cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57977
title: Petrus Mazwi with family in front of his house, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Elukolweni. Petrus Mazwi mit Familie vor seinem Haus, ganz rechts hinten sein Sohn, Hauptlehrer von Elukolweni“ („Elukolweni. Petrus Mazwi with family in front of his house, rightmost in the back his son, main teacher of Elukolweni“). Group portrait of 17 persons standing in front of a house. Four children in diverse clothes are standing in the front row. Behind them an elderly man in a suit and with beard sitting, having a child on his lap. Right to him a woman with a dark jacket and a headdress sitting. Behind them two young women in light coloured dresses and three other women in dark jackets and headdresses. The one in the middle is holding a child in her arms. In the back row three men and a woman. The man rightmost is wearing a suit and a bow tie. Another man is wearing a hat.; Petrus, S. Mazwi, born in 1859 in Gosen (South Africa), was an indigenous brother and worked as a  teacher in Engotini, Enstwasi and for 20 years in Tabase. In Baziya, he was active as an evangelist, national assistant and teacher in the year 1882. He married Clara Dywili  born in 1862) and worked as a missionary assistant from 1895 up to 1900 in Tabase, later in Elukolweni.--Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8648
title: Chief Mpoli with horn players, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Madudwa-Bläser. Häuptling Mpoli." ("Utengule. Madudwa horn players. Chief Mpoli."). In the background a grass-roofed round house, in the foreground seven standing African men with wooden sticks, one woman and one boy; in the middle a very old man, on the right two men blowing long cattle horns.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57985
title: After church service (2), South Africa East, 1933

description: „Zincuka. Nach dem Gottesdienst im Schulhaus (wegen Kirchreparatur)“ („Zincuka. After the church service in the school house (due to repairing of the church)“). Young people gathering next to a building with the inscription on it: “Zibi Meyer School”. To the right a group of seven young men, wearing suits and hats, standing in a circle, talking to each other. Next to the school building a group of girls, standing in a line, leaning at the house wall. Two little girls and an older one are walking beside the front wall of the school house. On the right side of the picture in the back other people sitting and a tree.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).; c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09364.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8732
title: African woman treading sorghum, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Treten der Hirse. Frauen bei der Arbeit. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Treading sorghum. Women at work. Dr. O. Fischer"). On the left a small, thatched, rectangular house built of wood and bamboo canes. On the left an African woman treading sorghum in a clay pot while holding on to the roof of the small house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57891
title: Medicine man with two assistants, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Heidnischer Medizinmann mit 2 Frauen als Gehilfen. Er trägt eine Affenfellmütze als Zeichen seiner Würde“ („Heathen medicine man with two women as assistants. He is wearing a cap made of monkey fur as a sign of his dignity“). Group portrait of three persons standing in a meadow. On the left side a man, wearing a patterned blanket, necklaces and a special headdress, apparently made of fur. Next to him two women, wearing long dresses and draperies, headdresses and special bags around their waists. In the background buildings and trees.; Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57971
title: The seminarists are going into the church, Mvenyane, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Mvenyane. Die Seminaristinnen gehen in die Kirche“ („Mvenyane. The seminarists are going into the church“). A group of young women, wearing short skirts or dresses, are walking in a row towards the entrance of a church. Some of them are stepping in it. Trees are next to the church and the women. A fence is visible on the right side of the picture. Mountains in the background.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57976
title: Christians, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Bei Zincuka. Lahmer Greis (Christ) und 3 Christinnen. Er bekam gerade ein Kranken-Abendmahl. Schöne Tür-Umrahmung“ („Near Zincuka. Lame old man (Christian) and 3 female Christians. He has just got a medical supper. Beautiful door framing“). Three women and one man sitting at the entrance of a hut. The women are wearing long dresses and headdresses, the one leftmost a plaid drapery on her shoulders, the other two differently patterned draperies on her shoulders. The man, sitting in the entrance, is wrapped in a long patterned drapery. Ornaments are made in the wall of the door framing.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57207
title: Council Baziya. Brother Liebich, van Calker, Baziya, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Ratsversammlung Baziya. Br. Liebich, van Calker“ („Council Baziya. Brother Liebich, van Calker”). Ten men and one woman. Most of the men are wearing trousers, jackets and hats. One man is wearing draperies and a cap. Three of them are smoking pipe. On the left side a European man with beard sitting on a chair. In the background a shed and wood.; Theophil Ernst van Calker, born in 1860 in Paramaribo / Suriname, was a missionary of the Moravian Church. In 1890 he married Mathilde Werner in Herrnhut. He began his work in the region of Silo (South Africa East) in 1890 and became president of the South Africa mission in 1894. In the same year he started to work in Baziya, one year later in Tabase. He worked again in Silo in 1909, retired and returned to Germany in 1926. He died in Herrnhut in 1929.--Carl Gottlieb Johannes Liebich, born in 1845 in Thiemendorf near Steina / Oder (Germany), was a carpenter and teacher. In 1876 he married Marie Albertine Bielke in Herrnhut and started his missionary work in the same year. From 1876 until 1899 he worked in Silo and from 1900 until 1904 in Baziya (South Africa). In 1904 he retired and lived as a farmer in Mvenyane. He died in 1918 in Boschfontain near Ntlola / East Griqualand (South Africa).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5944
title: Street scene, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca. 1904-1914

