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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80380
title: Trainees at the Livingstonia mission, Malawi, ca.1920

description: "Group of Engineer apprentices, Overtoun Inst." Group portrait of four indigenous men posed in front of a boat. 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 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-c123-80402
title: Grapes on the vine, Livingstonia, Malawi, 1924

description: “White Muscat grapes grown at Livingstonia.” - “Grapes grown in the mission garden, Lubiva Chinsali N.R. (Rev. R D MacMuir) a few of over 30 bunches growing in 1924.” Close-up of bunches of grapes hanging from a vine. The Livingstonia mission attempted to introduce a number of cash crops into the region in an attempt to stimulate trade. ❧ 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 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 purpose of the instruction was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80394
title: War cemetery, Malawi, ca.1918

description: “British war cemetery at Karonga N. Nyasaland [Malawi]. Memorials in local stone & native craftsmanship. D. Adamson.” Exterior view of a walled plot of land with six graves marked. Karonga was situated in northern Nyasaland near the border with German East Africa. The stone cutters may have come from Livingstonia where the Overtoun training institution was based. The graves were moved in 1933 when the cemetery was permanently flooded by Lake Nyasa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80379
title: Clock tower and post office, Livingstonia, ca.1920

description: “View of Clock-tower on the avenue, 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-c123-80391
title: Men carry a section of a pontoon, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1914-1918

description: “Section of pontoon (war work) leaving Institution.” – “Section of war time pontoon designed by S. A. Engineers for use G. E. A. – General Northey’s Force. Covered with strong canvas or galvanized iron, two sections fixed together formed a suitable raft for crossing large rivers.” Exterior view of three indigenous men carrying a metal frame. Sir Edward Northey (1868-1953) commanded the Nyasa-Rhodesia Field Force, during the East African Campaign, after being sent to Nyasaland in 1916. In 1918 he was appointed Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate. The Overtoun Institution was part of the Livingstonia station and trained engineers, carpenters and metal workers who did important war work during the East African Campaign, 1914-1918. The 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80516
title: Religious service, Chogoria, Kenya, 1929

description: “An open-air service at the local market. Miss Malcolm at organ. Rev. Solomon showing Bible pictures behind her. A.C.I. seated on stool next R.B.M.” Crowd scene showing a large indigenous population gathered around a missionary service. Rita Butter-Malcolm worked in women’s education and as a nurse, and Solomon Ndambi came to Chogoria in 1928 as the Parish minister. ❧ 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-c123-80381
title: Hospital, Mwenzo, Zambia, ca.1920

description: "Hospital patients and visitors, Mwenzo." Group portrait of four individuals sitting on the verandah of a brick building. ❧ 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-c123-80471
title: Church Council, Nagpur, India, 1947

description: “United Church of Northern India [UCNI], Mission Board of the Nagpur Church Council :- ❧ Chairs L to R: B P Wasnikar (Treasurer), Miss A E Young, Dr Nevile Davidson (Scotland), B A Smellie, Esq. (President), Rev S T Nawagiri (Vice-President), Dr E M Martin, Rev W Stewart (Secretary) ❧ First Row [L to R]: Rev G More, Miss M B Kennedy, Miss M C L Ward, P V Bhambal, Mrs W Stewart, Dr M Harvie, DrL S Augustine, Prof. E G Mane. ❧ Second Row [L to R]: Rev A V Bhambal, J T Stevenson, E Augustine, N Stevenson, 22 Nov. 1947.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80544
title: Staff housing, Chogoria, Kenya, 1925

description: “We aim at having good housing conditions for our staff to aid them in their home life. This is one of the staff house (unfinished). This was taken in 1925. Standards were low!” Exterior view of a brick house with corrugated roof. 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-c123-80385
title: Big game hunting, Malawi, ca.1920

