cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6938
title: Missionaries at annual meeting,  Ambohimasina,  Madagascar, 1921-09

description: "Fra Aarsmoetet paa Ambohimasina, september 1921" ("From the annual meeting at Ambohimasina, September 1921"). Eight missionaries were at this annual meeting. --  Front from left: Marie Frisch, maiden name Larsen. She married Finn Emanuel Frisch 1889-1980, in Antsirabe, Madagascar on January 19, 1918. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1916-1946. Next: Inga Lovise Wold (?) 1893-1980, a missionary in Madagascar from 1920-1953, Trine Müller, a missionary in Madagascar from 1916-1933. She married Johannes Einrem 1868-1956, in Antsirabe, Madagascar on December 15, 1928. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1933. In the middle from left: Lovise Haug 1890-1978, a missionary in Madagascar from 1920-1955, Ragnhild Omunda Andreassen 1869-1942, maiden name Haerem. She married Michael Andreassen 1858-1892, in Tulear (Toliara), Madagascar on October 15, 1890. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1892. Next: Signe Ottesen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1905-1931. Standing in back from left: Ole Strand 1887-1941, a missionary in Madagascar from 1916-1941. He married Nannni 1890-1976, maiden name Wormdahl, in Orkdal, Norway on May 6, 1916. Next: Ole Bye Minsaas (?) 1879-1926, a missionary in Madagascar from 1921-1926. Unmarried.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7362
title: Pastor Rajoel, Madagascar, ca.1888

description: "Joel (Ambohimasina)" .
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7230
title: Landscape Fandriana, Madagascar, ca.1890

description: Rice fields. Fandriana is located in the Fisakana area.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7513
title: King graves, Andrevola dynasty, Toliara, Madagascar, 1937

description: "Mahalahatse vient d'etre enterré à l'endroit indiqué par un saka lava" ("Mahalahatse has just been buried there where a Sakalava is pointing"). Edvin Fagereng has written a book on the Sakalava dynasty. Kings graves from the Andrevola dynasty, in Ambohibola near Miary.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9238
title: Alakamisy Mission Station,  Alakamisy,  Madagascar, 1915

description: A group portrait in the garden at Alakamisy Mission Station. Nils Olai Pedersen-Robertstad was a missionary in Madagascar from 1897-1930. He married Endrine, maiden name Nielsen, in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar , on May 21, 1899. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1930.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9290
title: Church in Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1937

description: The high tower was demolished in 1938, but was replaced with a new and lower tower. There is a mosque in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9075
title: "Comité Mixte", mixed committee, Morondava,  Madagascar, 1925

description: "Comité Mixte Morondava 1925" ("A mixed committee, Morondava 1925"). Edvin Fagereng was a missionary in Madagascar from 1922-1937 and Madagascar Inland 1940-1960. He married Louise 1907-1962, maiden name Roullot, in France on September 6, 1928.  Peder Naastad was a missionary in Madagascar from 1897-1934. He married Anna 1878-1964, maiden name Glimme, in Tulear, Madagascar on September 12, 1900.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7620
title: A little Masikoro girl, Mikoboke, Madagascar, 1936

description: "Petite Masikoro" ("Little Masikoro"). Picture taken on trip to Mikoboke 1936.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59599
title: Smiling fisherman with his catch, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese fisherman holding his catch in his left hand. He stands on a large rock in a stream. Behind him people walk on the bridge over the stream. "Ike Waltonuchi sent from Japan, 1932. A bought picture. August 1932."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59604
title: Japanese cooper building a bucket, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of "the cooper - August 1932." He sits outdoors surrounded by the tools and materials of his trade. He holds the bucket with his feet as he works on it with his hands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9020
title: An indigenous elderly couple,  Morondava,  Madagascar,  1937

description: "Un ancien esclave Tsiokatsimo (=vent du Sud) baptisé sous le nom de Rajakoba, et sa femme" ("An earlier slave Tsiokatimo (=wind from the South) was given the name Rajakoba when baptized, here together with his wife"). Malagasy name of Tsiokatimo is Tsiok'atsimo.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9078
title: "Comité Mixte", mixed committee, Toliara,  Madagascar, 1933

description: "C. Mixte à Tulear 1933" ("Mixed committee in Toliara 1933").  Thorvald Foss was a missionary in Madagascar from 1925-1962. He married Mildrid Borghilde 1894-1985, maiden name Gundersen in Paris, France on April 30, 1925. Alfred Andresen was a missionary in Madagascar from 1920-1946. He married Marie 1895-?, maiden name Aarstoel, in Stavanger, Norway on June 8, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7387
title: West coast missionaries, Toliara,  Madagascar, 1922

