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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80540
title: Young woman, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “Bride price – a safeguard against capricious divorce, is paid. Even an old grandfather like this old man may buy a young girl. This however changed as the young folk gained in education & so in power. But the women always, by & large, seemed happier than the men. Is this because their lives were occupied with service?” Exterior view showing a young woman sitting outside a traditional dwelling and used to illustrate Dr Irvine’s views on customary Mwimbi marriage arrangements. ❧ 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-c123-80579
title: Anthony Irvine, Chogoria, Kenya, 1926

description: “Anthony, aged 4 ½ in 1926.” Portrait of a child lying on a lawn. Austin John Anthony Irvine was born in April 1922 in Aberdeen, the first son of Archibald Clive Irvine and Margaret Joyce Irvine (nee Carr). ❧ 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-c123-80586
title: Sewing class, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1928

description: “And we do our best to befit our girls to become good wives and to attract heathen women by holding regular sewing classes, where they are taught to cut out & make clothes for themselves & their children.” Exterior view showing a group of women and children sitting on the ground outside a thatched building. Mr Ernest Carr provided funding for the employment of a regular member of staff to supervise women and children’s work. ❧ 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-c123-80580
title: Family bungalow, Chogoria, Kenya, 1927

description: “The same house about 1927. Note growth of trees, car on lawn, guest house: photo taken by Mr Martin Johnson the well known photographer of big game.” Exterior view of the Irvine home at the Chogoria mission. Americans Martin Johnson (1884-1937) and Osa Johnson (1894-1953) spent several years in Kenya filming footage for the documentary Simba: King of the Beasts (1928) and would have stayed with 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-c123-81827
title: Rhinoceros, Mozambique, 1918

description: “Rhino.” Portrait of a hunter standing at the head of a shot rhino holding the horns. This is an example of the big game hunting Capt. Irvine participated in during the campaign in Portuguese East Africa. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80541
title: Women carrying sugar cane, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “Women with loads of grass & sugar cane. Native women will carry loads of from 100-150 lbs.” Portrait of three women, two of whom are carrying heavy loads on their backs, which is used to illustrate the domestic life of Mwimbi women. ❧ 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-c123-80539
title: Grandpa Kioja, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “Bride price – a safeguard against capricious divorce, is paid. Even an old grandfather like this old man may buy a young girl. This however changed as the young folk gained in education & so in power. But the women always, by & large, seemed happier than the men. Is this because their lives were occupied with service?” Portrait of an old man crouching on the ground, possibly due to arthritis. The Kioja family of the Mwimbi lived near the Chogoria mission. ❧ 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-c123-80502
title: Kairo and child, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “Kairo, the Christian wife of one of our carpenters.” Portrait of a young woman standing in profile holding a baby. The image is shown as a contrast to the previous image, no. 63, which shows Embu women in traditional dress. ❧ 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-c123-80538
title: Kioja family, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “At our gate lived the large and friendly Kioja family. They continued in close contact with the benefits the mission brought, but unchanged. Other families were the opposite and furnished the teachers, dressers &c. that faithfully served their people later on.” “Little boy is holding a yam vine: their clothes are of leather.” Group portrait of a father and two young children in traditional dress. ❧ 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-c123-80506
title: Palm Valley, Kenya, 1928

description: “Palm Valley, 33 m. from Chogoria. Views on the road to Nairobi 150 m. from Chogoria.” Landscape view showing a road running through large palms and a car parked to one side. The Irvine family returned to Chogoria in March 1928 after one year’s leave. ❧ 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-c123-80505
title: Portrait of three women, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “3 old women, one on left was first of the older generation to be baptised.” Portrait of three women in traditional garb and jewellery. ❧ 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-c123-80574
title: Female portrait, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “No comment on native life is complete without mention of the drudgery of the African womens lives. They do all the garden work, almost all the building & all the caring for the children. Many grow old and worn at 40. On the left a woman in working dress.” Portrait of a women in traditional dress and adornments. ❧ 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-c123-80571
title: Village children, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “Three of the children from Kioja’s village.” Group portrait of three young children, in traditional garb, of the Mwimbi people. ❧ 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-c123-80509
title: Portrait of a girl, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “A cheery Christian woman.” Portrait of woman from the Mwimbi district where the Chogoria mission was established in 1922. ❧ 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-c123-80554
title: Preparing maize, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “and shelling maize. Some natives take readily to mechanical things,…” Portrait of an indigenous man working a grinder to remove the maize kernels from the ears. The gift of a stone mill to Dr Irvine encouraged the growing of maize locally because it could be turned into flour. ❧ 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-c123-81756
title: Clearing ground for hospital camp, Ancuabe, Mozambique, March-April 1918