description: "Strasse in Rungwe. Br. Zickmantel." ("Street in Rungwe. Br[other] Zickmantel.") Missionary Johannes Zickmantel, dressed in white, stands in the background. A woman and four children are in the foreground of the street. Some people stand on the right side of the road. European style houses are to be seen on the left. Imprinted on the image: "Strasse in Rungwe. D.O.A. No. 1029." ("Street in Rungwe. G[erman] E[ast] A[frica] No. 1029.").; Martin Johannes Zickmantel (1866-1922) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Marie Agnes Hartmann in 1897, he served from 1898 to 1904 in Rutenganio and from 1904 to 1914 in Rungwe, staying also some time between 1912 and 1914 in Isoko. After the death of his first wife in 1903 in Rutenganio he married Elisabeth Louise Hartmann (1882-1963) in 1906. She served again from 1928 for many years in what is now Tanzania.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6635
title: Baobab, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Ein Affenbrot-Baum. (Reisebild)" ("A baobab. (Travel picture)"). Single big tree.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57974
title: Waiting for the church service, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Tinana. Mädchen warten im Felsschatten auf den Gottesdienst“ („Tinana. Girls are waiting for the church service in the shade of a rock“). Four girls sitting in the shade of a rock. The two sitting rightmost are wearing light coloured dresses, the one further left a light coloured blouse and a dark skirt. The one sitting leftmost is wearing a dark dress, a white shirt and a long dark shawl. With her left hand she is holding a cloth on her mouth. The rocks are interspersed with plants.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57978
title: Petrus Mazwi and wife, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Elukolweni. Petrus Mazwi und Frau“ („Elukolweni. Petrus Mazwi and wife“). An elderly man and a woman sitting on chairs in front of a house. The man is having white hair and a beard, wearing boots, trousers and a coat. The woman is wearing a long light coloured dress, a dark cardigan and a headdress. Her right hand is leaning on a stick.; Petrus, S. Mazwi, born in 1859 in Gosen (South Africa), was an indigenous brother and worked as a  teacher in Engotini, Enstwasi and for 20 years in Tabase. In Baziya, he was active as an evangelist, national assistant and teacher in the year 1882. He married Clara Dywili  born in 1862) and worked as a missionary assistant from 1895 up to 1900 in Tabase, later in Elukolweni.--Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6672
title: Children at play, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Spielende Kinder in einem Dorf am Songwe zwischen Mbozi u. Isoko." ("Playing children in a village at the [River] Songwe between Mbozi and Isoko."). In the background a grass-roofed, poor-quality house with one seated African. In the foreground a group of seven young children playing on the ground.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930. -- The left edges have been destroyed by light.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5894
title: Utengule mission station, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Die Erstanlage der Station Utengule von unten gesehen. Kirche, Baracke, Wohnhäuser." ("The first buildings of the mission station Utengule - the church, a hut and houses; seen from the brook.").; Included from the box of duplicates. -- Photo is yellowed.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6687
title: A smith, Isoko, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Isoko. Ein Schmied." ("Isoko. A smith."). African wearing a breechcloth.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6686
title: Fish traps across the Kiwira River near Ipanya, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Konde-Ebene[.] Fisch-Reusen über den Kibila-Fluß nahe Ipyana." ("Konde plain [.] Fish traps across the Kiwira River close to Ipanya."). Photo taken across the river; fish traps are fixed to both banks.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930. -- The river was named "Kibila", "Kibira" and "Kiwira". Today it is called Kiwira, situated near the southern border to Malawi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57970
title: Two frail Christians, Mvenyane, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Mvenyane. Zwei gebrechliche Christen vor einer ihrer Hütten, in der ihnen ein Kranken-Abendmahl gegeben wurde“ („Mvenyane. Two frail Christians in front of one of their huts, in which they had been given a medical supper"). Two people standing next to a round hut, wearing draperies and blankets. The one on the left is wearing a cap, holding a stick in his right hand.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57202
title: Female players, Baziya, South Africa East, 1948

