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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78728
title: Children at school, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Exterior view of children sitting at benches during a Sunday school lesson, some have books and other children are eating from trays. Mission workers stand amongst the children and a pedal organ stands in the fore ground. The title of the children’s song ‘Two Little Eyes’ is written on a blackboard. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81658
title: ANMC hut, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “[I]n the [h]ospital [A]NMC depot.” Interior view of an African Native Medical Corps (ANMC) ward or possibly orderlies accommodation. The patients would be from the Carrier Corps recruited from British East Africa and the orderlies of the ANMC were mainly from Uganda. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78730
title: Kikuyu warriors, Tumutumu, Kenya, ca.1910-1930

description: Portrait of three Kikuyu warriors, they wear elaborate feather headdresses that encircle their faces and hold painted leather shields. They also brandish spears with capped ends. The Tumutumu field administered to the Chuka and Mwimbi tribes, two sections of the Kikuyu people, and the individuals represented may be Chuka. ❧ Tumutumu was established in 1908 by Rev. Henry Scott and Dr. John Arthur and is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya, 130km north of Nairobi. The mission was set up as a clinic but soon expanded to include a school and church serving the Kikuyu population indigenous to the region. Arthur Ruffelle Barlow (1888-1965), the nephew of David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1853-1907) and co-editor of the first Kikuyu – English Dictionary, was the first resident missionary at Tumutumu. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81743
title: Reserve, Kikuyu, Kenya, 1918

description: “A bit of the Reserve near Kikuyu.” Landscape view of rolling grasslands and trees near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81729
title: Boy reading, Maseno, Nyanza province, Kenya, 1918

description: “A native boy reading from the lectern, made at Maseno.” Portrait of an indigenous boy standing at a carved lectern in the church at Maseno. The CMS Station was run by the Rev. Albert Edward Pleydell. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81701
title: Lt. Irvine and Ships Engineer, Mozambique island, Mozambique, 1918

description: “Then right down coast to Mozambique. Here is Mozambique island and castle. The Chief Engineer and I went ashore to shoot but saw nothing, but we got one snap-shot, here it is.” Portrait of Lt. Irvine, ships medical officer, and the Chief Engineer, of the S.S. Salamis; a troop transport from Dar es Salaam to Portuguese East Africa. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81646
title: Indian shops, Nyanza province, Kenya, 1918

description: “Yala River. Indian shops – a sleepy little hot place.” Landscape view showing some stores built of corrugated iron in an open area of land. The post was north of Kisumu near Lake Victoria. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81668
title: ANMC orderlies, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “Same 3 as above.” “My chief [s]upporters the [ord]erlies. [Jo?]nathan, --edinego –wandere, --meon –uksudi.” Group portrait of three ANMC orderlies. These men worked with Lt. Irvine, RAMC, at the ANMC depot at Dar es Salaam where he was stationed in early 1918. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81672
title: Machine gun training, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “Machine gun class at 3/3rd Depot, Dar es Salaam” Group portrait of two officers and nine soldiers of the 3/3rd King’s African Rifles sitting around a Lewis light machine gun being aimed by one soldier lying flat. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78722
title: Village women's sewing class, Mozambique, ca.1888-1929

description: "Women's sewing class, children's mission, Lomweland." ❧ Photograph showing a group of women standing and sitting in rows for a group portrait, many of the women are in the process of stitching material. A number of young children sit in front of the group The Lomwe are an ethnic group predominately from Mozambique and became a large migrant work force, in the early twentieth century, in the Shire Highlands and farming estates of Malawi. Lomweland was part of Portuguese East Africa and the first Church of Scotland mission was established in Mihecani in 1913. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81807
title: Patrol resting, Namirrue, Zambezia province, Mozambique, 22 July 1918

description: “A patrol resting after [?] outcome (Namirrue).” Landscape view with soldiers in the foreground and some ruined buildings in the background. The soldiers are probably from the 4/4 KAR or the Nigerian Brigade, part of the column to which Capt. Irvine was attached. The battle at Namirrue saw the King’s African Rifles come under heavy attack from the German forces in Portuguese East Africa. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81643
title: Portrait of an old man, Morogoro region, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “An old native gentleman, who visited us one day.” Portrait on an indigenous man with a pipe and walking stick. This is possibly taken near Matikira where Lt. Irvine was stationed in November 1917. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81732
title: Memorial Cathedral, Mombasa, Kenya, 1918

description: “C.M.S. Cathedral, Mombasa.” Exterior view of the Mombasa Memorial Cathedral built by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and opened in 1905. Lt. Irvine was posted to Yala River in Kenya for a period in 1918. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78700
title: Miss Muir in the bush car, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

description: "Miss Muir in the bush car ready for a district visit". View of Miss Muir sitting in a wooden litter with a canopy. The chair has a single wheel and poles at each end. Rather than being carried the litter is wheeled along by two African workers, one at the front another at the back. Only the shoulders of the man at the front are visible. This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in the Domasi mission where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81706
title: Pushing off, Lumbo, Mozambique, 1918

description: “…I should add that we went boating & bathing & often got stuck & had to push off just so! (top left).”Portrait of three men on a sailing vessel pushing off the sand bank with oars. Lt. Irvine was on board the S.S. Salamis which was transporting troops to Portuguese East Africa and had stopped over at Lumbo. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81742
title: Wedding of Dr Jones, Kikuyu, Kenya, 12 August 1920

description: “Dr Jones wedding, August 12th 1920.” Group portrait of a bridal party outside the Watson-Scott Memorial Church at Kikuyu. The central group consists of Dr Irvine (left), Dr Jones, Rev. Arthur, Mrs Jones and Rev. J Youngson. Dr Stanley Ellis Jones was stationed at Kikuyu from 1914-1924 and married Elizabeth Dorothy Burnett from Echt, Aberdeenshire. Dr Irvine was working at Tumutumu at this time. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81697
title: Hospital ship, Indian Ocean 1918

