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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80387
title: Construction on Mwenzo church, Malawi, ca.1914

description: "Mwenzo Church ‘abuilding’." Exterior view of men standing on a wooden scaffold and constructing a brick archway as an entrance to the church. Construction was completed in 1914 ❧ Mwenzo is situated half way between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika in the Namwanga Country and just four miles from the Lake Company’s Fife station. Founded in 1894 by Alexander Dewar (d.1943), in reaction to the expansion of the catholic missions in the north, it was situated close to the border of German East Africa and was over run during the First World War. It was run, much of the time, by Yohane Afwenge Banda, a Tonga evangelist and Dr James Alexander Chisholm (1872-1936) who ran the mission and hospital from 1900-1936, he was also appointed J.P. of Rhodesia and translated the New Testament into Chinanwonga. The Chisholm Memorial Hospital in Mwenzo was named after him.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80552
title: Camping, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “My wife and I occasionally go off camping together visiting our outschools.” Exterior view showing the Irvines sitting at a camp table next to a tent. There were numerous out schools centred around Chogoria which were run by indigenous teachers with Dr Irvine acting as a supervisor and examiner. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80545
title: Main Hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “Another view of the hospital.” Exterior view of the main hospital with orderlies and patients standing outside. Built in 1925, the hospital consisted of two wards, set at an angle to each other, with the hospital facilities connecting them. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80567
title: Embu chiefs, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1925

description: “Chiefs of Embu district to South of Chogoria.” Group portrait of tribal leaders in traditional dress representing the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples of the lands on the eastern side of Mount Kenya. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80336
title: Class portrait, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1900

description: “Girls at institution.” Group portrait of a class of girls from the Overtoun Institution. Mrs Margaret Laws and Miss Lizzie Stewart taught the girls at the Overtoun Institution which was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80403
title: Sailing boat on Lake Malawi, Malawi, ca.1924

description: “Deep Bay Islands, North Nyasa.” Exterior view of two indigenous boys standing in the water of Lake Nyasa beside a boat with a single sail. The lakes were an important means of transportation before the advent of the railway and the African Lakes Corporation, founded in 1878, were one of the first to exploit trade routes using steamships. They were closely associated with the Scottish Missions. Supply stations were also situated along the Lake’s costal routes. The Livingstonia mission field was established by Lieutenant E D Young and Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) in 1875, as a tribute to David Livingstone, after they travelled up the Zambesi River, the Shire River and into Lake Nyasa. The field covered an area from the western shore of Lake Nyasa into Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] .The original station at Cape Maclear moved to Bandawe in 1881.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80488
title: Church congregation, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “A very typical group, our Sunday congregation going home from church.” Exterior view of mission grounds with a large number of people standing on embankments in their Sunday clothes. Probably the congregation from the new church which opened in 1930. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80557
title: Construction work, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “Our carpenters building their carpenters shop. The walls are brick and the roof of shingles.” Exterior view showing workers constructing the roof of the carpenters workshop. All construction at Chogoria, at this time, was done by the works department using the missions own bricks, masons and carpenters under the supervision of Mr G C Cobb. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80486
title: Treatment of outpatients, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “The dressing house with a group of patients.” Exterior view of a small brick gazebo, built 1930, in and around which patients sit, Dr Irvine stands on the right of the picture. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80382
title: Chiwali Palm, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1920

description: "Chiwali Palm." Exterior view showing a large elegant palm standing in isolation. The Chiwali or Raphia Palm has fronds which can exceed thirty feet and usually grows on river banks or near marshy ground. The wood is used to make tables and chairs as well as machilla pails and the fronds are used for matting. ❧ The Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe. As well as the school, hospital and accommodation, there were workshops for carpentry, printing and engineering, and mills, brickworks and a pottery. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. The instruction that went on in Livingstonia was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80495
title: Irvine brothers, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1927

description: “The 3 boys in 1927 on leave in Aberdeen [L to R] Tony, Geoff & Ken.” Group portrait of the three Irvine boys sitting on tricycles of diminishing size. They were the only children of Margaret and Archibald Irvine who were based at the Chogoria mission for forty years. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79802
title: Missionary campaigners, Hamilton, Scotland, 1923

