cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10270
title: Sunday School taught by Harwood Bible Training School students, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "A Religious Education Project -- Sunday School : Every Sunday, thirty Bible school students go to ten different places (5 in the country) and teach a total of 450-500 students." A large group of children posed in rows. In the back row are adults, presumably the teachers
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10183
title: Boats delivering supplies to famine victims, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1912

description: "Five boats on grand canal taken from the sixth boat which are carrying 1500 bu of rice and $3000.00 to the faminites -- Travelling under sail only.  Feb. 1912 -- D. S. D." Several boats sailing on the water.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10257
title: Cleaning outdoors at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Clean-up Day." Students work with brooms to clear up the earth around the school.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10171
title: Three missionary women departing on a voyage for Australia, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1930

description: "Miss Mannett  "   Cooper "   Armfield off for Australia."; Three Western women in dresses stand on the deck of a ship, with a lifeboat behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10273
title: Sunday School project of Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "A Religious Education Project -- Sunday School : Every Sunday, thirty Bible school students go to ten different places (5 in the country) and teach a total of 450-500 students." A large group of children standing for a portrait. One of the teachers stands behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10267
title: Women playing volleyball, Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "and women." Women in the middle of a volleyball game.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10220
title: Fixing a dam, Sichuan, China, ca.1929

description: "Mending the dam water lift" A boy stands in the middle of a dam attempting to fix a portion.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10188
title: Flood waters, Sichuan, China, 1912

description: "-- Remnants of the flood -- Fishing in water tights -- note the seine and the others who fish with spear, feet and hands -- see the roots on the willows which show that the land was inundated to the height of a man's waist. Feb 1912 D. S. D." Three men are in the water fishing, while several people watch from the shore.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10172
title: Missionary doctor and son, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1930

description: "Dr. Ed + son Wallace." A man and boy stand in the yard of a house, both dressed in suits and ties.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10269
title: Outdoor class taught by Harwood Bible Training School student, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "An Open-Air School taught by Bible school students in a village temple." A group of children look on as a young woman points to a picture hanging on a tree.  Two adults observe the lesson that is happening outside.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10185
title: Huts of famine victims living near graves, Sichuan, China, 1912

description: "Faminites in wet (?) sheds 4' x 4' x 8' -- sleep very near the ground -- The city of the dead and near dead -- These huts are among the graves where they dig up the roots of the grain (?) until nothing is left but sand.  This and coffin boards supply a little fuel -- Getting down next to the source of supply -- The 'pennies for a dead man's eyes' are not respected here.The last of the series of Famine pictures taken in and beyond Tiangkiangpu in northern Kiangsu.  Feb-Mar 1912 D. S. Dye" [now Jiangsu] A burial mound with a village not too far from it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10261
title: Sweeping the athletic area at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The New Life Movement". Young men are sweeping in the athletic area outdoors.; The New Life Movement was set up by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling to promote traditional Confucian social ethics, while rejecting individualism and Western capitalistic values.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10260
title: Morning exercises for New Life Movement, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The New Life Movement". A group of men in a line, standing upright with hands on their hips.; The New Life Movement was set up byChiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling to promote traditional Confucian social ethics, while rejecting individualism and Western capitalistic values.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10187
title: Boat workers walking through water, Sichuan, China, ca.1912

description: "Boat Workers" Men walking through shallow water. Houses are visible near the shoreline.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10175
title: Missionary and his daughter, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1930

description: "Mr. + Junnie [sic] McCurdy" A man in a three piece suit holding up a little girl.  They appear to be on a ship.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10231
title: Cloud-covered mountains, China, ca.1929

description: "Behludin Wt clear (?) Mt 7500 ft elv" A mountain range that has been covered by clouds.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10195
title: Water wheels, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1912

description: "Chengtu Water Works" [now Chengdu] Large water wheels alongside a river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10225
title: "Heavenly well" to allow light in, Sichuan, China, ca.1929

description: "Heavenly Well (Light-Well)" A house with an open central area that is not covered by a roof.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10168
title: Two Western women standing on the city wall. Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1935

