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Album of 34 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Activities of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Including Photos of Christ Church Christ Church College Campus Staff and Teachers Women’s Mission Association Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital etc. Titled: Cawnpore. Ca. 1900s.

réf. PD17Oblong Quarto ca. 20 x 26.5 cm or 7 ¾ x 10 in. 17 card stock leaves. 34 gelatin silver photographs mounted in windows ca. 16 x 11.5 cm 6 ¼ x 4 ½ in. Three photographs with pencil captions. Period straight grain Morocco with cloth boards expertly re-backed; gilt-tooled ornamental borders on both boards and spine gilt-lettered title “Cawnpore” on front board; all edges gilt. Mounts with minor losses or tears not affecting images slightly age-toned; a few photos mildly faded or with minor silver mirroring but overall a very good album of interesting photos. Historically interesting collection of early original photographs of Christian missionary schools buildings teachers and students hospitals and the Christ Church in Cawnpore modern-day Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India during the early 20th century. Although uncaptioned the photos most likely illustrate the activities of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts SPG in Cawnpore. These activities included running the Christ Church Christ Church College a high school an Anglo-vernacular school a school for Hindu girls a seminary a trade school orphanages and hospitals. Five photos show the Christ Church built in 1840 severely damaged during the Indian Mutiny and restored with three views of the exterior and two views of the interior and altar. It was handed over to the SPG in 1862 and is now part of the Diocese of Agra of the Church of North India. Several other photos show buildings likely part of the Christ Church College campus and portraits of staff and teachers including those of Indian descent. Christ Church College opened in 1892 and began offering BA LLB and MA programs in 1896 1898 and 1900 respectively. It is currently one of the oldest universities in Kanpur. One photo shows the Women’s Mission Association WMA Hospital also run by the SPG and four photos are of the Prince of Wales Hospital likely part of the SPG’s activities as well. The Prince of Wales Hospital is possibly the current site of Ursula Horsman Memorial Hospital in Kanpur. Other photos include three views of the Cawnpore Massacre 1857 Memorial; environs in Cawnpore a ghat a small chhatri/dome-shaped open pavilion etc.; and likely other activities conducted by the SPG such as the orphanage and girls’ school with group portraits of Indian children. Overall an interesting collection of historical and well-preserved photographs of Christian missionary activity in Cawnpore featuring Christ Church College in the early 20th century. For more on the SPG see also: Report of the Year 1900 of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. London: Spottiswoode & Co. 1901. link. Pascoe C.F. Two Hundred Years of the S.P.G.: A Historical Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1701-1900. Vol 2. London 1901. link. hardcover

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Zimbabwe Women Missionaries; AfricaABAA

African Women's Education and Christian Missionary Work in Zimbabwe and Asia Life and Light for Women 1903

1903réf. 164381903. Woman's Board of Missions. Life and Light for Women 1903 an issue of the Congregational women's missionary periodical reporting on female-led educational medical and religious work in Africa and Asia. Published during the expansion of American Protestant women's missionary organizations the August issue includes accounts of medical work undertaken by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and developments at missionary schools in Africa and Asia. A frontispiece photograph depicting pupils at a missionary school in present-day Zimbabwe provides a contemporary visual record of African children receiving education through Congregational missionary institutions. Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII No. 8. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions August 1903. First edition. Original printed paper wrappers staplebound. The frontispiece shows pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe then part of Southern Rhodesia accompanied by reports concerning the Board's international missionary activities. Among the subjects addressed are Dr. Ruth Hume's medical work in India and educational initiatives in Africa and Asia. The publication records the activities of American women missionaries working as teachers physicians and nurses including their efforts to establish schools and provide medical treatment in regions where prevailing social customs often restricted women's access to male religious instructors and medical practitioners. Founded in the nineteenth century the Woman's Board of Missions worked in association with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions supporting Protestant missionary activities abroad and organizing American women to finance and administer educational and medical programs. Life and Light for Women circulated accounts of these undertakings among Congregational supporters in the United States reporting on missionary personnel schools medical services and religious instruction. The August 1903 issue preserves contemporary reporting on women's participation in overseas missionary institutions with particular attention to African education and women's medical work in India. In very good condition. unknown books