Portraits of Chief Khama [III], his family, jubilee, funeral, and memorial

Portraits of Khama from c.1895 to c.1922, including one with [William] Willoughby's youngest son, c.1900. 6 prints of Khama's jubilee celebrations, 1911, including him greeting the deputation, the congregation in the Kgotla, the mounted regiment, and the Maphacwa Regiment singing a hymn. Khama and f...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 7
Date(s) of creation: c.1890 - c.1937
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 7
Summary: Portraits of Khama from c.1895 to c.1922, including one with [William] Willoughby's youngest son, c.1900. 6 prints of Khama's jubilee celebrations, 1911, including him greeting the deputation, the congregation in the Kgotla, the mounted regiment, and the Maphacwa Regiment singing a hymn. Khama and family members including [John] Ratshosha, Gorewang, Semane, Sekgoma Khama, Tebogo, Ma-Bessie, daughter ?Bessie, and Seretse Khama. Khama's funeral (1923) and memorial unveiling by the Prince of Wales [later Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor, accompanied by Richard Haydon Lewis] (1925). Rev. [George] Parker and Mrs [Beatrice] Parker [nee Beatrice Pochin] at Semane's grave. Also includes: a bushman named "?Klikko" with a bow and arrow; cuttings on Khama's death including from The Graphic; Khama memorial plaque; "Khama at opening of Serowe Church?"; letter from Edith Small to Miss Lamplough (February 1923); facsimile of a letter from Sekgoma to [Francis] Hawkins (March 1923); 9 frames from moving film of Khama's funeral. Photographs received from individuals, etc. including: A B Blomfeld and Russell and Sons [England], Neville Jones, ?H W Peet, [William] Ellerton Fry, [James] Burns, ?[Victor Barradale,] [Alfred] Haile, [and ?Arthur Chirgwin].
Extent: 36 black and white or sepia prints (some mounted), 3 cuttings including photographs, 2 letters, and moving film in an envelope
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Council for World Mission
File number: 45
Copies: Duplicates (often multiple) of several of the Khama portraits. Several of the photographs printed in The Chronicle, May 1911, November 1922, and April 1923.
Format: Archive