description: "Buffalo, Henga valley." Exterior view showing the carcass of a large buffalo after it has been shot. ❧ The Henga valley is fed by the South Rukuru River and situated in Northern Nyasaland [Malawi]. It was described as; ‘the favourite resort of game and beasts of prey’ and was a fertile environment, changes in agricultural practices were developed in the early twentieth century. Livingstonia was situated close by and a number of attempts were made to introduce cash crops with varying degrees of success. Henga means ‘chief’ in some Bantu languages.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80377
title: Trainees at the Livingstonia mission, Malawi, ca.1920

description: “Group of Engineer apprentices on boat repairs.” Group portrait of four indigenous men posed in front of a boat. 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 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-c123-80362
title: School children marching, Mwenzo, Zambia, ca.1920

description: “A Mwenzo class at drill.” Exterior view of school children marching in formation down a rural road. Alexander Dewar (d.1943) founded Mwenzo in 1894 when he was sent into the north from Nyasaland. The expansion of the Catholic missions had encouraged the Free Church in their expansion. The mission 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. The name Mwenzo means ‘heart’ and refers to the station as being at the heart of Africa. At the time both Karonga and Mwenzo were situated close to the border of German East Africa and during the First War the mission was overrun and evacuated by senior staff. Many indigenous people were enlisted into the military.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80375
title: Camping in the Henga Valley, Malawi, 1907

description: “Survey camp (F.W. Hardie 1907) Henga valley.” Exterior view of tents set up in open ground and two bicycles leaning against a tree, two men sitting at a camp table and two indigenous men crouching nearby. The Henga valley is fed by the South Rukuru River and situated in Northern Nyasaland [Malawi]. It was described as; ‘the favourite resort of game and beasts of prey’ and was a fertile environment, changes in agricultural practices were developed in the early twentieth century. Livingstonia was situated close by and a number of attempts were made to introduce cash crops with varying degrees of success. Henga means ‘chief’ in some Bantu languages.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80404
title: Display of woodwork from the Overtoun Institution, Livingstonia, ca.1924

description: “Inlay work on tables, trays, etc. from Overtoun Institution.” – “Ebony & ivory inlay work by Nyasaland natives trained at Overtoun Inst., Livingstonia.” Interior view showing a display of wooden tables, trays and boxes with inlaid patterns made from ivory and ebony. All are products are the work of the carpentry training school in Livingstonia. ❧ 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 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 purpose of the instruction was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80390
title: Grapes on the vine, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1920

description: "Vine – ‘White Muscat of Alexandria’ growing at Overtoun Institution, Livingstonia." Close-up of bunches of grapes hanging from a vine. The Livingstonia mission attempted to introduce a number of cash crops into the region in an attempt to stimulate trade. ❧ 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 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 purpose of the instruction was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80396
title: Waterfalls, Livingstonia, ca.1920

description: "Manchewe upper falls, Livingstonia." Landscape showing a series of stepped waterfalls. Power for the Livingstonia mission was provided by hydroelectric turbines at the Manchewe falls, which was financed by John Campbell White. The electricity supplied helped run the workshops and training facilities. ❧ 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 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-c123-80559
title: Musa Mtuwamuga, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “This is Musa Mtuwamuga, our leading first Christian convert at Chogoria, who lived faithful through great persecution and difficulty in his village before Chogoria was begun. He stands by a bed he has made.” Exterior view with several indigenous men standing around a wooden bed frame. ❧ 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-c123-80484
title: Mission helpers, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1925

description: “Those who get the gift of education always give something in return. In the early days it is usually work. The above band was whitewashing the church, and two whitewashed themselves at the same time.” Group portrait of indigenous men standing in a row after painting the church. The first church at Chogoria was built of mud and wattle and 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-c123-79746
title: Mihuri School, Kenya, September 1926

