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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77743
title: Miss Brazier with girls, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing Miss Brazier of the Methodist Missionary Society, head of evangelistic work near Ama Achara, south-eastern Nigeria. Miss Brazier stands with a group of Nigerian girls, dressed in identical uniforms of dresses, and a Nigerian female teacher. The caption to this photograph reads: "Group. June 1936." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77744
title: First people to be baptised at Umunwanwa, Nigeria, 1921

description: Black and white photograph of a group of six Nigerian young men and a Nigerian pastor in Umunwanwa, Nigeria. The young men carry certificates, which they hold up to the camera. The pastor holds a Bible. The caption to this photograph reads: "First people to be baptised at Umunwanwa, 1921." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77745
title: Miss Brazier's compound, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph of a Nigerian mother holding a baby in a missionary compound run by the Methodist Missionary Society. Her daughter stands next to her. A group of young women and girls stands in the shade of a thatch roof in the background, wearing identical dresses supplied by the mission. The caption to this photograph reads: "Miss Brazier's compound, June 1936." Miss Brazier was a missionary for the Methodist Missionary Society based in the Umuahia area of Nigeria, in charge of evangelistic work. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77746
title: View of Uzuakoli town clock, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph of the town clock at Uzuakoli, in south-eastern Nigeria. The town clock was started at 12pm on 8th August 1934. Students of the Uzuakoli Institute (a training school started by the Church Missionary Society in 1932) stand to attention in front of the clock. Two instructors from the Uzuakoli Institute, Reverend H.L.O William and Mr Murdock, can be seen in front of the students. The caption to this photograph reads: "Another view of same. Students assembled. Rev. H.L.O William & Mr Murdock in foreground."  This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a medical facility in modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77699
title: Dr Brown and Mrs Roberts, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing Dr Brown and Mrs Roberts, two workers of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, later the Methodist Missionary Society. The caption next to this photograph reads: "Dr Brown & Mrs Roberts in front of the latter's bungalow 1932. Jan. Umu Dike." Umudike is in Abia state, Nigeria, south of the Ama Achara hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77747
title: Group of Europeans at starting of clock, Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Europeans in the town of Uzuakoli, south-eastern Nigeria. They attending the starting of the town clock at Uzuakoli on 8th August 1934. The Church Missionary Society founded a training school at Uzuakoli, the Uzuakoli Institute, in 1923, in which missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society worked. Four men pose in shirts, shorts and pith helmets. One of the men stands with a collie dog. A woman in a dress and pith helmet stands at the front of the group. The caption to this image reads: "Group of Europeans at starting of clock - Uzuakoli 1934." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77748
title: Miss Taylor, Rev. F Greenwell, Miss Harrison, Ovim, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing three missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society, who worked at their station in Ovim in modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria. The caption to this image reads: "Miss Taylor, Rev. F [Frederick] Greenwell, Miss Harrison. Ovim, Oct 1934." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77749
title: Group of teachers, Ovim, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of female teachers at the Ovim Girls' School, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Most of the teachers are Nigerian, although there is one European female missionary. They stand in a courtyard outside a plain stone building. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run  by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/u5axwv/myeaog
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-2377.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77750
title: Students & staff, Ovim, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of students and staff at the Ovim Girls' School, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Students wear their own clothes rather than a uniform. Most teachers are Nigerian women, although two European missionaries can be seen in the photograph. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/u5axwv
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 2377

