| Order number: |
MS 380813 Box 3
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| Summary: |
Photographs taken during Alexander Sandilands' missionary work in Bechuanaland [Botswana], some loose and some on pages taken from a photograph album. Some were apparently taken at Serowe before the Sandilands' set out for their mission station at Maun; others show incidents on the initial journey from Serowe to Maun in May-June 1927.
Loose photographs:
"Waiting at the Serowe church"; "first Christmas in Africa at Serowe"; view of mission house verandah, Serowe; view from mission house, Serowe; "on the rocks besides the house" (Doris Sandilands); "they are ready to run with the rope that has the water bucket at its end" (apparently view of the well at Mashoro); European group in the bush.
Album pages:
1. "Cattle watering at the Bothetheletsa River in Bechuanaland" (printed illustration taken from photograph by Alexander Sandilands).
2. Views of Sandilands' wagon in the bush near Serowe; Doris Sandilands walking behind wagon with cats; well at Mashoro.
3. Well at Mashoro; wagons at Letlakana.
4. Wells at Letlakana; groups at Letlakana.
5. Wagons at Mopipi; wagons in the bush; Doris Sandilands writing her diary.
6. Village in Mopipi district; views at Mopipi.
7. Botletle River; huts around Mopipi.
8. Botletle River at Tsienyane; wagon at Klomu.
9. Wagon and church service at Tsienyane or Rakops; camp at Tsaoga; views of desert.
10. Botletle River at Tsaoga; view of river at Menakwena; wagon at Menakwena; wagon trekking through heavy sand.
11. Views of wagons in bush "outspanning" and "inspanning".
12. Village and church at Tshasamo; group of Samuel (native evangelist) and others.
13. Ant hill; Makalamabedi reed beds; Damara women.
14. Wagons crossing drift at Kgantsang; view of river south of Lake Ngami.
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| Extent: |
7 loose photographs, 14 album pages containing 53 photographs
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by SOAS, University of London |
| Language: |
English
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| Finding aids: |
Handlist available
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| Related material: |
For accounts of the journey from Serowe to Maun, see the diary of Doris Sandilands (MS380813/1/1), transcripts of the diary prepared by Ian Sandilands (MS380813/1/2), and the journal of Alexander Sandilands (MS380813/1/3). |
| Format: |
Archive
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