description: “Clearing ground at Anquabe. Natives squatted in rows.” Landscape view showing rows of military personnel cutting brush. The land was being cleared for a Carrier Clearing Hospital where Capt. Irvine was stationed. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80517
title: Transporting a patient, Chogoria, Kenya, 1929

description: “Bringing in a case.” Landscape view showing three hospital dressers stretchering a patient across a river to the hospital at Chogoria. ❧ 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-c123-80493
title: Anthony Irvine, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “Tony aged 6 ½” Portrait of a young boy playing with model boats on a waterway. Austin John Anthony Irvine was born in April 1922 in Aberdeen, the first son of Archibald Clive Irvine and Margaret Joyce Irvine (nee Carr). ❧ 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-c123-80515
title: Chuka outschool, Kenya, 1929

description: “The Chuka outschool, the teacher Willie Kanini right foreground.” Group portrait of the students from a village school. The out schools were staffed by indigenous teachers, such as Willie Kanini who trained at Kikuyu. He arrived at Chogoria in 1923 and taught at Tungu out school. In 1932 he was ordained as an Elder and became the evangelist in charge of the South Meru district from 1947. ❧ 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-c123-80500
title: Tribal police, Embu, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “Tribal police at Embu. Nearest in row later became our local chief Ng’ertu.” Group portrait of indigenous men dressed in traditional garb with shield, spears and short swords. They are members of the tribal police who functioned at a local level. ❧ 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-c123-80501
title: Women walking, Embu, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “Embu women & girls.” Group portrait of women in traditional dress walking en masse. The image is shown as a contrasted with the next picture, no. 64, which shows a Christian woman and child. ❧ 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-c123-81835
title: Indigenous men and boys, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, 1918

description: “P.E.A. natives.” Group portrait of indigenous men and boys sitting in the shelter of some trees. The picture is from the time that Capt. Irvine spent in Portuguese East Africa with the Rose column and Fitzgerald column. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80499
title: Carpenters workshop, Chogoria, Kenya, 1927

description: “If it were possible to afford it, we should like to train every African to a trade. These lads, under carpentry &c. instruction, may become strong active Christians with a big influence among their people, for there are big openings for them. Some however take the gift of training without any corresponding change of heart.” Interior view of the carpentry workshop showing several indigenous men working with wood. Mr G.C. Cobb was employed by the mission to run the workshops and provide training to the local young men, from 1924 to 1928, before leaving to join the Church Mission Society [CMS]. ❧ 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-c123-80565
title: Tribal display, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1925

description: “Young warriors, note head-dress.” Group portrait of young indigenous men wearing traditional dress and carrying cow hide shields, long spears and short swords known as ‘simi’. ❧ 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-c123-80561
title: Mr Cobb, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “Mr Cobb, our faithful engineer, on the lorry going off with a load of timber to build an outschool. (Mr Cobb left 1928 to join a sisal estate.)” Exterior view of a man sitting behind the wheel of a Morris truck. Mr G.C. Cobb was a freelance artisan who was employed by the mission to run the workshops and provide training to the local young men. He worked at Chogoria from 1924 to 1928 before leaving to join the Church Mission Society [CMS]. ❧ 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-c123-80507
title: Thuci Valley, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “Thuci Valley, 30 m. Views on the road to Nairobi 150 m. from Chogoria.” Landscape view of a road running through thick forest and a car parked beyond a bridge over a river. The Irvine family returned to Chogoria in March 1928 after one year’s leave. ❧ 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-c123-80496
title: School at Chogoria, Kenya, 1927