description: “Baziya (Aug. 1948). Ein Teil der Spielerinnen aus dem 10. Jungfrauenspiel vor unserem Haus“ („Baziya (August 1948). Section of the female players of the 10th women play in front of our house“).Group portrait of thirteen women sitting in front of a veranda, wearing diverse clothes, some with headdresses. Each of them is smiling.; Rudolf Gustav Willi Fabian was born in 1909 and married Eva Elgeti. He worked as a missionary in East Africa and South Africa East. He died in 1968.; c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-FSM-SAO-2a-00124.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6669
title: Else Schärf with lepers, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Isoko. Aussätzige in der Behandlung von Schw. Schärf." ("Isoko. Lepers under treatment by Sister Schärf."). A group of six Africans and Else Schärf are standing and crouching under the grass roof of a house.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930. -- The edges have been destroyed by light. -- Else Schärf (born 1892, year of death unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6693
title: Tamed springbok, Dodoma, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Ein zahmer Springbock im Hof des Hotels in Dodoma. (Reisebild)" ("A tamed springbok in the yard of the hotel in Dodoma. (travel picture)"). A man standing behind the springbok.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57863
title: Silinga with the young girls and young men collective, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Silinga mit dem Jungmädchen- und Jungmännerverein auf Evangel. Reisen gelegentlich einer Heidentaufe“(„Silinga with the young girls and young men collective on evangelical journey casually of a heathen baptism“). About thirty people next to two huts. Around fifteen young girls are standing in a line. Further left men in suits and with hats. Behind them other people sitting or standing next to a hut.; Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57171
title: Abstinence club of the schoolchildren, Tabase, South Africa East, 1908

description: „Missionsstation Tabase. Enthaltsamkeitsverein der Schulkinder. Aufgenommen vorm Eingang zur Kirche“ („Mission station Tabase. Abstinence club of the schoolchildren. Shot in front of the entrance of the church“). Group portrait of thirty-eight people, predominantly children, in front of the entrance of a church. The children in the foreground are sitting, one boy is lying on the ground and holding a sign in his hands with the inscription “BAND OF HOPE TABASE”. The persons behind the fourteen in front are standing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1630
title: Ihosy River, Bara, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: "Bararoere paa floden Ihosy"  ("Men from Bara on the Ihosy River"). A beautiful landscape picture with men in canoes or lakana on the river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1633
title: Ilaka Mission Station, Ilaka, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: "Ilaka station". This is not a very good picture, but you can see a little of the garden and buildings from the Mission Station in Ilaka. There are some people in front of the building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57889
title: In the waiting room, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Im Wartezimmer des Missionsarztes, der alle Erkältungen, Magen- und Hautkrankheiten, Knochenbrüche und Schnittwunden heilt“ („In the waiting room of the mission doctor, who is healing all cold, gastric and skin diseases, bone fractures and cuts“). A group of people, mainly women, next to a house. On the right side of the picture a girl standing, wearing a light coloured dress and a shawl on her left shoulder. Next to her three women sitting, wearing long draperies, headdresses, bangles and necklaces. A bit behind at the entrance a young man in a jacket, leaning on a stick. Next to him other people sitting and one woman standing.; Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57172
title: 7th festival of the endowment of the Umanyano, Tabase, South Africa East, 1908

