cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3618
title: River in Meixien, China, 1925

description: This is a photograph of "one of the many mountain streams in the Hakka Mission. They sing in the dry weather but roar after the rains. The house was a wayside inn, later removed to higher ground."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3610
title: The rooftops of Chaochow in Meixien, China, [s.d.].

description: This is a photograph of "the rooftops of Chaochow [Swatow Vicariate]. The houses of this region and of the new Maryknoll Mission are more ornamented than among the Cantonese. The house in the center foreground [with the wash drying in the courtyard] has it's roof trimmed with broken bottles against thieves."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3619
title: Half-way house between Meixien and Soule, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "the half-way house between Kaying [now Meixien] and Siou Loc [now Soule]." There is a river running between two large mountains. The house is on the left side.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3608
title: Boys playing at seminary in Meixien, China, [s.d.].

description: This is a photograph of children playing marbles at the back door of the seminary. Brother Augustine acts as umpire [dressed in white with pith helmet].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3612
title: A mill in Meixien, China, 1941.

description: This is a photograph of "a mill for grinding stones into face powder."  It appears to be a primitive building with wooden plank sides and a straw roof. There is a large pile of rocks in front of it and mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3624
title: A cemetery in Meixien, China,[s.d.].

description: This is a photograph of  "a grave of a French missioner who died at Siou Loc." A large stone marks the grave with a small doorway in the stone. The grave is surrounded by dirt and the cross is on top of it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3627
title: Three local men in Meixien, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of  " My laundry man" in Meixien. The laundry is washed in a pan of water and hung out to dry. There are two other men in the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3606
title: Forty Hours Devotion in Meixien, China, 1930.

description: "Forty hours at the seminary. Fr. Donnelly and two students pray at the altar of the Kaying seminary church. They are visible through an arched door way.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3621
title: River travel in Meixien, China,1928.

description: This is a photograph of  "the seven boats we [Fr. O'Brien] had in tow all the way up from Chao Chu, a four day trip." A larger boat appears to be pulling the seven smaller boats through the water. In the background are mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3637
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of the south view of the Maryknoll seminary in Kaying [now Meixien]. In this photo both wings are being built. It is large on the landscape and has a tower and is surrounded by concrete walls. In the foreground are fields.; 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-m3638
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the Maryknoll seminary in Kaying [now Meixien] as it was being built. This is showing what will be the front entrance.; 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-m3625
title: A grave in Meixien, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of  "a pagan grave." This grave is extensive with a whole area buit around it in stone as a platform to walk around it. It is all alone on a hill.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3609
title: Father Downs and others in Meixien, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Downs just before taking leave for his decennial. The catechist is on Fathers left and the mayor on his right. Dr. Ts'i, the boss of the new hospital, is on [Father Malones] right."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3614
title: A church in Meixien, China, 1932

description: This is a "view of the church and the valley at the mission center of Lao Pou Heou." The church is in the foreground, behind it is a large area of  clearly marked fields and in the background are mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3603
title: Maryknoll priests in Meixien, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of Frs. M. Murphy, J. Driscoll, P. Donaghy and another Maryknoll priest meeting on top of a large rock. There is a river behind them and mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3607
title: Fr. Hilbert and a group of boys in Meixien, China, 1935.

description: Father Hilbert writes, "In my new mission in the city I have a hostel for boys studying in the local middle [high] school. Because of cramped quarters the number taken is necessarily limited. I began this year with all Catholic except three, two of whom have since been baptized." Some of the boys are wearing uniforms.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3630
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the front porch of the Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien. It is very long and spacious.  -- 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-m3620
title: The City of Meixien, China,1930

description: This is a photograph of Kaying [now Meixien] City. A river runs throught the city and the houses are built right at the edge of the water. On the other side of the river is a walking path.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3635
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the Maryknoll Seminary garden after an attempt to restore it. There are large trees near by and the seminary is in the background.; 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-m3601
title: Father O'Brien in Meixien, China, 1928.

description: This is a photograph of Father O'Brien [kneeling left] in the seminary yard with local boys attending the seminary. The seminary is in the background. They are all smiling.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3613
title: Two houses in Meixien, China, [s.d.].

description: This is a photograph of "two homes of the two families which are embracing the faith. These two homes are in the mountains separated by at least a mile from any neighbor."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3616
title: Group gathered in cemetery in Kaying, China, 1938

description: This is a photograph of a Maryknoll priest giving "General Absolution for all the dead in a  cemetary on Feast of All Souls." The priest is reciting prayer near a casket that is draped with a decorated cloth as people look on. There are two altar boys on either side of the priest.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3626
title: A grave in Meixien, China, 1930

description: This is a photograph of  "a pagan's grave just outside of the Maryknoll seminary in Meixien." It is built of cement and rock and has a built-in pond. The head stone has a closed off doorway.  A platform has been built around it to provide a walking area over the water.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3636
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1931.

description: This is a photograph of the front entrance to the Maryknoll Seminary. It is built in the Chinese style, with the main part of the house brick. There is a dog near the door.; 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-m3628
title: A child working in Meixien, China, 1936.

