David Henshaw Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Henshaw, David
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Minna (Nigeria)
topic: label: Topic
content: Missionaries -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Nigerians
label: Topic
content: Families -- Africa
creator: label: Collector
content: Henshaw, David
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: English missionaries Ernest Henshaw (circa 1895-?) and Georgina Henshaw (nee Mortimer) (circa 1895-?) married in 1923 and moved to Minna. They worked and raised a family there until Georgina caught Malaria around 1930, at which point the family returned to England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 32 Photographs (b&w.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920s
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by David Henshaw, son of Ernest and Georgina Henshaw, in 2014.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2015-002
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged in original order.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 32 black and white photographs taken in northern Nigeria in the 1920s. They primarily focus on the Henshaw missionary family, their work, and their community in proximity to the city of Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.