cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78878
title: Planting rice, Kalimpong, ca.1888-1929

description: "Planting Paddy (rice) A band of [?] employed to keep the people busy. The neighbours all gather & help at this time". ❧ Landscape showing rice paddies cut into the hillside, they form tiers stepping upwards. A number of people are in the lowest paddy and four or five people in the next two steps up. They are, presumably, employed in the process of planting a new crop. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82064
title: Brick production, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “The two Ngaitungu’s with hollow & standard bricks.” Portrait of two indigenous men displaying a brick mould and two types of brick. Brick production started at Chogoria after clay deposits were found nearby and resulted in a building boom. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78688
title: Elders of Sochi Church, Malawi, 1923

description: "Elders of Sochi Church, 1923". "Nyasaland". Group portrait of eleven elders of the Sochi Church with the Minister sitting in the middle. The Minister is wearing traditional church robes and the other men are dressed in suits and ties, several are barefoot. There is a brick building, with a thatched roof, in the background which is probably the church. The photograph is stamped on the back with the details of "M. M. Chisuse, The African Photographer, Blantyre, Nyasaland". ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81953
title: Car being pushed out of a river, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1921

description: View showing children pushing a car that has got stuck whilst crossing a river. Probably the Tumutumu mission transport. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82053
title: Brick shed, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “The old brick shed.” Interior view of a large shed with rows of bricks piled neatly. The Chogoria mission manufactured their own bricks from locally discovered clay; these were laid out in drying sheds before being kiln fired. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78957
title: Hindu Icon, Darjeeling, ca.1888-1929

description: Exterior view of a raised stone platform on which sits a representation of a cow, carved pillars stand at each corner. The image is associated with the Scottish Missions in the Eastern Himalayas.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78964
title: Railway repairers, Kalimpong, ca.1888-1929

description: "Railway repairers (Photo by Mr. Thornton Ripley, Kalimpong, showing the temporary quarters of labourers engaged in keeping the permanent way in repair)". Exterior view showing several families standing next to a basic domicile built from branches leaves and lengths of cloth. This temporary accommodation stands in a heavily forested part of the mountains. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81924
title: Tumutumu church, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1920

description: “The church. Kenya’s snows just visible.” Landscape view showing a road leading to a long thatched roof building, mountains can be seen faintly in the background. The Church is the Henry Scott Memorial Church, dedicated 26 September 1920, and the interior was furnished by the works department run by Mr Dennis. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82024
title: Gaitungu at the bench saw, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Ngaitungu cutting shingles on the small saw.” Interior view of the Chogoria workshop with a man working a circular saw. The workshop machinery ran off the hydro-electric power generated from the waterfall on the Kamara River. Gaitungu became the supervisor of the workshop and building work in 1928. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82031
title: Camp housing, Embu, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “My wife & self with the Dodge at one of the Embu Government camp houses, where we spent the night.” Exterior view of a wattle and thatch building outside of which stand Dr and Mrs Irvine of the Chogoria mission. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81849
title: Crossing a stream, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, April-July 1918

description: “Mule crossing a stream.” Landscape view showing a mule being led across a stream by an indigenous soldier. This is probably part of the Rose column or Fitzgerald column on military manoeuvres 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-c123-81850
title: Mortar exploding, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, 1918

description: Landscape view looking over a lake towards the explosion of a mortar round during training. The soldiers then gathered the fish killed by the explosion. ❧ 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-c123-81905
title: Dr Philp and family, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1920

description: “Dr & Mrs Philp & Robert. They were very good to me.” “Dr Philp & family – my friend & colleague at Tumutumu.” Group portrait of the Philp family. Dr Horace Philp (1883- 1956) was posted to Tumutumu in April 1910 to develop the medical work and was one of the first doctors to train African medical assistants, he was ordained in 1921 and retired from missionary work in 1930. Mary Whyte gained an MA (hons) at the University of Edinburgh and married Mr Philp on 22 March 1912 and they had one son. Robert Anderson Philp (1913-2008) was fluent in the Kikuyu language and acted as an interpreter during the trial of Jomo Kenyatta, he studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and returned to Tumutumu as a missionary. He married Ethel Jeane Caddick in 1946. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78965
title: Crossing the river, Sikkim, ca.1888-1929

description: "Crossing the river - the Teesta in the plains". View of the Teesta River once it has reached the plains and widened considerably. An elephant is kneeling in the water, its legs submerged, and its handler stands upright on its back holding a cane in on hand. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82003
title: Irvine family home at Chogoria, Kenya, October 1922

