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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2249
title: Group of misisonaries seated on verandah, Ghana, ca. 1910

description: "On the verandah in Mission House, Seccondee. The late Rev H.H. Bridge shewn in corner. by W.T. Balmer." [now Sekondi, Ghana]. Hubert H Bridge died within his first year of service in May 1910. Rev. William Turnbull Balmer served as the head of various educational establishements for the Methodist Missionary Society in West Africa, including Richmond College in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mfantsipim High School at Cape Coast, Ghana, before returning to Fourah Bay Ministerial Training College in Freetown. Balmer spent vacations travelling with James Walton in order to acquire new languages. He published many educational books, in English and African languages.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. Rev. Balmer served in the Sierra Leone and Gambia district from 1901 to 1909 when he transferred to the Gold Coast briefly until 1911. He resumed his work in Sierra Leone from 1914 to 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2256
title: Group portrait of students and teachers, Girls' School, Elmina, Ghana, ca.1910

description: "Girls School at Elmina" [Ghana].  Rev. William Turnbull Balmer served as the head of various educational establishements for the Methodist Missionary Society in West Africa, including Richmond College in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mfantsipim High School at Cape Coast, Ghana, before returning to Fourah Bay Ministerial Training College in Freetown. Balmer spent vacations travelling with James Walton in order to acquire new languages. He published many educational books, in English and African languages.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. Rev. Balmer served in the Sierra Leone and Gambia district from 1901 to 1909 when he transferred to the Gold Coast briefly until 1911. He resumed his work in Sierra Leone from 1914 to 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2322
title: Men standing by fetish houses, Nigeria, ca. 1920

description: "Fetish or devil houses. At Fiditi, Yoruba. (the small ones.)". Three men stnad by fetish houses in village, Oyo state, West Nigeria.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1906
title: Ruins of church, Nassau, Bahamas, 1928

description: "Trinity Ch Nassau. After Hurrican. Sept 1928.". View of ruined chirch with Bibles in the foreground.; The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m234
title: Portrait of Ranavalona III

description: Copy of studio portrait of Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar 1883 to 1897 and Head of the Royal House of Madagascar 1897 to 1917.  The Queen stands next to the Royal crown and sceptre. The original photograph would have been taken circa 1880.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m21
title: Indigenous men transporting missionary across Mandraka river by filanjana, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Fording the Mandraka (P.G.P)" Missionary being carried across River Mandraka by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin. The crossing is at the same point as that in image 15 in the same album, taken from a higher vantage point with a wider view.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2131
title: School girls spinning, Sierra Leone, 12 March, 1935.

description: "On steps of Kailahun Misison House. Girls class from our school who came up to show us how they spin by hand. Mar 12th 1935"; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1940
title: Exterior view of church, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Bath Wesleyan Church, Jamaica". Exterior view of stone church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2263
title: Group portrait of Christian family, Sierra Leone, May 1906

description: "A Sierra Leone family (Christian) in its Sunday attire. Mr. Balmer and I stayed a night in the house in the background, the house of this family. The father is a farmer and had left for his farm amongst the hills when this was taken." Group portrait of mother, daughter and two sons. A further man can be seen at the window of the house.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2360
title: Fetish houses, Nigeria, ca. 1890

description: "Village devil house between Lagos and Abeokuta. " Nigeria. Rev. Halligey served in Nigeria from 1885 to 1891.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1926
title: View of staff outside Barbican Girls' High School, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Barbican Girls' High School, Jamaica." Women and girl outisde buildings.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1941
title: Group portrait of ministers and families, Jamaica, 1913

description: "Ministers of the Jamaica District with some of their wives etc. 1913. For names see list sent." [List not found]. Group posing outside large building.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2358
title: Children standing by fetish house and statues, Nigeria, ca. 1934-40

description: "The courtyard of a heathen secret society at Ifaki. The improvements in the buildings of our Methodist Church and school have been an incentive to the refurbishment of this place. Notice the use of the expensive corrugated iron roof. From N.A. Birtwhistle, Ifaki."; Norman Birtwhistle carried out educational work in Nigeria between 1934 and 1940.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1927
title: Child outside church, Montego Bay, Jamaica, ca. 1920

description: "Montego Bay Wesleyan Church". Small boy standing in street outside church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1936
title: Women on steps of church, Manchester, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Mandeville Wesleyan Church, Manchester, Ja.". Two women stansing on steps of brick church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2271
title: Group portrait of girls with dolls, Kumasi, Ghana, ca. 1910.