description: “The school in 1927. At Chogoria, we have school in this building mostly built by our boys themselves. It must never be thought that education alone or discipline alone could bring about the permanent change of heart and life that we constantly see. Regular thorough instruction, coupled with careful shepherding is essential for the formation of Christian character.” Exterior view of a thatch roofed structure open on three sides which operated as a school room. ❧ 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-c123-80497
title: School class entering the church, Chogoria, Kenya, 1927

description: “Our African Church aims at a high standard of Christian living, as you will see below. Above, the school filing into the church for enquirers class.” Exterior view of the old mud and wattle church where students are lining up to enter. The first church at Chogoria was erected in June 1923, it had a distinctive ventilation shaft with a small roof, and it was replaced in 1930 by a new brick building. ❧ 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-c123-80508
title: The family home, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “Home at last! Looking up the drive. Views on the road to Nairobi 150 m. from Chogoria.” Landscape view showing the entrance to the grounds of the Irvine family bungalow which had been built by Mr Ernest Carr in 1922. The Irvine family returned to Chogoria in March 1928 after one year’s leave. ❧ 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-c123-80549
title: Surgery at Chogoria hospital, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “An abdominal operation in hospital. Suleiman is giving chloroform.” Interior view of the operating theatre at the main hospital with Dr Irvine performing surgery as three orderlies attend. 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-c123-80504
title: Chogoria hospital, Kenya, 1928

description: “Hospital as it was in 1928. New TB ward being built on right.” Exterior view of the hospital at Chogoria with beds placed outside. The hospital was built in 1925. ❧ 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-c123-81779
title: Head of the column, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, April 1918

description: “Head of our column.” Group portrait of soldiers stopping on a trail in two columns, Capt. Irvine stands on the left. This is the 4/4 King’s African Rifles and the Nigerian Brigade column who were trailing the German forces South, through Portuguese East Africa. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80494
title: Family bungalow, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “The beginning – October 1922. This house was built by Mr Carr before we went out, the timber & iron being transported 150 m. by ox-carts. Kenya is faintly visible behind & to the right of the house. It was to be our family home for 39 ½ years.” Exterior view of the Irvine family’s home in Chogoria which was built by Mr Ernest Carr, father of Mrs Margaret Joyce Irvine and financier of the mission. ❧ 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-c123-80510
title: Chogoria staff, Kenya, 1928

description: “The staff as it was early in 1928. Mr Cobb, Miss Isa Brown, Mrs Irvine, Dr I & 3 children.” Group portrait in the garden showing [L to R]; Mr G C Cobb (workshop supervisor and artisan), Miss Brown (women’s education), Margaret Joyce Irvine, Dr Irvine, and the children, Tony, Ken & Geoff 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-c123-80514
title: Mission staff, Chogoria, Kenya, 1929

description: “The staff at morning parade, June 1929.” Group portrait of Dr Irvine and the indigenous staff members of the hospital standing on parade outside the wards. ❧ 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-c123-80383
title: Clock tower and post office, Livingstonia, ca.1920

description: "Post office and clock tower, Livingstonia." Exterior view of some cultivated garden areas between parallel roads. A clock tower and building stand alone on the opposite road. The mission sits on a plateau, behind Mount Waller, that towers above Lake Nyasa. An avenue of Mlanje cedar runs along the summit and a line of buildings sit between it and the cliff edge; the school, hospital and teacher’s houses, on the opposite side are the post office and workshops. ❧ 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-c123-80503
title: Outdoor service, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “Then in addition to the evangelistic method we have mentioned, we sometimes get a good crowd to an open-air.” Exterior view showing a crowd sitting around 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-c123-80518
title: Hospital examination, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “A heart case.” Portrait of Dr Irvine examining a young boy at the main hospital in Chogoria. ❧ 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.