cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77979
title: Female Christian convert, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white portrait photograph printed on a postcard showing the head and shoulders of a female Christian convert in Nigeria. She wears a barrette in her hair (which is braided), a string of pearls, and a light dress. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77969
title: Motherless babes, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing three young children in an institution run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Motherless babes." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77974
title: Boy with tribal markings, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a young Nigerian boy with tribal markings temporarily painted onto his body. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. The hospital was run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77975
title: Mr and Mrs Banham, Nigeria, ca. 1930

description: Black and white photograph showing two missionaries of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, Mr and Mrs Banham. The couple sit on stairs leading up to a porch, upon which chairs and tubs of flowers are placed. The couple are middle-aged. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77973
title: Uzuakoli Institute sports day, Nigeria, June 1923

description: Black and white photograph showing a tug of war match at Uzuakoli Institute on its sports day in June 1923. The picture shows a tug of war match between two groups of African young men. Two male European missionaries stand at either side of the rope to referee. A group of young Nigerian adolescents watches the match. The Uzuakoli Institute was run by the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S), and was opened in 1923. It was later to be known as the Methodist College. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77963
title: Ama Achara Hospital staff, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of European and Nigerian staff at the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society (known as the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society up to 1932.) The caption on the reverse of the side reads: "Ama Achara Hospital Staff with Govt. Doctor 2 Nursing Sister & Miss Brazier in charge of Evangelistic work." The government doctor may be the man wearing glasses in the centre of the image, the nursing sister sits on the wicker chair to the right, Emily Godfrey sits to the left of the doctor, and Miss Brazier sits on the floor at the front of the group. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/jkxkif/zkjvof
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-3714.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77972
title: Young woman holding twins, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a young woman holding twin girls on a grassy area, possibly at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The birth of twins was considered an ill omen in certain Nigerian groups, with twin children being left to die by abandonment. Mission groups often cared for such abandoned children. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77977
title: A visit to the river, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of three European missionaries from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society sitting on a river-bank in Nigeria. The group poses on tree stumps. Two women and one man make up the group. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/jkxkif
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 3714

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77967
title: Dispensary, Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1921

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a group of children standing with staff from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society outside the dispensary building at the hospital at Ama Achara, Nigeria. The dispensary is a mud and thatch building. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77961
title: Hospital staff with Dr Henshaw, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of a group of Nigerian staff at the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society, formerly known as the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Dr Henshaw was a government doctor, presumably from the British authorities who governed Nigeria until independence in 1960. Emily Godfrey is the European female missionary in the picture. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77962
title: Emily Godfrey with hospital staff and children, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a missionary from the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly known as the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) in a group with a Nigerian staff member from the hospital at Amu Achara, Nigeria. The missionary, Emily Godfrey (Matron of the hospital at Ama Achara) holds a small baby, and two children stand in the middle of the group. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77976
title: Our new home, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a brick built building, the home of medical missionary Emily Godfrey who worked for the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, and was Matron at Ama Achara Hospital, working in Nigeria from 1921 to 1944. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Our new home. Please send home when finished, & ask mother to send on to Mr Stringer, Hollydene, Hutton Ruddy, as we only have the one." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77966
title: Wedding group, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerians and European missionaries at the celebration of a wedding. One male missionary and three male missionaries are pictured. Two Nigerian women sit in the front row, with bouquets of flowers on their knees. The caption to the photograph reads: "House boy and evangelistic worker assistants wedding." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77971
title: Four day old child, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a tiny four year old baby girl, cared for by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in their hospital at Ama Achara, Nigeria. The caption on the reverse of the postcard reads: "4 days old!!!" This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77964
title: Early days at Ama Achara Hospital, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of staff at Ama Achara Hospital in Nigeria run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, taken early in its history. Matron Emily Godfrey sits in the centre of the image. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77970
title: The first Idoma sewing class, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian woman with a group of Nigerian girls of various ages. Some girls wear smock dresses, whilst the younger girls are bare-chested. The caption to the photograph reads: "The first Idoma sewing class." The Idoma people are an ethnic group based in eastern Nigeria, closely related to the Igbo people. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77978
title: Uzuakoli Institute sports day, Nigeria, 1924

