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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79941
title: Wedding portrait, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Husband & wife of the wedding group." Portrait of a newly married couple sitting on chairs outside. Purulia is situated in the Santalia mission field in the Manbhoom district. The main station of the United Free Church of Scotland was based at Toondee [Tundi] while the mission at Purulia was established by the Gossner Mission Society of Berlin.
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-c123-79493
title: Missionaries and Malakulans, Malakula, ca.1890

description: “Malicolla [Malakula] - The mission station, just after the ground was cleared and the house erected. Mr. Morton, the missionary, stands in front of the nearest window, in white. Mr. Lawrie, missionary from Aneityum [Anatom], is on the right in dark clothes. Down below, on the extreme left is a chief. The young native on the right was afterwards murdered by a shot intended for Mr. Morton. The natives who are clothed are Christians.”  Group portrait in front of the clapboard mission station with corrugated roofing. The group consists of both indigenous and white men other than Morton and Lawrie. Some wear only the ‘namba’ (a traditional penis sheath from the New Hebrides [Vanuatu]) and others, including the women, are dressed in Western-style clothes. Alexander ‘Sandy’ Morton, a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, worked on Mallicolla between 1887 and 1892 before moving to Australia to serve as minister in Orbost, then a rural outpost of the colony of Victoria. James Hay Lawrie and his wife came from Edinburgh to Aneityum, and worked there from 1879-1896. Later he was minister of several charges in New South Wales. Margaret Lawrie died in 1922 and James Lawrie in 1929.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79940
title: Mosque, Puruliya, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Mohamedan Mosque Purulia". Exterior view of a Mosque with trees in the background and bare land and water in front. The Puruliya leprosy asylum was founded in 1888 by the German Lutheran Missionary Rev. Henry Uffman; with funding from the Mission to Lepers in Great Britain and assistance from the German Gossner’s mission. Rev. Uffman’s daughter Mary died from leprosy, aged eight.
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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79700
title: Hospital Verandah, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1911

description: "Every morning before any treatment is givn [sic], a service is held in the Verandah of the Hospital, where both out and in patients assemble, and hear of a gospel of love. Many of them come for weeks at a time to the out-dispensary, while the average period for in-patients is about 3 weeks, thus giving them the opportunity of hearing well our story, and realising the love that is so markedly manifested in a work such as ours. Our seed is bread cast upon the waters and after many days we shall see of the fruit of our labours." Exterior view of patients listening to religious service. ❧ "This Lecture was prepared by Dr J.W. Arthur in October 1911 on his voyage to Mombasa. The set of slides is the gift to the Kikuyu Mission of the Young Peoples Meeting at the Burgh Hall, Hillhead, of which he was for many years a member." A green folder marked 'Kikuyu' and containing lecture notes and relevant photographs to accompany lantern slides.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79943
title: Portrait of Kol people, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Khols [Kols]. Emigrants to Assam." Group portrait of migrant workers carrying their possessions. The Kol people were landless workers. This is probably at Purulia which was situated in the Santalia mission field in the Manbhoom district. The station at Purulia was established by the Gossner Mission Society of Berlin.
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-c123-80015
title: The Church School, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: Exterior view showing a large crowd seated on the ground outside the front entrance to the Church-School. The School was started by Lewis Mataka Bandawe who worked at the mission from 1913-1928. Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79798
title: Uganda railway, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1908-1912

description: "Landscape Kikuyu with Uganda Railway". Exterior view showing landscape near Kikuyu with Uganda railway in the foreground.The Uganda Railway was built between 1896 and 1931; it extended from Mombasa, Kenya to Kampala, Uganda. It was built by the British Government using Sikh labourers brought over from India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79594
title: Senior Class, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Miss Mowat's Senior Class" Group portrait of older school students and their teacher Miss Mary Mowat (centre of back row standing alongside the Reverend W.B. Stevenson), sitting outside of the main 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. In April of 1900, 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-c123-79632
title: Reverend Mr. Stevenson, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Rev Mr Stevenson meets at Mombasa James Waithaka." Portrait of Mr Stevenson and James Waithaka, captain of The Alliance High School xi team. 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-c123-79464
title: Cottage inside city wall, Liaoyang, 1910

description: “A small cottage inside Liaoyang city wall. This is a very typical small Chinese house, mud walls thatched roof, paper covered door & windows. Notice small panes of glass in windows, thatch held down with stones, fences made of millet stalks, diminutive lean to against wall of house either a dog kennel or henhouse, also outside window screen of millet stalks, rolled up in picture. A house like this would cost only about £6 or £7.” ❧ Liaoyang is situated on the Tai-tzu River south west of Moukden [Shenyang] and the United Presbyterian Church first established an outpost there when Old Wang, an indigenous evangelist, was sent there in 1882 by the Rev John Ross.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79614
title: Hospital, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Hunter Memorial Hospital - The Main Hospital" Exterior view of brick hospital building with large group of hospital staff standing outside main entrance. 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-c123-79469
title: Indigenous Teacher, Kaiyuan, Manchuria, 1910

