cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80185
title: Indian Ward, Blantyre Mission Hospital, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Indian Ward." Exterior view of a single storey brick building flanked by trees. A bequest from Osman Adam to fund and equip an Indian ward was supported by his son Haji Abubakar Osman, who funded numerous charitable foundations in Central and East Africa. Haji was based in Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi] where he was a town councillor and owned large tracts of land. Osman Adam arrived in Africa in 1885, and established a general merchant’s store known as Osman Adam. With stores throughout Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], British Central Africa [Malawi] and Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] he became the largest Muslim merchant businessman in the region. He died in 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80315
title: Blacksmiths, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

description: “Native Blacksmiths at work.” Exterior view of indigenous men working with an anvil. The Overtoun Training Institution at Livingstonia trained workers in carpentry, printing, pottery, brickwork, metal work and other trades. The Institution employed indigenous workers to produce goods for trade. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80027
title: Children lined up outside the manse, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Blantyre Manse". Exterior view showing two long rows of children at the entrance to the manse at Blantyre. The manse is to the left of the image and there are buildings and trees in the background. There is a man on the front step of the manse. Blantyre manse was built by David Clement Scott in 1883, replacing the old original manse but retaining its name 'Maganga', which means the stone house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80033
title: Hospital building, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Isobel Scott Ward". Exterior view of a hospital building, housing the Mabel Scott ward. There is a corner of another building on the left of the image, with three men seated next to it; two have bandages on their legs. There is bare scrubland in front of the building. Isobel Scott was the wife of David Clement Ruffelle Scott, she died in Mozambique on the 30th March 1895 on her way home, she was the sister of John Bowie, medical missionary at Blantyre, died 1891, and Harriet Bowie who was married to Henry Henderson, pioneer of Blantyre mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80057
title: Boys seated on a river embankment, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Crocodile Eggs." Portrait of two boys seated on a river bank with their feet in the water, there are reeds and trees on either side of them. Both boys are holding crocodile eggs in their right hands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80291
title: Carpenter’s house, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

description: “Carpenter’s house.” Exterior view of a one storey building. ❧ Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe. As well as the school, hospital and accommodation, there were workshops for carpentry, printing and engineering, and mills, brickworks and a pottery. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80035
title: Hospital Ward, Blantyre Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Interior of European Ward". Interior view of a small hospital ward, with a single bed, a chaise lounge and small tables. There is a European woman in the bed.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80148
title: Shire River Rapids, Malope, Malawi, ca.1904

description: "Shire R. rapids below Malope". Landscape view showing the rapids of the Shire River, below Malope in Southern Malawi, with small islands and rocks midstream and thick vegetation surrounding.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80139
title: Domasi mission station, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Domasi Stn. showing Manse". Exterior view showing Domasi mission station in the distance surrounded by scrubland. There are mountains in the distance and paths leading avay from the building to the front right and left of the image. The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions, extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80036
title: Dressing station, Blantyre Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Front of Surgery- dressers & patients, Bernard & Kalima dressing". Exterior view of the front of a hospital building, with a corrugated metal roofed veranda. There are eleven men seated on the veranda and two men, Bernard and Kalima, standing holding bandages, next to large earthenware vessels with pots and bowls in front of them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80072
title: Two boys seated, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Two duellists". Group portrait of two boys seated on the ground either side of a small recently planted tree. They are sat on a path in front of a grass area. There are further paths and buildings in the background. Both boys are looking to the left of the camera.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80026
title: Blantyre church and grounds, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Blantyre Church". Exterior view of Blantyre church, Malawi. There are buildings in the background and trees to the front of the image. Blantyre Mission was established in 1876 in South Nyasaland by Henry Henderson (1843-1891) from here other mission stations were established at Zomba, Domasi, Chirazulu and Mlanje. Blantyre was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. According to Stewart of Lovedale it is, ‘probably the most striking native church in all central Africa, except the cathedral at Zanzibar’. The Blantyre mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash, crops.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80186
title: Female accommodation, Blantyre School, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "The Ladies' House." Exterior view of the accommodation for female staff at Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. The Blantyre mission excelled in medical and education provision, and a school was opened very soon after the mission was established in 1876. A decision was made early in the 20th century to centralise advanced education at Blantyre. From 1907 the colonial government started contributing small grants of money to missionary educational efforts.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80154
title: Mr Reid and school teachers, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1897

