cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12229
title: Methodist school, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "A school house." Day school belonging to the Methodist Missionary Society.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12150
title: Nurse with motherless baby, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "The Sister feeding Motherless Baby."  A nurse preparing a feed for baby being held by child.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5986
title: Maryknoll priests at Dongzhen, China, 1921

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Meyer, Fr. Balldit, P.F.M., and Fr. Donovan." Taken at Tungchen [now Dongzhen].; Born in Iowa, Fr. Meyer was studying for the diocesan priesthood when he heard about Maryknoll and wrote to Fr. James Anthony Walsh in 1914. As a deacon at Maryknoll he became procurator of the Seminary and member of the first Maryknoll governing council. In 1918 he became one of the pioneer departure group to open Maryknoll's first mission in Kongmoon, South China. He spent many years in China but was finally forced to leave by the Communists in 1950.  -- Fr. Donovan entered Maryknoll in 1916. His enthusiasm for Maryknoll passed on to his younger brothers, Thomas and Gerard, who joined him in studies. Eventually all three became Priests and Fr. Gerard was the first Maryknoll martyr. Fr. Joseph Donovan was ordained on May 20, 1920 and was assigned to the Kongmoon mission in South China. He was also stationed at Tungchen and later Wuchow. In 1922 he returned to the United States for health reasons but in 1931 he returned to South China as Procurator in Hong Kong. He remained there a few years and eventually took many varied assignments in the United States.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5982
title: Bp. Derouineau at Kunming, China, 1944

description: This is a photograph of "Bishop Alexander Derouineau, new Vicariate of Kunming."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12137
title: Main ward block, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "The old ward block."  Main hospital block at Ilesha hospital with hospital staff standing in front.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12143
title: Nurse and patient, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Watching by the bedside." Nurse checking on patient at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10924
title: Orphan boys working with straw, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, ca.1935-1940

description: "War orphans in an orphanage whose Supv. Is Chen Siu-djin, Ginling, 1931." A large group of young boys with short hair. Some are sorting through what appears to be straw and some are sitting in front of equipment to help weave.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12269
title: Hong Kong harbor, Queen's pier, ca.1936-1937

description: "Queen's Pier Victoria (walla - wallas)"  Water in foreground with large buildings along shore and set into mountain above.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12138
title: Men's ward, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Men's ward." Sister, other medical staff and patients inside the men's ward at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12218
title: Cemetery, Georgetown, Guyana, ca. 1934

description: "Palm avenue in the Cemetery."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12136
title: Medical staff about to operate on a patient,  Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Preparing for an operation in the out-patient hospital." Medical staff with patient in operating theatre at Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12226
title: Houses and canal, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Houses along the canal." A junction of canals bordered with houses. The canals while necessary for drainage could be a breeding ground for mosquitos.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60077
title: Smiling Japanese boy sitting with two gourds, Japan, ca. 1948

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese boy wearing plaid pants and a white scarf tied around his head sitting with two gourds. He holds the one on the left. Each gourd is labeled with a tag written in Japanese.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11676
title: Fetish shrine, mosque and church, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " Fetich shrine, mosque and church". In front is the fetish shrine, to the left is the mosque and in the central background the Methodist church.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11680
title: Village school, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " Entrance to a Bush School." A Bush school organised by the Poro Society to teach boys tribal culture and the secrets of the Poro Society.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland" compiled by Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12260
title: Owa visiting hospital, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "The Owa makes his annual visit" The Owa, chiefs and retainers on the verandah of Ilesha hospital. The Owa had provided the land for the hospital and showed considerable interest in the work carried out there.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60024
title: Ordination of five Japanese priests at Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki, Japan, July 1, 1928

description: Photograph taken "during the ordination of five new Japanese priests in the Church of Urakami, Nagasaki, 1st July 1928."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12216
title: Botanical gardens, Georgetown, Guyana, s.d.

description: "River in the Botanical Gardens."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11674
title: Bell cote in chief's compound, Bunumbu, Sierra Leone, ca. 1927-28.

description: " The Bell Cote in Mustapha's Compound, Bunumbu." The bells sounds the time of servcies in the local church and also the time of curfew for his wives.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11665
title: Entrance to chief's compound, Bunumbu, Sierra Leone, ca. 1927-28.

