1928 photographs (relating to Doris Sandilands' diary)

Photographs taken during Alexander Sandilands' missionary work in Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander and Doris Sandilands' journey from Maun to Tiger Kloof by way of Livingstone which are descri...

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Archive & Special Collections MS 380813/4/3 Open

Order number: MS 380813 Box 3
Date(s) of creation: Feb 1928
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_380813.4.3
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 380813/4/3
callnumber_txt MS 380813/4/3
callnumber-sort MS 380813/4/3
prefix_number 3
title 1928 photographs (relating to Doris Sandilands' diary)
scb_date_creation Feb 1928
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 15 photographs
format Archive
description Photographs taken during Alexander Sandilands' missionary work in Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander and Doris Sandilands' journey from Maun to Tiger Kloof by way of Livingstone which are described in Doris Sandilands' diary (see MS380813/1/1): "On the way to Kayungula after trekking 2-3 hours, a very welcome breakfast" [Doris Sandilands having breakfast in bush]; elephant tracks; "Two Mosarwa men and a Moshubia girl"; "Stuck in heavy sand" [wagon drawn by oxen]; "The wagon outspanned at Kachikau. Beside is the reed courtyard or 'lolwapa' which the people put up against our arrival" [Sandilands's wagon at Kachikau village]; view of lolwapa, Kachikau; Luke Modisa (evangelist-teacher) with family and friends, Kachikau; "A deaconess of the Kachikau church"; Alexander Sandilands and dog outside Kachikau church; "Cullen Reed's grave"; "The road just beside the grave"; "At Kavimba, close to Cullen Reed's grave; baobab tree; "Wagon run up against a tree by careless driving"; "The eggs we nearly ate for breakfast".
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 Doris Sandilands' diary, see MS380813/1/1
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 380813
hierarchy_sequence MS_380813.004.003

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