description: "Tulear 1922. Debout : Andresen et Mme Haaland, assis: Mme K. Fagereng, moi, Mme Andresen, Haaland" ("Tulear 1922. Bak: Andresen og Fru Haaland, foran: Fru Fagereng, meg, Fru Andresen, Haaland"). Edvin Kristian Herbert Fagereng, a missionary in Madagascar from 1922-1937 and Madagascar Inland 1940-1960, married Louise, maiden name Roullot, in France on September 6, 1928.  Alfred Andresen 1892-1967, a missionary in West Madagascar from 1920-1946, married Marie 1895-?, maiden name Aarstoel, in Soegne, Norway on June 8, 1919.  Ragnvald Haaland 1887-1967, a missionary in Madagascar from 1916-1945, married Berta 1884-1971, maiden name Nilsen, in Antsirabe, Madagascar  on July 3, 1918. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1908-1938.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7508
title: Edvin Fagereng, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 1928

description: "E. Fagereng a Majunga 1928. Paa hjemvei til Norge etter foerste periode (i Morombe) "(E. Fagereng i Majunga 1928. On his way home to Norway after his first period (in Morombe)"). Edvin Fagereng was a missionary in Madagascar from 1922-1937 and in Madagascar Inland 1940-1960. He married Louise 1907-1962, maiden name Roullot, in France on September 6, 1928. He is wearing a tropical helmet on the picture.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7624
title: Witch doctor, Mitsinjo, Mikoboke, Madagascar, 1936

description: "Le devin en pleine activité, à Mitsinjo. A gauche, l'oncle du rois, chargé de garder les traditions orales de la tribu" ("Witch doctor quite active in Mitsinjo. To the left is the king's uncle whom is eager to learn on the oral traditions of the tribe").  This picture is taken on trip to Mikoboke 1936. The house is made of rush.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9253
title: View from hotel towards Ranomafana and Vohitra, Antsirabe,  Madagascar, ca.1946

description: From left: Cirtroen, Renault Juvaquatre, Ford Anglia (2 of them), Chevrolet ca.1940 model (2 of them), Peugeot 202. Many trees and forest in Antsirabe at this time. Ranomafana, a warm cure bath that is very healthy for people to bath in.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9088
title: Dr. Dyrnes and Dr. Helland in Taolanaro, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: "Dr. Helland  Dr. Dyrnes". Dr Dyrnes worked for the Lutheran Board of Missions
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9013
title: A young boy wearing a childs sailor suit, Morondava(?), Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: "Tino Charitos".  He is a French or Greek little boy. He is wearing a childs sailor suit and patent leather shoes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7625
title: Ndrombake, Zafindravola king, Mitsinjo, Mikoboke, Madagascar, 1936

description: "Ndrombake, roi des Zafindravola et chef de canton. Mitsinjo. (Mikoboke)" ("Ndrombake,  Zafindravola king and village chief in Canton. Mitsinjo. (Mikoboke)").  This picture is taken on trip to Mikoboke 1936. The king is wearing a tropical helmet.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9064
title: A carved wooden memorial, Betalatala, Miandrivazo,  Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: "Statues en bois en souvenir de morts (Betalatala)" ("A wooden memorial in memory of  the deceased (Betalatala)".A Cultural heritage.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7497
title: The Fagerengs together with friends, Toliara,  Madagascar, 1936

description: "Debout: E. Fagereng, Raphael (ancien pretre), Ramarlina (ancien pasteur), past. Ragostera. Assis: Mme L. Fagereng, Jacquy, Mme Ragostera, Maguy, une fille de Ragostera, Mlle Wersland, fille de Ragostera. Tulear 1936" ("Standing: E.Fagereng, Raphael (an older pastor), Ramarlina (an older pastor), pastor Ragostera. Sitting: Mrs. L.Fagereng, Jacquy, Mrs. Ragostera, Maguy, Ragostera's daughter, Miss Wersland, Ragostera's daughter. Toliara 1936").  The group portrait is taken at the "Barahouse".  -- Valborg Amalie Wersland 1903-1968 was a missionary in Madagascar from 1927-1940. She married Thollef Steen, born in 1906, in USA in 1942.  -- Edvin Kristian Herbert Fagereng 1898-1993, was a missionary in Madagascar from 1922-1960. He married Louise 1907-1962, maiden name Roullot, in France on September 6, 1928.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1011
title: Boats landing on beach, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "Mouth of River Motu-Motu". Sailors landing on beach in rowing boats from larger vessel. Two carry rifles.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1013
title: Proclamation of the New Guinea Protectorate, Kerepunu, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "Hoisting the flag, Kerepunu. Teachers's wives." Group of sailors and government officials on platform and in audience. Teacher's wives are seated in front of platform.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59616
title: Portrait of Admiral Togo, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Colorized photograph of "Admiral Togo, Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Combined Fleet."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10065
title: Steel workers, Chongqing, Sichuan, China, ca.1941