description: "Missionary Campaigners at Hamilton 3rd May 1923, Church of Scotland representations:-Mr. Carter, Mr Armitage, Miss Kinnes, Miss Mungle and Mr. J. A. Smith". Formally positioned group portrait on a gravel path with trees in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79270
title: Tower of Victory, Chittaurgarh, India, ca.1890

description: “Tower of Victory in Chittore [Chittorgarh] Fort.” View of carved stone tower with surrounding landscape. Chittaurgarh served as the third capital of the Mewar kingdom before it was sacked and the capital moved to Udaipur. The Tower of Victory, or Vijay Stambha, was constructed between 1458 and 1468 to commemorate the victory over the Muslim ruler of Delhi. It reaches 122 feet into the air, and its exterior is covered with ornate carvings. ❧ Views of Rajputana by Lala Deen Diyal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80472
title: Staff, Wilson College, Bombay, 1955

description: “Professors and Lecturers, Wilson College, Bombay, March 1955, From Rev Dr Jas. Kellock.” Group portrait of staff outside the College building. James Kellock (1889-1968) joined the staff of the college in 1920 and became Principal in 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80361
title: Sawmill workers, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1920

description: “Group of workers at the sawmill, Livingstonia.” Group portrait of labourers transporting a tree trunk on a small cart. The Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to establish a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe on a high plateau behind Mount Waller. As well as the school, hospital and accommodation, there were workshops for carpentry, printing and engineering, and mills, brickworks and a pottery. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. The instruction that went on in Livingstonia was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80519
title: Male ward, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “In hospital, Chogoria, 1928.” Interior view of the male ward at the main hospital, Dr Irvine attends to a patient on the left. Built in 1925, the hospital consisted of two wards, set at an angle to each other, with the hospital facilities connecting them. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80337
title: Teacher and class, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1900

description: “Miss Stewart and girls.” Group portrait of Miss Stewart sitting amongst her class of girls. Miss Lizzie A Stewart arrived to work as a teacher in the Livingstonia mission in 1894. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80563
title: Providing water to the mission, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Missionary work is full of variation. Our water supply gave out & here we are with 200 workmen digging a dam and trench from an adjoining stream.” Exterior view of workers digging a trench. The Chogoria mission generated power from a small waterfall on the Kamara River but, during the dry season, the flow was insufficient and additional water was fed into the Kamara, from the South Mara River, through a trench and dam. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80594
title: Leper dispensary, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1929

description: “Dispensary again with main hospital behind. Hospital, leper work.” Exterior view of a brick building with Dr Irvine and several patients standing outside. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79241
title: Fakirs, Hugli-Chuchura, India, ca.1918

description: ““Fakirs resting on the roadside. Views at Chinsurah [Hugli-Chuchura].” View of four men seated on the ground. Fakirs originally referred to Sufi Muslim ascetics or mystics who lived off alms. Eventually the term came to refer to mystics or ascetics of any religion or beggars more generally. ❧ Views of Rajputana by Lala Deen Diyal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79268
title: City and lake, Udaipur, India, ca.1890

description: “City and lake of Odeypur [Udaipur].” View of city and palace surrounded by lake. Udaipur was founded by Maharana Udai Singh II as the fourth capital of the Mewar kingdom. It lies in a valley beside three artificial lakes. Lake Pichola, the largest, is pictured here. The massive palace complex was started around 1559, with construction lasting over 200 years. This view is looking south. ❧ Views of Rajputana by Lala Deen Diyal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79871
title: Domestic life, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "Home life in the bush". Exterior view of an African hut. There is a woman with a baby pounding grain to the right of the image and children seated and standing in front of and just inside the hut. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79887
title: Bridge collapse caused by vehicle, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Bamboo Bridge". Exterior view showing a bamboo bridge which has collapsed under the mission truck. The truck lies at an angle with the rear of the truck on the gully floor and the front leaning against the bridge supports. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79824
title: Blantyre Church, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Blantyre Church, Nyasaland". Exterior view showing St. Michaels and all Angels Church, Blantyre, with a small clock tower, a monument to fallen missionaries, to the right of the image. Blantyre was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The church was built by Scott to his own design and finished in 1891. According to Stewart of Lovedale it is, ‘probably the most striking native church in all central Africa, except the cathedral at Zanzibar’. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80001
title: Man seated outside a house, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: Exterior view showing a European man seated on a chair outside a large thatched building. The building has an enclosed veranda. The image is part of a collection associated with the mission at Mihecani, Lomweland, in Portuguese East Africa. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79716
title: Parallel Bars, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1911

