“White Muscat grapes grown at Livingstonia.” - “Grapes grown in the mission garden, Lubiva Chinsali N.R. (Rev. R D MacMuir) a few of over 30 bunches growing in 1924.” Close-up of bunches of grapes hanging from a vine. The Livingstonia mission attempted to introduce a number of cash crops into the region in an attempt to stimulate trade. ❧ The Livingstonia mission station was established in 1891 by Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) when he travelled north from Bandawe to set up a Training Institution and Industrial Mission. It was situated four miles from Lake Nyasa at Khondowe on a high plateau behind Mount Waller. As well as the school, hospital and accommodation, there were workshops for carpentry, printing and engineering, and mills, brickworks and a pottery. The Overtoun Institution was named after John Campbell White, Baron of Overtoun (1843-1908) who was a Convener of the Livingstonia Mission and a major financial contributor. The purpose of the instruction was to provide Christian leaders for the expanding mission and to develop commercial activities and encourage trade.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80402
- Dates
- 1924
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 16.1 x 21.2 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Livingstonia Malawi Northern region
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75659860-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7f95e9d588c5fda3ee723d2c9244e905
