cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82378
title: Meru to Embu taxi, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Exterior view showing a taxi-bus stopped on a road for repairs and passengers standing around. The Chogoria mission is situated on the road between Meru and Embu ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79011
title: Bazaar Preaching, Jalalpur, Pakistan, ca.1910

description: “Bazar preaching – Jalalpur.” View of man preaching to crowd of people in the street. Jalalpur Jattan is located approximately 10 miles northeast of Gujrat.There are nine principal stations; Sialkot and District, Gujrat, Wazirabad, Daska, Youngsonabad, Jalalpur, Shadiwal, Jammu and Chamba, the latter two in what were independent princely states.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82385
title: Medical staff unloading car, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of Chogoria hospital staff gathered at the back of a Morris car during a Wednesday medical safari to one of the out-stations in the district. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82386
title: Transportation problems, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Landscape view showing two cars on a muddy road as medical staff tie a tow rope between the vehicles, a Morris and a Hudson. Medical safaris went out on Wednesdays and 200-300 patients would be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82366
title: Leprosy patient, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “Leprosy patients.” Portrait of a man sitting on the ground with a tea cup in front of him. Chogoria had a dedicated leper’s ward, funded by the Mission to Lepers, which was situated on a spur of land called Gatheru. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82374
title: Children’s playground, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1951

description: Exterior view of a stone built building with children playing on a swing and a seesaw. The children are probably in-patients at the Chogoria hospital. On the right is the verandah of the children’s ward and the building behind is the out-patients building which was constructed in 1951 ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82375
title: Taxi at Chogoria hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “The taxi arrives & patients.” Exterior view showing a taxi bus dropping off patients at the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82337
title: Mat weaver, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “The hospital mat-weaver & his spectator a Meru woman.” Portrait of a man weaving a mat as a woman watches. He works for the mission hospital in Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82388
title: Heating water on safari, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of three medical assistants preparing hot water during a Wednesday medical safari in the district around Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82392
title: Patients filling prescriptions, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of a nurse beside a table, on which sits various drugs, and patients waiting for their prescriptions to be filled. During the Wednesday medical safari Dr Irvine would examine patients and write a prescription which was taken to the dresser or nurse who would give the appropriate treatment. Ulcers, intestinal parasites and malaria where the three main conditions and between 200-300 patients could be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82396
title: Patient with a medicine bottle, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of indigenous people who have attended an outdoor clinic, one of them holds up a bottle of medicine. During the Wednesday medical safari Dr Irvine would examine patients and write a prescription which was taken to the dresser or nurse who would give the appropriate treatment. Ulcers, intestinal parasites and malaria where the three main conditions and between 200-300 patients could be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82398
title: Patient prepares for treatment, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Portrait of a dresser holding a patient’s arm across a table as she holds onto her prescription, she is probably about to receive an injection. During the Wednesday medical safari Dr Irvine would examine patients and write a prescription which was taken to the dresser or nurse who would give the appropriate treatment. Ulcers, intestinal parasites and malaria where the three main conditions and between 200-300 patients could be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82451
title: Family pool, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: Exterior view of the family swimming pool in the garden where indigenous children play in the water. The Irvine family bungalow had large gardens and a swimming pool. They regularly held an ‘At home’ where senior pupils from the junior secondary school came to play games at the house. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78944
title: Didar Singh’s House, Gujrat, Pakistan ca.1900

description: “Didar Singh’s House.” External view of large brick house. Didar Singh was the first Sikh convert in Gujrat. His conversion caused some controversy among his fellow Sikhs, and he was almost carried off into Jammu territory as a result. He was ultimately rescued and became one of the principal evangelists in Gujrat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82368
title: Mwaria, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “M’rimi [Mwaria].” Portrait of [Obediah?] Mwaria saluting. Mwaria developed leprosy and was put on sulphone injections by Dr Irvine for a year, 1949-50, with remarkable results. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82391
title: Religious service prior to doctor’s surgery, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Landscape view with Dr Irvine, holding an accordion, in front of a congregation in a clearing. Medical safaris were held on Wednesdays and travelled to one of eight sites around the Chogoria district with dressers, nurses and a car load of drugs. A religious service was performed during the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82425
title: Hospital staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1950

description: Group portrait of nurses and hospital assistants in uniform, the men with red fezzes and the nurse uniforms with a red or green trim to signify whether they were qualified or trainee nurses at the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78996
title: City from East, Daska, Pakistan, ca.1910

description: “Daska from East.” Daska is situated twenty miles South West of Sialkot. It was the main station from which itineration could be carried out in the surrounding district and from early on had a permanent catechist. William Scott (1866-1936) spent the greater part of his career in Daska and was Principal of the Christian Boys’ Training School.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82473
title: Chogoria mission staff, Chogoria, Kenya, 9 July 1952