description: "Mr Reid & School-Teachers, Blantyre". Group portrait showing Mr James Reid, General Agent at Blantyre from 1891, and eleven indigenous school teachers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80136
title: Robert Cleland's old house, Chiradzulu, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Chiradzulo[Chiradzulu]. Cleland's old house. Chir: Mountains in background". Exterior view showing a large thatched building with mud walls. The house was originally build by Robert Cleland (1857-1890) b. Coatbridge, d. Blantyre [Malawi]. Studied Latin, Greek and Engineering. Arrived in Nyasaland in 1887 and established a mission at Chirazulo where he laboured alone for three years. The original intent had been to establish a mission a Mlanje but the local chief, Chikumbu, delayed this until 1890 due to a dispute over slaves who had sought sanctuary in Blantyre. He died, unmarried, of fever in Blantyre, 1890, and was the first member of the Church of Scotland Young Men’s Guild to die in a mission field.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80155
title: Group portrait including; Dr. A. Scott, Mr Reid, Mr Greville, Sir A. Sharpe and Commander Gurney, Malawi, 1895

description: "Group taken at time of Kawinga war :- including; Dr. Affleck Scott Mr Reid Mr Greville Sir Alfred Sharpe Commander Gurney R.N." Group portrait showing three seated European men with two standing behind. The men were part of a small force gathered to defend against the Yao chief, Kawinga. Kawinga’s plan was to attack the nearest British settlement to his village which was the Domasi mission. Acting Commissioner Sir Alfred Sharpe erected an outpost between Domasi and Kawinga’s village and it was from this post that the men set out to quell the uprising. Scott and Reid were there to provide medical assistance.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78580
title: Divinity dance of buddhists in Paryat Hills, India, ca.1920-1929

description: View of five people, in elaborate costumes, performing a dance of religious significance in an exterior square. The costumes represent different Buddhist deities and the performance is watched by three monks in the background, two sitting on steps leading up to a building and one sitting next to the building entrance. ❧ This photograph belongs to an album of mixed photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80132
title: Young man next to Palms, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1904

description: "Palms bet: Blantyre & Domasi". Exterior view showing a young man with folded arms standing to the right of multiple palms.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80133
title: School boys, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Group of scholars, Blantyre". Group portrait showing three rows of school boys in front of a canvas tent wall, facing the camera. There are five boys standing at the back, with seven seated on a bench in front of them and two boys seated on the ground.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80308
title: Big game trophy, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

description: “A buffalo head.” Portrait of a dismembered buffalo head. The Henga Valley is situated in Northern Malawi and was a favourite resort for big game hunting. Close to Livingstonia many missionaries hunted in the area. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80031
title: School, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Boys at drill Blantyre, Chinazulo School (Che Samuel)". Exterior view of Chirazulo [Chiradzulu] school, it is a small thatched building with three young African boys sitting outside and one standing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80173
title: Chifunde stream, Mozambique, ca.1904

description: "Chifunde stream". Exterior view showing small falls on Chifunde stream, Mozambique, with thick vegetation on either side. There is also a small group of Indigenous and European people sitting and standing at the top of the falls to the left of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80197
title: African Hut, Ngumbe, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Old Native Hut, circular, 10 ft diameter, one compartment." Exterior view of wattle and daub hut with two male Africans in foreground. One is wearing European clothes (shorts and shirt) and the other is wearing native African dress.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80140
title: Domasi mission station, Malawi, ca.1895