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77751
title: Cleaning operation, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian staff cleaning a courtyard and surrounding buildings in a mission compound run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ovim, Abia state, southeast Nigeria. Women can be seen standing and walking around the courtyard, at the front of which is a large table. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77752
title: Reverend Frederick Greenwell, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph of Reverend Frederick Greenwell, a missionary of the Methodist Missionary Society, based at Ovim, modern Abia state, Nigeria. He sits in hammock on a porch, holding a cigarette in his hand. The caption to this image reads: "Who wouldn't be  missionary!" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77753
title: Emily Godfrey and Miriam, Nigeria, 1923

description: Black and white photograph showing Emily Godfrey (1884-1978), the Matron at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society.) She holds a small baby in her arms, whom the mission rescued from the bush. The hospital at Ama Achara cared for a large number of babies, particularly twins, who were abandoned to die since they were believed to bring bad luck. The caption to the image reads: "E.G 1923 Miriam - twin baby rescued from the Bush." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77835
title: Head porterage, crossing stream, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian men, women and children crossing a river, probably in Abia state, southeast Nigeria. Three women carry baskets with goods on the top of their heads. Two of the women are bare-chested with wraps around their waists, whilst another woman wears a shawl and wrap. A young man stands in the water with four young children, one of whom is carried on a sibling's back. The caption to this image reads: "Head porterage. Crossing stream." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77843
title: Church Missionary Society's minister, wife & baby, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph of a Nigerian male minister, working for the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.)  The minister wears a light Western style suit and boots. He carries his small baby in his arms. His wife wears a light plain dress. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77833
title: Sleeping on deck, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing a European worker of the Church Missionary Society sleeping on the deck of a passenger steamer in Nigeria. She slumps in a deckchair, her hat covering her face. the caption to this image reads: "Sleeping on deck!!! Not a Saturday night d & d [dinner & dance?]!! A worker of the C.M.S." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77837
title: Classroom at Uzuakoli, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a classroom building at the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society station at Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria. A group of Nigerians (possibly pupils and staff) stand in the shade of the building roof. An abandoned pith helmet can be seen in the middle ground of the image. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run under the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77839
title: E Godfrey, Mr Bamfield and Mrs A A Richardson, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing three missionaries from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society working in Nigeria. Emily Godfrey, Matron at the mission hospital at Ama Achara, modern Abia state, sits on the left in a checked dress, Mrs A A Richardson sits in the centre, and Mr Bamfield stands on the left. A note next to Mr Bamfield's name in the caption to the image reads: "See: B17 Bible Society (Nigeria." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77844
title: Construction work, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian male workers undertaking landscape or construction work, possibly at the mission station at Ama Achara run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, or at the Ama Achara mission hospital. Men carry containers on their heads, and some hold spades. From another photograph in the same collection, the Nigerian labourers are dismantling an old bush house in the Ama Achara hospital. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77840
title: Patient lying on bench, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a male Nigerian patient lying on a bench, probably at the mission hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Three individuals, possibly family members, stand behind the bench: two young men and a woman. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77845
title: Young bandaged patient, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a young Nigerian boy, possibly a patient at the mission hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The boy has a bandage on one leg and a bandage across his chest. He stands next to what appears to be an arch structure made of wood or bamboo. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77841
title: Man in traditional dress with child, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing an older Nigerian man in full traditional dress holding the hand of a small child. The man is wearing a long robe and a fringed hat. He carries an item made of leopard skin, such as a container or a drum. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77829
title: Ethel Finecountry, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing Ethel Finecountry, an interpreter for the evangelistic work carried out by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) in southeast Nigeria. Miss Finecountry sits on a bicycle and wears a spotted dress and a headscarf. She stands in front of one of the stone buildings at the Methodist Missionary Society hospital at Ama Achara. The caption to this image reads: "Ethel Finecountry - Interpreter for evangelistic work setting out to class." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77838
title: Village women preparing food, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing two Nigerian women preparing food in a village. They both sit on the ground, and one holds a large wooden pestle with which to grind food. Another woman holds a vegetable, such as a yam or cassava. Clay vessels and wicker baskets lie on the ground near the women, some of which are shaded by a canopy with wooden props. Grasses lie on top of the canopy, along with wicker baskets and cooking implements. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a facility run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77836
title: Emily Godfrey, female missionary and staff and patients, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing staff and patients at the Ama Achara hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary society in modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria. The European missionary seated on the right of the image is nurse Emily Godfrey, the first Matron of Ama Achara hospital, who worked there from 1921 to 1944. The European missionary on the opposite side of the image may be as Miss Leggatt, the first evangelist sent to Ama Achara hospital with Emily Godfrey. They are seated with Nigerian nursing staff and patients and child patients of the hospital. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77834
title: Group of men and boys, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian men and boys standing next to a roadside. The men are smartly dressed in Western style suits, or in shirts and shorts. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77832
title: Unfurling flag at Uzuakoli sports, Nigeria, 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing the unfurling of a flag at a sports day at Uzuakoli mission station, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The flag is a Union Flag, representing the United Kingdom.  A group of Nigerian boys watch the flag raising, and male European missionaries stand around the flag. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also administered by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/kavro4/tumgji
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-3821.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77830
title: Group of women at morning service at Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian women after a morning service at Ama Achara, south-eastern Nigeria. The Methodist Missionary Society ran a hospital at Ama Achara. Women wear patterned or plain smock dresses, and head-wraps (gele) around their heads. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77846
title: Clearing ground in preparation for building hospital, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a piece of ground at Ama Achara in preparation for building a hospital for the Methodist Missionary Society. Five male Nigerian workers can be seen in the background of the image. Another male worker climbs up a palm tree to ready for its demolition. The caption to this image reads: "Clearing ground in preparation for building Hospital. Cutting down Palm tree." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/kavro4
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 3821

