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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2508
title: Group of Girls' School students and teacher in classroom,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "The Girls' School in their Class Room. Pastor Bataeru standing." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2496
title: Group portrait of indigenous pastor and his family, Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "Pastor Iupeli, and his wife Sara, with their first baby." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.  Patro Iupeli, also spelt Jupeli, was a Samoan christian, and worked in the Gilbert Islands with Rev Goward for many years, including as the Vice Principal of the Rongorongo Training Institution.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60
title: View of Andohalo Christians outside church, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Early L.M.S. church, Andohàlo" View of church congregation standing or seated outside church, showing surrounding houses.; 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-m502
title: Map of three cities, China, ca. 1937

description: "Map of three cities" Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang [now Wuhan].; From an album, "Storm and Sunshine in Mid China. Our Work in the Hupeh District" by Frank Deaville Walker. Wlaker 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 China in 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2500
title: Welcome ceremony for missionary,  Beru, Kiribati, 8 December, 1913

description: "Rev A.H. and Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Goward and Pastor Iupeli. Dec.8/13. In these views students and girls respectively are lining the path." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.  Rev. Hubert Arnold Arnold served in the Gilbert Islands from 1913 to 1929, initially as Rev. Gowards assistant.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2526
title: Village scene,  Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "A village scene in the S. Gilbert Islands. L.M.S." Woman and children sstanding in front of houses. One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2521
title: Mission dispensary and staff,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: ""Views shewing the interior of the Dispensary, with staff and patients." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2514
title: Printers inside mission press,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "Interior of the Printing &c house, shewing rooms, and workmen." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2513
title: Printers outside mission press,  Beru, Kiribati, 1913-1914

description: "The Printing and Book-binding House. The staff outside. At the right hand corner is Pastor Baueri, who is in charge." One image from an album of 32 prints of Ronoronu, Beru, inscribed, "Photographs from Ronorono, Beru, Gilbert Islands. Taken by the Rev. W.E. Goward. For the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson, B.A. D.D., with sincere regards.". Rev. Goward served in the South Seas from 1888 to 1919. Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the LMS from 1881 to 1914 and had visited  the missions in the South Seas as part of the Deputation of 1897-1898.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830. The mission field was successful,  famous for its educational work. The Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa. The Gilbert Islands [later Kiribati] became part of the Samoan mission in 1870 and together with the Ellice Islands [later Tuvalu] became known as the North-West outstations of the Samoan mision.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2373
title: Missionary and catechist outside village church, Sierra Leone, 1907

description: "St. Mary's Segbwema. Mendiland. Rev. J. Walton and his catechist holding the banner." James Walton served in Sierra Leone from 1902 to 1920. Here he stands outside a village church with a banner which reads, "Saint Mary's Church. Dedicated Oct 20 1907."; 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-m2364
title: Portrait of King and infant son, Shagamu, Nigeria, ca. 1930-1940

description: "The King of Shagamu and his infant son, Prince Hezekiah. A Christian King.". William Mellor served in Nigeria for over fifty years, from 1921 to 1974.; 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-m2375
title: Fetish house, Sierra Leone, ca. 1905-1915

description: "A native bridge over a deep river - Mendi-land. The erection to the right is a fetish house. James Walton served in Sierra Leone and Gambia from 1902 to 1920.; 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-m2365
title: Portrait of school children, Shagamu, Nigeria, ca. 1930-1940

description: "Scholars feast day, Shagamu."  William Mellor served in Nigeria for over fifty years, from 1921 to 1974.; 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-m25
title: View of workshops through trees, Mantasoa, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Workshops, Mantasoa".  View through trees to three large workshop buildings in compound near river.; 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-m26
title: View of stream, Mantasoa, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Stream, Mantasoa".  View of fast flowing river with trees and rocks.; 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-m2617
title: Medical missionary leaving on furlough, China, 1910

description: Dr Carr and family seen off by Chinese friends from Kaifeng fu railway station.; Honan [now Henan], China. 1910. Photograph by Dr G W Guinness. Dr Carr served as a medical missionary at Pingyangfu and is seen here leaving on furlough.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2355
title: Portrait of the Rev. Oliver and Mrs. Griffin, Nigeria, ca. 1930

description: "Rev. Oliver J. Griffin". Reverend Griffin and his wife seated on bench under tree. Griffin served in Lagos from 1897 to 1928.; 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-m2596
title: Samoan pastor and his family, Samoa, ca. 1883