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a tug of war match at the Uzuakoli Institute, run by the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S). Two groups of young Nigerian men play tug of war, whilst they are refereed by a male European missionary (in shirt, trousers and pith helmet) and a Nigerian teacher. The caption on the reverse of the postcard reads: Uzuakoli Institute sports day 1924." The C.M.S founded the Institute in 1923, and it was later renamed Methodist College. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77968
title: Group of children, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a group of three Nigerian children outside a building of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Nigeria. The group is made up of an older girl, a small boy and a baby, carried by the girl. The children wear no clothes, although the girl wears beads around her waist. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77996
title: Emily Godfrey and young child, Nigeria, ca. 1930

description: Black and white photograph showing a European female missionary holding a small Nigerian girl in her knee at the Ama Achara Hospital, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The nurse is Emily Godfrey, matron of the Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/t4mwuh/6jf9tb
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-0765.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77986
title: Sarah, Nigeria, 1922-1924

description: Two juxtaposed black and white photographs showing Sarah, a Nigerian girl connected with the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. In the first photograph, Sarah is picked out as a tall girl with a book balanced upon her head. Four smaller girls stand in front of her, also balancing books on their heads, in height order. A cross has been drawn on Sarah's head, and the photograph is labelled "1922." The second photograph features Sarah in 1926 - again she is marked with a cross. She sits with another Nigerian lady, a Nigerian man and two children. Two European missionaries stand at either side of the group. The group poses in front of mission houses. The caption below the image reads: "(1) Sarah, Dinah, Grace, Sue & Jeanette 1924. (2) Sarah & others 1926. Miss Jeffrey." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77994
title: Emmanuel and wife, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian native evangelist, Emmanuel, and his wife sitting on the steps of a building in 1932. The couple wear traditional Nigerian dress. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. The hospital was run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, later the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/t4mwuh
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 765

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77984
title: Sue and Rebecca, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing two nurses, Sue and Rebecca, in 1932 at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society.) The two nurses wear striped blouses, with white aprons and head-wraps, and white shoes. They stand in front of the hospital steps. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77987
title: Female missionary with babies, ca. 1930

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard featuring a female missionary from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society with a group of six infants at the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the mission. A baby and a small child sit on a wooden bench. The missionary holds a small girl in a standing position, and two girls sit on a rug on the grass. The girls are probably orphans. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77995
title: Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary, Nigeria, 1922

description: Copy of a black and white photograph showing the dispensary at the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria,  run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. A female missionary, Miss Godfrey, stands outside the mud and thatch building, with a group of Nigerian men, women and children. The caption reads: "Herald, Oct 22. Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77988
title: Emily Godfrey and Miss Stringer outside dispensary, Nigeria, 1923

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing two nurses from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society standing outside their dispensary at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The nurses are dressed in white uniforms and pith hats with nets attached to them. One of the nurses (Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital) holds a parrot or parakeet on her arm. The nurse who stands to her left is Miss J Stringer. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77985
title: New class room on mission grounds, Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a thatch building in the middle distance inside a fenced courtyard, a new classroom for the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, who held a station in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The caption on the reverse of the card reads: "New class Room on Mission grounds Ama Achara 1933." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77990
title: Male missionary with motor car, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a male missionary dressed in shorts and shirt posing on the foot-board of a motor car. The car has a tarpaulin and a convertible roof. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77989
title: Female missionary getting into car, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a female missionary of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (the Methodist Missionary Society after 1932) getting into a car with a convertible roof. Presumably the car was to be used for missionary travel around Ama Achara, Nigeria. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77980
title: Alfred and Enoch, dispensary helpers, Nigeria, 1929

description: Black and white photograph showing two Nigerian men, helpers at the dispensary run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Ama Achara, Nigeria. The two men stand in a courtyard, and wear overalls with the letters "P.M.M" embroidered on them. A tin bath can be seen in the background. Writing on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Alfred and Enoch, Dispensary helpers. Note P.M.M (Primitive Methodist Mission) on jumpers! Around July 1929." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77992
title: Mission car on the road, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing the car owned by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society before 1932) on a dirt road in Ama Achara, Nigeria. Two Nigerian boys stand next to the car. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/ucljak/ez6hil
title: Puccinia coronata Corda F-1396.tif

