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There are four sections to this collection: photographs of missionaries and other staff, group photographs, miscellaneous and unidentified. By far the largest and most important section is the photographs of missionaries and other staff. This part of the list consists of five fields - surname, forename, date, place and notes - and has been arranged alphabetically by surname. The date field contains the date recorded on the reverse of the photograph. This is presumably the date the photograph was taken but, in some instances, may be the date that the individual began overseas service. Where no date is recorded on the photograph an attempt has been made to date the photograph by other sources. The place field lists the mission district or mission field that the missionary served in as recorded on the reverse of the photograph. Where this information is lacking an attempt has been made to establish the district or field from other sources. Please note that place names have not been modernised as the name used at the time reflects the area designated as a mission district or field by the missionary society and not necessarily a specific geographic area. The note field contains any further relevant information recorded on the reverse of the photograph (such as subsequent postings or the edition of a magazine the image was reproduced in) as well as, in a few instances, any additional information added by the cataloguer for clarification. Lastly, this field also records whether the image is in a non standard format (e.g. negative or postcard) or if the photograph is large. Please note that large individual photographs are stored separately from standard sized individual photographs and can be found within Box 3.
The remaining sections of the list are ordered, where possible, chronologically. The group photographs contain a few photographs of missionaries at synods, conferences, etc. They have been dated where possible and any additional information has been included in the notes field. The miscellaneous photographs are a very small number of photographs which are not of missionary staff. It is unclear why these were originally placed with the other photographs in this collection. Only a few of these photographs are dated and any additional information about them has been included in the notes field. Lastly, there are a handful of unidentified photographs. These have been described as best as possible with what little information there is regarding them but unfortunately it has not been possible to date any of them.
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There are four sections to this collection: photographs of missionaries and other staff, group photographs, miscellaneous and unidentified. By far the largest and most important section is the photographs of missionaries and other staff. This part of the list consists of five fields - surname, forename, date, place and notes - and has been arranged alphabetically by surname. The date field contains the date recorded on the reverse of the photograph. This is presumably the date the photograph was taken but, in some instances, may be the date tha ... View more |
