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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79945
title: Two women, Purulyia, West Bengal, ca.1900

description: "Leper woman feeding another." Portrait of two indigenous women, one of whom has lost the fingers of both hands and is being fed by the other. Purulia was the home of a Leprosy Asylum founded by Rev. Henry Uffman who had approached Wellesley Bailey and the Mission to Lepers, for financial support.  Rev. Uffman’s daughter Mary died from leprosy, aged 8. The station at Purulia was run by the Gossner Mission Society.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79693
title: Masai compound, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Masai Kraal." Exterior view of a walled enclosure built from wattle and mud, with doorways in the interior walls. The kraal is situated near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80178
title: Landscape, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Landscape Kikuyu." Landscape view of a valley, with crops growing in the foreground, near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79959
title: Ships at port, Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1901

description: ""S.S. Juba." Seafront view showing ships anchored off Zanzibar. The steamship Juba (1889-1929) sits in the foreground. 
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80179
title: Women dancing, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Dance, Kikuyu women." Group portrait showing women performing a traditional dance near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80265
title: Gunboat on the Lower Shire, Malawi, ca.1900

description: “HMS Herald.” View showing the full length of the paddle steamer HMS Herald with the mounted guns on both decks and a stern wheel. The Herald and Mosquito patrolled the waters of the Lower Shire in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Port Herald was named after the gunboat as the entrance to Nyasaland [Malawi] along the river. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80363
title: Mount Waller from Lake Malawi, Malawi, ca.1900

description: “from the Lake Shore.” Panoramic of Mount Waller from the beach on Lake Nyasa at Florence Bay. Several groups of people sit in the sand. Supplies for Livingstonia would come by boat through Lake Nyasa [Malawi] transported by the African Lakes Corporation. Livingstonia was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe on a high plateau behind Mount Waller and transporting equipment up the mountain was difficult. The Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80236
title: Transport in Domasi, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Domasi district. Travelling by bush-car through an African forest." Portrait of Rev J. P. Alexander being transported by a rickshaw-style vehicle over forest terrain. The 'drivers' of the bush-car are Africans. Part of a group of photographs illustrating mission work in and around Domasi, Nyasaland [Malawi].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80170
title: Kindergarten School, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Kindergarten School, Miss Mackenzie and Native Assistants." Group portrait of staff and pupils at the Kindergarten school, Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. Each ‘district’ or ‘parish’ was under the charge of a local teacher-evangelist, with a staff of local African teachers running the schools within the district. European missionaries supervised this parochial system of education.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80233
title: Patients and staff at the dispensary, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Miss Muir and two Native orderlies. Out-door Patients on right." Group portrait of staff and patients near the entrance of the dispensary at Domasi, Nyasaland [Malawi]. The out-door patients are mostly African women with young children in their arms. The Domasi Mission was founded by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick in 1884. It is one of a number of important missions extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It was situated north of Blantyre, near to Mount Zomba. The mission was central to medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80243
title: Church dedication, Kambetti, Malawi, 1927

description: "Dedication of Kambetti Church, Nov. 20. 1927." Outdoor group portrait of clergy and congregants outside church building, Kambetti. Part of an album of photographs relating to Scottish mission work in Nyasaland [Malawi].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80047
title: Group portrait, teachers, Mulanje, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Teachers". Group portrait of ten men and boys. There are four men seated at the front, the second from the left being European, the rest are standing behind. There are thatched buildings to the back right and left of the image and laid out pathways behind.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80090
title: Mission workers having lunch, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1904

description: "Mission workers, preparing to begin work again after mid-day meal". Exterior view showing a group of indigenous men and women, sitting and standing, on an area of scrubland. The Kikuyu mission was established by the East African Scottish Mission in 1891 under the direction of Mr Thomas Watson. Mr Watson died of pneumonia on the 4/12/1900 and the mission came under the management of the Church of Scotland Mission (CSM). Rev. David Clement Ruffelle Scott was sent from Blantyre to head the mission and arrived with his wife and Doctor Uffman in 1901.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80126
title: Young water carrier, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Water-carrying." Portrait of a young child with a water jug upon her head. She is wearing a necklace and sarong, also known as a kanga or kikoi, around her waist.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80034
title: Women's Ward, Blantyre Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1910

description: "Interior of Women's Ward, Blantyre Hospital, Women's Ward". Interior view of a women's hospital ward, showing nine beds and various women and children, both seated and lying down. There are two closed doors at the back of the room in the centre of the image and a screen in front of the right hand door. There is a wash stand and basin to the front left of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80097
title: Central African Rifles returning to base, Malawi, ca.1916

description: "Yao troops returning from campaign". Military battalion on parade. Exterior view showing troops lined up on the right of the image with a long brick building to the left, on the veranda of which are standing European and indigenous people and military personnel and commanders. There is a large brick warehouse to back of the image. Behind the tree to the left of the image is a horse.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79856
title: Doctor and trainee medical staff, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1925

