cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82357
title: Evangelist at work, Eastern province, Kenya, 1953

description: “Evangelism.” ‘Refael talking to a village group.’ Portrait of an evangelist speaking to indigenous women and children. The people are Tharaka and they stand next to a thorn hedge that protects the huts and stores, the village lies about twenty to thirty miles from Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82416
title: Sister Mary Jane Kamerzel, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1950

description: “SR Mary Kamerzel.” Portrait of a nurse holding out a stick on which sits a chameleon. Sister Mary Jane Kamerzel was an American nurse who had served with the American Red Cross in the Pacific Region. She arrived at Chogoria in July 1950 and was the first American member of staff and stayed for about five years. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82305
title: Kioja family, Chogoria, Kenya, 1922

description: “Snuff.” Group portrait of three generations of one family wearing traditional dress. Grandfather Kioja squats on the ground next to his sons and grandchildren and the family lived near the mission and helped clear the ground for construction. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82417
title: Nursing Staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1950

description: Group portrait of six nursing staff. They are standing outside the old hospital, which had been converted to a children’s ward and a maternity ward, and they wear white uniforms with red trim and a letter M embroidered on the chest. Dr Irvine campaigned for a new maternity ward from the African District Council as the six bed ward dealt with 550 births in 1953. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82292
title: Pembroke House School, Gilgil, Kenya, ca.1936

description: “Pembroke House – their prep-school at Gilgil.” Landscape view showing buildings and grounds under a cloudy sky. Dr & Mrs Irvine, of the Chogoria mission, sent their sons; Anthony, Geoffrey and Kenneth, to Pembroke House School which is situated south of Nakuru. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82402
title: Senior hospital staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Senior staff meeting.” Group portrait of the staff sitting behind a table inside one of the hospital buildings. From left to right; possibly Nurse Miriam the head of maternity work, Sister Margaret Burt (matron), unknown, Dr A C Irvine, possibly Nurse Eunice, and Jackson Chabari the senior hospital assistant. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82291
title: Margaret Joyce Irvine, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “The last term at Pembroke House.” Portrait of Margaret Joyce Irvine (nee Carr) who ran the Chogoria mission with her husband, Archibald Clive Irvine. She was the daughter of Ernest Carr (1868-1939) who had moved his family to Kenya in 1920. Mrs Irvine’s three sons went to Pembroke House School in Gilgil, Kenya. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82418
title: Senior Hospital Staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1950

description: Portrait of Sister Margaret Burt, Matron at Chogoria, and Jackson Chabari, Senior Hospital Assistant. Margaret arrived in May 1947 from the CMS hospital at Kikuyu and stayed until 1970. Jackson Chabari worked for twenty on years as an Assistant and Senior Assistant (1929-1950) before becoming the hospital Dispenser. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79155
title: Small Garden House, Udaipari, India, ca.1900

description: “A Small garden House in Udaipari. The gardener here is a Christian. A converted Mohammedan. The gardener died in 1901.” Portrait of three men standing in front of thatched roof house. ❧ United Free Church of Scotland photographs from the Rajputana mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82289
title: Family portrait, Nairobi, Kenya, December 1936

description: “Pembroke House days. Xmas 1936 at Woodlands, the Carr family home, in Nairobi.” Group portrait of the Irvine family outside a large house. From left to right Archibald Clive, Anthony, Geoffrey, Kenneth and Margaret Joyce. Woodlands was owned by Ernest Carr (1868-1939) father of Margaret and financier of the Chogoria mission. The Irvine boys were sent to Pembroke House School at Gilgil, near Nakuru, Kenya. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82298
title: Irvine boys, Chogoria, Kenya, December 1939

description: “The 3 Xmas 1939, T. 17, G. 16, K. 14.” Group portrait of Anthony, Geoffrey and Kenneth Irvine dressed in suits. They would be attending the Prince of Wales School in Kabete at this time. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82290
title: Ernest Carr and family, Kisenyi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 1935

description: “Mr Carr who was responsible for starting the work at Chogoria in 1923 with, on right, Mrs Carr, at Kisenyi. Lake Kivu, Congo Belge – July 1935.” Group portrait of Ernest Carr, Archibald Irvine, Margaret Irvine (nee Carr) and Mrs Louisa Carr. The Carrs moved from Nairobi to Lake Kivu about this time and started investing financial support in the missions in Ruanda and Urundi [Rwanda and Burundi]. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82347
title: Patients recuperating, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