description: “The Chogoria Home when we arrived Oct. 1922.” Exterior view of the bungalow built, for Dr Irvine and his family, by Ernest Carr, the father of Margaret Irvine, who financed the mission at Chogoria through the early years. Margaret Joyce Irvine stands on the verandah. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78775
title: Christian family, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Christian family, Chikuli, Mulanje, Nyasaland [Malawi]". Portrait of a family group with the oldest boy standing next to the mother and father, two younger children stand in front, one clings to the mothers skirts whilst the other is guided to face forward by the father's hands on her shoulders. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81851
title: Battery mules on a river bank, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, April-July 1918

description: “The Indian battery mules having a roll on a river bank.” Landscape view showing a number of mules and men on a sandy riverbank. The battery was either part of the Rose column or Fitzgerald Column on military manoeuvres 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-c123-78960
title: Darjeeling Mission 'Panchayat’ group, Darjeeling, ca.1888-1929

description: "Darjeeling Mission 'Panchayat’ group". Group portrait of thirteen individuals, a white minister stands in the middle, and the rest are indigenous to the region of the Eastern Himalayas. Most wear heavy coats and scarves and they are standing in the portico of a large building. The term "panchayat group" is used to describe the Church governing body. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81925
title: Sports ground, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1920

description: “The playground.” Landscape view showing people gathered on a rise above a field, probably watching a football game. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81977
title: Anthony Irvine, Chogoria, Kenya, 1923

description: Portrait of Anthony Irvine who was born in Aberdeen on 30 April 1922 the first son of Margaret and Archibald Irvine. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82027
title: First car, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1923

description: “The Dodge rounding the corner of Cobb Street on the way to Piccadilly Circus [Marira?] behind.” Exterior view showing a car coming along a dirt road. The Dodge was the first car that the Irvine’s had when the mission at Chogoria started. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78978
title: First Chiuta Christian, Mozambique, ca.1900-1929

description: "1st Chiuta Christian now teaches Peassion [?]. His wife and family at Chiuta door". Portrait of a family group standing outside a traditional hut with a thatched roof. There are two parents and two young girls. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82028
title: Dawn over Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Dawn at Chogoria. The Kiena (11 miles) & Tharaka hills (18 miles) in the distance.” Landscape view of the Chogoria ridge and distant mountains. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78959
title: Part of Kurseong bazaar, Darjeeling, ca.1888-1929

description: "Part of Kurseong bazaar. Held on Sundays. Illustrate Road to Kurseong". Exterior view of a large market, in the foreground the market is open with sellers, sitting on the ground, with goods laid out before them. In the back ground the market has a covered area probably with proper stalls. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78685
title: Rev. Thomas Masea, with two African Chiefs, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Rev. Thomas Masea centre. Right - the Chief Katinga. Left - the Chief Mzeca [?]. Standing - the teachers in the Shire district". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Group portrait of eight men with the Rev. Thomas Masea standing in the middle. The two Chiefs are the only men seated are either side of Mr Masea, they both wear robes and fezzes. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78682
title: Mission band, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Evangelistic services on Lower River". "Nyasaland[Malawi]". Photograph of the mission band playing various wind instruments in front of a large crowd. The band consists of all boys and the instruments that they play are very long pipes with curved ends, probably animal horns. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78683
title: Boys at Drill, Lower River, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Boys at Drill". "Nyasaland". View of a group of young boys standing in formation with batons raised and crossed above their heads. They are standing in the centre of a football pitch and some spectators stand in the background where the tree-line stops. A man in a white suit faces the boys and conducts the drill. This picture is part of a series of photographs taken during an evangelical service and celebration on the lower river, The Shire, Mawali. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81973
title: Anthony Irvine, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1922

description: Portrait of Austin John Anthony Irvine first son of Archibald and Margaret Irvine who ran the Chogoria mission in Kenya. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the time that Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) spent at Tumutumu (1919-1921) and some of the early years at Chogoria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78686
title: Christmas sports, Lower Shire, Malawi, ca.1900-1929

description: "Xmas sports, Lower Shire, Nyasaland". View of two gentlemen shaking hands during a sporting activity while three others stand nearby. They all wear shorts and white shirts, two also wear jackets, and a crowd of spectators stand around the edge of the playing field. It is not clear which sport the men are actually playing. The photograph is one of a series of pictures from a mission service on the Lower River. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78684
title: Mission Band, Lower River, Malawi, ca.1888-1929