description: "Sumeo, wife and son. Samoan Pastor. left for New Guinea via Sydney 29 Oct. 1883." Studio portrait probably taken before sailing.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a succesful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2598
title: Portrait of chief, Samoa, ca. 1880-1890

description: "Saga, Chief at Fasitoolai, Upolu." Studio portrait of man in traditional dress.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a successful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2276
title: Students and teacher in classroom, Anlu, Hubei, China, ca. 1910

description: Interior of classroom showing boys at desks and teacher at board, Anlu Boys' School; Hupeh [now Hubei], China. Rowley worked as a missionary for over fifty years in China from 1899 to 1951, when all missionaries, together with other foreign nationals, were expelled by the Communist government.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2570
title: Female missionary seated under parasol with African Chief, Zambia, ca.1917.

description: Chief Kazembe with a female missionary [Mabel Shaw] and attendants Mbereshi, Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia]. Possibly 1917. Possibly taken by "F H H" [Francis Hawkins (1863 - 1936), Foreign Secretary and former Director of the LMS] during a deputation. Kazembe and the missionary are seated, the former in robes with ornate jewellery. 3 attendants stand behind, 1 holding a parasol.  Mabel Shaw established and ran the girls' boarding school at Mbereshi (later known as the Livingstone Memorial School) between 1915 and 1941.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m579
title: Doctor and nurses with patient, China, ca. 1937

description: "Dr Pell smiling at a patient"; From an album, "Storm and Sunshine in Mid China. Our Work in the Hupeh District" [now Hubei] by Frank Deaville Walker. 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 China in 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6506
title: Girl pupils of missionary school, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, 1892

description: "Girls School, Chin-chiu, July 1892 ... the children of [Chris]tians"  Lilias Graham, who was appointed to Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou] in 1889, opened a girls' school there soon after her arrival.; Album containing approximately 170 photographs and 55 coloured drawings belonging to Lilias Graham, of the Womens' Missionary Association, English Presbyterian Mission in China. Lilias Graham was an honorary missionary with the WMA from 1888 to 1906 when ill-health forced her to retire. She herself funded much of the WMA work in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou], Fujian Province.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2279
title: Missionary's wife vaccinating child, Yunnan, China, ca. 1942

description: "Miao preacher and missionary's wife, together vaccinating Miao children against smallpox. In England the infant mortality rate is roughly 5%...among the Miao it is anything between 50% and 80%." Possibly Yunnan, South West China; Kendall and his wife, Ruth (nee Rowley), worked in South West China from 1939 until the expulsion of all missionaries by the Communist government in 1951. They were later posted to Kenya. Kendall wrote two books, both illustrated with photographs, Eyes of the Earth and Beyond the Clouds.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2531
title: Portrait of Thakombau, ex-king of Fiji ca. 1874

description: "Thakombau, ex-king of Fiji" c.1874. Carte-de visite portrait of Ratu Seru Cakobau, Vuniivalu of Bau, Tui Viti, chief of Fiji 1871 - 1874, b.1817 d.1883, accepted Christianaity 1854 and ended cannibalism, instrumental in ceding Fiji to Britain in 1874].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2572
title: Children and teachers in classroom, West Indies, ca. 1920-1930

description: Children at desks in schoolroom, with teachers. West Indies, c.1920's. Part of set of photographs with lecture notes pasted on reverse.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2427
title: Group of men wearing lambas outside hut,  Madagascar, ca. 1900

description: "Natives of Madagascar" Reproduced with caption "The People that walked in Darkness" in LMS Chronicle. A group stand outside a hut, traditionally dressed in lambas. Types of cloth, and the way it is worn, hold significance within Malagasy society, denoting social status, wealth and ethnicity.Negative no. 294 written (in reverse) on bottom left hand corner of print.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2581
title: Scrapbook page with six portraits, Madagascar, ca. 1880-1920

description: Six group and individual portraits mounted on loose scrapbook page, including Governor Rajaonah of Mahamanina and staff [a son-in law of the Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, Rajaonah trained as a doctor in Edinburgh under LMS sponsorship and served in the Government medical service] ; two students; a country congregation; an evangelist; a Hova family and Pastor Ravelo.; Page 127 with 6 mounted albumen, printing-out paper and gelatin silver prints from scrapbook of approximately 360 mounted prints with detailed index.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2577
title: Congregation outside church, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: "Present native church with May meeting congregation, Port Moresby".; Congregation of indigenous people of Papua New Guinea, South Sea teachers, and two missionaries, including possibly Harry Moore Dauncey.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.