Africa visual materials

This class contains photographic material connected with the work of the MMS (as well as its predecessor organisations) in Africa as a whole. Material included here generally cannot be identified with one specific country or relates to a number of countries in Africa. Files 1 & 2 contain portrai...

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Date(s) of creation: c 1870-c 1960
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

Summary: This class contains photographic material connected with the work of the MMS (as well as its predecessor organisations) in Africa as a whole. Material included here generally cannot be identified with one specific country or relates to a number of countries in Africa. Files 1 & 2 contain portraits of missionaries church members and other indigenous people; File 3 contains a set of postcards illustrating the life of David Livingstone; File 4 contains an album of images of Kenya and Rhodesia [ Zimbabwe and Zambia] by Rev George Ayre and File 5 contains miscellaneous items covering Africa as a whole, some identified and others uncaptioned. Where possible, place names have been identified by a contemporary standard form (generally taken from the 1933 Annual Report) and also by a current modern standard form (generally taken from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names) where this has been identified as different.
Previous numbers: MMS/05/20
Extent: 1 box containing 5 files comprising 138 items.
Arrangement: Material has either been sorted into manageable units or kept in existing units if these are appropriate, based on authorship, provenance, location or subject coverage. The files have been arranged chronologically as far as is possible, although individual files can cover large date ranges.
Access status: Open
Format: Archive