description: "Mihuri School". Large group portrait of teaching staff and students standing outside school building. Tumutumu was established in 1909 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79990
title: Reading the New Testament, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "Women reading the New Testament in Lomwe". Exterior view showing a group of women and children sat outside, some of them hold copies of the New Testament. The first edition translated into Lomwe was published in 1930. The Lomwe people are the forth largest group in Mozambique and mainly found in the Zambezia province. 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-c123-80546
title: Main Hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “and another [view of the hospital].” Exterior view of the main hospital looking down the drive to the main entrance. 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-c123-80558
title: Workshop interior, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “We have a splendid hydro-electric plant which drives saws, mills and brick making plant. This makes building cheaper.” Interior view of the Chogoria workshop with several large machines that run off the hydro-electric power generated from the waterfall on the Kamara River. ❧ 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-c123-81804
title: Nigerian Brigade, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, April-July 1918

description: “Nigerians washing at a river.” Landscape view of a river with some soldiers on the bankside. Capt. Irvine was posted to a column of the 4/4 King’s African Rifles and Nigerian Brigade. ❧ 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-c123-80487
title: Outdoor service, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “Hospital service. ACI with accordion.” Exterior view of the main hospital with patients sitting on benches as Archibald Clive Irvine plays an accordion. ❧ 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-c123-80568
title: School class, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1925

description: “But now that our mission has begun work among them a new opportunity is open for them. The children are drawn by curiosity, or perhaps by a football, to a bush school, where simple instruction is given in the 3 R’s and they are taught Bible stories. As they grow up, the story of the Saviour gets a grip of them, they willingly give up their heathen ways and give their hearts to Christ.” Group portrait of school children, holding slates, and their indigenous teacher in front of a hut. 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-c123-80564
title: Yaws patient, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1927

description: “The main endemic disease was YAWS, a disease of ulceration, often widespread over the body: it was much worse below 4,500 ft. than higher up. Chogoria is 5,000 ft. altitude.” Portrait of a young woman and child both suffering the symptoms of a bacterial infection. The medical staff at Chogoria were mainly responsible for the eradication of yaws from the district as it was easily treated with a single injection. Dr Irvine wrote on the disease in his thesis for his degree from the University of Aberdeen. ❧ 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-c123-80335
title: Girls at the Overtoun Institution, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1900

description: “Miss Stewart, Mrs Laws, and girls.” Group portrait of girls and their teachers at the Overtoun Institution, Livingstonia. Margaret Troup Gray married Dr Robert Laws at Blantyre in 1879 and they had a daughter, Amelia Nyasa, who was born in 1886. Miss Lizzie A Stewart arrived in Nyasaland [Malawi] in 1894 and worked as a teacher at the Livngstonia mission. 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-c123-80489
title: Picnic, Chogoria, Kenya, 1930

description: “A picnic shortly after Mr & Mrs Macpherson arrived, showing also Mrs Knapp, Miss Hall, Dr Arthur. [top L to R] [? Miss Hall], Joy, Mrs Knapp, Dr Arthur, Mac: [bottom l to R] Tony, Ken, Mrs Mac: Geoff.” Group portrait of members of the mission having tea outside. Mr Robert Macpherson was the headmaster and supervisor of schools at Chogoria, 1930-1940, and was married to Alta Knapp, the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs William P Knapp of the Gospel Missionary Society of America based at Kambui. John William Arthur headed the mission at Kikuyu. Margaret Irvine [Joy], Dr Irvine [far left] and their three sons are also pictured. ❧ 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-c123-81787
title: Burnt-out buildings, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, April-July 1918

description: “A burnt-out Portuguese home.” Landscape view showing partially destroyed walls of a building near a dirt road. Capt. Irvine had been posted with the 4/4 KAR column trailing German forces 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-c123-80548
title: Medical workers, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926

description: “Paul and Tito doing microscopic work. All the routine microscopic work, anaesthetics, intravenous & other injections, dispensing and ward work is done by trained Christian Africans.” Interior view of one of the facilities at the main hospital where two men are doing lab 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.