description: "School girls, Coomassie. They have just received a doll each." [now Kumasi, Ghana].; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2108
title: Crowd gathered at shore watching missionary leave, West Africa, 1926

description: "West Africa. Saying good-bye to the people of Nidji-Sorkor". Missionary in boat launching from shore where crowds are gathered. Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting West Africa in 1926.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2104
title: Man inside mission school book shop, West Africa, 1926

description: Man in missionary school bookshop, West Africa. Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting West Africa in 1926.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m233
title: Portrait of Radama II

description: Photograph of a painted profile portrait of Radama II, King of Madagascar, 1861 - 1863.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2111
title: Portrait of missionary with African men, ca. 1880

description: "Rev. Holland and bush boys". Outdoor portrait mounted on Cabinet cards by studio of Vandyke & Brown, Liverpool.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2250
title: Group portrait of staff and students, Mfantsipim School, Ghana, ca. 1910

description: "Pupils of Mfantsipim School Cape Coast". Rev. William Turnbull Balmer served as the head of various educational establishements for the Methodist Missionary Society in West Africa, including Richmond College in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mfantsipim High School at Cape Coast, Ghana, before returning to Fourah Bay Ministerial Training College in Freetown. Balmer spent vacations travelling with James Walton in order to acquire new languages. He published many educational books, in English and African languages.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. Rev. Balmer served in the Sierra Leone and Gambia district from 1901 to 1909 when he transferred to the Gold Coast briefly until 1911. He resumed his work in Sierra Leone from 1914 to 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1964
title: Streetscene, Savannah La Mar, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Sav La Mar before the hurricane of 1912." Streetscene.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2270
title: Group portrait outside village church, Kintampo, Ghana, 1910

description: "Church, Society and Scholars, Kintampo. Our most northerly station on the Gold Coast [now Ghana]  Distant view of men, women and children outside village church.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1918
title: Minister's house, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "?Lucea Ministers House, 12 years ago." View of woman by gate to house.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2269
title: Group portrait of church society, Kintampo, Ghana, 1910

description: "Our church society at Kintampo - a place 100 miles north of Coomassie and the present limit of our forces in the Gold Coast." Group portrait of men, women and children outside village huts.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2110
title: Studio portrait of African minister, ca. 1880

description: "W.N. Baileycorn." Formal portrait mounted on cabinet card from studio of A & G Taylor, Liverpool.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1899
title: Group portrait of missionary children and teachers, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas, ca. 1903-1920

description: "Wesley High School. Governor's Harbour". Rev. L. Edge on the left." Rev. Leonard Edge served in the Bahamas from 1903 to 1922.; The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2180
title: Boys by fetish house, Ghana,  1926

description: "Gold Coast Heathen ??hut". Group of boys staring at camera by fetish house, Ghana.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting West Africa in 1926. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12620
title: Men and women at a home for the elderly, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Asile de vieillards."  ("Old people's home.")  Twenty-six Dahomey men and women pose with five missionary fathers and three missionary sisters in front of a large two story building with many rooms which open onto a balcony.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1992
title: View of congregation outside church, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Opening of the Seaforth Wesleyan Church in the Morant Bay Circuit, Jamaica. The earthquake destroyed the church at this place in 1907. For nearly two years the people worshipped in a ?booth. Then they erected a school room free of debt. This new church was opened in August at a cost of £700 free of debt. Of this the people contributed £250. " Congregation gathered outside church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2015
title: Women and children at Christmas tea party, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 1912

description: St. John's Hill Wesley Guild Christmas Fete, Bangalore English Circuit, Mysore State [now Karnataka], South India. Women and children standing by table laid for tea in church compound. Photograph sent with letter to the editor of the Foreign Field by Foyle, who had served in Bangalore from 1910 to 1912 and moved on to the Leeward Islands until 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2048
title: Group of church members with missionary magazine, Tobago, ca. 1930

description: "Six members of the Property Committee at ? Tobago, take "The Foreign Field". Group of church members holding copies of the Methodist Missionary Society journal, The Foreign Field.; The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.