cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35033
title: QC-30.029.0011

description: Annotation translation: "Dr. Wilhelm Stokes, Brother Gysin, Pastor Aschanaga, Catechist Theodor, Maria, Br. Stier, Br. Seiler, Dr. Dipper, Brother Müller, Mrs Stier, Catechist Bethuel, Inspector Dipper, Brother Scheuer, Brother Jaus, Brother Benner. At the windows: Mrs Jaus, Brother Knobloch, Brother Renz, Mrs Renz." [The names are noted on a srip of paper which has been pasted to the mount.]; Annotation: "Wilhelm Dr. Stokes, Br. Gysin, Pfarrer Aschanaga,  Katechist Theodor, Maria, Br. Stier, Br. Seiler, Dr. Dipper, Br. F. Müller, Fr. Stier, Katechist Bethuel, Hr. Insp. Dipper, Br. Scheuer, Br. Jaus, Br. Benner. An den Fenstern: Fr. Jaus, Br. Knobloch, Br. Renz, Fr. Renz." [Namen auf angeklebtem Papierstreifen notiert] .; Note translation: I fear that the list of names is very difficult to link to the people on the photograph.....Mrs Jaus is at the window on the right, but only four people are listed as looking out of the windows, not five. We very quickly get into trouble with list of those standing. Do  we read it from the right or from the left? Who are the ladies second from left or fourth from right? (PJ 08.2000).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35240
title: Wagon for the deities.
title: Götzen-Wagen. Ost-Indien.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m34958
title: A son and heir! What a joy!
title: Ein Stammhalter! Welche Freude.

description: Identity of photographer questionable.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35197
title: Open air sunday school in Kodakal. India.
title: Sonntagsschule von Kodakal im Freien. Indien.

description: Annotation translation: "Teacher Sam Perimham, Rev. Bosshardt, Mrs Bosshardt,  Mrs Boas, Rev. Boas, Teacher Emilie, Secretary J. Batram."; Annotation: "Lehrer Sam Perimham, Miss Bosshardt, Frau Bosshardt u. Boas, Miss. Boas, Lehrerin Emilie, Schreiber J. Batram."; Note: "Sonntagsschule von Kodakal im Freien 1901..." (C-30-0,1). - F. Boas vermutlich nur Bildlieferant. (C-30-0,1).; Note translation: "Open air sunday school of Kodakal, 1901..." (C-30-0,1). - Probably handed over to the collection by F. Boas (C-30-0,1).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35120
title: Basel Mission staff in India en route to their internment camp. Back row....
title: Basler Missionsleute in Indien auf dem Weg zu Internierung. Hintere Reihe ...
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m34949
title: Kalhatti.
title: Kalhatti.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m34987
title: QC-30.026.0112

description: Identity of photographer questionable.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m34980
title: QC-30.026.0105

description: Identity of photographer questionable.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35011
title: 29. Nayer with skin-leprosy, India.
title: 29. Nayer mit Haut-Lepra, Indien.

description: Annotation translation: "Basel Mission."; Annotation: "Basler Missions-Gesellschaft."; Stamped: "Basler Missions-Museum."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35018
title: 41. Girl with leprosy, India.
title: 41. Aussätziges Mädchen, Indien.

description: Annotation translation: "Basel Mission."; Annotation: "Basler Missions-Gesellschaft."; Stamped: "Basler Missions-Museum."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35063
title: Woman selling cattle dung (for burning).
title: Kuhmist-Verkäuferin (Brennmaterial).

description: Stamped: "J. Böesinger."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35019
title: 42. Boy with leprosy, India.
title: 42. Aussätziger Knabe, Indien.

description: Annotation translation: "Basel Mission."; Annotation: "Basler Missions-Gesellschaft."; Stamped: "Basler Missions-Museum."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35035
title: Pastor (Stephen Chandran in Calicut).
title: Pfarrer (Stephan Chandren in Calicut).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4214
title: Temporary chapel at Luojing, China,1940.