description: "Lady Doctor & staff in training Blantyre". Group portrait, taken outside an ivy covered brick building, showing three rows of people. There are five African men seated on the ground, five African women and two European women seated behind them, and nine African men standing at the back. All are wearing European dress. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79978
title: Grazing cattle, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Scene near Kikuyu, Mr. Paterson, Mr. McQueen." Landscape view with a group of men in the foreground and cattle grazing behind. Mr McQueen [right] was one of the first white settlers in the highlands and Mr Paterson [middle] was the Agriculturalist with the original group of missionaries at Kibwezi from 1893. He continued the job when the mission moved to Kikuyu in 1898 and took on responsibility for the industrial training after the death of Thomas Watson in 1900. He left the mission in 1904 and became a planter at Chania Falls, Thika. The mission was transferred into the care of the Church of Scotland, 1901, which placed Dr David C R Scott and Dr Uffman in charge.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80009
title: Eucalyptus trees, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Blue gum [Eucalyptus] trees near school". Large group portrait showing six rows of school children with Eucalyptus trees behind them. Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80450
title: Looking out from the Bible School, Lovedale, South Africa, ca.1938

description: “Entrance to Bible School.” Interior view looking out of the arched entrance way into the building. The Lovedale Bible School was funded by a donation from Lord Maclay (1857-1951) and opened in 1932 as an inter-denominational school. The first Head of the school was Rev. Edward William Grant. ❧ The Incehra mission, in the Eastern Cape, was renamed Lovedale ,1826, in memory of Dr John Love (1757-1825) and was later resituated on the Tyumie River in 1837. The mission ministered to the Xhosa speaking people and the mission became famous for its educational endeavours.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79972
title: Settler portrait, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

description: "Group of settlers, Kikuyu." Group portrait of eleven European men next to a shallow river. They are some of the earliest European settlers in the district which suffered from some unrest with the Kikuyu and the Maasai. The Kikuyu mission was going through a process of transferring into the care of the Church of Scotland after the death of Mr Thomas Watson in 1900. The Church sent out Dr David C R Scott and Dr Karl Uffman, 1901, to take on the running of the mission. Dr Uffman’s Brother, Hans, also settled in the area and became one of the first European planters at Kikuyu.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80410
title: Main building of the Lovedale Institute, South Africa, ca.1938

description: “Main Building, Lovedale.” Exterior view of a large stone building with a clock tower. ❧ The Incehra mission, in the Eastern Cape, was renamed Lovedale ,1826, in memory of Dr John Love (1757-1825) and was later resituated on the Tyumie River in 1837. The mission ministered to the Xhosa speaking people and the mission became famous for its educational endeavours.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79963
title: Captain of the S.S. Nevasa, Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1901

description: "Captain of S.S. Nevasa." Portrait of a Captain standing on the desk of a ship holding a small dog. This is probably the first S.S. Nevasa (1884-1909) owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, and built by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton. The photograph was taken during a stop-over in Zanzibar en route to British East Africa.
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission in Kenya, from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79960
title: Portrait of a lady on deck, Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1901

description: "Traveller on S.S. Nevasa." Portrait of a European lady on the deck of the S.S. Nevasa on route to British East Africa. This is probably the S.S. Nevasa (1884-1909) owned by the British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. which was built by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton. 
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman, son of Dr Henry Uffman of the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Kikuyu mission in Kenya, from 1901 to 1905.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79869
title: School portrait, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "School, Teachers & Pupils". Exterior view showing children lined up in rows outside the Church-school, at the end of each row to the right of the image stand teachers. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79958
title: Seafront view of Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1901

description: "Zanzibar. On the right British Consulate." Seafront view of Stone Town showing the British consulate. 
This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79872
title: Mr & Mrs Proctor and dead lion, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "Mr & Mrs Proctor S.A.G.M." A portrait of Mr & Mrs Proctor of the South African General Mission standing behind a dead posed lion. There is a building and car in the background. The South African General Mission (SAGM) was founded by Martha Osborn, Spencer Walton, and Andrew Murray in 1889. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79885
title: Mr & Mrs Proctor and dead leopard, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1930

description: "Leopard". A portrait of Mr & Mrs Proctor of the South African General Mission crouched behind a dead posed leopard. There is a building in the background to the right. The South African General Mission (SAGM) was founded by Martha Osborn, Spencer Walton, and Andrew Murray in 1889. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80013
title: Jonathan, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Jonathan, Nyasalander". Portrait of an African man in shirt and shorts with a hat in his hand standing outside a brick and thatch building. He is probably one of the mission workers trained at Blantyre and sent to work in the outposts. Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79991
title: Medical staff, Mihecani, Mozambique, ca.1925

