cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13300
title: Carl Rudolf Kölbing's grave, Genadendal, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Grabstein C.R. Kölbing (1810-1860)" ("Tombstone. C.R. Kölbing (1810-1860)"). In the foreground Kölbing's grave. In the background further graves. All the graves are of similar appearance: simple, undecorated. A white frame inside of which is the actual tombstone. The tombstone lies flat on the grave.; Written on the tombstone: No. 2840. Carl Rudolf Koelbing, geboren te Niesky in Silesie den 2 July 1810, overleden den 28 December 1860. ("No. 2840. Carl Rudolf Kölbing, born in Niesky, Silesia second of July 1810, died 28th of December in 1860"). -- Carl Rudolf Kölbing, born in 1810 in Niesky where he worked as a teacher. In 1841 he married Bertha Emilie Gregor in Ebersdorf. From 1842-60 Kölbing worked as missionary for the Herrnhut Brüdergemeine in South Africa; in 1842 he was stationed in Genadendal, where he was the superintendent of the assistant's school. In 1852 he became head of the South African Mission. He died in 1860 in Genadendal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13302
title: Missionary Georg Schmidt's New Testament, [s.d.]

description: "Das Neue Testament der Lena / des Missionars Georg Schmidt (mit Kasten)" ("Lena's and Missionary Georg Schmidt's New Testament (with box)"). Arranged on checkered fabric are the book  the New Testament on the left and a wooden box on the right. The book is opened; a page can be seen. The box is partially opened.; Georg Schmidt (1709-1785), born in Kunewalde, was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in South Africa from 1737-1744. He served in Söte Mecks Valley and Sergeant Revier (Baviaanskloof, i.e. Genadendal). In 1744 he went back to Europe and two years later he married Maria Wahovsky[?] in Herrnhaag. He died in Niesky, Germany.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13303
title: Missionary Georg Schmidt's New Testament, [s.d.]

description: "Das Neue Testament der Lena / des Missionars Georg Schmidt (mit Kasten)" ("Lena's and Missionary Georg Schmidt's New Testament (with box)"). Arranged on checkered fabric are the book  the New Testament on the left and a wooden box on the right. The book is opened; a page can be seen. The box is partially opened.; Georg Schmidt (1709-1785), born in Kunewalde, was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in South Africa from 1737-1744. He served in Söte Mecks Valley and Sergeant Revier (Baviaanskloof, i.e. Genadendal). In 1744 he went back to Europe and two years later he married Maria Wahovsky[?] in Herrnhaag. He died in Niesky, Germany. -- A similar photograph can be found under record number 13302.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13304
title: Lena brings the New Testament, [s.d.]

description: "Lena bringt das Neue Testament" ("Lena brings the New Testament"). A group of men around an old woman. The old woman is sitting on the ground, holding a book. The people around her are Africans and Europeans. The Europeans are wearing neat clothes in contrast to the Africans who are wearing rags. Behind the group of people part of a wagon can be seen. In the far background mountains.; This is a photograph of a picture.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13305
title: David Wessels, his wife and child, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Der eingeborene Geistliche David Wessels (mit Frau und Kind)" ("The native clergyman David Wessels (with wife and child)"). The couple Wessels in front of a wall. David Wessel is standing on the right, his wife on the left, she is holding the infant. The photograph shows only the upper part of the couples' bodíes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13306
title: The Schreve couple, ca.1906

