrops, Japan, ca. 1920/1940

description: Photograph of two tree covered rock outcrops in a body of still water. Between the two a boat with a single sail can be seen in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6033
title: Bishop Paul Yu-pin at Nanjing, China, ca.1930

description: This is a photograph of "His Excellency, Bishop Paul Yu-pin, S.T.D., Ph.D., J.D., P.Sc.D., Nanking [now Nanjing], China."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60192
title: Japanese girl carrying a baby and an unbrella, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese girl carrying a baby on her back standing under a paper umbrella she holds in her left hand. She looks at the camera over her right shoulder. Her eyes are closed. She stands in geta shoes on a muddy street.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2467
title: Buddhist priests in front of temple, Beijing, China, ca. 1910-1920

description: "Peking -- Lama Temple & Priests"  Priests with capes and headdresses are walking in front of an ornate temple front.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6034
title: Fr. Schnusenberg and Cardinal T. Tien at Shanghai, China, 1946

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Schnusenberg, OFM, Delegate General of the Franciscan Order in Shanghai with Cardinal T. Tien."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60148
title: Japanese man sitting in a sampan, Tokyo Bay, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese man sitting in a sampan. He smokes a pipe. Behind him is the lowered sail. "Waiting for a customer. Sampan, Tokyo Bay"
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60274
title: Japanese family, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of a Japanese family. The father, dressed in a western suit and tie, sits in a chair on the right side of the photo. The other six members of the family all wear traditional kimonos. The mother sits on a bench with her eldest daughter sitting to her right and youngest daughter standing to her left. The three sons stand between their father and the women.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6025
title: Fr. Cheng S.J. with prisoners at China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Father Cheng S.J. preaching to the prisoners, three auxiliary nuns assisted at the Mass." The prisoners are in uniforms and and altar has been set up at the prison. The location is unknown.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6016
title: The Vicar Apostolic of Chihli, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "The Vicar Apostolic of Chihli Mission with Missionaries."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60237
title: Men playing a board game, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of two men sitting outdoors on a raised wooden platform playing a board game. Watching the game are a third man and a boy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60144
title: Japanese sailing ships on the water, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of Japanese sailing ships on the water as seen from the sandy shore. An evergreen tree leans towards the left side of the photo.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60191
title: Three children eating, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Colorized photographic postcard of three children eating. The girl on the left pats a bowl of rice with the back of a spoon. In front of her is an open round container. The boy in the center sits behind a tray with two dishes on it. The boy on the right uses chopsticks to eat food from the bowl he holds to his mouth. Back of the postcard reads "Union Postal Universelle Carte Postale Printed by 'Tonboya,' Isezakicho Yokohama Japan."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5771
title: Dragon boats, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, ca.1911-1913

description: "Dragon Boats -- Foochow"  Distant view of dragon boat with buildings on hillside across river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60150
title: A rocky cove at Ohara, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of "a rocky cove at Ohara." Two small boats float in the water between the rocks. A man and boy stand on the shore with their backs to the camera looking at the water.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60230
title: Schoolgirls exercising outdoors, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of forty-four schoolgirls exercising outdoors. Each girl balances on her left foot with her arms stretched out at shoulder height. In the background is a second group of girls gathered around a man wearing a boater hat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60231
title: Schoolgirls exercising, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of numerous schoolgirls exercising outdoors. Each girl is doing a side lunge to her right with both arms outstretched at shoulder height. Behind the group is a retaining wall and some buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12109
title: Out-patient, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "A Bandaged Leg." An out-patient at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12233
title: Chapel on  the Essequibo river, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Chapel on the Essequibo river." Standing on the right is the Rev J Barrett Brindley, Chairman of the District; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12255
title: On Lake Capoey, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "On Lake Capoey." Missionary party on its way to visit Arawak Indians.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60071
title: Japanese girl wearing a smocked dress, Japan, ca. 1949