description: “Here I met Christ, and he healed me.” Portrait of an adult and child, Murethi & Kangangi, sitting on a bed on the lawn outside the main hospital. The hospital building was opened in 1926 and consisted of men’s and women’s wards and an operating theatre. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82285
title: First synod meeting at Chogoria, Chogoria, Kenya, 1945

description: “Synod at Chogoria, 1945.” Group portrait of members of the newly constituted Presbyterian Church of East Africa during a synod meeting in the church at Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82303
title: University, Cape Town, South Africa, ca.1943

description: “The University of Cape Town. Ken studying medicine here.” Landscape view of the Devil’s Peak Mountain and the university campus on the slopes below. Kenneth Irvine studied medicine at the University of Cape Town and graduated in 1948, he met his wife, Miss Elsabe Murray, as a student there and spent his pre-registration year working at the hospital in Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78758
title: Dispensary, Kidugala, Tanzania, April 1924

description: "Some Kidugala dispensary patients, April 1924 - From J. Mcnicol." External view showing a field medical dispensary set up on open grassland. Medical staff stand next to a table holding medical supplies and patients sit on the ground in front. ❧ The Church of Scotland, based in Nyasaland [Malawi], took over the work of the Berliner Missionsgesellschaft [Berlin Missionary Society], in the Iringa district of German East Africa [Tanzania], after the deportation of German missionaries during the First World War. The British authorities were concerned that the mission stations were being used to supply the enemy and that they exerted too great an influence in the region. James Hetherwick, from Blantyre, was worried that the German missionaries would not be allowed to return and their successful work would falter. He appealed to Robert Laws at Livingstonia to cooperate in caring for the German fields. ❧ Andrew M. Anderson and Duncan Ross Mackenzie were the two main participants in Iringa and the Churches custodianship of the Berlin Missionary society’s property. The indigenous population were predominately from the Hehe tribe and the three main stations were at Lupembe, Kidugala and Ilembula with numerous sub-stations, many of which had fallen into disrepair after the war. ❧ When the German missionaries started to return there were disputes over whether they should be allowed to return to their former station. The Church of Scotland home authorities eventually ruled, in 1925, that the German missions should be returned. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82304
title: Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, ca.1946

description: “Cambridge – showing Tony’s college – Caius no. 6.” Aerial shot of Cambridge University with the various colleges numbered, number 6 marks Gonville and Caius College. Anthony Irvine was the oldest son of Archibald and Margaret Irvine, he grew up in Chogoria and was called up after finishing school and served in Ethiopia in the Kenya Regiment before going onto university in England to study Natural Sciences. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1947 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78796
title: Simla, India, ca.1900-1929

description: Exterior view looking down a mountain road that cuts through a heavily wooded area, a steep bank rises on one side and wooden fencing lines the other side. Simla was developed as a summer resort by the British, to escape from the heat of the plains, and it was the summer capital for British India 1865-1939. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably toured whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78763
title: Village School, Iringa, Tanzania, 1922

description: "Village school in connection with Hanyana station of Iringa mission, 1922 - 2 local teachers (wage of 5/- a month) are to right of back row." Exterior view of indigenous people outside a mud and wattling building. The young children sit on the ground whilst a row of older children and adults stand at the back. The two school teachers stand on the right. ❧ ❧ The Church of Scotland, based in Nyasaland [Malawi], took over the work of the Berliner Missionsgesellschaft [Berlin Missionary Society], in the Iringa district of German East Africa [Tanzania], after the deportation of German missionaries during the First World War. The British authorities were concerned that the mission stations were being used to supply the enemy and that they exerted too great an influence in the region. James Hetherwick, from Blantyre, was worried that the German missionaries would not be allowed to return and their successful work would falter. He appealed to Robert Laws at Livingstonia to cooperate in caring for the German fields. Andrew M. Anderson and Duncan Ross Mackenzie were the two main participants in Iringa and the Churches custodianship of the Berlin Missionary society’s property. Mr Anderson opened a large number of schools in the region. The indigenous population were predominately from the Hehe tribe and the three main stations were at Lupembe, Kidugala and Ilembula with numerous sub-stations, many of which had fallen into disrepair after the war. ❧ ❧ When the German missionaries started to return there were disputes over whether they should be allowed to return to their former station. The Church of Scotland home authorities eventually ruled, in 1925, that the German missions should be returned. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82179
title: Hospital assistants analysing slides, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Early days in the hospital.” Portrait of two indigenous men working in a lab, one looks through a microscope and the other takes notes. The hospital assistants are Paul and Tito and they were trained in routine microscopic work, anaesthetics, intravenous & other injections, dispensing and ward work. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79336
title: Miraben, Nagpur, India, ca.1937

