Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Southern California

Selected items with African Origination


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USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger as blacksmith with his carpenter" Father Eugène Sirlinger is working with metal on an anvil while a native man carrying a tool looks on at the Shendam Mission.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Father Superior of Kano Mission at his writing table" A bearded priest is smoking a pipe and writing on papers on his desk. A bookcase is in the background.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

Father Eugène Sirlinger is standing in front of a cabinet in his home. Various furnishing can be seen.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Ploughing on the Mission farm" Father Eugène Sirlinger holds the plough behind a pair of oxen while a native man is in front of the oxen in the field.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sittler" The priest is barefoot with his trousers rolled up. He has a rifle over his shoulder.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger at work" Father Eugène Sirlinger stands with a rifle in front of some tall grasses. A native man is standing in the grasses.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger leaving the mission for a tour to the bush stations" Father Eugène Sirlinger is mounted on a horse, wearing a pith helmet and tall boots.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

A missionary father pose with a group of Malagasy patients from the leprosarium in a clearing near trees. There are several lines of French handwritten on the back of the …


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger's room" A finely constructed wooden desk has a typewriter, a clock, and some books and papers on it. This is Father Eugène Sirlinger's room at the Shendam Mission.


USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English

"Fr. Sirlinger travelling" A native man is showing several bowls and basins taken from a wooden carrying crate at the entrance to a thatched roof hut.