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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77981
title: Members & teacher at the opening of Umu Oba Church, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing the congregation and teacher at the opening of the church at Umu Oba (now known as Umuoba.) The congregation members are solely men and boys, and the Nigerian teacher stands a little to the side of the seated group. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Members & teacher at the opening of Umu Oba church. Around July 1929." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77982
title: New road bridge & old pontoon, Kafue River, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), 1949

description: Black and white photograph showing an iron bridge over the Kafue River in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), with an older wooden pontoon on the river below it. A European boy and girl lean on the pontoon. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "New Road Bridge & old Pontoon, Kafue River, N.R. Taken Aug 1949. Bridge opened Sept 8th 1949." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/ucljak
title: Puccinia coronata Corda, 1396

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77983
title: Nigerian nurses and child, Nigeria, ca. 1929

description: Black and white photograph showing three Nigerian nurses at the ama Achara Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The nurses wear white uniforms, white scarves and white shoes. A small child in a smock sits drinking from a metal cup in the centre of the group. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77993
title: Missionary dressed as Santa Claus, Nigeria, 1938

description: Black and white photograph showing a female European missionary wearing a cape and hat, dressed as Santa Claus. She also wears a false beard, eye brows and moustache. A young European girl stands next to her. Two small Nigerian girls sit and play with toys on her knee. Another Nigerian girl and a male European missionary can be seen in the background. From the context of another photograph, the missionary dressed as Santa Claus is a Miss Holgate. This image may have been taken at the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77997
title: Mary Slessor and infants, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing the Calabar missionary, Mary Slessor (1848-1915) with two of her infant charges, dressed in smocks. The group stands in front of iron railings. Mary Slessor - a heroine of missionary work in Africa -  worked for the Calabar Mission of the United Presbyterian Church from 1876 to her death in 1915. Slessor was famed for her work in rescuing twins from abandonment and fighting against inter-tribal warfare and customs such as human sacrifice and poison ordeals. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. Photographic material on Mary Slessor was sent to Emily Godfrey by a Mrs McCullough.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78000
title: Nigerian infants cared for by Mary Slessor, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing two young Nigerian children cared for by pioneer missionary Mary Slessor (1848-1915). The children wear smocks and straw hats, and stand in front of iron railings. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. Photographic material on Mary Slessor was sent to Emily Godfrey by a Mrs McCullough.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77999
title: Two children cared for by Mary Slessor, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing two Nigerian children cared for by the pioneer missionary Mary Slessor, who worked in Calabar from 1876 to her death in 1915. The children wear smocks, and the smaller child holds a straw hat. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. Photographic material on Mary Slessor was sent to Emily Godfrey by a Mrs McCullough.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77998
title: Mary Slessor and boy, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing pioneer missionary Mary Slessor in her later years, sitting on a wicker chair next to a Nigerian boy. The boy wears a smart suit of jacket and shorts, with a prominent shirt collar and bow tie. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1 944.Photographic material on Mary Slessor was sent to Emily Godfrey by a Mrs McCullough.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77960
title: First dispensary at Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1923

description: Black and white photograph showing the first dispensary operated by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, Nigeria. A group of three European missionaries and Nigerian men, women and children pose in the shade of the roof of a mud and thatch building. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "First Dispensary at Ama Achara 1923. L to R. Rev. J.H Slater, Mary Anderson. E. Godfrey - L. Leggett." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.