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This class contains photographic material connected with the work of the the MMS (as well as its predecessor organisations) in the West Indies [Caribbean and Americas]. It is divided into nine sub-sections. The first section contains material which has not been assigned to a particular sub-section either because it covers more than one sub-section, or there is insufficient information to assign it to a particular sub-section; the second sub-section contains material relating to the Bahamas; the third contains material relating to Jamaica; the fourth to Honduras; the fifth to Haiti; the sixth to Central America; the seventh to the Leeward Islands; the eighth to Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago; and the ninth to British Guiana [Guyana].
The items show individuals, groups, buildings, and local scenes, featuring missionaries, local Christians, hospitals, schools, etc. Particularly well represented are photographs by the Rev William Baillie (1864 - 1948), and Frank Deaville Walker (1878 - 1945), editor of The Foreign Field and The Kingdom Overseas, who visited the West Indies in 1930.
Where possible, each place name is identified by a contemporary standard form (generally taken from the Society's Annual Reports) and also by a current modern standard form (generally taken from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) where this has been identified as different. The modern standard for British Guiana is Guyana.
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