description: This is a photograph of the temporary chapel at Loking [now Luojing]. This is a good sized room with benches and an altar with windows on either side of it. There are vertical banners wtih Chinese characters on either side of the room and above the altar.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35027
title: Dr and Mrs Daut.
title: Dr. Daut &. Frau.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4023
title: The priests' house at Beijie, China, 1933.

description: This is a photograph of the priests' house in Pakkai [now Beijie]. It is in an "L" shape with balconies around it. Large plant growth seen in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4031
title: Maryknoll priests at Beijie, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. McGinn, Bro. Benendict and a dog named Patsy. Fr. McGinn is holding the dog and sitting on a wooden crate whil Bo. Benedict watches. Behind them is a low stone wall with picket fence on top.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4115
title: The river at Dongzhen, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of the the river at Dongzhen. "The mission is behind the trees on the left - about fifty yards from the shore." Many carefully placed logs are piled at the waters edge and a bridge connects the two side of the river. In the background are mountains and a couple of shelters.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4008
title: Bps. Gauthier and Rev. James E. Walsh at Wuzhou, China,  1920.

description: This is a photograph of Bishops Gauthier [left] and Rev. James E. Walsh [right] at Wuzhou.; Born in Maryland, Fr. James E. Walsh graduated from Mt. St. Mary's College at age 19 and worked two years as a timekeeper in a steel mill. He entered the first class of Maryknoll in 1912 and in 1915 became the second priest ordained in the Society. Three years later. 1918,  he was assigned to Kwong Tung (present Guangdong), China.  Pope Pius XI named Fr. Walsh as the first Bishop of the Vicariate of Kongmoon. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1927 at Shepherd of the Church on Sancian Island the death place of St. Francis Xavier.  In 1936, Bishop Walsh was elected second Superior General following the death of Bishop James A. Walsh, the founder of Maryknoll. In 1948 he as asked to return to China to head the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai. In 1951 the government closed the bureau. He was arrested in 1959 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1970 he was released after spending nearly 12 years in prison.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4213
title: Queen of the Angels Chapel at Luoding, China,1928.

description: This is a photograph of the "Queen of the Angels" Chapel which was a memorial to Fr. Mc Shane. The chapel is made of brick, has stained glass windows, large with wooden benches and artwork above the altar.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4069
title: Two boys at Dongzhen, China, 1924

description: This is a photograph of two boys playing or possibly washing in the grass. One has his hands in a tub of water. They both have caps on.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4055
title: The chapel of the Holy Rosary at Xinyi, China, 1926.

description: This is a photograph of the chapel of the Holy Rosary at Sunyi [now Xinyi]. The altar is decorated with candles and flowers. Large vases holding large flowering plants are on either side of the altar. The gate to the altar is made of brick and cement and intricate wood work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4149
title: The gatehouse at the mission in Dongan, China, 1946.

description: This is a photograph of the the Dongan gatehouse looking from the inside out. Mountains are in the background and two people can be seen in the entrance way.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4014
title: Maryknoll priests at Kowloon, China, 1926.

description: This is a photograph of [from left to right] Frs. John Dorsey, Robert Sheridan, Thomas O'Melia, Frederick Dietz, J. Murray, James A. Walsh, Bro. Michael Hogan, Frs. Ford and Ruppert.; Rev. O'Melia was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.  His family moved to the U.S. in 1903 and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1912.  He entered Maryknoll in 1914 and was ordained in 1923.  He was assigned to Kongmoon.  In 1934 he was assigned to direct the Maryknoll language school in Hong Kong, and returned to Kongmoon in 1942.  He went to Shanghai in 1945 to work with UNRRA until 1947.  After some years in the U.S. he returned to Hong Kong from 1959-1967, returning to the U.S. in 1968. -- Born in New York, Fr. Dietz came to Maryknoll in 1915 and was ordained to the priesthood on September 11, 1916. He took his Perpetual Oath to the Society in 1930. He was assigned to Kongmoon in 1920 and in 1930 he became the Society Superior of the mission. He was a delegate to the first General Chapter of the Society in 1929. In 1932 he was named to the Synodal Commission in Peking. In 1937 he became Procurator General in Rome. He was active in teaching until his death.  -- Rev. Murray was born in Cambridge, MA.  He entered Maryknoll in 1914 and was ordained in 1921.  He was assigned to Kwangsi, South China, where he remained until 1927.  Afterwards he worked in Hawaii. -- Born in Massachusetts and educated at Boston public schools, Bp. Walsh attended Boston College and Harvard University before entering St. John's Seminary at age 19. He was ordained on May 20, 1892. He spent the first ten years as a priest in pastoral work at St. Patrick's Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1903 his mission spirit came alive when he was appointed Diocesan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.  As Director, Father Walsh founded "The Field Afar", a publication to supplement the Annals of the SPF.  In 1910, Fr. Walsh met Fr. Thomas F. Price of North Carolina at the Eucharistic Congress in Montreal. They worked out a plan for the American foreign mission seminary. The plan was approved by the American Hierarchy and Pope Pius X in 1911. In 1912, property wa
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35562
title: Types of house in India.
title: Indische Hausformen.

