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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6918
title: Dr John Cross and patients, Yongchun, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1897

description: "An Eng chhun group."  Patients and staff outside hospital at Yongchun with Chinese inscription above the door. Yongchun, about 40 miles north of Quanzhou became a mission station of the English Presbyterian Mission in about 1887. Prominent local citizens requested a mission doctor and hospital. Dr John Cross arrived in 1894 and funding from Lilias Graham enabled the building of a hospital and doctor's house.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7
title: Two men seated on bank of River Mangoro, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "On the Mangoro" from album page entitled " Madagascar, On the way to the interior province."; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m70
title: Great Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Great Palace, reconstructing". Exterior view of Royal Place under scaffolding.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m68
title: Ampamarinana church, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ampamarìnana, from below". View of church from below rocks with three indigenous men seated on rocks.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m72
title: View of Roman Catholic cathedral, Andohalo, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Andohàlo, first R.C.Cath.l" View of town showing small wooden church in foreground.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6871
title: Chinese Church, Xiamen, China, ca. 1888-1906

description: "The first Protestant Chinese Church, Sin koe a, Amoy. Opened in 1848." This church was built in 1848 under the auspices of the American Reformed Church. It was dedicated in February 1849.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69
title: Distant view of Antananarivo with missionary in foreground, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Capital, from S. West ".  Missionary is seated on chair looking through telescope. Two indigenous men stand beside him.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6891
title: Conference of Women Workers. Xiamen, China, 1898

description: "Conference of Women Workers, Amoy, July 1898." Conference of Chinese Christian women and women missionaries of the American Reformed, the London Missionary Society and the English Presbyterian Missions held at Xiamen in July 1898. This was the first such conference to be held and was attended by "over a hundred workers from the three missions of the Amoy field". (Edward Band, Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Misson 1847-1947, London, 1948. p.292).; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6872
title: China missionaries meeting at Keswick, England, ca. 1885-1900

description: "Keswick Missionary Group from China." The Keswick Convention was founded in 1875 in England's Lake Dstrict. From the mid-1880s onwards missionary meetings became an important part of these annual conferences of evangelical Christians. Many future missionaries to China heard their call to mission service at Keswick and James Hudson Taylor referred to Keswick as "my happy hunting ground".; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7234
title: English Presbyterian women missionaries, Quanzhou, China, 1924

description: "Miss Craig & Chuanchow Ko-niu [lady missionaries]."  Photograph of women missionaries of the EPM at Quanzhou taken in 1924 during a visit by Miss Jane P.Craig, Secretary of the Women's Missionary Association from 1926 to 1933. The group are seated on the steps of the Women's Missionary House. At the back is Dr Louisa Thacker, next row from left: Miss MacPherson, Miss Ramsay, Miss Craig. Miss Roxburgh. In front (from left) are: Miss McKay, Miss Duncan and Dr Bryson.; Set of 13 photographs belonging to Annie N. Duncan, a missionary of the English Presbyterian Mission's Women's Missionary Association. She was appointed to the Quanzhou mission station in 1893 where she assumed responsibility for the Girls' School  and remained in that post until 1932. "Miss Duncan was sent out by the Scottish auxiliary (of the EPM), and being financed mainly by Sunday Schools throughout Scotland, she was known as 'the Children's Missionary'. (Edward Band, Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Misson 1847-1947, London, 1948. p.303). In 1902 she published The City of Springs or mission work in Chinchew etc.," describing early mission work in Quanzhou.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6882
title: Women teachers and school matrons, Quanzhou, China, 1897

description: "Chin-chiu Teachers and Matrons, Jun '97". Three Chinese teachers and two school matrons, possibly at entrance of girls' school in Quanzhou.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6914
title: Mission doctor, family and staff, Yongchun, Fujian Province, ca. 1897