description: "...And too they are initialled into the intricacies of parallel bars, the horse, and horizontal bar. They found it somewhat difficult at first, but are beginning now to enjoy it, and to make fair attempt at the things they are taught." Exterior view showing school boys doing exercises on parallel bars. ❧ "This Lecture was prepared by Dr J.W. Arthur in October 1911 on his voyage to Mombasa. The set of slides is the gift to the Kikuyu Mission of the Young Peoples Meeting at the Burgh Hall, Hillhead, of which he was for many years a member." A green folder marked 'Kikuyu' and containing lecture notes and relevant photographs to accompany lantern slides.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80002
title: African man in Fez with children, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: Group portrait of an African man, dressed in European clothes and wearing a Fez, and a group of children gathered around him. Probably one of the indigenous members of staff at the Mihecani mission in Portuguese East Africa. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79939
title: Wedding group, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Native Wedding, H & W in centre of group." Group portrait outside a building. The indigenous bride and groom are sitting in the middle with a large group gathered around them. Purulia is situated in the Santalia mission field in the Manbhoom district. The main station of the United Free Church of Scotland was based at Toondee [Tundi] while the mission at Purulia was established by the Gossner Mission Society of Berlin.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79886
title: Retrieval of vehicle from collapsed bridge, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: Exterior view showing a large group of men using ropes to pull the mission truck out of a gully, from a collapsed bridge. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79985
title: Bridge collapse caused by vehicle, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: Exterior view showing a bamboo bridge which has collapsed under the mission truck. The truck lies at an angle with the rear of the truck on the gully floor. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80000
title: Barge on Shire River, Malawi, ca.1925

description: "Barge on Shire River, Nyasaland, pink flowers." Image of a barge on the shire river, surrounded by pink flowers in the water. There is a rope leading from the barge forward, and men with poles on either side of the barge to push it on. The Shire River, which converges with the Zambesi, was the main route up to Blantyre and onto Lake Nyasa. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79891
title: Patient and hospital worker reading, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Sancho, hospital boy, Philip, patient". Portrait of two men, Philip seated on a bench and Sancho on the ground next to him. They are both reading a magazine called Raio De Sol. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80560
title: Construction on the hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, 1925

description: “Two bricklayers at work on the hospital floor.” View of two masons laying a brick floor during the early part of the construction of the main hospital. All of the mission buildings were built by the works department to the designs, and under the supervision, of Dr Irvine. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79825
title: Blantyre Church, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: “Blantyre, Nyasaland". Exterior view showing the West facing facade of St. Michaels and all Angels Church. There are two Africans and one European standing in front of the Church to the left of the main doors. Blantyre was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The church was built by Scott to his own design and finished in 1891. According to Stewart of Lovedale it is, ‘probably the most striking native church in all central Africa, except the cathedral at Zanzibar’. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79863
title: Evangelical teacher and pupils, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Evangelist-Teacher Beuto". Group portrait showing an indigenous man dressed in a cardigan and shorts surrounded by young children. Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79934
title: Reception, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Reception by Lepers." Crowd scene with adults and children gathered at the end of a road. Purulia was the home of a Leprosy Asylum founded by Rev. Henry Uffman who had approached Wellesley Bailey, and the Mission to Lepers, for financial support.  Rev. Uffman’s daughter Mary died from leprosy, aged 8. The station at Purulia was run by the Gossner Mission Society.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80007
title: Meeting hut, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Chatting house - thatched". Exterior view of a large thatched meeting point. The hut has a high conical roof under which men sit. The image is part of a collection associated with the mission at Mihecani, Lomweland, in Portuguese East Africa. Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].