description: Photograph of a Japanese girl wearing a smocked dress. She stands outdoors with her left hand touching the corner of a brick building. She looks away from the camera at something not in the frame.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12256
title: An Arawak Indian dwelling, Guyana, ca. 1934

description: "An Arawak dwelling."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12107
title: Dispensary, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "The Dispensary." African compounder with medicine bottles in the dispensary attached to Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12258
title: School chapel Lake Capoey, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Our school chapel on Lake Capoey."  Methodist school chapel with pupils.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12246
title: Christian woman Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "An East Indian Christian woman." Member of the Cornelia Ida congregation.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12257
title: Arawak Indian dwellings, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "More Arawak dwellings."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60040
title: Maryknoll Sister Mary Lou Martin traveling sitting on a boat with women, Wuchow, China, ca. 1949

description: Photograph of Maryknoll Sister Mary Lou Martin sitting on a boat with women.  One woman has a baby on her back.  There is a hat sitting on top of the boat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11682
title: Boys at a bush school, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " The Poro Boys at the Bush School."  Boys wearing net shirts at a bush school.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland" compiled by Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12087
title: Lagos Bay, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Lagos. Early morning on the Lagoon." Lagos Cathedral can be seen through the Mango trees.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa.  Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed  in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m119
title: Friends Foreign Mission Association chapel, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar ca.1865-1885

description: "F.F.M.A Chapel, Vinàniòny, Bétsiléo [now Fianarantsoa]. Children stand outside basic stone chapel, belonging to the Friends' Foreign Mission Association.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12259
title: Arawak school children, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Arawak school children."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1200
title: Portrait of Samuel Spicer Harman, India, ca.1908/1912

description: "S.S.H." Full length portrait of missionary, Samuel Spicer Harman.; Harman worked briefly in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1213
title: Portrait of Prince of Banganapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1908-1912

description: "Banganapalle native state. The Prince." Seated indoor portrait of Indian prince.; Harman worked briefly in Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m120
title: L.M.S. Church, Ilafy,  Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "L.M.S. Church, Ilàfy." Parasols and camera equipment in foreground.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1214
title: Group portrait of staff at opening of Kamalapuram Hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India, ca. 1910

description: "Kamalapuram Hospital. The Opening Ceremony." Group portrait of mission staff, named on reverse: G.H. Macfarlane; Mrs Campbell & Freda; Mr and Mrs Loam; Cat. Cole; Dr. J.V.Campbell; Dr. Thomson; Mr Beadon; Jacob Cole; Dispenser, Joseph; Medical evangelist, Anandappa, S. Nicholson and Shantamma, nurse.; Harman worked briefly Jammalamadugu in the Telegu District of India between 1908 and 1913  when he contracted  typhoid. He died in service at Kamalapuram, aged 31.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60060
title: Smiling Japanese girl standing in front of a gate, Japan, ca. 1936

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese girl wearing a winter coat with a fur collar. She stands in front of a gate on which hangs a Maryknoll Fathers sign.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5990
title: Fr. Nugent at Ningbo, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Nugent [Irish] at Ningpo [now Ningbo]." He is seated in a chair near a garden and in front of a wall.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m123
title: View of East Gateway, Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa,  Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "East Gateway, Ambòhimànga". Traders in market beside stone gateway.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59810
title: Maryknoll Sisters with the graduating class at Maryknoll Academy, Dalian, China, ca. 1945

description: Photograph of the graduating class at Maryknoll Academy. Girls in long dresses are in the front row, Sisters and young men are in the rear two rows. They each old a diploma. They are outside on the steps in front of a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12239
title: Two women selling vegetables, Guyana, s.d.

description: "Two East Indian women selling vegetables."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60039
title: Two native sisters at Fr. McRae's mission, Wuchow, China, 1935

description: Photograph of "Native sisters at Fr. McRae's mission, Wuchow, China, 1935." The two women are standing with a dog in front of a stone and brick building.