description: "'Skilled steel workers who came to Szechuan from Shanghai after the invasion.'  Photo by Mr. Kwang, Chungking, China.  'One of the problems confronting heavy industries in Szechuan is the lack of skilled workers. Picture shows a trio of skilled workers who came to Szechuan with the army from Shanghai.'" [now Sichuan] [now Chongqing] Three men are handling a rod of steel which has been heated to very high temperatures at one end.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10503
title: Women carrying water, Myanmar, s.d.

description: Water carriers. Women carriers of water seen outside the palace at Mandalay.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10110
title: Children's ward, Leper hospital, Mandalay, Myanmar, ca. 1926.

description: "The Hope Ward."  Patients standing in the Childrens' ward, opened in April 1926, at the Leper hospital; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Methodism in Burma" compiled by Rev H. Crawford Walters who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 until 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1016
title: Group of indigenous men including chief on board ship, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "Cannibal chief on board H.M.S. Nelson". Group of indigenous men on deck of ship with Captain.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1019
title: Audience of indigenous men including chiefs on board ship, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "Commodore addressing chiefs on board H.M.S. Nelson" Group of indigenous men on deck of ship with crew, listening to speech by Commodore.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1018
title: Group of indigenous men including chiefs on board ship, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "Chiefs on board H.M.S. Nelson. Hood Bay. x. Koapena". Group of indigenous men on deck of ship with Captain and crew.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1014
title: Proclamation of the New Guinea Protectorate, South Cape, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884

description: "S.Cape. Hoisting the Flag". Government officials and sailors gathered around flag pole on beach. Indigenous men and women in audience. Sailing ships in background.; One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably by W.G. Lawes.  Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10345
title: Agricultural extension work of Harwood Bible Training School, Fenyang, Shanxi, China, 1937

description: "Demonstrating value of improved plow to village folk in Shih Ta." Two horses pull a plow through a field in a rural area.  Local people follow behind it to observe.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10068
title: Buildings destroyed by bombs, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1939

description: "Bombing damage in the city of Chungking."  Several buildings reduced to rubble by bombings.  Several people are in the street, some carrying items, others transporting people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1043
title: Formal group portrait of L.M.S. South India Committee, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, 1892.

description: "S. India Committee. L.M.S. Belgaum. 1892". Group portrait of missionaries, their wives and indigenous church members.; One of 89 albumen prints mounted on 27 loose album pages, taken or compiled by Sarah Goffin, wife of L.M.S. missionary, Herbert James Goffin (1850-1932). Sarah Goffin sailed to India following her marriage in 1878 and spent the next eleven years at the L.M.S. station at Vizianagaram, before moving on to other districts in India.  Engravings based on a number of these photographs appear in the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, including 1886 and 1888.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10113
title: Church interior, Mandalay, Myanmar, s.d.

description: "Interior of Leper Church." Church built for patients and residents at the Home for Lepers, Mandalay.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Methodism in Burma" compiled by Rev H. Crawford Walters who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 until 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10144
title: Missionary party on the moat near bridge, Mandalay, Myanmar, s.d.

description: "Another view of the moat." View of bridge across moat leading to entrance to King's palace at Mandalay.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Methodism in Burma" compiled by Rev H. Crawford Walters who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 until 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10148
title: Burmese cultivators in rice field, Myanmar, s.d.

description: "Rice cultivation"  Burmese cultivators planting out the rice.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Methodism in Burma" compiled by Rev H. Crawford Walters who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 until 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59600
title: Fisherman standing in a boat on a lake, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of a fisherman wearing a straw coat standing in a boat on a lake.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10111
title: Young cured patients, Mandalay, Myanmar, s.d.

description: "Saved." Three patients from the childrens' ward at the Leper Hospital about to return to their homes after being cured.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Methodism in Burma" compiled by Rev H. Crawford Walters who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 until 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10512
title: Burmese carver with Buddha images,  Myanmar, s.d.

description: Burmese carver with Buddha images.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.