description: “Old style teacher.” Portrait of an indigenous man wearing winter clothes and standing by a gate in a fence. 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-c123-79699
title: Hospital, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1911

description: "Coming closer to hand, we next see the Hospital and it's work. It was opened on Jany. 1st. 1908 and four years work has seen great things. Few patients came at first no lad would help in the work, hard superstition had to be fought, and prejudice overcome. Bit by bit the fight had been won, and to-day the Hospital is assured of success. There is increasing confidence among the people, the Hospital is never empty, both men and women, many coming long distances to avail themselves of it's treatment, and enjoy the loving attention and care of Christian hands." Exterior view of local hospital at Kikuyu. ❧ "This Lecture was prepared by Dr J.W. Arthur in October 1911 on his voyage to Mombasa. The set of slides is the gift to the Kikuyu Mission of the Young Peoples Meeting at the Burgh Hall, Hillhead, of which he was for many years a member." A green folder marked 'Kikuyu' and containing lecture notes and relevant photographs to accompany lantern slides.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79620
title: Temporary Ward, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Temporary Ward". External view of makeshift hospital wards, housed under thatched roofing and supported by wooden beams. 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-c123-79488
title: Reverend Dr Arthur, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: “The Hon’ble & Rev Dr. Arthur, Mrs Arthur & Carol, “Jo”, Rev Mr Stevenson.” Group portrait of those as listed. Carol and John or ‘Jo’ for short were the children of Mr and Mrs Arthur. 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-c123-79600
title: Classrooms, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: [from left to right] Reuben Hganga, Teacher, Rev Mr Stevenson, Miss Mowat" External view of open-walled classroom, with class ongoing inside. 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 190.1 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-c123-79634
title: Kikuyu Native Hut, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Kikuyu Native Hut. Heathen Mother & Heathen Village" Exterior view showing an indigenous woman and her children, standing outside of a 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-c123-79585
title: Rev Gitau and Karanja, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: [Listed from Left to Right] "Andrea Wainaina, Rev Mr Stevenson, Rev Musa Gitau, Chief Philip Karanja". External view of some of the minsters of Kikuyu. Chief Philip Karanja, seen on the right, was the first convert to be baptised (ca.1908). 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-c123-79596
title: Senior Class, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Senior Class in School." Interior view of classroom with Kikuyu senior class, and Miss Mary Mowat standing alongside Rev W.B Stevenson at the front of the classroom. 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. 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-c123-79601
title: Dormitory Girls, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Miss Brown and Dormitory Girls [pictured with] Ernest Kamau" Group portrait of young, indigenous girls, all dressed in matching white uniforms with teaching staff standing in the back row. . 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 190.1 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-c123-79964
title: House building, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Mr. Biuks, a settler from Yorkshire, building for himself a house". Exterior view of a wood framed, reed and mud house being built by indigenous workers. The mission to the Akikuyu [Kikuyu people] was at Kikuyu, in the Thogoto district, near Nairobi. The mission was established by Thomas Watson in 1898 and the Church of Scotland took on responsibility for the mission after his death in 1901
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission in Kenya, from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79611
title: Quarry and Masons, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Kikuyu Quarry and Masons" External view with indigenous men working in a stone quarry. 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-c123-79974
title: Captain Breading, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Captain Breading and his office." Portrait of an officer sitting outside a tent that holds an office desk. Captain Breading was possibly deployed at Fort Smith, a government station a few miles from the Kikuyu mission station. The mission had moved here from Kibwezi in 1898 under the leadership of Thomas Watson. The mission was transferred into the care of the Church of Scotland, 1901, which placed Dr David C R Scott and Dr Uffman in charge.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79894
title: Reverend Stevenson. Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: Arrival at Kikuyu, 13th August 1926. [listed] Rev Mr Stevenson, Mrs Grieve, Miss McMurtrie, Miss Brown" Group portrait of Rev Stevenson greeting the ladies as he arrives at Kikuyu. 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-c123-79970
title: Man on horseback, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: . "Mr Ainsworth Gov. Asst. Collector." Portrait showing Mr John Ainsworth (1864-1946), the colonial administrator, mounted on a horse. He was influential in the creation of land reserves for the Kikuyu and Maasai and became the protectorate’s first chief native commissioner. The Kikuyu mission was founded in 1898 by Thomas Watson with responsibility for the running of the station taken over by the Church of Scotland in 1901 after Mr Watson’s death.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79633
title: Football Teams, Kikuyu, Kenya, August 1926

description: [pictured on left] Jakuba Miiruru with Broad Jump Cup won at Kenya Olympic Games (1926) (Centre Half) Captain CSM xi. [pictured on right] James Waithaka son of Muturi (Back) Captain AHS xi. Two Kikuyu xi Team who played in First International for Kenya v Uganda (1926)." Group portrait of two young indigenous students and the Reverend Stevenson. 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-c123-79890
title: Dead leopard, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "Leopard." Image of a dead leopard strung up on a pole carried on the shoulders of two people, of which one can be seen to the right of the image. The leopard is tied to the pole by its neck and both sets of legs. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].