description: "old". Topographical view showing the the layout of Domasi mission station and surrounding buildings and fields, with hills and mountains in the background. The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions, extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80144
title: Namuli mountains, Mozambique, ca.1904

description: "In Lomweland, peaks of Namuli". Landscape view showing savannah leading towards mountains in the distance in the Zambezia district of Portuguese East Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80137
title: Old Residency, Zomba, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Old residency Zomba". Exterior view showing a wide path leading towards a large brick building, the path is partially fenced. The ‘Old Residency’ was the name of the official British Consul residency built by the Buchanan brothers, beside their plantation at Zomba, in 1886 for Consul Hawes. The grounds were turned into a botanical garden.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80164
title: West Towers of Blantyre Church, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "West Towers of Church." Exterior view of western façade of St Michael and All Angels church, Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. The red brick church was designed by David Clement Scott and built between the years 1888 and 1891 with the help of local labour, and using local materials.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80166
title: St Michael and All Angels Church, Blantyre, Malawi, with Africans in foreground, ca.1926

description: "Church from N.E." Exterior view of St Michael and All Angels church Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi] from the north-east. A group of Africans carrying bundles above their heads occupies the foreground. The red brick church was built between the years 1888 and 1891 using local labour and materials. It was built under the direction and supervision of Rev. David Clement Scott. Scott was not an architect by training and did not draw up formal plans but his design was ambitious and included domes, arches and buttresses.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81464
title: Twelve Apostles hills, Cape Town, South Africa, 19-20 June 1917

description: “The Twelve Apostles – Cape Town – June 19th – 20th.” Landscape view of the Table mountain range on the Atlantic coast. Taken from the SS Durham Castle when transporting troops heading for German East Africa. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in East Africa. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80118
title: Ntumbi mission house, Tanzania, ca.1904

description: “N'tumbi mission-house". Exterior view of thatched brick building, with cultivated land to the front and a hill covered with trees behind. The Ntumbi mission, an outpost of Blantyre mission, was established in 1893 by two European women, including a Miss Alice Werner and a couple of native teachers. The ladies left for Blantyre in 1894 due to ill health. The mission was reopened in 1898 under the leadership of "Father Harry", a Yao and evangelist teacher. Father Harry was ordained in 1911.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80240
title: Church under construction, Mulanje, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "M'Lange and District. Colonial Work. Building a Church for Tea-planters." Group portrait of builders at a construction site, surrounded by bricks. Tea-growing was central to the M’Lange [Mulanje] district and many people were employed at tea plantations. The site of this church at Nakola (later known as St Andrews Church) was chosen to be next to the road, and also a golf course. The tea-planters also donated stained glass windows.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80143
title: Zoa falls on Ruo River, Malawi, ca.1904

description: "Zoa falls on Ruo river". Exterior view showing a large waterfall know as the Zoa falls on the River Ruo in Southern Malawi near Mulanje. There is very sparse vegetation on either side of the falls.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80145
title: Two boys next to a stream, Mozambique, ca.1904

description: "In Lomweland, stream". Landscape view showing two young boys standing on rocks next to a small stream, they are surrounded by trees and palms. Situated in the Zambezia district of Portuguese East Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80049
title: Boys with field mice, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "The Capture." Group portrait of three boys crouching, holding a dead field mouse, in each hand facing the camera. Field mice are a common snack known as mbewa in Malawi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80221
title: Ndirande hills, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "View from Doctor's house, looking towards Ndirande hills." Landscape view of Ndirande Hill, a mountain peak near Blantyre which is the 80th highest in Malawi. Part of an album of photographs relating to the mission at Blantyre, which was established in 1876 in the Shire Highlands of Southern Nyasaland [Malawi] by Henry Henderson (1843-1891). The mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash crops.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81513
title: Troops exercising on deck, Indian Ocean, July 1917