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77842
title: Ama Achara women ready for festival, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of women at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The women have been photographed ready for a traditional or religious festival. The women and girls wear smock dresses, and most wear head-scarves (known as "gele.") This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77831
title: Bridge of tie-tie (raffia) over river Imo, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing a boat on the river Imo in southeast Nigeria. A raffia foot-bridge can be seen in the background. The photograph has been taken from a boat, and a Nigerian man can be seen in the foreground propelling the boat with a pole. Another man bends over on the back of the boat. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77857
title: Awaiting medical attention, Nigeria, 1928

description: Black and white photograph of a group of patients at Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria. Patients sit in the courtyard, along with Nigerian medical staff, who wear white uniforms. A female European missionary (wearing a white dress and a pith helmet with a mosquito net attached) stands in a doorway to one of the hospital buildings. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77853
title: Miriam beginning to walk, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph showing two female infants, Miriam and Ruth, patients at the hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Ama Achara,southeast Miriam stands on the veranda, taking early steps. A smaller girl, Ruth, sits on the ground. Other girl patients can be seen in the background. In the context of other images in the collection, Miriam was a twin girl rescued by the mission after abandonment at five months old. Twins were believed to bring bad luck in traditional Nigerian culture. The body and feet of a European missionary can be seen in the image. The caption to this image reads: "Miriam beginning to walk. Ruth with dimple!" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/wzvhou/jhsszn
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-3452.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77867
title: Lock-jaw sufferer with family, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph featuring a Nigerian man sitting in a wooden recliner at the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. A woman stands next to him in traditional dress, holding a small baby. The man wears trousers and a shirt. The caption to this image reads: "Man in chair - very severe Lock-jaw who recovered." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/wzvhou
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 3452

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77863
title: Awaiting medical attention at Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1928

description: Black and white photograph featuring a group of patients crowded into the courtyard of the hospital at Ama Achara, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Nigerian medical staff wear white uniforms, and a female missionary in a light dress stands with the group. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Monday morning at dispensary. Mothers with children awaiting injection for yaws." Yaws was a bacterial infection of the skin, bones and joints particularly common in tropical areas. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77865
title: Badly wounded case requiring 50 stitches, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a patient at the Ama Achara hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. He sits on a chair with bandages around his legs, arms and head, and cuts on his body are bandaged. A male Nigerian nurse stands next to him and tends one of his bandages. The caption next to this image reads: "Badly wounded case requiring 50 stitches." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77850
title: Dispensary, Nigeria, 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing the dispensary at the mission hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Two female missionaries tend to a child sitting on his father's knee. The missionaries wear white dresses, black shoes and pith helmets with mosquito nets. Patients stand in the yard watching the female missionaries. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.