description: This is a photograph of  "a young girl caring for her baby brother [on her back] as she rakes sweet potato vines to feed to the pigs. There is a village in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3623
title: Graves in Meixien, China,1928.

description: This is a photograph of  "the graves of our two French Missioner predecessors, in the seminary yard. Two of the boys who got in the way."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3622
title: The Meixien Region, China,1928

description: This is a photograph of the Meixien region. It is very mountanous with small settlments dispersed through out the mountain areas.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3634
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1927.

description: This is a photograph of the Maryknoll Seminary wing at Kaying [now Meixien]. It has a porch with pillars and arched openings between the pillars.; 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-m33264
title: Malays.
title: Malaien.

description: Stamped: "Carl Simon & Co., Düsseldorf."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33294
title: Basel missionaries in Borneo. November 1945.
title: Basler Missionsleute auf Borneo. November 1945.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33063
title: QB-30.018.0012
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33262
title: Dajak chief with his wife and a granddaughter.
title: Dajakhäuptling m. Frau & Enkelin.

description: Stamped: "Carl Simon & Co., Düsseldorf."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33053
title: QB-30.018.0002
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33064
title: QB-30.018.0013
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33074
title: QB-30.018.0023
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33067
title: QB-30.018.0016
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33085
title: QB-30.018.0034
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33073
title: QB-30.018.0022
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33075
title: QB-30.018.0024
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33071
title: QB-30.018.0020
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33062
title: QB-30.018.0011
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33076
title: QB-30.018.0025
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33072
title: QB-30.018.0021
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m64411
title: Arroyo del Fraile in the Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico, ca. 1946

description: Photograph of "Arroyo del Fraile in the Sierra del Nayar, Mexico."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m64271
title: Portrait of a Maya woman and baby, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1947

description: Photograph of a "Maya woman and baby." The woman sits outdoors on a wood crate. She wears a floral print dress and holds her child with her left arm. The child wears a short-sleeve romper, socks and shoes. He clutches the front of his mother's dress. In the background is foliage and a stone fence.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m33061
title: QB-30.018.0010
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3631
title: The prep seminary at Jiangmen, China, 1930.

description: This is a photograph of the "double decker dormitory" at the Maryknoll preparatory seminary in Kongmoon [now Jiangmen]. It is set up similar to an army barracks but it decorated with sheets acting as canopies. -- 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-m3651
title: Roof detail and upper story of the Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph showing the detail of the rooftop of the Maryknoll Seminary in Kaying [now Meixien]. It is done in sculptured metal and paintings that represent Noah's ark. The detail is exquisite with scrolls, flowers and pairs of animals and a cross in the center. It sits on top of the roof of bamboo, the rest of the house is concrete and stone.; 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-m64182
title: Group portait of Mayas after Mass, Yucatan, Mexico, December 8, 1943

description: Photograph of "Mayas of [?]iuchil, Yucatan, after Mass December 8th. These men speak hardly any Spanish. They work in the [?] fields cutting the plant out of which comes the fibre for the production of rope and twine." A group of thirteen men pose for this group portrait outdoors in front of the arched entrance to a church. Two of the men hold hats in their hands. Behind them are some women and children.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3648
title: Roof detail of the Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph showing the detail of the right side of the rooftop of the Maryknoll Seminary in Kaying [now Meixien]. It is done in sculptured metal and paintings that represent Noah's ark. The detail is exquisite with scrolls, flowers and pairs of animals.; 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-m3633
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of the Maryknoll Seminary garden area. There is someone pouring water into the fountain located in the middle of the garden. It is very close to the porch of the seminary.; 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-m3615
title: Father Down's flower garden in Meixien, China, 1935.

description: This is a photograph of a few of the children of Meixien playing with the goldfish in a pond in Father Down's flower garden. There is a fountain in the center of the pond.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3602
title: Priests in front of seminary in Meixien, China, 1947.

description: This is a photograph of "Father Hilbert, rector of the Maryknoll seminary and two German Dominican neighbors, Fr. Werner O.P., Vicar Provincial, and Fr. Romanus O.P."; 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-m64409
title: Mount Popocatepetl near Amecameca, Mexico, ca. 1946

description: Photograph of "Mt. Popocatepetl, near Amecameca in the Valley of Mexico, less than 10 miles from Mexico City." The snow-covered mountain is seen through a break in the tall trees that grow along a river. Part of the river can be seen in the lower left hand corner of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m64275
title: Maya woman and her two daughters, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1947

description: Photograph of a "Maya woman and her two daughters." The trio stands outdoors in front of a stone fence. A hut with a thatched roof and whitewashed walls can be seen in the background. They all wear traditional dresses with floral embroidery around the neckline and hemline. The mother is barefoot. Her daughters wear shoes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3605
title: Two Maryknoll priests meet in Hingning, Meixien, China, 1947.

