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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79685
title: Laughing women, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca. 1901

description: "Kikuyu women's roar." Group portrait of three indigenous women laughing. They are Kikuyu women in the vicinity of the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79451
title: Mission at Acheng, Manchuria, 1909

description: “Ashiho [Acheng]. red mission building, 1909.” Exterior view of the brick, single story, mission building at Ashiho, an indigenous man carries a bucket on a pole. ❧ The United Presbyterian Church started work in Ashiho in 1892 and the town was described as having mud walls and being irregularly laid out. James Stobie (b.1869) was appointed to Manchuria in 1894 and served in the Ashiho station with his wife Katherine Kirk Paton. The image is taken during the time of the Great Revival when interest in Christianity was at its height amongst the indigenous population and major inroads were being made into Korea.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79649
title: Reverend Githieya, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Rev Benjamin Githieya & Woisi". Portrait of Reverend Githieya, one of the senior preachers at Kikuyu, and Woisi. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The Hunter Memorial Hospital was opened in January 1908, making it the first permanent building erected at Kikuyu and by the 6th of January, patients were beginning to be admitted. Smallpox and cases of famine were the most common illnesses. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. In April of the same year, the first day-school was opened for children. By March 1926, The Alliance High School for older boys was established, principled by Mr G.A. Grieve. Crops were grown (maize, beans and sweet potatoes) in part to provide foods for the school children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79609
title: Carpenters Shop, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Carpenters Shop" Interior view of carpentry workshop, showing two young men working on the wood. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The Hunter Memorial Hospital was opened in January 1908, making it the first permanent building erected at Kikuyu and by the 6th of January, patients were beginning to be admitted. Smallpox and cases of famine were the most common illnesses. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79956
title: Men with elephant tusk, Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1901

description: "Tusk of Ivory." Portrait of four men supporting an enormous elephant tusk, two hold the each end and the others support the central section on their backs. 
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79626
title: Assembly Room, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: The Assembly Room". Internal view of a classroom with boys sitting in rows facing forwards. The principal, Mr G.A Grieve can also be seen standing by the window. The Alliance High School for older boys was established in March 1926 by the Alliance of Protestant Mission - a collaboration of different missionary organisations - with the first headmaster being that of Mr G.A Grieve. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. In April of 1900, the first day-school was opened for children. The Church of Scotland then assumed control of the Mission in 1901. With the creation of the new school building, crops were grown (maize, beans and sweet potatoes) in part to provide foods for the school children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79687
title: Brewing beer, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Kikuyu women making native beer of sugarcane." Group portrait of women pounding sugarcane in a log mortar with long wood pestles. A European man, possibly Dr Uffman, stands on the left. 
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79898
title: Mount Kenya, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: “Mount Kenya. [Listed from Left to right names of peaks] Arthur’s Seat, Barlow Glacier, Point Piggot, Tyndal Glacier, Batian 17,040, Nelion. 17,000, Darwin Glacier, Point John, Lewis Glacier, J.W. Arthur.” Landscape view of range of peaks of Mount Kenya and their names. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. J W Arthur (1881-1952) made seven attempts to climb Mount Kenya between 1909 and 1925. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79692
title: Hillside and waterfall, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Kikuyu Landscape." Landscape view of a rocky hillside and waterfall near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79615
title: Samsoni, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Samsoni Njoroge (1909) at his house & Emily & their 7 children" Group portrait of Samsoni, a hospital boy who had previously been the houseboy of Dr Arthur, and his family. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The Hunter Memorial Hospital was opened in January 1908, making it the first permanent building erected at Kikuyu and by the 6th of January, patients were beginning to be admitted. Smallpox and cases of famine were the most common illnesses. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79443
title: City Gate, Shenyang, 1909

