cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m553
title: Sorcerer treating a sick person, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Zauberer bei der Krankenbehandlung" ("Sorcerer treating a sick person"). Pare sorcerer adorned with braids and holding a fly-switch laying his hand on the head of a woman who is sitting in front of him. Other persons sitting and standing close by.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m556
title: Women performing the Pepo dance, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Pepo-Tanz. Rasche rhythmische Zuckungen bis zur Raserei" ("Pepo dance. Quick rhythmic convulsions, leading to furiousness"). Dancing women. In the background a person with face covered by braids. Watching girls and men. Set under palm trees.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m560
title: Healing apparatus of a sorcerer, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Heilmittel eines Zauberers" ("Healing apparatus of a sorcerer"). Various objects displayed on stone on the ground.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m562
title: Portrait of the daughter of Rindi(?) or Mandara(?), Moshi, Tanzania, ca.1913-1917

description: "Vornehme Heidin: Tochter des letzten großen Moschihäuptlings" ("A distinguished heathen woman, daughter of the last great chief of Moshi"). Woman dressed in white cloth. Plain background. Half-length portrait.; Daughter of Rindi or Mandara?; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m564
title: Woman abandoning a baby in the Pare Mountains, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Kindesaussetzung Paregebirge (bis in die 20er Jahre)" ("Abandonment of children, Pare Mountains (up to the 1920s)"). Woman placing a baby on a rock.; In correlation with photo no. 786, album no. 3.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m566
title: An abandoned baby in the Pare Mountains, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Kinderaussetzung Paregebirge. Das ausgesetzte Kind vor dem Absturz (bis in die 20er Jahre hinein)" ("Abandonment of children, Pare Mountains. The abandoned child before crashing down (up to the 1920s)"). A baby lying on a rock.; In correlation with photo no. 785, album no. 3. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m582
title: The Christian Aseri with his family, Shigatini, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Christ Aseri von Schigatini mit Familie" (Aseri, a Christian from Shigatini, with his family"). A man wearing a 'kanzu', a woman wearing a dress in European style and three children in front of a traditional round house made from grass.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m583
title: A group of children brought up by the mission, Pare Mountains, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "'Todgeweihte Kinder' der Heiden von der Mission erhalten und erzogen (Kinderaussetzung Paregebirge bis in die 20er Jahre)" ("Children 'consecrated to death', but saved and educated by the mission (Pare Mountains, up to the 1920s)"). Group of 19 children dressed in European clothes standing in front of a church.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m584
title: Mission house, Arusha, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Missionshaus II in Aruscha. Im Vordergrund europäische Gewächse" ("Mission house II in Arusha. In the foreground European plants"). European building with garden in front of it. Trees in the background.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m585
title: Mission house, Machame, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Missionshaus in Madschame" ("Mission house in Machame"). European building with garden. Surrounded by trees.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m586
title: Members of the Wudee congregation visiting on the occasion of a baptism, Mbaga, Tanzania, ca.1922-1926

description: "Ein Teil der Wudeegemeinde kommt zum Tauffest nach Mbaga. Am Hause Miss. Steimer und Frau" ("Part of the Wudee congregation coming to Mbaga for a baptism. Missionary Steimer and his wife standing next to the house"). A crowd of people mainly dressed in white carrying a flag depicting a cross gathered on the lawn in front of a European house.; In correlation with photo no. 792, album no. 3.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m587
title: Missionary Steimer at a baptism, Mbaga, Tanzania, ca.1922-1926

description: "Tauffest in Mbaga, vorn links der amerikanische Missionar I.N. Steimer (1922-26 Missionar der Leipziger Mission)" ("Baptism in Mbaga. In the foreground, on the left, the American missionary I.N. Steimer (1922-26 missionary of the Leipzig mission)". Procession of Christians led by missionary Steimer and another European with some of the participants singing. Trees and other plants alongside the path.; In correlation with photo no. 791, album no. 3.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m588
title: Schoolchildren sweeping the path at the mission house, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Missionshaus in Gonja. Schulkinder fegen den Weg" ("Mission house in Gonja. School children sweeping the path."). European house with a roof thatched with plant fiber and a garden. Children sweeping the path.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m589
title: Children's service, Wudee, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Kirche zu Wudee, Kindergottesdienst-Beginn" ("Church at Wudee; beginning of the children's service"). Crowd of children and adults in front of the church building with a double roof made from plant fiber.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m590
title: Children sweeping the path at the church, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Kirche und Glockenstuhl von Gonja" ("Church and belfry, Gonja"). Church with roof made from plant fiber. Wooden belfry on the right hand side. Children sweeping the path. Trees in the background.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m591
title: Church at Mamba, Tanzania, ca. 1927-1938