description: "Dr Madge Muir, Sister Betty Brown & Staff in training". Group portrait of medical staff and trainees on the steps of a brick building. Dr Muir and Miss Brown both arrived at Mihecani in 1922. ❧ Mihecani station was established in the Alto Molocue district of Lomweland, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], in 1913, and was situated near the Namuli Mountain. It was known as the children’s mission because it was financially supported by the Sunday Schools of Scotland. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80414
title: Students reading, Lovedale, South Africa, ca.1938

description: “Library, Lovedale.” Interior view of students reading in a school room with book cases along all the walls. ❧ The Incehra mission, in the Eastern Cape, was renamed Lovedale ,1826, in memory of Dr John Love (1757-1825) and was later resituated on the Tyumie River in 1837. The mission ministered to the Xhosa speaking people and the mission became famous for its educational endeavours.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79853
title: Portrait of a young girl, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1928

description: "Nancy Bowman". Portrait of a young girl holding a doll and a pram. She is standing with her legs crossed at the bottom of steps in front of a large stone building, there is a cat rubbing itself against her leg. Nancy Bowman, born 9th May 1920, was the daughter of Ernest Drewitt Bowman, born Aberlour-on-Spey 4th October, 1883, ordained 8th May 1910. He was a missionary teacher in Nyasaland from 1903 before becoming and ordained missionary. He married Jessie Grant in 1912. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80116
title: Factory, Zanzibar, Tanzania, ca.1904

description: Interior view showing a distillation plant in a warehouse. The shot is taken from the second floor looking across to the landing on the other side of the factory, there are nine men standing on the balcony looking back at the camera. The vats appear to be made of wood and metal.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80251
title: Church staff, Zomba, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Zomba. Rev J. F. Alexander and his beadle." Portrait of Scottish clergyman and his church assistant, standing on a verandah. The Reverend James Frederick Alexander (1882-1941) was ordained in 1908 and sent out to Nyasaland that year. He served in Domasi, Zomba and Blantyre until his retirement in 1938. He was married to Janet (Nita) Simson Brown, 29 August 1917. He wrote ‘Kulemekeza kwa mulungu' [The Worship of God] a devotional manual in the Manganja dialect.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80464
title: Grave of James Henderson, Lovedale, South Africa, ca.1938

description: “In memoriam, Sandile’s Kop.” Exterior view showing a grave on a hill. The epitaph reads, ‘James Henderson, Missionary at Livingstonia, 1895-1905, Principal of Lovedale, 1906-1930’. James Henderson (1867-1930) was the third Principal of Lovedale and had been the Head of the Overtoun Training School. He continued to expand Lovedale based on the ideals and principles set down by James Stewart (1831-1905). ❧ The Incehra mission, in the Eastern Cape, was renamed Lovedale ,1826, in memory of Dr John Love (1757-1825) and was later resituated on the Tyumie River in 1837. The mission ministered to the Xhosa speaking people and the mission became famous for its educational endeavours.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80193
title: Hospital medics and trainees, Blantyre Hospital, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "European Staff and Native Hospital Apprentices." Group portrait of medical staff in hospital grounds, Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80249
title: Domasi District Church, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Native Heads of Departments. Domasi District Chruch." Exterior view of thatched church with congregants gathered outside. The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions, extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80237
title: River scene, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1926

description: “Domasi district. A forest river – a ford.” View of a forest river. Part of a group of photographs illustrating mission work in and around Domasi, Nyasaland [Malawi].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80232
title: Pupils and staff, Domasi School, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Domasi School. Design of this school has been recommended by the Director of Education for Nyasaland as the model for the whole country." Group portrait of staff and pupils in the grounds of Domasi school. The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev Alexander Hetherwick. The station was central to medical work in the area and trained girls in industrial and domestic work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80252
title: Missionary station at Zomba, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Zomba. The Ladies' House, The Manse." Exterior view of the buildings comprising the missionary station, with a group of European women gathered outside. The station at Zomba, Nyasaland [Malawi] was built up by Dr Henry Scott, who sited the manse and hospital close to the Mlunguzi River. Zomba became a key location after it was made the headquarters of the Nyasaland government.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80242
title: School building, Mulanje Malawi, ca.1926

description: "M'Lange and District. M'Lange School." Exterior view of school and grounds, Mulanje, Nyasaland [Malawi]. The presence of a Mission station school fostered the education of girls, who were taught domestic subject such as sewing and laundry. The school roll eventually grew to 140 pupils.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-80218
title: View of village, Malawi, ca.1926

description: "Near view of African village." View of village dwellings and cleared ground. A young boy stands outside a traditional hut. Part of an album of photographs relating to the mission at Blantyre, which was established in 1876 in the Shire Highlands of Southern Nyasaland [Malawi] by Henry Henderson (1843-1891). The mission excelled in medical and education provision and encouraged the commercialisation of the area through opening trade routes and the cultivation of tobacco, and other cash crops.