Photograph album comprising images mainly of Primitive Methodist Missionary activity in South Africa but also Lesotho and Zimbabwe
Photographs of buildings (mostly mission or government), people and landscape in or around Aliwal North, Wellington, Cape Town, Wittenbergen, Smithfield, Jammersberg, Wepener and Burghersdorp [all South Africa]. Also a few similar images for Thaba Bosin and Leribe in Basutoland [Lesotho] and Bulaw...
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611B(1) |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
c1898-c1901 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611B(1) |
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| Summary: |
Photographs of buildings (mostly mission or government), people and landscape in or around Aliwal North, Wellington, Cape Town, Wittenbergen, Smithfield, Jammersberg, Wepener and Burghersdorp [all South Africa]. Also a few similar images for Thaba Bosin and Leribe in Basutoland [Lesotho] and Bulawayo [Zimbabwe]. Photographs include images of Edwin W Smith, his family and colleagues (both European and African). The vast majority of photographs have been identified and captioned by Smith.
There are a number of photographs (particularly a sequence for Aliwal North) depicting the impact of the Boer War including images of troops, transport, graves and battlefields. |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Note: |
Some images have faded. There are also a few loose photographs. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| Related material: | Smith's diary for this period can be found at MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/FBN 13 [570] & 14 [571-573]. A few of the photographs in this album are mentioned in Smith's letter to his mother of 13 March 1900 (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/Central Africa/611C). |
| Format: | Archive |