description: Identity of photographer questionable.; Note: Reproduktion eines Photopositivs in Privatbesitz. Cf. Anhang zu Indien-Erinnerungen, S.66 (C-10.27,2b): "Indische Hausformen."; Note translation: Reproduction of a photograph in private hands. See the appendix to the document "Indien-Erinnerungen, p. 67, Basel Mission Archive C-10.27,2b. "Types of house in India."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4046
title: Rev. Robert J. Cairns, MM at a mission station at Taishan, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of a group of Chinese at a mission station of Xinchang. The pastor, Rev. Robert J. Cairns, MM is standing to the far left.; Fr. Cairns was born in Glasgow, Scotland and became a Maryknoll Missionary in 1918 at the age of thirty-four. He spent many years in China in Yeung Kong [now Yang-Chiang], Fachow [now Fahsien] and eventually Sancian Island. During WWII he was captured by the Japanese on Sancian Island and killed. His presumed date of death is December 14, 1941.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4012
title: Maryknoll priests in Hong Kong, China, 1919.

description: This is a photograph of [from left to right] Frs. J. E. Walsh, D. McShane, A. Gauthier and B. Meyer. They are wearing coats and hats, the location is unknown.; Born in Maryland, Fr. Walsh graduated from Mt. St. Mary's College at age 19 and worked two years as a timekeeper in a steel mill. He entered the first class of Maryknoll in 1912 and in 1915 became the second priest ordained in the Society. Three years later. 1918,  he was assigned to Kwong Tung (present Guangdong), China.  Pope Pius XI named Fr. Walsh as the first Bishop of the Vicariate of Kongmoon. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1927 at Shepherd of the Church on Sancian Island the death place of St. Francis Xavier.  In 1936, Bishop Walsh was elected second Superior General following the death of Bishop James A. Walsh, the founder of Maryknoll. In 1948 he as asked to return to China to head the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai. In 1951 the government closed the bureau. He was arrested in 1959 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1970 he was released after spending nearly 12 years in prison. -- Rev. McShane was born in Indiana.  He joined Maryknoll in 1912 as a deacon, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1914, the first ordained for Maryknoll.  He was assigned to Tungchen in 1919 and to Loting the following year.  There he set up an orphanage for abandoned children.  In 1927 he contracted smallpox from a dying infant, which brought about his own death. He was buried in front of the Loting parish rectory. -- 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4041
title: An altar erected at a mission station at Xinchang, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of an altar erected at Toishan [now Taishan], a mission station at Sunchong [now Xinchang]. This altar was paid for by Miss Julia M. Morrissey of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4085
title: Fr. North conducting a funeral at Dongzhen, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of a funural at the Dongzhen. Two men have carried the hand made coffin by attaching it with ropes to a large pole for transporting it. Father North is leading a small group of people in prayer before it is buried. Another missioner, dressed in white, is in the rear of the photo and partially hidden.; Rev. North was born in Brooklyn, NY.  He entered Maryknoll in 1925 and was ordained in1937.  He was assigned to Kongmoon remaining in China throughout the war years.  He was recalled to the U.S. in 1947, where he served in a number of capacities.  In 1966 he was assigned to Transfiguration Parish in Chinatown, NYC, where he remained until retirement in 1977.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4039
title: New home built with "priest's room" included at Xinchang, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of Mr. Hoh Yuet Wa's new house, all cement and teak wood [built at a cost of $14,000 c.c.]. It has a  "priest's room" where the missioner is always welcome. It is a mission station of Sunchong [now Xinchang].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4040
title: Memorial plate at a mission station at Xinchang, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of a "memorial plate of brass, letters engraved and painted black mounted on teak wood at a mission station of Sunchong [now Xinchang]." The plate reads in both English and Chinese: "This altar was donated by Ellen Morrissey [now deceased], please pray for the eternal repose of her soul."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4130
title: Marble mountains at  Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of two mountains of pure marble in Dongan. Trees grow in the valley [foreground]
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4048
title: Fr. Larry Conley with children at Taishan, China, 1946.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Conley with the youngsters whom he sheltered in an old temple.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4086
title: An empty coffin at Dongzhen, China, 1938.

