cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m267
title: Magician performing tricks for audience of children,  Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Indian magician". Crowd of children stand around Indian man wearing turban and suit with medals, performing magic tricks. Also captioned "Hindu magician" in Osborn publication.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2281
title: Female medical missionary administering to a patient by roadside, India, ca. 1936-1941

description: "Medical work on tour" Possibly Hyderabad District, India. Dr. Nancy Francis, wife of the missionary Rev. David Francis  administering medical aid to a patient by the roadside from a travelling ox-drawn medical cart. Rev. Francis served in the Hyderabad District between 1933 and 1941.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2574
title: Children and teachers inside classroom, Zambia, 1928

description: Boarding school, Chipembi, Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia]. November 1928
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2618
title: Soldiers with bibles, China, ca .1920-1930

description: The Open Bible for China" Soldiers of General Feng's Army holding open the Testaments they have just received, at II Timothy 2:15". General Feng Yuxiang, who entered the Chinese army in 1900, had converted to Christianity in 1911 after witnessing the Paotingfu massacre and later receiving care from a medical missionary.  He encouraged missionaries, particularly Jonathan Goforth, to preach to and baptise his troops, known as "Ironsides". A film of the General's work was made in 1923, reviewed in the LMS Chronicle, October 1923, which stated that General Feng's army were "mopping up the physical, social, military, political and moral filth of China.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2616
title: Internment camp, China, ca. 1940-1945

description: "How we made known to the plane our numbers - 6 Women, 6 Men, 4 Children, All Well".; As foreign nationals, missionaries were placed in internment camps during the Second World War in China. This is a record of how news of their welfare was conveyed to the Allied authorities.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2925
title: View of Gate to Lucknow Bazaar

description: "Lucknow. Gate of Hoseinabad Bazaar." Bourne negative number 1148; Number 82 of a set of 88 mounted albumen prints, originally numbered 1 to 123. Ralph Wardlaw Thompson was Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society from 1881 to 1914, then Secretary Emeritus until his death in 1916. He led the Deputation which took place between  September 1882 and April 1883, during which time, a number of these prints may have been taken or acquired. The subject matter of some of these prints suggest they were taken by Dr. Thompson or one of his missionary colleagues, although others are clearly commercial prints purchased at the time by photographers such as Samuel Bourne. Many of these prints were loaned to the Norwich Missionary Loan Exhibition
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2676
title: Group portrait of missionaries' wives with Chinese women and children

description: "Women of Tien An Tang Church, Shanghai 1915. Miss A Clark, Mrs. Burnip, Mrs. Davenport, Miss K.B. Evans". Group portrait of missionaries' wives with Chinese women and children.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m268
title: Group playing Malagasy chess,  Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Playing Malagasy chess". Man and woman play chess, seated outdoors. Woman and children look on.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2677
title: Dr. Hopkyn Rees and colleague reading at desk, Shanghai, China, ca. 1916-1924

description: "Dr. Hopkyn Rees in his study at the offices of the Xtian Literature Society, Shanghai." Portrait of missionary and Chinese man at desk.; William Hopkyn Rees served the LMS in China from 1888 to 1921. He was General Secretary of the Christian Literature Society from 1916. He was awarded the "Bule Button" for services to the Chinese Empire for his services during the rebellion of 1900.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m262
title: Group of girls playing outdoors, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Girls playing "House" ". Five young girls playing using rock as table.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m567
title: View of North Gate and street, Suixian, China, ca. 1937

description: "North Gate and Street, Suichow" [now Suixian]. Three men stand in front of gate.; 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-m6646
title: Members of Presbytery,  Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 1887

description: "Presbytery at Amoy, English Presbyterian & American missionaries & native pastors & preachers, 1887." The Amoy Presbytery had been in existence since 1862 and was the first Presbytery to be established in China.; 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-m565
title: View of North Gate and Wall, Suixian, China, ca. 1937

description: "The North Gate and Wall, Suichow" [now Suixian]. View of top of wall and gate.; 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-m655
title: Sunday school service, Shanghai Shi, China, 1954

description: "Children's Sunday School - Moore Memorial Church, Shanghai". Postcard of children singing. Teachers at front of class conduct and play the piano.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6504
title: Group of Chinese Presbytery members, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1894.