description: " Entrance to the Chief's Compound, Bunumbu."  Courtyard of Chief's compound, Bunumbu.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12225
title: Country road, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "A road scene in British Guiana."  A typical country road in Guyana. A water channel borders either side of the road with plank bridges giving access to buildings.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60013
title: Shinkyo Bridge, Japan, 1934

description: Photograph of Shinkyo, meaning sacred, Bridge. This "famous lacquer bridge used only by the emperor or imperial messenger" spans the Daiya River.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12146
title: Young patient with her mother, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Convalescent." Convalescent girl with her mother on the verandah of Ilesha hospital.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11687
title: Students of the training institution, Bunumbu, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " Bunumbu Students at Play." Students skipping in time to a drumbeat.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland" compiled by Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12153
title: Opening of new dispensary, Ikole, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Gifts for new Dispensary."  Gifts for new dispensary on display at the opening ceremony.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12211
title: Giant water lilies, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "The giant water lilies."  This water lily known as "Victoria Regina" is grown in Guyana. It has leaves of four feet in diameter.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11683
title: Boys making grass mats, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " The Poro Boys learning mat making." Boys learning how to make grass mats at a bush school.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60052
title: Group portrait of Msgr. Paul Furuya, two Maryknoll Sisters and four Japanese women, Japan, July 1, 1941

description: Photograph of Monsignor Paul Furuya sitting outdoors with two Maryknoll Sisters. Standing behind them are four Japanese women, three of whom are dressed in kimonos. "The beginning of a great work! All of four boarders now! July 1, 1941 - Srs. Dolorita, Msgr. Furuya, Sr. Camilla. Monsignor Furuya took this himself on his 'automatic'."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11678
title: Missionary party travelling through a swamp, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " Through the Swamp." Missionary party travelling through a swamp near Bunumbu. The missionary being carried had lent his boots to Walker.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11662
title: Mosque, Jojoima, Sierra Leone, ca. 1927-28.

description: " The Mosque, Jojoima." Scene outside the mosque in Jojoima.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12253
title: Warrou woman and child in canoe, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Warrou woman and child in canoe."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59817
title: Maryknoll Sister doing a craft project with children, Dalian, China, ca. 1935

description: Photograph of Maryknoll Sister teaching several young children how to make paper churches and clay altars. Sister is bent over the table and the children look on. There are lots of final products and many pairs of scissors and paper pieces on the work surface.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11686
title: Training institution, Bunumbu, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " The Bunumbu Training Institution." Studnets seen outside the Bunumbu Training Institution. Here teachers and catechists were trained.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland" compiled by Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12094
title: Priests of the god, Ogun, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "Priests of the god of iron."  Priests holding iron sword and other symbols of their god, Ogun.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa.  Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed  in the 1920s.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60033
title: St. Francis Xavier Church, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1946

description: Photograph of "St. Francis Xavier Church - Cathedral in Kyoto built in 1889 by the French."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11679
title: Villagers awaiting a visit, Sierra Leone ca. 1927-28.

description: " A Village Palaver House." Village chief, councillors and others in a village near Bunumbu awaiting a visit from a party of Methodist missionaries.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland" compiled by Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12140
title: Hospital ward, Ilesha, Nigeria, s.d.

description: "New ward." Patients in the new men's ward at Ilesha hospital, built in 1934.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s. The hospital was expanded in 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m121
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa,  Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga". View of fields and hills, indigenous man seated 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-m12227
title: House, kitchen and canal, Guyana, ca. 1934.

description: "Simple wooden dwelling and kitchen on a canal." Husband and wife standing in front of their home. Their house stands on pile and the smaller structure is the kitchen.; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "The Land of the Water Lily (British Guiana)" compiled by F. Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Guiana [Guyana] became a British possession in 1802. Methodist missionary activity in what was then known as Demerara dates from the early Nineteenth century.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12203
title: Miao teacher, south west China, ca. 1949.

description: "Miao teacher."; One of a set of lantern slides entitled "Stone Gateway". Stone Gateway (Shimenkan) in Guizhou Province was the centre of Methodist missionary work to the Miao people of south west China. The work was begun by Samuel Pollard (1864-1915) ca.1904 when in response to increasing numbers of Miao enquirers he built the centre at Shimenkan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m11664
title: Paramount chief of the Bunumbu, Sierra Leone, ca. 1927-28.

description: " Mustapha, Chief of Bunumbu."  Chief of Bunumbu and followers. This chief gave land for a Methodist mission and schools to be built.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Daybreak in Mendiland"  compiled by  Frank Deaville Walker (1878-1945), editor of the Methodist Missionary Society magazines Foreign Field and its successor, Kingdom Overseas. Many of the photographs Walker used were his own, taken on visits to the MMS mission fields between 1920 and 1937. Mendiland is in the south west of Sierra Leone, the home of Mende-speaking people.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m122
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa,  Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "Ambòhimànga". View of fields and hills, indigenous man seated 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.