description: This is a photograph of men carrying an empty coffin. The coffin is tied to poles with rope for transporting and there is a cloth draped over it. It takes four men to carry it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4151
title: Caretakers house at Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of a sun-dried brick house at the Dongan mission. Fr. Rauschenbach wrote: "This sun-dried brick house represents the sum total of the buildings at present that the Tung-On [now Dongan] mission can boast of at our future center. It was rebuilt at a cost of fifty dollars gold, shortly after we bought the property and is used to house several Christians living on the property as care takers."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4215
title: A Mass with children at Luoding, China,1919.

description: This is a photograph of Mass with a group of children at Luoding. The room is very simple with little decoration. There is a banner behind the altar with Chinese characters written on it. A crucifix is above the banner. One lantern hangs above the altar.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4095
title: New property at Dongon, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of a new site of Maryknoll property at Tungon [now Dongan], which is two and one half times as large as the Loting [now Luoding] property.; Maryknoll, The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, was founded in 1911 by Revs. James Anthony Walsh and Thomas Frederick Price to be the main mission outreach of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States.  The first group of missioners departed in 1918 for China. Today Maryknoll Priests, Brothers and Sisters are missioned in over 30 countries around the world.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4034
title: Two beggars at Beijie, China, 1934.

description: This is a photograph of two children begging at the wharf. They were "holding up" Fr. Cummings. The two children are holding baskets out for donations.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4092
title: A village at  Dongzhen, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of a small village nestled in a valley at Dongzhen. Crops are in the foreground and mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4060
title: The chapel at Dongzhen, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the chapel at Dongzhen which has an ornate and very tall steeple. Three Chinese symbols are above the entrance.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4058
title: The Mission compound at Tungchan, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the Mission compound at Tungchan. It is surrounded by trees and there is a pathway to the door worn in the dirt. Several potted plants on on the wall surrounding the house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4036
title: Maryknoll priest Rev. Robert J. Cairns, MM at Xinchang, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of Rev. Robert J. Cairns, MM preaching at Sunchong [now Xinchang] to a congregation of Chinese people.; Fr. Cairns was born in Glasgow, Scotland and became a Maryknoll Missionary in 1918 at the age of thirty-four. He spent many years in China in Yeung Kong [now Yang-Chiang], Fachow [now Fahsien] and eventually Sancian Island. During WWII he was captured by the Japanese on Sancian Island and killed. His presumed date of death is December 14, 1941.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4164
title: Temporary chapel at the mission in Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of the "temporary chapel of the Tung-on [now Dongan] mission in a rented house just outside the city walls." It is a small room with sheets hung as curtains and only a few benches. Two men are praying in the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4165
title: "Lord of the Heaven's" mountain at Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of the "Lord of the Heaven's Mountain [T'in Chue Shaan], God's Mountain so called because it stands all alone." There is a single structure visible on the very top of the mountain and a river below it and in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4043
title: The chapel at Xinchang, China, 1926.

description: This is a photograph of the interior of the Xinchang chapel. A large banner with Chinese characters hangs from the ceiling above the altar. Large Chinese lamps hang from the ceiling on both sides of the altar. The benches and railings are made of wood.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4087
title: Logs floating to Luojing, China, 1937.