description: "Kirche zu Mamba" ("Church at Mamba"). Stone building with corrugated iron roof. In front of the entrance crowd of people dressed in cloths.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m592
title: Interior of the Gonja church after the War, Tanzania, 1920-25

description: "Ungepflegtes Innnere der Gonja-Kirche kurz nach dem Kriege (Badewanne=Kollektenteller, da Kollekte meist Reis oder Mais)" ("Neglected interior of the Gonja church shortly after the War. Bath tub=for the offertory, because offertory mainly rice or maize)"). Writing on the wall: "Mpate kuzidizidi sana." The interior of the church. In the center the alter, next to it the bath tub. Behind the altar a picture of Jesus. In front of the altar simple wooden benches.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m594
title: Interior of the church building, Machame, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Inneres der Machame-Kirche, fahrbare Kanzel" ("Interior of the Machame church, mobile pulpit"). View from the carved pulpit to the outer door. Building empty apart from the pulpit. Construction of wooden framework and pillars.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m737
title: Church builder Ephraim Schuma, Tanzania, ca. 1927-1938

description: "Kirchenbaumeister Ephraim Schuma" ("Church builder Ephraim Schuma"). Schuma in European dress. Half-length portrait.; Cf. photo no. 801, album no. 3. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m595
title: Building foreman Ephraim Schuma and his family, Tanzania, 1927-38

description: "Baumeister Ephraim Schuma mit Familie vor seiner Hütte; erbaut im selbsterdachten Stil" ("Building foreman Ephraim Schuma with family in front of his hut, built in a style devised by himself"). Ephraim Schuma wearing a cap with his wife, both dressed in cloths and seated on chairs, and five children in front of a round house with a grass roof and its entrance covered by palm branches.; Cf. photo no. 800, album no. 3.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m597
title: Procession at a baptism, Machame, Tanzania, ca.1911-1913

description: "Taufe in Madschame. Vorn Senior Raum" ("Baptism in Machame. In the foreground Senior Raum"). Raum who is wearing a robe leading a procession of persons dressed in white up the hill towards the church building. Other persons, including one other European person, waiting outside the church. The men wearing hats. Church built from stone with corrugated iron roof.; Johannes Raum (1874-1936), from Eschenbach in Franconia, was ordained and sent to British East Africa by the Leipzig Mission in 1895. Due to health reasons, he changed to the Chaga mission where he served in Machame from 1897 to 1899, in Schira in 1899, in Moshi from 1900 to 1908, where he was also in charge of the teacher training seminary from 1902 to 1908, and in Mamba from 1909 to 1912. From 1912, he served as Deputy Senior and headed the teaching assistant's seminary in Marangu. He remained in Marangu during the First World War, but was repatriated by the Allies in 1920. During his home leave from 1908 to 1909, he compiled a grammar of the Moshi variant of the Chaga language.  -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m598
title: Three newly baptised men, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Drei Neugetaufte" ("Three newly baptised ones"). Three young men, sitting, dressed in white and wearing hats, one of them holding a pen and a book.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m599
title: Teacher Salomo of Machame, Tanzania, 1927-38

description: "Lehrer Salomo von Machame" ("Teacher Salomo of Machame"). Half-length portrait.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m600
title: Meeting of the parish elders of Gonja, Wudee and Mbaga in Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Tagung der Gemeindeältesten von Gonja, Wudee u. Mbaga in Gonja. Erste Reihe Mitte: Missionar Guth" ("Meeting of the parish elders of Gonja, Wudee and Mbaga in Gonja. Centre of front row: missionary Guth"). Men dressed in European clothes, many of them wearing hats, posing in three rows in front of the church building.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m601
title: Transport of a bell to Moshi, Tanzania, ca. 1927-1938

description: "Glockentransport nach Moschi" ("Transporting of a bell to Moshi"). A crowd, consisting mainly of children, with men in front carrying a trunk to which the bell is tied. Walking uphill in a forest.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m602
title: Children dancing around a new church bell, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: "Freudenreigen um die neue Glocke" ("Celebrating the new bell"). Men carrying a trunk to which the bell is tied. Children dancing around them. On the left hand side people watching. Surrounded by trees.; Possibly a church bell of the Moshi(?) or Gonja(?) congregation. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m603
title: The parish of Mamba receiving a bell from Germany, Tanzania, 1914

description: "Die Gemeinde Mamba holt eine Glocke aus Deutschland ein" ("The parish of Mamba receiving a bell from Germany"). Procession with the bell. In the background a stone wall and a European house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m604
title: Ringing the bell for the first time, Mamba, Tanzania, 1914