description: “One of Moukden [Shenyang] city gates from the top of the wall just inside the gate.” Exterior view of a fortified wall with an arched gateway. Manchuria, during this period, suffered some of the worst of the military campaigns and political unrest in China and a number of cities were attacked and under siege. Moukden was the centre for Scottish Missionary activity in the Manchuria field and a number of hospitals, schools and orphanages were built there. Dr Dugald Christie (1855-1936) is strongly associated with Shenyang after being appointed to the field in 1881. It was there that he founded the Moukden Free Hospital and also the Moukden Medical College where he encouraged the education of indigenous doctors and medical staff.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79640
title: Old Man, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Kikuyu Types, Old man needs warming" Portrait of an older man warming himself by a makeshift fire. ❧ The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79625
title: Alliance High School, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Alliance High School, Opened 1st March 1926, [pictured] The Principal Mr G.A Grieve. B.Ed. M.A & his pupils." Group portrait of school students and their principal teacher, seated outside the main school building. The Alliance High School for older boys was established in March 1926 by the Alliance of Protestant Mission - a collaboration of different missionary organisations - with the first headmaster being that of Mr G.A Grieve. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. In April of 1900, the first day-school was opened for children. The Church of Scotland then assumed control of the Mission in 1901. With the creation of the new school building, crops were grown (maize, beans and sweet potatoes) in part to provide foods for the school children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79589
title: Church Service, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Kikuyu Church Service, Sunday 15th August 1926" View of indigenous peoples seated on the ground, listening to service being read. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901.The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79429
title: Street view, Haicheng, China, ca.1888-1894

description: “View of Haicheng (taken from top of North city gate) Pawn Shops on each side of street”. Exterior view showing the town of Haicheng with low level buildings and shops lining both sides of the street. The United Presbyterian Church established a mission in Haicheng in 1876 which is situated between Newchwang and Liaoyang. It became the base for the Rev. John MacIntyre (1837-1905) and his wife. ❧ The image is from an album relating to the Rev. James A Whylie (1863-1894) who was ordained to the Manchuria mission in 1887 and based in Liaoyang, 1888-1894. He did much itinerant work and built upon the work of Old Wang who had been the ‘native evangelist’ in Liaoyang until his death in 1885. When the first Sino Japanese War (1894-1895) broke out troops were being gathered to send to Korea and suspicion of foreigners was heightened. In Liaoyang, on the 10 August 1894, a group of Chinese soldiers wrecked the U.P. chapel and attacked Mr Whylie, who died of his wounds several days later. Missionaries and foreigners then sought refuge in the port of Newchwang where many remained until the war ended the following year.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79628
title: Dormitories, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: One of the Dormitories". Interior view of a plain room with students sitting on some of the dormitory beds. The principal of The Alliance High School, Mr Grieve, can also be seen (second from left). The Alliance High School for older boys was established in March 1926 by the Alliance of Protestant Mission - a collaboration of different missionary organisations - with the first headmaster being that of Mr G.A Grieve. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. In April of 1900, the first day-school was opened for children. The Church of Scotland then assumed control of the Mission in 1901. With the creation of the new school building, crops were grown (maize, beans and sweet potatoes) in part to provide foods for the school children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79656
title: Married Women, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Kahoho's Intermediate School. Married Women & Babies." Group portrait of married women and their children seated outside school building. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. In April of 1900, the first day-school was opened for children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79465
title: Men’s Hospital, Liaoyang, 1910

description: “Liaoyang Hospital (men’s).” Exterior view of a single storey building with two western men standing at the main entrance. The original hospital in Liaoyang was established by Dr Westwater in 1892 and was known as the ‘Free Healing Hall’. During the Boxer Rebellion Dr Westwater, having escaped persecution, returned to Liaoyang with the Russian punitive field force as a member of the Russian Red Cross Society. Aware of the massacres and looting that had befallen other cities, Mr Westwater persuaded the Russian general to allow him to enter the city alone to broker a surrender. The deal was so successful that he became known as the ‘Saviour of Liaoyang’ and the authorities offered to fund new medical facilities. During the battle of Liaoyang in August 1904 Mr Westwater opened a refuge for displaced people, providing for 4,000, and treated an inordinate number of civilian casualties.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79438
title: Fox Temple, Shenyang, 1909

description: “This is the ‘Fox Temple’ close to the ‘Small River Bank’ at Moukden [Shenyang] where our Kun Kwang School, Hospitals & medical college are. ❧ The Chinese regard the fox as having supernatural qualities, & thus raise temples, & make votive offerings to the fox. At the same time the fox skins are valuable, & so most Chinese seem to have no objection to shooting foxes, & selling their furs. ❧ White foxes (rather rare) are supposed to have extra special powers. I knew a man once who told me that he had once had the temerity to shoot at a white fox, & to his horrified surprise, he saw the bullet stot off the animal’s shin, & fall harmless to the ground. He was quite annoyed when I laughed at this tall story.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79605
title: Native Cemetery, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Native Cemetery". Landscape view of cemetery at Kikuyu. In the background a funeral service can be seen taking place. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The Hunter Memorial Hospital was opened in January 1908, making it the first permanent building erected at Kikuyu and by the 6th of January, patients were beginning to be admitted. Smallpox and cases of famine were the most common illnesses. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79637
title: Christian Village, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Justin Macharia. Christian Son & Christian Village". Portrait of two men standing outside a well maintained thatched hut. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The Hunter Memorial Hospital was opened in January 1908, making it the first permanent building erected at Kikuyu and by the 6th of January, patients were beginning to be admitted. Smallpox and cases of famine were the most common illnesses. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79794
title: Portrait of woman and child, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1908-1912