description: "Bruder und Schwester Schreve beim Abgang von Goedverwacht" ("Brethren Schreve before leaving Goedverwacht"). The elderly couple Schreve. Only the upper part of their bodies is photographed.; The persons on the picture are probably Theodor Schreve and his wife Mary. -- Theodor Schreve was born in Marvitz, Germany in 1860. He worked as a teacher until his marriage to Mary Sofia Larsen, a teacher and later a missionary, in 1887. From 1887-97 he worked as a missionary for the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in the Himalaya. In 1904 he went to work as a missionary in South Africa until 1914. He started off in Elim and Mamre in 1904, From 1905-06 he was stationed in Goedverwacht, then from 1906-09 in Wittekleibosch and finally, from 1909-13 in Genadendal, where he was Director of the assistants' school. In 1914 he was on home leave. Schreve retired in 1924 and went back to South Africa. He died in 1930 in Genadendal. -- Since the picture shows the couple just before they left Goedverwacht, it must have been taken around 1906.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13307
title: Participants of the church conference, Moravian Hill, South Africa, 1935

description: "Moravian Hill. Kirchenkonferenz" ("Moravian Hill. Church conference"). A group of about 30 men, Africans and Europeans, posed in front of a building.; Photograph taken in 1935.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13308
title: Horse carts, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Vier Pferdekarren auf der Fahrt von Mamre nach Pella zur Ordination von Br. Weber (grosse zweirädrige Karren mit je 4 Pferden. Im ersten Wagen Bischof Marx, Br. Winkler. Im zweiten Wagen Schw. Marx, Schw. Winkler. Dann Küppers und Gerickes. Diese Verkehrsart für die frühere Zeit charakteristisch, heute mehr und mehr im Schwinden)" ("Four horse-carts on the way from Mamre to Pella, traveling to Br[other] Weber's ordination (big two.wheeled cart with four horses each. In the first wagon Bishop Marx, Br[other] Winkler. In the second wagon S[ister] Marx, S[ister] Winkler. Then Küppers and Gerickes. This means of transport, typical of earlier times, is disappearing more and more today)"). Four horse-carts on a cart track in a field. Persons are sitting on the carts.; Walther Winkler, born in 1877 in Nazareth, Jamaica. Here he worked as a teacher. In 1908 he married Gertrud Knothe in Niesky. From 1908-11 her worked as a missionary in Suriname. Due to an illness of Mrs. Winkler they had to return to Europe in 1911. From 1913 missionary in South Africa West. From 1913 stationed in Elim. -- Brother Gericke is probably Friedrich Gericke, born in 1868 in Friedrichsthal, Greenland where he worked as a merchant. From 1896-1907 he was on missionary service in Labrador where he married Elisabeth Langerfeld in 1897. The years from 1907-09 they spent in Europe from where they travelled to South Africa in 1909. From 1909-35 Gericke and his wife worked as missionaries first in Genadendal (1909-10), then in Elim (1910-13) and finally in Enon (1913-34). The Gerickes retired in 1935
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13309
title: Church conference, Goedverwacht, South Africa, ca. 1937-1938