description: "Mission Band, Lower River". View of the mission band marching across a football pitch as spectators watch in the background. The band consists mainly of a brass section with the bass drum at the front. A man in a white suit marches at on side while conducting the band and he also carries a snare drum. The photograph is part of a series of photographs taken during an evangelical service and celebration on the Lower River. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78687
title: Mission Band, Malawi, ca.1900-1929

description: " 'A village band on the Lower River (horns and gourds as bugles) Brick school and church in background". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Group portrait of the Mission Band consisting of young adults all blowing, simultaneously, on various types of wind instruments. These are made from horns or gourds attached to long hollow tubes. An audience sits in the background and in the right of the photograph there is a brick building with a thatched roof. The photograph is one of a series of pictures taken during the Christmas sports day on the Lower River. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82069
title: Brick drying sheds, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “The 3 brick houses at the swamp.” Exterior view of three large thatched roofed sheds without walls. The sheds were used to dry and store bricks before being fired in the kiln. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78962
title: Pul Bazaar, Eastern Himalayas, ca. 1888-1929

description: Photograph looking down from the mountains onto a market place and thatched roofed buildings next to a river. The mountains rise up steeply on the other side. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82025
title: Workshop at night, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “The workshop by flashlight.” Exterior view of the workshop brightly lit and showing several large bits of machinery. The workshop was run using the hydro-electric power generated from the waterfall on the Kamara River. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78979
title: Village scene, Chiuta, Mozambique, ca.1900-1929

description: "A village scene, Chiuta - pounding grain store in corner". View of a native woman and two young children pounding grain, the older child scrapes the inside of a large wooden vessel and the woman holds aloft a thick long pole that is used as a pestle. Other containers sit around the area and behind them is a wattled fence. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78967
title: Ghu wala, India, ca.1888-1929

description: "Ghu wala". Portrait of a man wearing a dhoti, he is bare-chested and bare footed, over one shoulder he carries a rod, to the ends of which are tied two bowls. He is probably a seller of cooked foods. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82192
title: Out-school under construction, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Mr Cobb’s tent. Ndabari’s buildings nearing completion & shows left to right, school, kitchen and living house. Ndabri’s is centrally situated in Chuka District & is the first permanent work to be instituted in Chuka. Except the work at Chuka Boma, which was unsuccessful & closed down.” Panoramic view of the site of an out-school of the Chogoria mission. Mr G.C. Cobb was a freelance artisan who was employed by the mission to run the workshops. He worked at Chogoria from 1924 to 1928 before leaving to join the Church Mission Society [CMS]. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82235
title: View from the garden, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “The gathering storm, view from our verandah of storm of rain sweeping up the mountain towards Chogoria. Church in distance.” Landscape view of Chogoria with Dr Irvine's garden in the foreground, the new church in the centre and storm clouds overhead. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82219
title: School boarders, Chogoria, Kenya, 1937

description: “Miss Hood and some of the boarders, 1937.” Group portrait of female students and teacher standing on a sports field. Miss Ina Hood, M.A. was seconded from Tumutumu in 1936 to work in girls' education and training. The girl boarders were often the daughters of Christian converts who wished to avoid the traditional initiation ceremonies, the training also provided them with employable skills. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82220
title: Traditional buildings, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1931

description: “An African home. Two grain stores behind, a millet bin between.” Exterior view showing several individuals, probably a Mwimbi family, next to two wattle buildings on stilts. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82214
title: New church, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “The church, opened 1930.” Exterior view of the new church built at Chogoria between 1928 and 1930 using bricks from the mission’s own brick works and designed by Dr Irvine. The first floor of the tower provided additional accommodation for visitors. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82104
title: Panorama of the Chogoria mission, Chogoria, Kenya, 1925

description: “Chogoria early in 1925. [L to R] Garage, house, Mr Cobb’s house.” Panoramic view showing the Irvine family bungalow and some of the buildings in close proximity. Mr G.C. Cobb was a freelance artisan who was employed by the mission to run the workshops and provide training to the local young men. He worked at Chogoria from 1924 to 1928 before leaving to join the Church Mission Society [CMS]. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82211
title: Geoffrey and Margaret Irvine, Chogoria, Kenya, 1923

description: “Geoffrey.” Portrait of mother and new born baby. Geoffrey Christopher Irvine was born at the Chogoria mission in November 1923, the second son of Archibald Clive Irvine and Margaret Joyce Irvine (nee Carr), he would become the Medical Superintendent of Chogoria Hospital from 1967-1983. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”