description: "Erstes Läuten der neuen Mambaglocke" ("Ringing the Mamba bell for the first time"). Bell in a tree, in front a crowd consisting mainly of children.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m605
title: The Gonja parish receives its new bell, Tanzania, 1927-38

description: "Die Gonja-Gemeinde holt ihre Glocke, 7 Ztr; von dem Kgd. Kempten gestiftet" ("The Gonja parish receives its new bell, 7 metric hundredweight; donated by the parish of Kempten"). Three men fixing the bell on a wooden carrier construction. Other men sitting next to a house with a wall made from intertwined twigs.; In correlation with photos nos. 811 and 812, album no. 3.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m606
title: Transport of the church bell, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

description: Schwieriger Transport der Gonja-Glocke" ("Difficult transport of the Gonja bell"). Men carrying the bell which is tied to a scaffold made from poles. On a steep uphill path.; In correlation with photos nos. 810 and 812, album no. 3. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m607
title: Transport of the new church bell, Gonja, Tanzania, ca. 1927-1938

description: "Ankunft der Glocke in Gonja" ("Arrival of the bell in Gonja"). Crowd arriving on the right side of the church building. Amongst them two European women. Missionary Guth(?) leading the procession riding on a donkey.; In correlation with photos nos. 810 and 811, album no. 3. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m608
title: Harvest dance of male youths in Moshi, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "D. Gutmann hat in Moschi alte unanstößige Reigentänze der Wadschagga wieder zu Ehren gebracht. Hier ist die männliche Jugend beim Erntetanz. Von den eigenartigen Trommeln gibt es nur noch ganz wenige im gesamten Dschaggaland. Vgl. auch Erklär. zu 815/816" ("Dr. Gutmann has restored to honour old Chaga dances in Moshi which contain nothing indecent. Here the male youths are performing a harvest dance. Very few of the curious drums still exist in Chaga country. Cf. commentary on 815/816"). Dancers with drums. Men dressed in white and wearing hats as spectators.; In correlation with photos nos. 814, 815 and 816, album no. 3. -- The addendum "D." Gutmann suggests that the photo might have been taken after he received his first honory doctorate in 1924. If, furthermore, the ascription of Guth as photographer is correct, the photo was most probably taken between 1927 and 1938. -- Bruno Albrecht Gutmann (1876-1966), from Trachau in Saxony, was ordained as a pastor in 1901. He served in Mamba from 1902 to 1904, in Madschame from 1904 to 1906, in Masama from 1906 to 1910 (apart from sick leave in 1908 to 1909) and in Moshi from 1910 until his eviction in 1920. In 1925, he returned to Africa and was elected Senior of the Leipzig Mission in the Kilimanjaro region in 1936. He finally returned to Germany in 1938. Gutmann was a prolific intellectual and a prominent exponent of 'cultural conservatism' (cf. Klaus Fiedler). He was awarded an honory doctorate in theology by the University of Erlangen in 1924 and one in law by the University of Wuerzburg in 1926. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m609
title: Harvest dance of male youths in Moshi, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "vgl. 813" ("cf. 813"). Young Chaga men performing a harvest dance while accompanying themselves with drums.; In correlation with photos nos. 813, 815 and 816, album no. 3. -- The addendum "D." Gutmann in the caption of photo no. 813, album no. 3 suggests that the photo might have been taken after Gutmann received his first honory doctorate in 1924. If, furthermore, the ascription of Guth as photographer is correct, the photo was most probably taken between 1927 and 1938. Seeing that photos nos. 813 and 814, album no. 3 were probably taken on the same occasion, the dating is also likely to be the same.  -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m610
title: Girls performing a round dance, Tanzania, ca.1913-1938

description: "Mädchen u. Kinder haben ihre besonderen Reigen. Im Gegensatz zu den heidnischen Volkstänzen haben diese einen gefälligen und vornehmen Rhythmus (vgl. auch Erklärung zu 813/814)" ("Girls and children have their own dances. In contrast to the heathen folk dances, these have a pleasant and dignified rhythm (cf. commentary on 813/814)"). Girls performing a round dance holding hands. Some of them wearing garlands on their heads.; In correlation with photos nos. 813, 814 and 816, album no. 3. -- The addendum "D." Gutmann in the caption of photo no. 813, album no. 3 suggests that the photo might have been taken after Gutmann received his first honory doctorate in 1924. If, furthermore, the ascription of Guth as photographer is correct, the photo was most probably taken between 1927 and 1938. Seeing that photos nos. 813 and 815, album no. 3 were possibly taken on the same occasion, the dating might also be the same. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.