description: "Kirchenkonferenz 1937 - Goedverwacht (1938?)" ("Church conference 1937 - Goedverwacht (1938?)"). A group of over 40 men posed in front of  a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13310
title: Sister Winkler in the garden, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Schw. Winkler im Blumengarten" ("S[ister] Winkler in the flower garden"). In the center Sister Winkler standing in a garden, she is surrounded by plants.; Getrud Winkler, née Knothe, married Walther Winkler in 1908 in Niesky. Together with her husband, a missionary for the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, she went to Suriname in 1908 until 1911when she got ill and they had to return to Europe. In 1913 they came to South Africa where her husband again worked as a missionary.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13311
title: Sister Winkler in the garden, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Schw. Winkler im Blumengarten" ("S[ister] Winkler in the flower garden"). Sister Winkler behind shrubs. Only her upper body can be seen. She is standing in front of a house of which only a part is on the photograph.; Getrud Winkler, née Knothe, married Walther Winkler in 1908 in Niesky. Together with her husband, a missionary for the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, she went to Suriname in 1908 until 1911when she got ill and they had to return to Europe. In 1913 they came to South Africa where her husband again worked as a missionary. -- A similar picture can be found under record number 13310.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13312
title: Inside Mamre's church, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Das Innere der Kirche in Mamre" ("The inside of the church in Mamre"). In the background the organ loft with the organ. In the foreground church benches. Lamps hanging from the ceiling. In the right foreground a small pillar which could be a candleholder.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13321
title: View of Mamre?, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Blick auf Mamre?. Rücken einer Europäerin im Vordergrund" ("View onto Mamre?. Back of a european woman in the foreground"). In the left foreground, sitting on a rock, a woman whose back is facing the photographer. In the background houses, part of a settlement. In the far background on the left the top of a mountain can be seen. On the left, behind the woman, trees or shrubs.; The second part of the title ("Back of a european woman in the foreground") is written in pencil on the back of the picture. -- The questionmark after Mamre was added in pencil.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13322
title: Heidelberg in Cape Province, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Das Städtchen Heidelberg in der Kapprovinz" ("Das small town of Heidelberg in Cape Province"). The picture shows part of the town. In the center a church, around the church streets and other houses.; A second title was found for the picture: "Mamre?". This title was then crossed out in the list of negatives.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13323
title: Flowering Callas, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Blühende Kalas in Mamre" ("Flowering Callas in Mamre"). In the foreground Calla flowers, a woman standing amidst them, picking some Callas. Behind the woman and Callas tall grass.; The Calla flower: Zantedeschia aethiopica (Lily of the Nile; Calla aethiopica), also commonly known as the Arum Lily naturally occurring forms are white. Endemic to southern Africa from South Africa north to Malawi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13324
title: Woman, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Eine treue Seele von Mamre" ("A faithful soul of Mamre"). A black woman wearing simple european clothing; a dress with an apron and a headscarf. She is standing in front of a bush at the side of a house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13325
title: Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Kirche in Mamre" ("Church in Mamre"). An unmetaled road, on the left trees, on the right a building, behind this building trees.  A further building in the central background.; None of the buildings in the picture are clearly a church, yet, perhaps the building on the right is the church.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13326
title: Council of Elders, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Ältestenrat von Mamre mit Geschw. Winkler" ("Mamre's Council of Elders with Brethren Winkler"). A group of elderly women and men of indigenous origin apart from the Winklers who are standing in the second row on the left. The women in the first row are holding what could be hymnbooks. The group is standing in front of a building.; Walther Winkler, born in 1877 in Nazareth, Jamaica. Here he worked as a teacher. In 1908 he married Gertrud Knothe in Niesky. From 1908-11 he worked as a missionary in Suriname. Due to an illness of Mrs. Winkler they had to return to Europe in 1911. From 1913 missionary in South Africa West. From 1913 stationed in Elim.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13327