description: Dr  and Mrs John Cross, their three children, Lydia, Margaret and Robin, Ayah and colleagues photographed in front of their house at Eng chhun [Yongchun].  Yongchun, about 40 miles north of Quanzhou became a mission station of the English Presbyterian Mission in about 1887. Prominent local citizens requested a mission doctor and hospital. Dr John Cross arrived in 1894 and funding from Lilias Graham enabled the building of a hospital and doctor's house.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7233
title: Mission Council,  Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, January 1908

description: "Amoy Mission Council, January 1908. Front Row (from left) Rev. A.S.M. Anderson, Dr J.H. Montgomery, H.J.P. Anderson, H.F. Rankin, Middle row - Rev. J. Watson, Rev.C.Campbell Brown, Dr W. McGregor, Rev. G.M.Wales, Back Row - Rev. J. Beattie, Rev. H.W Oldham, Dr B. Lewis Paton.; Set of 13 photographs belonging to Annie N. Duncan, a missionary of the English Presbyterian Mission's Women's Missionary Association. She was appointed to the Quanzhou mission station in 1893 where she assumed responsibility for the Girls' School  and remained in that post until 1932. "Miss Duncan was sent out by the Scottish auxiliary (of the EPM), and being financed mainly by Sunday Schools throughout Scotland, she was known as 'the Children's Missionary'. (Edward Band, Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Misson 1847-1947, London, 1948. p.303). In 1902 she published The City of Springs or mission work in Chinchew etc.," describing early mission work in Quanzhou.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6916
title: Mission doctor's house, Yongchun, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1897

description: "Dr Cross's house, Eng chhun."  Yongchun, about 40 miles north of Quanzhou became a mission station of the English Presbyterian Mission in about 1887. Prominent local citizens requested a mission doctor and hospital. Dr John Cross arrived in 1894 and funding from Lilias Graham enabled the building of a hospital and doctor's house.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7235
title: Staff of Women's Hospital, Quanzhou, China, s.d.

description: "Chuanchow Women's Hospital". Staff of the Women's Hospital, Quanzhou. This hospital was opened to out-patients in 1902 and to in-patients in 1903. Dr Edith Bryson (seated at left) worked at the hospital from 1905 to 1934 and Dr Louisa Thacker (seated at right) was there from 1906 to 1932.; Set of 13 photographs belonging to Annie N. Duncan, a missionary of the English Presbyterian Mission's Women's Missionary Association. She was appointed to the Quanzhou mission station in 1893 where she assumed responsibility for the Girls' School  and remained in that post until 1932. "Miss Duncan was sent out by the Scottish auxiliary (of the EPM), and being financed mainly by Sunday Schools throughout Scotland, she was known as 'the Children's Missionary'. (Edward Band, Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Misson 1847-1947, London, 1948. p.303). In 1902 she published The City of Springs or mission work in Chinchew etc.," describing early mission work in Quanzhou.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m7236
title: Chinese pastor and family, Quanzhou, China, 1935

description: "Pastor Gaw & family -- W. St Church, Chuanchow." Pastor Gaw was the son of Gaw Hong-pho who became the first pastor of West Street Church, Quanzhou  in 1896. The photograph was taken on the occasion of his silver wedding anniversary.; Set of 13 photographs belonging to Annie N. Duncan, a missionary of the English Presbyterian Mission's Women's Missionary Association. She was appointed to the Quanzhou mission station in 1893 where she assumed responsibility for the Girls' School  and remained in that post until 1932. "Miss Duncan was sent out by the Scottish auxiliary (of the EPM), and being financed mainly by Sunday Schools throughout Scotland, she was known as 'the Children's Missionary'. (Edward Band, Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Misson 1847-1947, London, 1948. p.303). In 1902 she published The City of Springs or mission work in Chinchew etc.," describing early mission work in Quanzhou.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6725
title: Members of the American Reformed Church Mission at Xiamen, China and a Chinese Pastor, ca. 1895

description: Three members of the American Reformed Church Mission at Amoy [Xiamen], at back from left to right Revd. J.A. Fagg and Dr J.A.Otte who ran the mission hospital at Siokhe, opened in 1889. In the front row are a Chinese Pastor and Dr Leonard Kip who had been a missionary at Amoy [Xiamen} since 1865. Behind them is a banana plant.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6885
title: Pupils at the Girls' School, Quanzhou, China, ca. 1897