description: “Evangelism.” Group portrait of senior staff at Chogoria. From left to right; Mr Erasto Mwirichia – supervisor of schools, Mr Bernard Naivasha – head carpenter, Mr Simon P Waringo – school clerk and postmaster, Mr Dedan Kariuki – clerk of works and right hand man, Miss Phyllis Zakayo – headmistress of girls' school, Miss Jessica Chieruri – head nurse, Mr Ariel Njeru – principal of senior school, Mr Francis Muruja – senior medical assistant and the Rev Jediel Michau – leader of the church in Mwimbi. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78904
title: Group of villagers outside a house, Punjab, ca.1890

description: “A village group.” Exterior view of several villagers sitting in the yard of a house, a spinning wheel sits at one side and a woman pounds grain. This is one of several photographs showing industries and workers. ❧ The Punjab had been chosen as the first field in India for the Church of Scotland and after the disruption of the Indian Rebellion the mission rapidly expanded in the Sialkot district. Native evangelists were often at the forefront of the mission expansion and also part of the original group establishing the field. Muhammad Ismail (d.1873) accompanied Thomas Hunter (1827-1857) to Sialkot, from Bombay, and worked as an Evangelist there and in Gujrat for many years.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82316
title: Indigenous women, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “Ktmwimbi women.” Exterior view showing a clearing where several women , in traditional dress, are working, possibly separating grain from the chaff. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82390
title: Religious service prior to doctor’s surgery, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Landscape view with Dr Irvine, holding an accordion, in front of a congregation in a clearing. Medical safaris were held on Wednesdays and travelled to one of eight sites around the Chogoria district with dressers, nurses and a car load of drugs. A religious service was performed during the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82449
title: School furniture, Chogoria, Kenya, 1955

description: “Workshop.” ‘In holiday time, many of the boys work for fees or pocket money by making school furniture… This pile of desks and benches was made in about a fortnight by 4 lads.’ Exterior view of the workshop with desks and benches laid out and amongst them stand three boys. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82469
title: Sunday congregation, Chogoria, Kenya, 1948

description: ‘Sunday congregation at Chogoria.’ Exterior view of the church with a large gathering of school children in front. ❧ The gathering is probably for a Children’s convention of the Revival Movement. Dr Irvine supported the Revival brethren and fellowship meetings were held one or twice a month in most out-schools. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82470
title: Presentation ceremony, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “Evangelism.” ‘The presentation of a Communion Cup by the Kirk Session of Camelon St. John’s, Falkirk, to Chogoria.’ Group portrait outside the Chogoria church during which a communion vessel is being presented. Miss Roberta Allan, the mission secretary, had spoken at her local church when on furlough and had received a communion cup as a gift to the church at Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78918
title: Large House, Sialkot, Pakistan, ca.1920

description: “Wealthy man’s house.”. Exterior view of a large ornate domestic residence. Several individuals stand on the roof balcony. ❧ Sialkot became a frontier military station, having been annexed by the British in 1849. Situated on the fertile plains at the base of the Himalayan range by the Chenab River the city has a long history of occupation. When the Church of Scotland chose it as the base for their missionary work in the Punjab in 1857, they sent Thomas Hunter (1827-1857) who was murdered with his family during the Indian Mutiny that same year. His successors, John Taylor (1837-1868) and Robert Paterson, would not arrive in Sialkot until 1860 and rapidly expand the field. The mission would open orphanages, girl’s schools, women’s hospitals and do zenana work in Sialkot and throughout the Punjab. Murray College is perhaps the most important remnant of the Scottish Missions in the city.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82373
title: First permanent hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Exterior view of the original brick building, which had been the main wards for the Chogoria hospital, with medical staff and patients at the entrance. The nurse is Sister Margaret Burt, who arrived from the CMS hospital in Kikuyu in 1947, the younger doctor is possibly Kenneth Irvine, who spent his pre-registration year at Chogoria, and the other doctor is possibly Dr John Wilkinson who arrived in 1949. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82452
title: Erecting pillars of new building, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “Workshop.” Exterior view showing stonemasons constructing a stone pillar for a building at Chogoria. After finding deposits nearby, in 1946, Dr Irvine started quarrying volcanic tuff, a stone that was easy to work, for use in the construction of hospital and school buildings in the mission. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82315
title: New church, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “The church Chogoria, completion.” Exterior view showing people gathered around the playing fields and the new church, built and designed by Dr Irvine, behind. The new church replaced the old wattle and mud building first put up when the mission was started. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82415
title: Jackson Chabari, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Jackson.” Portrait of a man in the uniform of a Hospital assistant. Jackson Chabari worked at the Chogoria hospital as an assistant, then senior assistant, for twenty one years before retiring in 1950. He returned to work in the hospital as the dispenser after setting up his own business. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82453
title: Stonemasons at work, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “Workshop.” Exterior view with two men cutting stone blocks as a child looks on. After finding deposits in 1946 Dr Irvine started quarrying volcanic tuff, a stone that was easy to work, for use in the construction of hospital and school buildings in the mission. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78912
title: Merchant and store, Sialkot, Pakistan, ca.1890