description: "Chengtu City Wall" [now Chengdu] Two Western women are standing atop a wall which acts as a protection for the city.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10331
title: Student outing on bicycles, Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, 1937

description: "A group of students, with rented bicycles, about to start on a sight-seeing trip to Taiku." A line of male standings standing by their bicycles, ready for a trip.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10268
title: Children in rural project of Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Glimpses of a Village Uplift Project." A large group of children standing for a photo outdoors.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10046
title: Elaborate gate to temple near Guan Xian, Sichuan, China, ca.1941

description: "Szechwan architecture.  Entrance to a temple near Kwanhsien.  Memorial temple in honor of the engineer who designed the famous irrigation system some 2,000 years ago. Mrs. P. Fenn, Chengtu." [now Guan Xian] [now Chengdu] An elaborate Chinese-style gate, with ornate design on the tops and large signs in Chinese.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10333
title: New railway line, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, 1937

description: "One of the great events of this past year: the Railroad comes to Tenchow!" People stand around the front engine of a train.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10327
title: Teaching students to raise pigs at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "A Class in 'Pig-raising' with Mr. K.S. Wang, teacher (R.T.)" A group of people outside with the mother pig and her litter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10248
title: Faculty of Harwood bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The School Faculty." Several Chinese men and women gathered for a portrait outdoors.; Paul and Charlotte Reynolds were missionaries serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Fenchow, Shansi Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10159
title: Men threshing grain, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1935

description: "Thrashing [sic]" Five men are in a field, wearing only pants, and running in a line with sticks that have sheafs of grain on the ends.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10200
title: Taoist temple, Beijing, China, ca.1930

description: "Dowist [sic] temple in hills near head of irrigation, Central figure means happiness." A view of the temple. The exterior wall has been adorned with Chinese characters, including a very large happiness.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10051
title: Rural village near West China Union University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1941

description: "Kao's village.  Over 60% of the population of the village is Kao's family."  A view of the village from across the water.; The Kao family donated a farm to West China Union University, the income of which was to be used for scholarships.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10247
title: Principal of Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Principal C.W. Wang, Graduate of Cheeloo Theological Seminary and an able and inspiring leader." A Chinese man in a suit posed for a photo outdoors.  Principal of the Catherine S. Harwood Bible Training School.; Paul and Charlotte Reynolds were missionaries serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Fenchow, Shansi Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10256
title: Clean-up day at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Men's Department students and faculty on Clean-up Day." A group of men posed outside for a photo. Each man is holding a small broom, and two men in the standing row are holding a length of wood.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10330
title: Group outing, Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, 1937

description: "The Graduating Class and several teachers off for a four-day trip to the mountains during the Spring Vacation." A group of mostly women, but some men, all wearing long coat-like clothing, and standing by a loaded wagon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10264
title: Men's volleyball team, Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The Men's Department has a winning team." Young men posed for a photo on a volleyball court.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10158
title: Women and children washing clothes in canal, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1935

description: "Washing in Chengtu" [now Chengdu] A large group of women and children washing clothes in a canal, with buildings behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10323
title: Cotton farming at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "A Bumper Cotton Crop." People standing in the middle of a cotton field, the plants are all sprouting much cotton.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10265
title: Volleyball game at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Athletics are increasingly important in 'The New China' of today." Young men wearing long pants and playing volleyball.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10295
title: Women's department, Harwood Bible Training School,Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Our tour now takes us to the Women's Department.  The athletic court in foreground, entrance to Dormitory court (center) and class-room building (rt.)." A large open courtyard framed by an archway at one end.  A building sits on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10329
title: Pigs at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Poland-China Pigs in the Extension dept. to improve the local breed." Two pigs eating from a dish on the ground.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10263
title: Planting walnut trees at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Students planting walnut trees. (So called 'English Walnuts' are one of our local products)." Students are working outdoors to plant walnut trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10162
title: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Wu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1936