description: "Chin-chiu Girl's School". Group of pupils with teachers at the Girls' School in Quanzhou.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6862
title: Two boys at work in an outside kitchen, south China, ca. 1888-1906

description: "Preparing the evening meal."; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6884
title: Pupils at the Blind School, Quanzhou, China, 1897

description: "Blind boys making mats. June '97". 4 pupils and instructor outside the Blind School, Quanzhou.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6919
title: The Mandarin's mother,  Yongchun, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1897

description: "The Lo su's mother, Eng chhun." Eng chhun [Yongchun], about 40 miles north of Quanzhou became a mission station of the English Presbyterian Mission in about 1887.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6920
title: The Mandarin's house,  Yongchun, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1897

description: "The Lo su's house, Eng chhun." Mandarin's house and approach with crooked path. Eng chhun [Yongchun], about 40 miles north of Quanzhou became a mission station of the English Presbyterian Mission in about 1887.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6720
title: A river Gospel boat, China, ca. 1888-1906

description: "A river Gospel boat"  A long boat providing sleeping and sitting areas used by missionaries on itineration.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6860
title: A Chinese dentist and patient, south China, ca. 1888-1906

description: "A Chinese dentist."; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6859
title: A Chinese bride and groom, south China, ca. 1888-1906

description: "A Bride and Bridegroom, Ki-leap and Bing-teb."; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14319
title: Missionary sisters and children outside of a convent, Bafwabaka, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Two missionary sisters are standing outside the large brick convent with approximately twenty children.; The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Maison de Soeurs" ("House of Sisters") and also includes information about the mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka" and also information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14321
title: Convent house, Bafwabaka, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: An exterior view a convent with a number of people on the grass area around the church.; The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Maison des Soeurs" ("House of Sisters") and also includes information about the mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka" and also includes information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12818
title: Cathedral of Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ca.1900-1930

description: The photograph shows a white church building with large doors, many widows above the entrances, and five columns that rise up the face of the building to form a steeple.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "REPUBLIQUE DE COTE d'IVOIRE - A 44. - ABIDJAN. - La Cathedrale de Treichville." ("REPUBLIC OF IVORY COAST - A 44. - ABIDJAN. - The Cathedral of Treichville.")  The back also contains information about the printer: "Editions Vincent, 16 r. Guynemer, Pau. Reproduction interdite."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14320
title: Mission house, Bafwabaka, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: An exterior view of the mission house, which is surrounded by trees and grass.; The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Residence des R.R. P.P. Pretres du Sacre-Coeur" and also includes information about the Catholic mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka" "Residence des R.R. P.P. Pretres du Sacre-Coeur" and also information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14322
title: After Mass on Sunday, Bafwabaka, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: People are walking around in an open area in front of a church.; The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Le dimanche a la sortie de la Messe" ("Sunday after Mass") and also includes information about the mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka" and also includes information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14323
title: Entrance to the village, Bafwabaka, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: A number of men are walking on a grass road with some buildings in the background.; The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Entree du Village" and also includes information about the mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka" and also includes information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12819
title: Young girls reading outside with their teacher, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ca.1900-1930

description: Fifteen girls sit on the ground in a courtyard with open books on their laps while a woman stands next to them with an open book in her hands instructing them.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "No 3 - Classe en plein air - Cote d'Ivoire." ("Class in the open air - Ivory Coast.")  The back also contains information about the mission agency: "Soeurs Missionnaires de N.D. des Apotres - VENISSIEUX (Rhone) - (cliche Normand, Abidjan)."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14326
title: Chief's house, Baluba, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Maison d'un chef indigene chez les Balubas" ("House of an indigenous chief of the Balubas") An exterior view of a chief's thatched house with a man sitting at the bottom of the ladder attached to the house.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and includes information about the mission agency: "Congo- Propriete de Scheut.