title: Old Women, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Vier alte Gemeindemitglieder von Mamre in Kirchentracht" ("Four old parishioners in church garb"). Four old women in front of a building. Three of the women are wearing the same style of dress all in white. A long skirt, a poncho and a headscarf as well as a walking stick are the main features of their clothing. The fourth woman on the right is wearing a white skirt which is a bit shorter than that of the other women. Further, she is not wearing a poncho but a cardigan. Behind the women the lower part of the door of the building can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13328
title: Students' Trip, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Ausflug (der Studenten) in die Berge von Mamre" ("Trip (of the students) into the mountains of Mamre"). A group of youths, male and female on a plain. In the background mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13329
title: Mission House, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "(Missions-) Wohnhaus in Mamre" ("(Mission) residential house in Mamre"). A european-style house in the center. The house is situated at an unmetaled road, its grounds are delimited by a hedge. On the left and right near the house trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13330
title: Rosehedge, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Rosenhecke in Mamre" ("Rosehedge in Mamre"). In the center a rosehedge. In front of the hedge an unmetaled road, on the far left part of a gate can be seen. In the background, behind the hedge, palm trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13331
title: Missionary Winkler and Teachers, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Missionar Winkler mit seinem Lehrerkollegium" ("Missionary Winkler with his teacher colleagues"). A group of ten people in front of a building, missionary Winkler in the middle. All of them are smartly dressed.; Walther Winkler, born in 1877 in Nazareth, Jamaica. Here he worked as a teacher. In 1908 he married Gertrud Knothe in Niesky. From 1908-11 her worked as a missionary in Suriname. Due to an illness of Mrs. Winkler they had to return to Europe in 1911. From 1913 missionary in South Africa West. From 1913 stationed in Elim.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13332
title: Farewell, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Abschied vom Diakonissenhaus" ("Farewell from the deaconess house"). In the foreground four women standing in a row. Behind them more women. In the right hand corner children. In the background, behind the women, a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13333
title: Flowering Palm Tree, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Blühende Palme" ("Flowering palm tree"). In the foreground a palm tree in bloom. In the background a hedge, palm trees and other trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13334
title: Schoolchildren, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Schulkinder in Mamre" ("Schoolchildren in Mamre"). Schoolchildren in front of a house and trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13335
title: Women's Association, Mamre, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Frauenverein Mamre" ("Women's Association Mamre"). A group of about 18 women in front of a building. Part of a door of the building can be seen behind the women.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13336
title: Georg Schmidt's Memorial Stone, Genadendal, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Gedenkstein Georg Schmidt" ("Memorial stone Georg Schmidt"). In the center a rock with a memorial plaque. The name Georg Schmidt can be read on the plaque, the further writing is not decipherable. In the background trees, behind the trees a building or wall.; Georg Schmidt (1709-1785), born in Kunewalde, was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in South Africa from 1737-1744. He served in Söte Mecks Valley and Sergeant Revier (Baviaanskloof, i.e. Genadendal). In 1744 he went back to Europe and two years later he married Maria Wahovsky[?] in Herrnhaag. He died in Niesky, Germany. -- The memorial stone was inaugurated on the 9th of July in 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13337
title: Firstling Stone, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Erstlingsstein" ("Firstling stone"). In the center a rock with a memorial plaque. Written on the plaque "Die Eerstelinge", the further writing cannot be deciphered. The rock is surrounded by a low fence, in the background trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13338
title: Georg Schmidt's Memorial Stone, Genadendal, South Africa, 1937