description: "Miss Reid and Mrs Gardiner with Miraben, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi." Group portrait of teacher Mrs Gardiner and Miss Reid with a woman, Miraben (real name was Miss Madeleine Slade), who is described as a follower of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of the Indian nationalist movement.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78757
title: Gate of Red Fort, Delhi, India, ca.1900-1929

description: View of the Delhi Gate of the Red Fort built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1648. The walls of the Fort are constructed from red sandstone and can reach a height of 33 meters. The road leading up to the gate crosses the moat, supplied by the Yamuna River, which surrounds most of the wall. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78762
title: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, ca.1900-1929

description: External view of the Tomb of the Moghul Emperor Humayun showing the red sandstone building, the roof is dominated by a white marble dome which is surrounded by chhatris and minarets. The tomb stands in extensive gardens and trees line the avenue leading to the main entrance. Commissioned by Humayun's queen, Hamida Banu Begum, it was completed around 1562 and was the first garden tomb in the Indian sub-continent. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78770
title: Ala-ud-Din's gate, Delhi, India, ca.1900-1929

description: Detail of the Alai Darwaza gateway showing inscriptions carved into sandstone blocks and areas of damage. As part of the Qutub complex the gateway leads to the Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid (mosque) and sits beneath the Qutub minaret. It was added to the mosque in 1300 by Ala-ud-Din Khilji. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78781
title: Entrance gate to Akbar's tomb, Sikandra, ca.1900-1929

description: "Entrance gate Secundra [Sikandra] 1247" Exterior view of the gateway to the tomb of Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar (1542-1605) Moghul Emperor and son of Humayun. This is one of four entry points into the garden tomb and shows damaged or unfinished minarets and chhatris sitting on top of the main building. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82189
title: Lion cubs, Rift valley, Kenya, ca.1924

description: “Lion cubs.” Portrait of four lion cubs on a wooden floor . The picture was taken during a trip from Chogoria to Uganda with Raymond Carr brother of Margaret Irvine. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78771
title: Great Arch and Iron Pillar, Delhi, ca.1900-1929

description: View of the Great Arch, part of five corbelled arched screens, showing the detailed carving. In the courtyard in front of the arch stands an iron pillar. The ruins are part of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque built, by Qutb-ud-din Aybak about 1200, using material from Hindu Temples. The site is known as the Qutub complex and holds a number of the earliest Islamic buildings in India. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78782
title: Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra, ca.1900-1929

description: "Mausoleum of Akbar showing marble sarcophagus, Secundra [Sikandra] 1251” The tomb of Jalaluddin Muhammed Akbar (1542-1605) Moghul Emperor and son of Humayun. The marble sarcophagus stands on a raised floor, part of an open terrace with a covered verandah and with a chhatris in the corner. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78797
title: S.S. Himalaya in port, India, ca.1900-1922

description: View of the steamship Himalaya (1892-1922) in port with a number of small boats picking up passengers. The passenger liner was built in Greenock for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and voyaged between London and Bombay ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably toured whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78790
title: Interior of the Taj Mahal, Agra, ca.1900-1929

description: "1231 Sarcophagi in interior of Taj, Agra." Interior view of the Taj Mahal showing the Jali screen that surrounds the cenotaph for Shah Jahan, which stands to the left, and the cenotaph for his wife which stands in the centre of the Taj Mahal. The actual sarcophagi sit below in the crypt in less ostentatious surroundings. The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife, Arjumand Banu Begam, also known as Mumtaz Mahal (d.1631), and incorporates several buildings and a large garden. It represents the apex of Mughal architecture and combines influences from Persian and Indian design. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78766
title: Jama Masjid, Delhi, India, ca.1900-1929

description: Exterior view of the Jama Masjid, the principle Mosque of Old Delhi, showing the whole of the building viewed across open grounds from a residential rooftop. The mosque was built by Shah Jahan and completed in 1656 and is situated near the Red Fort. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78760
title: Window in Siddi Sayid Mosque, Ahmedabad, ca.1900-1929

description: An arched screen window showing 'the tree of life' intricately carved in stone. The pattern shows branches and foliage weaving into complex designs. Part of the next arched window is visible and shows stone blocks made up of various geometric patterns. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership or subject matter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78788
title: Taj Mahal from fountain, Agra, ca.1900-1929

description: "The Taj from fountain, Agra. 1077." Exterior view of the Taj Mahal looking up the central canal. The Gardens have a lush and dense growth and the Taj is reflected in the canal. The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife, Arjumand Banu Begam (d.1631), and incorporates several buildings and a large garden. It represents the apex of Mughal architecture and combines influences from Persian and Indian design. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.