description: Fathers Driscoll and Gaiero outside the mission in Kaying, China.; "Fr. Jake Driscoll of Philadelphia, Penn., is back to the Hakka hills after five years home in America. Picture shows him on a visit to his next door [eleven miles away] neighbor , Fr. Michael Gaiero of Haverhill, Mass. When asked if he is glad to be back his answer: 'Shucks! It's like returning home!' Pressed again if he had found any notable change in the Mission, he says: 'Looks as if I had merely gone to Hong Kong for the weekend and returned!'"
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3632
title: The Maryknoll Seminary in Meixien, China, 1929.

description: This is a photograph of the Maryknoll Seminary tower seen on the right behind trees. It is in a community with other houses and plowed fields; 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-m3729
title: Fr. Escalante with mission school boys in Dalian, China, 1939.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Escalante being playful with a group of boys from the mission school.; Fr. Alonso M. Escalante was born in Merida, Mexico, educated in Catholic Schools in Mexico and the United States. He entered Maryknoll Preparatory Seminary in 1920 and was ordained a Priest on February 1, 1931. His missionary labors took him to Fushun, Manchuria, China and later to the Pando, Bolivia. In 1943 he was named by the Holy See as Vicar Apostolic of the Pando and Titular Bishop of Sora. He was consecrated a Bishop in Mexico City on May 9, 1943. In 1948, at the request of the Mexican Hierarchy, he was assigned to assist in the organizing of a Foreign Mission Seminary and Society for Mexico. He was the Mexican National Director of the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, a member of the Commission and Post-Conciliar Commission on the Missions, and President of the Mexican Episcopal Commission on the Missions. He was in Hong Kong in 1967 to secure mission territory for his Mexican Priests, when he caught typhoid fever and died on June 21, 1967.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m64256
title: Chicle gatherer's family, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1944

description: Photograph of "the family of a chicle gatherer of Carrillo Puerto, Q. Roo. That hut is made of sticks and coated with a native hard mud and then white washed." The woman and her two children stand in front of the entrance to the hut. She holds one of the children.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3682
title: Fr. Robert J. Cairns, MM,  and friend at Huazhou, China, 1924.

description: This is a photograph of Fr. R.J. Cairns with "'John Ng' the 'Weston' of the Fa Chow [now Huazhou] district, who walked over hill and dyke 32 miles to make his First Holy Communion Christmas Day 1924. Fr. Sandy Cairns at John's right."; 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-m3666
title: Fr. Burns' release from Manchu bandits Fushun, China, [s.d.].

description: This is a photograph of Fr. Clarence Burns [center] after his release from nine months with Manchu bandits. He is pictured here with Monsignor Raymond A. Lane [left], Prefect Apostolic of Fushun and Fr. Joseph McCormick, Fushun's Society Superior.; Born in Ohio, Fr. Burns performed industrial work during the World War I years, entering Maryknoll in 1922. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He as assigned to Fushun, Manchuria in 1934. From February through November 1936, he was captured and held by bandits in China. He published an account of his captivity in 1941, Bandits Surrounded Him.  He returned home to the United States in 1940 and played  several key roles for Maryknoll in Chicago, Illinois, and the seminary at Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63836
title: Smiling woman standing in front of the entrance to a house, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1948

description: Photograph of a smiling woman standing outdoors in front of the entrance to a thatched roof house. She stands in the open gateway of a stone and wood fence. She wears flowers in her hair, a religious medal around her neck and a traditional dress with embroidery around the neckline and on the skirt.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63846
title: Maya hunter in front of his hut holding an armadillo, Mexico, ca. 1944

description: Photograph of a "Maya hunter in front of his hut holding an armadillo, a hard shelled animal which is a cross between a turtle and small pig." The smiling man holds the armadillo by the tail with his left hand and the barrel of his gun with his right hand.  His thatched roof home is to the right. A dog stands in front of the entrance.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63843
title: Portrait of a Maya girl, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1947

description: Photograph of a "Maya girl, Q. Roo." In this portrait, the barefoot girl stands outdoors wearing a floral print, short-sleeve, knee-length dress, necklaces and earrings. Behind her in the background is a thatched roof building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63873
title: Man on horseback in front of his home, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1945

description: Photograph of "an extractor of chicle in front of his dwelling. Notice corrugated cardboard roof - quite common in Carrillo Puerto." A man wearing a hat, white shirt and dark pants sits on horseback. Between him and the building is a stone fence with a wood gate.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63857
title: Chicle contractor with his dog, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1945

description: Photograph of a "chicle contractor of Carrillo Puerto with his dog. That house in the background is actually made of mahogany boards which abound here." The man holds the dog's leash with his right hand. Between the man and the house is a stone fence with a wood gate.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63850
title: Portrait of a Maya with newly born horse, Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1948

description: Photograph of a "Maya with newly born horse." The man, dressed in light colored shirt and pants, holds the neck of the horse standing next to him with his left hand. Behind them is a building with walls made of corrugated material and a thatch roof.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m63848
title: Portrait of a territorial policeman on horseback, Carrillo Puerto, Quinanta Roo, Mexico, ca. 1948

description: Photograph of a "territorial policeman, C. Puerto, Q. Roo." The man is on horseback. He wears a pith helmet and has a badge pinned to his left shirt pocket.