description: “We envied the comforts of this hospital ship.” Portrait of a British hospital ship and two barges in the foreground. Probably taken from the S.S. Salamis (1899-1924) by Lt. Irvine. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81700
title: Mozambique island, Mozambique, 1918

description: “Then right down coast to Mozambique. Here is Mozambique island and castle. The Chief Engineer and I went ashore to shoot but saw nothing…” Seascape showing the fortress on the island. Probably taken from the S.S. Salamis a troop transport on which Lt. Irvine was a medical officer. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81624
title: Lt. Archibald Clive Irvine, Dodoma, Tanzania, July-November 1917

description: “In our off time we went up to the range or I went out shooting with Jocelyn of the railways...” Portrait of Lt. Irvine, RAMC, standing next to bushes whilst out on a hunting trip with Jocelyn. Lt. Irvine was stationed at a carrier hospital at Dodoma. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81625
title: Lt. Coltart with porters, Dodoma, Tanzania, July-November 1917

description: “Lt. Coltart, Mil. Labour Corps, with porters.” Group portrait of Lt. Coltart and porters standing at a wire fence. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81647
title: Army personnel, Morogoro region, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “My sergeant & white orderlies.” Group portrait of British Army personnel with Lt. Irvine front left. They are the only European staff at the Matikira military/medical post where Lt. Irvine was stationed in November 1917 ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81667
title: Bathers, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “My boys at Bathing Parade.” Landscape view looking down a beach at a group of men running into the water. The men are orderlies with the African Native Medical Corps (ANMC) based at the depot at Dar es Salaam where Lt. Irvine was based in early 1918. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81615
title: Belgian Congo carrier, Dodoma, Tanzania, July-November 1917

description: “A Belgian Congo porter belonging to Belgians. He has a R. Catholic charm on his chest.” Portrait of an indigenous man, employed as a carrier for the Belgian military, with ritual scarification around the face and body. Lt. Irvine was stationed at a carrier hospital at Dodoma. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81649
title: Staff of hospital, Morogoro region, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “The entire staff – average patients – 10- - -“ Group portrait of the medical personnel stationed at the army hospital at Matikira on the Iringa route from Dar es Salaam. Lt. Irvine sits in the middle right. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81691
title: Rezironi Kagomje, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “Corpl. Rezironi Kigomje – my ANMC. N.C.O. at the 3/3 KAR camp.” Portrait of a man in uniform. The majority of men with the African Native Medical Corps (ANMC) were from Uganda and the unit arrived in Dar es Salaam in July 1917 and they were demobbed in July 1919. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81677
title: Bathers, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “My boys bathing.” Seascape looking over a bay with a number of swimmers in the water. The men are orderlies of the African Native Medical Corps on a bathing parade and under the command of Lt. Irvine, RAMC, who was stationed at Dar es Salaam in early 1918. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81712
title: Maseno market, Nyanza province, Kenya, 1918

description: “Above is Maseno native market.” Crowd scene showing a large gathering on open land. Lt. Irvine transferred to a military post at Yala River and visited the CMS mission at Maseno which was run by the Rev. Albert Edward Pleydell. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81750
title: Officer’s funeral, Ancuabe, Mozambique, March-April 1918

description: “Death of one of my NCO’s, Anquabe.” Exterior scene showing a military funeral with officers carrying the coffin. Ancuabe was the site of the Carrier Clearing Hospital, about sixty miles from the coast, where Capt. Irvine was posted. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81652
title: ANMC parade, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “Parade.” Crowd scene showing ANMC staff standing in rows at attention. The ANMC was comprised of ten British officers and 1500 indigenous orderlies mainly recruited from Uganda. Lt. Irvine was posted with the ANMC in early 1918. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81715
title: The White’s house, Maseno, Nyanza province, Kenya, 1918

description: “—I went to – a mission, it was Sunday aft. (a fact I was ignorant of) & was most kindly received by Mr & Mrs White. We left next day. This is their house at Maseno.” Exterior view of a bungalow built on raised ground, probably the home of the Rev. F H White who worked at the CMS mission from 1908-1928. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81637
title: Bush fire, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “A Bush Fire.” Landscape view of trees and an immense blaze behind, probably in the Morogoro region of German East Africa. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81682
title: Men bathing, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1918

description: “Kavirondos going out to bathe.” Exterior view showing a beach with men running into the surf. The Kavirondo were from western Kenya beside Lake Victoria and many worked as porters for the Carrier Corps. Lt. Irvine was later stationed at Yala River in the Kavirondo country. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81642
title: Irvine and aide, Morogoro region, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “Self and the native with whom I used to go shooting.” Portrait of Lt. Irvine, RAMC, and an indigenous man standing next to a waterfall. This is possibly taken near Matikira where Lt. Irvine was stationed in November 1917. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81741
title: Dr Arthur, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1919

description: “Rev. Dr J W Arthur, Chairman of Mission Council.” Portrait of John William Arthur (1881-1952) in a garden. Dr Arthur established the Kikuyu Mission volunteer carrier Corps during the First World War and served in German East Africa. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81766
title: Troop transport, Pemba, Mozambique, January 1918

description: “Port Amelia.” Exterior view showing two Dhows transferring troops from ship to shore. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During the war he met with missionaries in East Africa which in turn lead to him joining the mission at Tumutumu and then establishing the mission at Chogoria, both in Kenya.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-81636
title: Going up country, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November 1917

description: “B.O’s entraining for up country.” Group portrait of British officers at a railway station waiting to board the train. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.