| Order number: |
MMS Box 1393
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| Summary: |
Photographs taken by Thomas Butler during his deputation to Kenya in 1922. No captions.
Images of the deputation party (including Mrs Butler); Rev Hopkins and his wife and son; local commiunities; mission property; church congregations; local settlements; landscape.
Places include Mazeras, Mombasa, Ribe and areas around the Tana river such as Lamu, Golbanti and Ngao.
Album contains 4 loose photographs, probably 1940s and 1950s and not taken by Butler: a parade at Nairobi, staff at Maua Hospital (1949), Hopkins with colleagues outside a Church, two St John's nurses receiving an award.
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| Main author: |
Butler; Thomas (d 1931); lay missionary, missionary administrator |
| Extent: |
1 volume
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| Note: |
Some areas had been identified by Ms R Alison Lewis, otherwise information gleaned from secondary sources.
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| Admin history: |
Thomas Butler was an ardent supporter of the missions of the United Methodist Church's Foreign Committee. He served said committee for over a decade and was, with his wife, part of a deputation led by the Rev C Stedeford that visited China and Kenya in 1921 and 1922. A keen photographer he captured the work of the missions whilst on deputation and then he, his wife and others, used these images to promote the missionary society's work through talks, lantern slide lectures, etc, in the UK. Butler also served on the Chapel Committee for 17 years whilst his wife served as a President of the Women's Missionary Auxiliary from 1914 to 1921. He died on 20 January 1931. |
Thomas Butler was an ardent supporter of the missions of the United Methodist Church's Foreign Committee. He served said committee for over a decade and was, with his wife, part of a deputation led by the Rev C Stedeford that visited China and Kenya in 1921 and 1922. A keen photographer he captured the work of the missions whilst on deputation and then he, his wife and others, used these images to promote the missionary society's work through talks, lantern slide lectures, etc, in the UK. Butler also served on the Chapel Committee for ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright mainly held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
1
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| Related material: |
Some of these images were reproduced in 'The Missionary Echo' of the United Methodist Church |
| Format: |
Archive
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