description: "Wishing you A merry X'mas, and A happy new year. From Mr. + Mrs. S. L. Wu. Dec. 23, 1936.Philippine Foreign Agency Lane 384 House #7 Foochow Rd Shanghai" [now Fuzhou] A man and woman, both Chinese, the man is standing while the woman is seated for the photo.  Both are in Western dress, including winter coats.  A painted Christmas scene hands behind them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10319
title: Cotton planting at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Planting Cotton." A group of students out in a field to plant cotton seeds.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10290
title: Making stockings at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The students also learn to make stockings on small hand-knitting machines." Women sit by small loom type machines that make stockings.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10084
title: Piano instructor, West China Union University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1945-1946

description: "Lucy Wang, one of our piano teachers." A woman playing an upright piano.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10318
title: Lunch break while working in the fields at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The students stop for lunch after a busy morning in the fields." A group of young people eating food in a field.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10316
title: Working on a farm at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Learning and Labor. The students at work on the farm." Several students outside with gardening tools to work the land.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10284
title: Finished yarn on display at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "An exhibit of various colors the wool on these color-cards has been carded but not spun." A line of women holding cards that have skeins of dyed yarn mounted on them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10186
title: Men preparing to fish, Sichuan, China, ca.1912

description: "Fishermen in raw cowhide clothes.  Tsing-Kiang-Pu.  Tsing China" Several men on land, some dressed in clothing suitable for fishing in cold waters.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10288
title: Preparing cloth at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Process #11: Carefully cutting any loose ends after cloth has been taken from  loom." Women sit at a long table and trim loose thread from freshly woven cloth.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10321
title: Picking cotton at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Students and faculty picking cotton." People in the middle of a cotton field, picking the harvest.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10285
title: Preparing yarn for loom at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Process #9: Preparing the warp thread for the loom." Three women loading yarn on to a machine, possibly to make the threads finer.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10230
title: Boat on Chang river, Wuhan, Hubei, China, ca.1929

description: "Yangtze near Hancow" [now Chang; now Wuhan] A boat making its way down the river, and mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10083
title: Piano instructor at West China Union University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1945-1946

description: "Miss Lucy Wang."  A woman sitting behind a table, pen in hand.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10287
title: Weaving on a loom at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Process #10: The weaving on locally-made looms." Women weaving on a large loom outdoors.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2576
title: Ceremony to proclaim the Biritsh Protectorate, Papua New Guinea, 1884

description: "Hoisting the flag". Proclamation of the New Guinea Protectorate, Delena, Hall Sound; Papua New Guinea. 1884
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10277
title: Carding raw wool at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Process #4: Carding with cards made by hand by the students." Male students, some wearing masks over their mouths and noses, card wool.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10067
title: War damage, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1939

description: "Result of June bombing on 'East Big Street' in city of Chengtu." [now Chengdu] A building which has been severely damaged by bombing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10219
title: Tree-lined path at West China Union University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1929

description: "Jan. 11th. 1929 Liao Dji Fang." A walkway lined with trees, and buildings to the right of the photo.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10314
title: Children of teachers at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Children of Teachers in the school." Two small children sit for a photo outdoors
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10325
title: Ram used by Harwood Bible Training School program, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The fine department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry at Ming Hsien (Oberlin-in-Shansi) Middle School at Taiku co-operates with us in loaning us a pure blooded Ramboullet Ram for use in our Extension Work." A ram in front of a wall outdoors.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11165
title: Two Veddah men hunting, Sri Lanka, s.d.

description: "Veddahs in the jungle". Aboriginal hunters.; 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-m11344
title: College Chapel, Tumkur,  India, 1924.

description: "The chapel at Tumkur." Methodist chapel at Tumkur.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Union of Churches in South India" by Rev Dr W.F. Lofthouse. Dr Lofthouse visited India between January and March 1924 as conference delegate to the Methodist districts in South India, on the proposed scheme for union with the Anglican Dioceses and the South India United Church. The photographs in this set were taken during his visit.
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/6aae5ade59fb1a912f659c1336e34091
title: MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Community structure outdoor flume data in support of Edmunds 2019 Marine Biology

description: This dataset contains data in support of Edmunds, P.J., S.S. Doo, R.C. Carpenter, 'Changes in coral reef community structure in response to year-long incubations under contrasting pCO2 regimes', Marine Biology, 2019, doi:10.1007/s00227-019-3540-2. Here, the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on back reef communities from Mo'orea, French Polynesia (17.492S, 149.826W), were tested from 12 November 2015 to 16 November 2016 in outdoor flumes maintained at various mean pCO2 levels. Change in mass and percent cover were recorded monthly. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE 16-37396 (and earlier awards) as well as a generous gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Research was completed under permits issued by the French Polynesian Government (Délégation à la Recherche) and the Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie Francaise (DTRT) (Protocole d'Accueil 2005-2018). This work represents a contribution of the Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER Site.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11640
title: Schoolgirls bathing, Segbwema, Sierra Leone, ca. 1927-28.