description: "Kikuyu woman & child & burden of leaves for sheep". Portrait of a woman in native dress carrying a child in a sling within her clothing, and a large quantity of animal fodder using a head harness.There is a hut in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79467
title: Townscape showing Kaiyuan, 1910

description: “Kaiyuan.” Townscape showing single storey buildings on a flat plain. Kaiyuan was a city on the main road over twenty miles north of Tiehling. The United Presbyterian Church established themselves there with an indigenous soldier and evangelist named Kuan, who worked in the city and surrounding district. Many converts were drawn from the Hwen Yuen, a Buddhist sect based in Kaiyuan. James Webster (1854-1923) became the first permanent UP minister in the city after the first Sino-Japanese war. James Inglis (1861-) and James Stobie (1869-) would both be based in the city during their time in Manchuria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79590
title: Communicants, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Communicants, Sunday 15th August 1926. [pictured] Rev Dr Arthur". View of indigenous peoples receiving communion from Rev John William Arthur, the medical missionary who was appointed to Kikuyu in 1915. He campaigned for educational rights for Africans, against female circumcision and he established the Kikuyu Mission volunteer carrier corps during the First World War. When taking over leadership of the site from Dr Henry Scott in 1911 the rate of baptisms rapidly increased from only 1 in 1907 to 179 by 1916. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901.The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. In April of the same year, the first day-school was opened for children. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79455
title: Indigenous Teacher, Acheng, 1910

description: “Old style Teacher, Ashiho [Acheng] 1910” Portrait of an older indigenous man standing at the corner of a building. The Women’s Foreign Mission had a strong presence in Manchuria and the majority of girl’s schools and women’s hospitals were run by female missionaries, many were qualified teachers or doctors. The United Presbyterian Church started work in Ashiho in 1892 when Dr Thomas Young arrived on itinerant medical work and treated over five hundred patients in three weeks. The mission was gifted a property from which they could do medical and evangelical work and Ashiho became the central hub for the region. The image is taken during the time of the Great Revival when interest in Christianity was at its height amongst the indigenous population and major inroads were being made into Korea.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79456
title: Indigenous mission workers, Acheng, 1910

description: “Cook & coolie, Ashiho [Acheng] 1910” Two Indigenous men standing in the snow outside the mission house. The Women’s Foreign Mission had a strong presence in Manchuria and the majority of girl’s schools and women’s hospitals were run by female missionaries, many were qualified teachers or doctors. The United Presbyterian Church started work in Ashiho in 1892 when Dr Thomas Young arrived on itinerant medical work and treated over five hundred patients in three weeks. The mission was gifted a property from which they could do medical and evangelical work and Ashiho became the central hub for the region. The image is taken during the time of the Great Revival when interest in Christianity was at its height amongst the indigenous population and major inroads were being made into Korea.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79478
title: Mission station, Anatom, ca.1890

description: ”Aneityum [Anatom] - Station at Anami, on the other side of the island from Anelcauhat. Dr. Inglis laboured at Anami. Aneityum is the most southern island of the New Hebrides, and is about 35 miles round, with mountains 3000 feet high. When Dr. Geddie settled on the island of Aneityum in 1848, the natives, with a few exceptions, were all heathen. When Dr. Inglis arrived in 1852, there were about 400 Christians. When he left in 1859, the whole 3500 professed Christianity.” Exterior view of Aneityum mission station, centre right, from a distant raised point. John Geddie [Canadian Church] pioneered the station in 1848 and over a hundred converts were made by 1853. John Inglis (1808-1891) and his wife joined him in 1853. They were commissioned by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland which was acting on the advice of Alexander Duff (1806-1878) that they should become a missionary Church.