description: „7. Stiftungsfest 1908 d. Umanyano. Enthaltsamkeitsverein der Missionsgemeinde Tabase. Aufnahme vor der Kirche in Tabase“ („7th festival 1908 of the endowment of the Umanyano in 1908. Abstinence club of the mission parish Tabase. Photographed in front of the church in Tabase.”). A group portrait of about forty people standing or sitting in front of a church. One boy in the foreground is holding a sign in his hands with the inscription: “Tabase-Union”.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57965
title: Students of the teacher seminar, Mvenyane, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Mvenyane. Schüler des Lehrerseminars“ („Mvenyane. Students of the teacher seminar“). Five young persons, apparently all men, standing in a meadow and looking in the camera. The one in the foreground and the one in the background are wearing coats, the other ones are dressed in trousers, shirts and jackets. One is also wearing a shawl.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57170
title: Moravian Mission Seminary, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: “Moravian Mission Seminary. Br. van Calker” (“Moravian Mission Seminary. Brother van Calker”). Group portrait of about sixty boys and men, predominantly wearing suits and hats, in front of a building. The ones in the first row are sitting: Three white men in the middle are sitting on chairs, the Africans on the ground. The persons behind them are standing.; Theophil Ernst van Calker, born in 1860 in Paramaribo / Suriname, was a missionary of the Moravian Church. In 1890 he married Mathilde Werner in Herrnhut. He began his work in the region of Silo (South Africa East) in 1890 and became president of the South Africa mission in 1894. In the same year he started to work in Baziya, one year later in Tabase. He worked again in Silo in 1909, retired and returned to Germany in 1926. He died in Herrnhut in 1929.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6633
title: Wagogo herdsmen, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Wagogo-Hirten. (Reisebild)" ("Wagogo herdsmen. (travel picture)"). Two Africans with sticks in their hands standing on a path.; Additional information on the second copy: "in Ugogo" ("in Ugogo").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57206
title: School in Baziya, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: “Baziya. Schule” (“Baziya. School”). Portrait of a large group of people, predominantly children, in front of a house, the school. The children in the foreground are sitting, the ones behind them are kneeling and the ones in the back rows are standing. The children are mainly dressed in light coloured clothes. In the left part of the picture a man in a dark suit and with hat sitting on a chair and a woman standing, wearing a dark long skirt and a light coloured blouse. Books are lying on the ground in front of them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57972
title: The baptizands in front of the church, Mvenyane, South Africa East, 1933

description: „Mvenyane. Die Täuflinge vor der Kirche (26 Frauen, 1 Mann)“ („Mvenyane. The baptizands in front of the church (26 women, 1 man)“). A group of women, wearing white dresses and headdresses, next to a church. The group on the left and the group on the right side are standing, the group in the middle is sitting near the entrance. Trees are around and in between. The man, mentioned in the title, is not visible.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57125
title: Woman chipping wood, South Africa East, 1929

description: „Holzhackende Frau. Vorbereitungen zum Liebesmahl“ („Woman chipping wood. Preparations for the love-feast“). Three women: Two of them sitting, one standing. The one in the middle is carrying a child on her back and is chipping wood with a little axe. On the left side of the picture another child sitting. In the background a hut.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57168
title: Woman teacher in Silo, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: “Yerija Magnngo. Lehrerin in Silo“ („Yerija Magnngo. Woman teacher in Silo“). A woman with short hair, wearing a light coloured dress, a watch and dark shoes, is sitting on a wall in front of a shrub and a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57123
title: Cooking the love-feast, South Africa East, 1929

description: „Das Liebesmahl wird gekocht bei Elias“ („The love-feast is cooked at Elias' house“). A woman standing next to several cooking pots, wearing a long dress, a blouse and a headdress, is holding in her right hand. Around her are plants.