description: "Schoolgirls bathing." Girls of the Segbwema boarding school bathing in a local pool.; 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-m11176
title: Tamil merchants, Sri Lanka, s.d.

description: "Merchants". Tamil business men wearing religious markings.; 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-m10181
title: Fishing in a canal, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1912

description: "Fishermen in ice cold water." Three men are in the water to fish, using spears and buckets.  Several people are watching from the shore.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10184
title: Net and basket by the water, Sichuan, China, ca.1912

description: "Tsing-Kiang-Pu, China." A large net and basket resting by the water. In front of the net is a large pile of what appear to be either shells or rocks.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10165
title: Woman graduate with family, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1935

description: "One of first graduates now head of girls high school.  Canadian Methodist" A woman wearing glasses and dress in a graduation robe stands with a young girl and another woman in Chinese dress.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10164
title: Family holiday portrait, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1935

description: "Christmas Greetings from the Fays" A man in a long Chinese coat standing up. To his right is seated a woman in Chinese dress holding a small child in her lap.  The photo appears to be set outside the front entry to a house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10199
title: Shinto shrine, Beijing, China, 1930

description: "Shinto Temple  May 1930 Fair window- not drawn." The front of a Shinto shrine.; The caption refers to Daniel Dye's work to document lattice work in Chinese architecture.  He had assistant draw the patterns found in various structures.  Daniel Dye taught at West China Union University.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10281
title: Dyeing yarn at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "Process #8: It is then dyed with steam, supplied from a locally-made boiler." A group of women wearing long aprons stand around a boiler holding long sticks.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10208
title: Lattice panel, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, ca.1942

description: "Dan Dye.  The bit of lattice I had saved for you went to the censor.  If you look through or at this from a distance you can see the trees on the lawn beyond the marble lattice.  This was near Agra." A lattice panel with shapes on the other side discernable through it.; Daniel Dye, a faculty member at West China Union University, traveled widely to document Chinese woodworking and latticework.  This photo was likely sent to him by a colleague who knew of his interests.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10249
title: Teachers meeting at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "A Co-operative Enterprise in which each teacher has a share. A teacher's meeting in the Office." A group of teachers, male and female, gathered around a long table.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10117
title: Presidents from five Christian universities, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1940

description: "Presidents of five Christian universities in Chengtu discuss budget difficulties.  Ma Kiem, Dean of Discipline, representing Y.P. Mei; Acting President Yenching; President Wu Yi-fang, Ginling; Dr. Y.G. Chen, Nanking; President Lincoln Dsang, WCUU; Edgar C. Tang, Cheeloo."; Yenching University, Ginling College, University of Nanking, and Cheeloo (Shantung Christian University) shared the campus of West China Union University during the Japanese occupation of their home campuses.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10276
title: Sorting and washing wool at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "After which it is put in shallow wire baskets (to avoid matting thru handling) and washed in cold water (Process #3)." A group of men and women in the process of sorting and washing raw wool.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10239
title: View of the city from the mountain, Leshan, Sichuan, China, ca.1929

description: "Yachow (ya jo) in Szechwan" [now Leshan] [now Sichuan] A view from a hill on to the city.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10266
title: Men playing volleyball, Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "... and for both men." Men in the middle of a volleyball game.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10298
title: Children washing hands at Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "This is the way we wash our hands," before eating." Two small children outdoors washing their hands in a basin.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10326
title: Pigs in animal husbandry program of Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, ca.1936-37

description: "The rapid growth of the fine young porkers is a never-failing source of interest to our Farmer Friends." A mother pig and her litter of piglets outdoors.