description: “Shop in Sialkot.” Exterior view of a shop with the front open to the street and wares extending out into the pavement. ❧ This is one of several photographs showing industries and workers. ❧ The Church of Scotland first established a mission in Sialkot in 1857 with the arrival of the Reverend Thomas Hunter (1827-1857). He, his wife and child were killed during the Sepoy Rebellion when they had failed to take refuge at the Fort of Lahore. His successors, John Taylor (1837-1868) and Robert Paterson , would not arrive in Sialkot until 1860 and rapidly expand the field. The mission would open orphanages, girl’s schools, women’s hospitals and do zenana work in Siallkot and throughout the Punjab.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82372
title: First permanent hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Exterior view of the original brick building, which had been the main wards for the Chogoria hospital, with medical staff and patients at the entrance. The nurse is Sister Margaret Burt, who arrived from the CMS hospital in Kikuyu in 1947, the younger doctor is possibly Kenneth Irvine, who spent his pre-registration year at Chogoria, and the other doctor is possibly Dr John Wilkinson who arrived in 1949. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79025
title: Mission House, Chamba, India, ca.1900

description: “Mission House Chamba.” External view of two story European style mission house. ❧ The Chamba mission was established, in 1863, by William Ferguson (1821-1904) as an independent venture after the committee of the India Mission turned down his offer of work. When Ferguson retired he handed the mission over to the Church of Scotland. Dr Hutchison took over the running of the Chamba district, in 1873, from William Ferguson and remained there until his death in 1936. Medico-evangelistic work was undertaken amongst the Himalayan slopes and the missionary parties would endure extreme conditions to spread the Christian gospels and provide medical treatments.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82340
title: Two infant children, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Orphans!!” Portrait of two infants sitting on a blanket outside. The children are patients at the mission hospital in Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82463
title: Mwalimu Ruth, Chogoria, Kenya, 1951

description: “We at Chogoria are justly proud of our T.2 girl teacher – Ruth wa Arthur. [The first girl in Kenya to attain this teaching qualification]… she has been chosen as the one Girl Guide to represent Kenya at the Juliette Low Session at Adelboden, Switzerland, end of July, beginning of August.” Portrait of Ruth Arthur, daughter of one of the earliest teachers at Chogoria, in a Girl Guide uniform. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82338
title: Two infant children, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Orphans!!” Portrait of two infants sitting on a blanket outside. The children are patients at the mission hospital in Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82379
title: Hospital annexe, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Annex.” Landscape view of hospital grounds with four wooden or corrugated iron huts and nurses and patients standing around. The annexe huts provided accommodation for out-patients who lived too far away to travel home during their treatment. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78846
title: Mission House, Daska, Pakistan, ca.1900

description: “Mission House, Daska, Panjab, India”. Exterior view of a mission house, through each archway of the veranda can be seen blinds and a man and women stand at the main entrance to the house. Daska is situated twenty miles South West of Sialkot and was the main station from which itineration could be carried out in the surrounding district and from early on had a permanent catechist. William Scott (1866-1936) spent the greater part of his career in Daska and was Principal of the Christian Boys’ Training School. The European couple in the photograph are William Scott and Mary Elsie Scott (nee Scorgie).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82376
title: Chogoria hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Exterior view of annexe buildings at the Chogoria hospital. The annexe huts provided accommodation for out-patients who lived too far away to travel home during their treatment. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82380
title: Child patient, Chogoria, Kenya, 1948

description: Group portrait of two nurses helping a young boy to walk. The patient was brought in from a Wednesday clinic, a weekly safari, to the mission hospital with severe ulceration of the toes and treated with penicillin. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82367
title: Mission worker, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

description: “Obediah.” Portrait of an indigenous man holding a pole. He is probably Obediah Mwaria who developed leprosy and was put on sulphone injections by Dr Irvine for a year with remarkable results. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82341
title: Child patients outside the ward, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Wee boys with T.B. spines.” Portrait of two boys, with spinal tuberculosis, lying on pallets outside the children’s ward at Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.