1927 photographs

Photographs taken in 1927 follwing the arrival of Alexander and Doris Sandilands at their mission station in Maun, Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander Sandilands' 1927 correspondence (see MS38081...

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Archive & Special Collections MS 380813/4/1/2 Open

Order number: MS 380813 Box 3
Date(s) of creation: Jun 1927-Dec 1927
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_380813.4.1.2
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 380813 Box 3
callnumber MS 380813/4/1/2
callnumber_txt MS 380813/4/1/2
callnumber-sort MS 380813/4/1/2
prefix_number 2
title 1927 photographs
scb_date_creation Jun 1927-Dec 1927
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 20 photographs
format Archive
description Photographs taken in 1927 follwing the arrival of Alexander and Doris Sandilands at their mission station in Maun, Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander Sandilands' 1927 correspondence (see MS380813/2/1): "Women's Working Party" [group seated outside hut, some apparently thatching]; "My work bench; a corner of the bucksail over the stores etc" [exterior, Maun mission compound]; "Brick yard" [Maun mission compound]; "The post runners - this is how all the post comes to Maun from Livingstone" [native letter carriers]; "Looking East over the river. This shows the place where I do all my work"; "Kitchen" [exterior, Maun mission compound]; "The Leisure Hour" [exterior, Maun mission compound, Doris Sandilands seated]; "Midroom" [interior, Maun mission compound]; "The reedy shallows of the river. Setting a net" [native fishing]; "From the top of an ant heap near the river. Garden under construction. Huts beyond" [view of Maun mission]; "Approaching our house on the way home from Maun, or from Church" [view of Maun mission compound]; "Doris [Sandilands] feeding the chickens"; "A view of the garden"; "The River at Menakwena"; "Wedding Group" [native Christian wedding - 2 photos]; "Girls Stamping" [women pounding grain outside hut]; "Deacons and evangelists at the house, Christmas time" [exterior, Maun mission compound, native group seated]; "Rev. Tumedisho Maruapula"; "Mrs T. Maruapula".
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by SOAS, University of London
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
scb_related_material For Alexander Sandilands' 1927 correspondence, see MS380813/2/1. For earlier 1926-1927 photographs (including photographs of the Sandilands' initial journey to Maun), see MS 380813/4/1/1.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 380813
hierarchy_sequence MS_380813.004.001.002

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