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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2528
title: Grave stone of missionary, Beru,  Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "The Grave of the Rev. John Jones of Mare, in the cemetery at Beru, G.I."  One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2505
title: Mission house girls,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914.

description: "The Girls of our Native family, our own house girls." Outdoor group portrait of young women. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2507
title: Group of Girls' School students and teachers,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "A Group of the Girls' School.  Bateuru and Mikaio, their Gilbertese Teachers in the rear row. 68 Girls in the School." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2495
title: Group portrait of three missionary workers, Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "W.E. and Mrs. Goward, with Miss B.E. Simmons." Portrait of three mission workers standing by tree. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2519
title: Mission dispensary and staff,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: ""Views shewing the interior of the Dispensary, with staff and patients." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2523
title: Congregation in church,  Tamana, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "A Communion Service at Tamana. G.I. Church built by the people." View of congregation seated inside church. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10955
title: Parade and student demonstration, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1925

description: "#4" "Beginning of parade and student demonstration held June 23, Canton City.  Marching along the Canton bund." [now Guangzhou] A view of a street in the city by the water, the street is filled with people either marching or observing the parade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10960
title: Speaker and attendees at demonstration, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1925

description: "3." "Parade ground scene in Canton City previous to parade off Shameen on June 23 which resulted in the exchange of shots, one Frenchman being killed on Shameen and 53 Chinese students killed, 150 wounded by machine gun fire.  The man speaking in the picture is a Russian." People gathered outdoors, and two people standing on a platform, presumably to give a speech.; Photo relates to the Shameen incident of June 23, 1925, part of a nationwide series of strikes and demonstrations precipitated by the killing of 13 labor demonstrators by British police in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10959
title: Military assembled before parade, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1925

description: "14." "Whampoa Military Cadets on parade grounds in Canton City previous to parade off Shameen, June 23, which resulted in hostilities in which one Frenchman on Shameen was killed, 53 Chinese students killed, 150 wounded.  The Whampoa Military Academy is said to be subsidized by Russia, and the students trained by Russian officers.  They helped the Cantonese defeat the Yunnanese in the middle of June." "(The banner with the two characters which show up so plainly says: 'Dealing with foreigners' This is the nearest translation one can get.)" Several groupings of military personnel in a field before parade.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10961
title: Student protest gathering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1925

description: "10." "Students on parade grounds in Canton City listening to speech of Liao Chung Kai, Minister of Finance, June 23, previous to parade before Shameen which resulted in the death of a Frenchment on Shameen, the killing of 53 Chinese students and wounding of 150 by machines gun fire, from Shameen side.  Liao Chung Kai has since been assassinated, August 20th." "One banner -- about the center, has the legend -- 'Stop Shooting' 'Helping, or 'in sympathy with, the Shanghai incident'" [now Guangzhou] A large gathering of students outdoors to listen to speech. Many holds flags or fans.; Photo relates to the Shameen incident of June 23, 1925, part of a nationwide series of strikes and demonstrations precipitated by the killing of 13 labor demonstrators by British police in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2506
title: Student's wives,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "The wives of the Students and Preparatory men in Class. 61 in all." Group portrait of women inside church. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2515
title: Printers inside mission press,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "Our present little printing press. Drying frames &c." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2516
title: Printers inside mission press,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "Compositors' and Book-binders' rooms." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2499
title: Welcome ceremony for missionary,  Beru, Kiribati, 8 December, 1913

description: "Rev A.H. and Mrs. Arnold, arriving at Beru, December 8th. 1913." Students lining the path in welcome. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.  Rev. Hubert Arnold Arnold served in the Gilbert Islands from 1913 to 1929, initially as Rev. Gowards assistant.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12368
title: Young boy in a red jacket, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A young boy stands in a field wearing a red jacket and a necklace from which hang rectangular pieces of wood or leather.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "905 - Nord Cameroun." ("North Cameroon") along with information about the publisher: "Missionnaries Oblats - Photo: N. Leca o.m.i."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12434
title: Students and professors at the seminary, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 3. - MADAGASCAR. - Les Seminaristes malgaches et leurs professeurs" ("Malagasy Seminarians and their professors").  A group of almost one hundred Malagasy students pose with at least twenty fathers in front of a large two-story ivy-covered building.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12395
title: Three grieving women, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 232. MADAGASCAR. - Femmes hova en grand deuil." ("Women in great mourning"). Among a large crowd of people, three women weep while wearing white robes.  The two most visibly upset women have unkempt hair hanging down to their shoulders.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12416
title: Malagasy man and boy on a path through the mountains, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 4. - MADAGASCAR. - Les compagnons habituels du Missionnaire" ("The usual companions of the Missionary").  A man and a boy stand on a dirt path leading along the side of a mountain.  The boy leads a white horse by the reins and the man carries two large trunks tied to a pole across his shoulder.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12363
title: A young girl learning to knit, Omvan, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A young girl wearing a head covering and striped dress knits with a spool of dark thread.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "Cameroun. - Fillette d'Omvan apprenant a tricoter" ("Young girl of Omvan learns to knit") and the name of the mission agency  "Editions Peres du Saint-Esprit". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12438
title: Men standing on the bank of a river, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 13. - MADAGASCAR. - Paysage de brousse" ("Landscape of the bush").  Twelve men stand near a river that runs through hills of dense vegetation.  A few of the men carry baskets and long poles and seem to enter an unseen boat at the bank of the river.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12418
title: Indigenous catechist teaching three children, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 59. - MADAGASCAR. - le cathechisme par une soeur indigene" ("Catechism by an indigenous sister").  A seated indigenous woman dressed in a white habit holds an open book and gestures as if teaching the three children also dressed in white who sit on the ground at her feet.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2571
title: Missionary party travelling in the bush, Sierra Leone, 1909

description: "Carriers in the bush, Mendiland. Rev James Walton with his hammock" Sierra Leone, West Africa, January 1909.; William Turnbull Balmer visited  his Methodist Missionary Society colleague, Reverend James Walton at his station in Segbwema in order to study the Mendi language. They set out together to travel to the annual Synod in Freetown on 19 January 1909 at the request of the Chairman of the District, William H Maude. This photograph was taken on their journey.See The Foreign Field August 1909.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12360
title: Missionary sister sitting with orphans, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A seated missionary sister holds an orphan baby while posing with sixteen other orphan children who sit or lie on the ground.  Another woman sits at the opposite end of the image also holding an orphan child.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "(22) Creche Des Soeurs Du Saint-Esprit A Yaounde (Cameroun)" ("Crib Of the Sisters Of Holy Spirit in Yaounde") and information about the mission agency "Edite par &lt;&gt;, Revue mensuelle, 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12366
title: A person sitting by circular houses, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A person sits on a rock near a low stone wall in front of eight circular houses with pointed thatched roofs.; The back of the postcard contains a handwritten note in French along with a printed title: "MISSIONS DES OBLATS AU CAMEROUN ET AU TCHAD, Sare Mattakam" ("MISSIONS OF the OBLATS IN CAMEROUN AND CHAD, Sare Mattakam") The Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculée was a Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2363
title: Operating theatre, Ilesha hospital, Nigeria, 1932

description: "New operating room at Ilesha. Dr. Hunter, Dr. Woods, Sister Ludlow and Sister Moody."  Mr. J.T Jackson served in Nigeria as an educational missionary from 1932 to 1944.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2599
title: Portrait of man Samoa, ca. 1880-1890

description: "Samoan with long hair as worn by ?dissipated ?charaders" Studio portrait of man in traditional dress.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a successful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.