description: Nine members of Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou] Presbytery.; 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-m653
title: Family quarters of internment camp, Shanghai Shi, China, ca. 1944

description: View of Family quarters, sectioned off by curtains, Lunghwa Internment Camp, Shanghai.; Ninety-two men, women and children of the Methodist Missionary Society spent the years of the Second World War in internment camps such as this one in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m656
title: Women's prayer meeting, Chonqing, China, 1954

description: Women's Prayer Meeting  of the Institutional Church (Methodist) in Chungking, August 1955
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m581
title: Portrait of scouts, Shihhuiyao, China, ca. 1937

description: "Four scouts at Shi Hui Yao".; 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-m654
title: Portrait of man working in cookhouse in internment camp, Shanghai Shi, China, ca. 1944

description: Man in kitchens, Lunghwa Internment Camp, Shanghai.; Ninety-two men, women and children of the Methodist Missionary Society spent the years of the Second World War in internment camps such as this one in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m652
title: Portrait of missionaries in internment camp, Shanghai Shi, China, ca. 1944

description: Men in kitchens, Lunghwa Internment Camp, Shanghai.; Ninety-two men, women and children of the Methodist Missionary Society spent the years of the Second World War in internment camps such as this one in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m647
title: People at water's edge by the Water Gate, Wusueh,  China, ca. 1937

description: "The Water Gate, Wusueh".; 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: 10.6073/pasta/61ebe5fbec4663479ddae0eb5961d374
title: SBCLTER: Ocean: Currents and Biogeochemistry: Moored CTD and ADCP Data at Mohawk Reef (MKO), ongoing since 2005

description: ADCP (Currents), CTD (Hydrography) and Optics data (Fluorescence, Beam Attenuation and Volume Scattering Function) were collected at Mohawk Reef in the Santa Barbara Channel (site ID: MKO). Data have been interpolated to a 20 minute interval. ADCP data are binned at a 0.5 meter interval, measured as height from the bottom to a maximum of 16 bins. All bins may not be filled, and in some cases, data from bins technically above the surface are included. VSF data are available at angles, 100, 125 and 150 degrees. CTD parameters include Pressure, Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density and Fluorescence. The CTD array is located approximately 4.5 meters from the surface, and there are additional temperature thermistors near the CTD array, at the bottom, and mid way between these two.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m66
title: Interior of Ambavahadimitafa Church, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ambàvahàdimitàfa Ch." Interior view of empty church showing pews, altar and windows.; 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-m6645
title: A group of missionaries from several societies, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1895

description: "English Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, London Mission, Amoy". A large group of male and female missionaries from three missionary societies: the English Presbyterian Mission, the London Missionary Society, (Dutch) Reformed Church in America taken at Amoy [Xiamen].; 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-m665
title: Portrait of Chinese girl dressed as Mary for Nativity play, Foshan, China, ca. 1945

description: "Mary in Nativity Play". Young Chinese girl in costume.; Frank Evison served the Methodist Missionary Society in South China from 1937to 1949. In 1957 he continued his work for the society in Hong Kong until 1971.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m651
title: Portrait of missionaries in internment camp, Shanghai Shi, China, ca. 1944

description: Four men in dormitory, Lunghwa Internment Camp, Shanghai.; Ninety-two men, women and children of the Methodist Missionary Society spent the years of the Second World War in internment camps such as this one in Shanghai.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6650
title: Pupils of Girls' and women's schools, Xiamen, Fujian province, China, 1893

description: "English Presbyterian and American Girls' schools, Women's school & Xtian women at Amoy Baby's Home." Female pupils of schools run by the English Presbyterian and the American (Dutch) Reformed Mission photographed outside the mission orphanage in Amoy [Xiamen].; 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-m265
title: Group of musicians playing traditional instruments at ceremony, probably circumcision, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: Man performs circumcision on young boy. Musicians play as part of the ceremony.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m646
title: Disembarking from boat, Wusueh, China, ca. 1937

description: "The Landing place at Wusueh"; 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-m266
title: Men washing gold in river, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Washing gold". Men stand in river with shovels and washing pans.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m264
title: Dancing in village, Betsimisaraka, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Betsimisaraka dancing". Two women dance in front of crowd, many of whom wear ceremonial face paint. Two carry pole.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m326
title: View of Queen's country palace, Tsinjoarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1890