description: This is a photograph of  "logs to market - floating to Lohking [now Luojing]". The river is rocky and the logs seem to rest in a calm pool of water in the river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4042
title: An altar at a mission station at Xinchang, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of an altar erected at a mission station at Sunchong [now Xinchang]. The altar, steps and railing are made of cement and brick and glazed tile posts. This altar was paid for by Miss Julia M. Morrissey of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4030
title: Rev. James E. Walsh, MM boarding a boat at Beijie, China, 1927

description: This is a photograph of  "Apostolic Delegate...Costantini and Msgr. Walsh at Pakkai"[now Beijie]. Msgr. Walsh is standing with his back to the camera. They appear to be boarding a boat to cross a river.; Born in Maryland, Fr. Walsh graduated from Mt. St. Mary's College at age 19 and worked two years as a timekeeper in a steel mill. He entered the first class of Maryknoll in 1912 and in 1915 became the second priest ordained in the Society. Three years later. 1918,  he was assigned to Kwong Tung (present Guangdong), China.  Pope Pius XI named Fr. Walsh as the first Bishop of the Vicariate of Kongmoon. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1927 at Shepherd of the Church on Sancian Island the death place of St. Francis Xavier.  In 1936, Bishop Walsh was elected second Superior General following the death of Bishop James A. Walsh, the founder of Maryknoll. In 1948 he as asked to return to China to head the Catholic Central Bureau in Shanghai. In 1951 the government closed the bureau. He was arrested in 1959 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1970 he was released after spending nearly 12 years in prison.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m35262
title: Hindu woman with child milking a holy cow.
title: Hindufrau mit Kind eine heilige Kuh melkend.

description: Note: Cf. "Zuwachs des Basler Missions-Museums", Bd.1, S.20.; Note translation: Cf. accessions list of the Basel Mission museum, vol.1, p.20.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4114
title: The terrain of Dongzhen, China, 1937

description: This is a photograph of the Dongzhen terrain consisting of many hills and mountains for as far as one can see. Tiny villages are barely visible in the valleys. This photo was taken from a mountain top.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4194
title: Marble mountain at Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of a pure marble mountain. Several men stand on the left side of the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4196
title: Maryknoll's new property at Dongan, China, 1928

description: This is a photograph of a new land that Maryknoll aquired in Dongan, China.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4075
title: Two young men working at Dongzhen, China, 1937.

description: This is a photograph of two young men providing water for the rice seedlings with a two-man pumping system.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4183
title: Marble City at Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of Marble City as seen from a distance. There are large, steep marble mountains in the background and the "city" is at the base of these mountains. In the foreground are rice fields.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4184
title: Maryknoll's new property at Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of Maryknoll's new property at Dongan, including the fields in the foreground. In the background are more fields and mountains with the "armchair mountain" in the center.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4027
title: Language school at Beijie, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of the language school at Pakkai [now Beijie]. The front of the house features two large arched balconies with smaller balconies wrapping aroud one side and Chinese architecture.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4032
title: The builder of the language school at Beijie, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of  "Lau Fau, the contractor who built the Pakkai [now Beijie] Language School [third from the left]." He stands with 3 other men on the front steps of the school. The entry way has Western and Chinese elements. The columns are simple, the canopy over the door is Asian inspired, and the door fenestration is Georgian in style.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4166
title: A view from the porch of the mission house at Dongan, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of "the arm-chair mountain, looking from the porch of the mission house at Tung-On [now Dongan]." A view through an arched opening of the balcony. The arm-chair mountain is the larger of the mountains to the left.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4090
title: Marble mountains of Dongzhen, China, 1921.

description: This is a photograph of the marble mountains of Dongzhen. "Chinese hills are steep and rough". Crops can be seen in the foreground and only mountains for miles in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4132
title: Marble City at  Dongan, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of Marble City at Tungon [now Dongan] which lies in the valleys of mountains. In the forground are rice fields.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4035
title: Children at Beijie, China, 1947.

description: This is a photograph of a group of children waiting at the river's edge close to the Maryknoll compound in Beijie.