Pages from an album on the visit of Rev. [William] Nelson Bitton (Home Secretary of the London Missionary Society) to Southern Africa

Bitton was accompanied by Arthur Burns and Stanley Toms in his visit to the congregational churches of South Africa and the General Assembly of the Congregational Union at Uitenhage, Cape Province [South Africa]. The snapshots were taken by Toms and Bitton. It has been difficult to ascertain the ori...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/04/10/01/020 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: Aug - Dec 1924
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.10.01.020
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 2
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/10/01/020
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/10/01/020
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/04/10/01/020
prefix_number 020
title Pages from an album on the visit of Rev. [William] Nelson Bitton (Home Secretary of the London Missionary Society) to Southern Africa
scb_date_creation Aug - Dec 1924
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 67 black and white prints, mostly stuck to card
format Archive
description Bitton was accompanied by Arthur Burns and Stanley Toms in his visit to the congregational churches of South Africa and the General Assembly of the Congregational Union at Uitenhage, Cape Province [South Africa]. The snapshots were taken by Toms and Bitton. It has been difficult to ascertain the original order of the photographs in the album and some shots are missing. Groups include: congregation of the New Vale Church, Orange Free State [South Africa]; Congregational Union of South Africa Autumn Assembly; Principal Rev [Alfred] Haile and staff, Tiger Kloof [South Africa, previously British Bechuanaland]; congregation at Hope Fountain, Bulawayo [Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe], after Armistice Day service; group outside and deacons of Bethelsdorp Church [South Africa]. Other people include: Bitton; [Jane] Smith [nee Jane McCandlish]; Burns; [Gladys] Brown; [Janet] Bryson; Mr and Mrs Farquhar. Other places include: Caledon River, Basutoland [later Lesotho]; Pretoria, Kimberley, Ladysmith, Vaal River, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pietermaritzburg [all South Africa]; Vinies; Zambezi River; Livingstone [Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia]; Lovedale; ?Victoria Falls. Also includes: [John] Vanderkamp's chair and Bible; weaving at Tiger Kloof.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright probably expired
scb_file_number 20
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0010.0001.00020

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