description: "Tsinjoarivo: The Queen's Country Palace." View across river to Queen's Palace. Surrounded by trees, fields and hills.; Part of set of mounted prints, mostly commercially produced, collated by Rev William John Edmonds, stationed in Madagascar 1892-1898.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m322
title: Group portrait of Taisaka spearsmen, ca. 1880

description: "Taisaka spearsmen, No.3" Group portrait of four men, three standing and one crouching, with drums. Commercially produced print.; Part of set of mounted prints, mostly commercially produced, collated by Rev William John Edmonds, stationed in Madagascar 1892-1898.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m321
title: Portrait of Rainilaiarivony, ca. 1880

description: Official studio portrait of Rainilaiarivony, Prime Minister and Commander in Chief. Commercially produced print.; Part of set of mounted prints, mostly commercially produced, collated by Rev William John Edmonds, stationed in Madagascar 1892-1898.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m312
title: Group portrait of James Sibree and family, ca. 1901

description: Commercial studio portrait of the Sibree family including (from left to right, Mary Sibree and her husband, Percy Milledge, Dr James Sibree, Dr. Alice Sibree, Mrs Deborah Sibree, Herbert John Hyde Sibree? and Elsie Sibree; James Sibree first went to Madagascar as an architect in 1863, supervising the construction of the Martyr Memorial churches. He left Madagascar in 1867 to return to England to train as a missionary, receiving ordination in 1870. He returned to Madagascar 1870-1877 and 1883-1916, also serving a year in India 1879-1880. Sibree wrote and translated many publications, as well as planning over a hundred missionary buildings. Dr. Alice Sibree (1876 -1928) served as a medical missionary in Hong Kong 1903-1909. Mary Sibree (1874-1926) served 1898-1926. She married the LMS missionary Percy Milledge (1874-1907) in 1901and they served the Imerina mission until Milldege's death from typhoid in 1907. Elsie Sibree (1881-1969) also served in Madagascar 1904-1954.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m270
title: View of market, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Market. Tanarive". General view of crowds gathered for market. Antananarivo.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m327
title: Men on mountain path, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1890

description: "En route to Antananarivo: climbing a mountain pass". Three Malagasy men carrying baskets and boxes across their shoulders walking along rocky mountain path through trees.; Part of set of mounted prints, mostly commercially produced, collated by Rev William John Edmonds, stationed in Madagascar 1892-1898.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m263
title: Portrait of women sewing, one with sewing machine, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Malagasy women sewing". Two women seated at table sewing, one by hand and one with sewing machine.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2691
title: Students listening to lecture, China, 1945

description: "IB.2709/C/ British Official Photograph (Ministry of Information) Crown copyright reserved. Szechwan University, Chengtu. Picture shows: Students listening to a lecture on Chinese history. (Picture issued 1945.)". Tinted print.; The China Inland Mission (CIM) was officially set up in 1865 under the direction of the Rev James Hudson Taylor and William Thomas Berger. Refusing to appeal for funds but relying on unsolicited contributions, the goal of the China Inland Mission was the interdenominational evangelization of China's inland provinces. Missionaries were to have no guaranteed salary and were expected to become closely involved in the Chinese way of life. The first missionary party, including Taylor, left for China on the Lammermuir in May 1866. They reached Shanghai in September, and the first Mission base was established at Hangchow, Chekiang. Between 1866 and 1888, work was concentrated on the coastal provinces. In 1868 the headquarters moved to Yangchow, which was better situated for beginning work in the interior.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6665
title: Women's mission house, Kulangsu Island, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, ca. 1895

description: "Ladies' House in Amoy". The coming of single women missionaries to Amoy {Xiamen} necessitated separate accommodation suitable for unmarried women missionaries. The first single woman missionary of the English Presbyterian mission was Georgina Maclagan who arrived in 1882.; 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-m6525
title: Girls pupils at mission school,  Quanzhou, China, 1893

description: "Girls' school, Chin-chiu, 1893" Four rows of school girls, some with fans, at mission school in Chuan-Chow [Quanzhou].; 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.