description: “physical jerks –the troops . HMT Ingoma.” Exterior view on a ship’s deck with soldiers doing squats. The SS Ingoma was a converted troopship transporting soldiers to Dar es Salaam in German East Africa, including the photographer Lt. A C Irvine, RAMC. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in East Africa. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80124
title: Pressing cotton, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "cotton press." Portrait of two indigenous men using a cotton press to bale cotton for transportation. There is a brick thatched roof building to the right of the image and a sealed cotton bale to the left imprinted with 'Z.I.M. London'.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80220
title: Vegetation near doctor's house, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Illustrating the blue gum trees. Doctor's house at side." Landscape view of vegetation surrounding mission station at Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. Part of an album of photographs relating to the mission at Blantyre, which was established in 1876 in the Shire Highlands of Southern Nyasaland [Malawi] by Henry Henderson (1843-1891). The mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash crops.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80217
title: Food preparation, Malawi, ca.1926

description: Portrait of two African women engaged in daily chores outside a native building. The women use baskets to agitate the flour to remove chaff. Two young males observe them in the background. Part of an album of photographs relating to the mission at Blantyre, which was established in 1876 in the Shire Highlands of Southern Nyasaland [Malawi] by Henry Henderson (1843-1891). The mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash crops.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80051
title: Boys cooking outside, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Boiling." Group portrait of three boys seated around a cooking pot, boiling field mice. Field mice are a common snack known as mbewa in Malawi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80050
title: Preparing Field mice for cooking, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Singeing." Group portrait of three boys sitting around fire embers singeing the fur off field mice before cooking them.Field mice are a common snack known as mbewa in Malawi
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80307
title: Eagle at Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

description: “An eagle.” Portrait of an eagle sitting on a log. ❧ The Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80187
title: African Teacher's House, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Native Teacher's House." Exterior view of a teacher’s house at Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. Three people stand in the foreground. The Blantyre mission excelled in medical and education provision, and a school was opened very soon after the mission was established in 1876. A decision was made early in the 20th century to centralise advanced education at Blantyre. From 1907 the colonial government started contributing small grants of money to missionary educational efforts.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80201
title: Church interior, Limbe, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Small district church, Limbe. Entire cost borne by congregation. The seats are made of brick covered with mud." Interior view down the nave of a district church, Limbe, Nyasaland [Malawi].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80196
title: Interior of Ngumbe District Church, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "A District Church, Ngumbe. Interior of Church." Interior view of the district church, Ngumbe, Nyasaland [Malawi]. This new district church was completed in 1926, and its cost was borne by the indigenous population. This image gives a view down the nave to a group of male worshippers, and the pews and brick floor are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80208
title: Clergy inspecting progress of Kacheri Church, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "The Brick Church in course of construction. The native evangelist of the congregation, Dr Hetherwick, Dr Laws." View of an unroofed church interior with three men in the foreground. Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) was a trained doctor as well as an ordained minister. He was an original member of the Livingstonia Mission party, and was involved in prospecting many sites for missionary stations. Dr Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939) was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. He was also the leader of the Blantyre Mission during the Chilembwe Rising of 1915, when African Christians revolted against colonial rule.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80142
title: Domasi river, Malawi, ca.1904

description: "Domasi River. School-boys". Exterior view showing three school boys seated around a short section of falls on the river Domasi, two are seated on rocks in the middle of the stream whilst the third is seated to the left of the image at the side of the river. Tree branches overhang the river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80052
title: Boys roasting mice, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Roasting." Group portrait of boys seated around a fire roasting mice, which are skewered on a single stick. Field mice are a common snack known as mbewa in Malawi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80292
title: Printer’s house, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

description: “Printer’s house.” Exterior view of a thatched building with a man and woman on the verandah. ❧ Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe. As well as the school, hospital and accommodation, there were workshops for carpentry, printing and engineering, and mills, brickworks and a pottery. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.