description: "Br. W. Bourquin enthüllt den Georg-Schmidt-Gedenkstein am 9.7.1937 in Gnadental. Haus von Georg Schmidt stand dort, wo der Kaktus emporragt, links vom Beschauer im Bild" ("Br[other] W. Bourquin reveals the Georg-Schmidt-Memorial stone 1937-07-9 in Genadendal. Georg Schmidt's house stood where the cactus towers, left from the viewer"). In the center the memorial stone with a plaque, W. Bourquin to the right of the plaque. Two groups of people: on the left and in the right background. Between the two groups trees. Behind the group on the right a house.; Georg Schmidt (1709-1785), born in Kunewalde, was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in South Africa from 1737-1744. He served in Söte Mecks Valley and Sergeant Revier (Baviaanskloof, i.e. Genadendal). In 1744 he went back to Europe and two years later he married Maria Wahovsky[?] in Herrnhaag. He died in Niesky, Germany. -- A further picture of the Memorial Stone can be found under Record Number 13336.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13339
title: Departure, Genadendal, South Africa, ca. 1880-1902

description: "Burenkrieg. Abfahrt des 'Kommententen'. Gnadenthal" ("Boer War. Departure of the 'Kommentent'. Genadendal"). On the left the church, on the right a building with a thatched roof. In front of this building two horse carts and people. In between the church and the building with the thatched roof part of a third building can be seen. In the foreground an unmetaled space.; The Boer Wars, nowadays called South African Wars, took place between 1880 and 1902. They were a series of conflicts between Britain and several Boer Republics. -- In the list of negatives note: "crossed out". -- The picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13340
title: School, Steenberg, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Schule Steenberg, Kapstadt" ("School Steenberg, Cape Town"). A one-storied european-style building. An entrance is facing the viewer, to each side of the entrance a small window.; Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13341
title: School, Landsdowne, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Schule in Landsdowne" ("School in Landsdowne"). Two longish buildings, barrack-like. They are fenced in.; Photographed by Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13342
title: View of Enon, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Blick auf Enon. 'Turks Vye' im Vordergrund" ("View onto Enon. 'Turks Vye' in the foreground"). In the center a settlement, behind the settlement mountains. There is only little vegetation. The photograph was taken from an elevation.; Photographed by Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13343
title: Church Inauguration, Cape Town, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Kircheinweihung in Willkomm-Estate, Kapstadt, druch Br. Schaberg" ("Church inauguration in Willkomm-Estate, Cape Town, by Br[other] Schaberg"). A group of people in front of a church. In front of the entrance, on the stairs, Brother Schaberg holding a book. Everybody is smartly dressed and seemingly listening to Brother Schaberg.; Willibald Schaberg was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13344
title: Chruchbell in Steenberg, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Kirchenglocke in Steenberg. Geläutet von Ernst Esau Prinzipal" ("Churchbell in Steenberg. Chimed by Ernst Esau Prinzipal"). The free-standing churchbell is hanging on a wooden frame in front of a building. Ernst Esau Prinzipal can be seen at the side of the bell-frame.; The photographer is Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13345
title: Church Council and Missionaries, Elim, South Africa, 1935

description: "Kirchenrat und Missionsgeschwister in Elim am Jubelfest der Kirche" ("Church council and mission brethren in Elim at the church's jubilee"). A group of women and men posed in front of a building, probably the church. The women are wearing white dresses and headscarfs, the men are wearing suits.; Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died. -- In 1935 the church of Elim celebrated its 100th birthday.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13346
title: Ox Cart, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Ochsenwagen in der Tsitsikama bei Clarkson" ("Ox cart in the Tsitsikama near Clarkson"). An ox cart drawn by over a dozen oxen on an unmetaled road. Behind the cart at the road what seems to be a plantation of fir trees; they are fenced in.; The photographer is Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13347
title: Church in Welcome-Estate, Cape Town, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Kirche in Welcome-Estate, Kapstadt" ("Church in Welcome-Estate, Cape Town"). In the center the small church. In front of the church and on the right side of the photograph groups of people. A fence runs diagonally from the left to the right of the picture. Around the church shrubs.; The photographer is Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died. -- A photograph of the church's inauguration can be found under Record number 13343.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13348
title: Graveyard, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Friedhof Port Elizabeth. Gräber von Geschw. Günther und Schw. Dietrich" ("Cemetery Port Elizabeth. Graves of Brethren Günther and Sister Dietrich"). Two graves in the center, the front one is a double grave. Behind these two graves a structure surrounded by trees. Behind the structure more graves.; The photographer is Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died. -- Carl Günther, born in 1849 in Züllichau, Germany was a cloth-maker until he went to South Africa as a missionary in 1877. From 1877-86 he worked as a teacher at the assistants' school in Genadendal. In 1881 he married Clementine Schärf. From 1886-93 he was stationed in Mamre, from 1893-94 in Berea. In 1894 he went back to Genadendal where he stayed until 1897. In 1897 he went to work in Clarkson until 1899, when he went to Port Elizabeth. From 1902-03 he was on vacation in Europe. Günther died 1912 in Enon, South Africa. -- Clementine Günther, née Schärf,  was born in 1856 in Genadendal. She worked as a teacher until she married Carl Günther. From 1881-1912 she worked as a missionary. She died in 1912 in Port Elizabeth.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13349
title: Primeval forest, South Africa, [s.d.]

description: "Urwald in der Tsitsikama bei Clarkson" ("Primeval forest in the Tsitsikama near Clarkson"). In the center a large tree, surrounded by more trees and vegetation.; The photographer is Schaberg. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.