Album of prints promoting the work of the Melanesian Mission, Solomon Islands

Groups include: Mothercraft and Infant Welfare trainees feeding babies; indigenous women outside house and cooking in kitchen, preparing and storing yams; Mrs Sprott with Clara and Rosanna, two founding members of Mothers Union, Santa Isabel; Miss Woods and Miss Barratt with school girls at Lepi; Mi...

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Archive & Special Collections MM/07/2/03 Open

Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/3, Box 36
Date(s) of creation: c.1940 - c.1960
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with Melanesian Mission 7/3, Box 36
callnumber MM/07/2/03
callnumber_txt MM/07/2/03
callnumber-sort MM/07/2/03
prefix_number 03
scb_previous_numbers 4
title Album of prints promoting the work of the Melanesian Mission, Solomon Islands
scb_date_creation c.1940 - c.1960
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 26 silver gelatin prints on 7 pages in tie bound album.
format Archive
description Groups include: Mothercraft and Infant Welfare trainees feeding babies; indigenous women outside house and cooking in kitchen, preparing and storing yams; Mrs Sprott with Clara and Rosanna, two founding members of Mothers Union, Santa Isabel; Miss Woods and Miss Barratt with school girls at Lepi; Miss Fagan with Mothers Union group on Raga, New Hebrides [now Vanuatu]. People include: a Gela bride [Florida Islands]; Miss Scrimgeour and Miss Williams at Gwaigeo, Mala [Malaita]; Mrs Sprott, founder of Mothers Union, Santa Isabel; Judah Bulu, small child using field telephone. Events include: Mothers Union Festival at Buala [Santa Isabel]. Ativities include: man grating coconut; girls performing a clap dance; girls of Torgil school working land to grow food. Places or buildings include: Malaita Mothercraft school chapel; washing and bathing pool at village, Guadalcanal. Also includes: Southern Cross and Selwyn ships; woman's legs showing signs of disease. Taken by/receivied from: Album dedicated on last page from "Infant Melanesia to the Mother Church. Can you hear me mother? Please send us Priests, Nurses, Teachers. Please give us the money to pay for them."
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright possibly held by Melanesian Mission.
scb_file_number 3
hierarchy_top_id_raw MM
hierarchy_sequence MM.0007.002.0003

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