Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Blick vom unteren nach dem oberen Missionshaus in Mamba" ("View from the lower to the upper mission house in Mamba"). The mission house in the center. In the foreground a …

"Nöel chez les lépreux" ("Christmas at the leprous'") Photograph of a Swiss missionary, a few African men and women and a group of children in Pretoria. They stand in a …

"Modelage" ("Modelling") "Lémana [Lemana]. Dentan" ("Lémana [Lemana]. Dentan") Photograph of little figurines made by an African boy. They represent Swiss missionaries. Photographie de figurines faites par un garçon africain. Elles …

"7. ̶ Madagascar. ̶ Le Cathéchisme en Forêt." A missionary father is shown at an easel board in a forest clearing. An attentive a group of people sit and listen …

"Sanatorium de Shilouvane" ("Shilouvane sanitarium"). Photographie d'un groupe de missionnaires suisses romands au sanatoriume de Shilouvane. Au premier plan, un pré et le chemin menant au sanatorium. À l'arrière plan, …

"P et M." The Reverend and Mrs. Ramseyer along with an African woman and girl pose at the base of a silk cotton tree. A leopard skin is shown under …

"Rungwe: Die Missionare der Allgem. Missionskonferenz vor "dem Saal" im Hof des Präses (spätere Wohnung von Schw. Schmidt.)" ("Rungwe: missionaries at the General Mission Conference in front of "the assembly …

"Ruines de l'ancien Sanatorium. Shilouvane. Tsikatutomi" ("Ruins of the former Sanatorium. Shilouvane. Tsikatutomi"). "Les ruines de Tchikabutouni" ("The ruins of Tchikabutouni"). Photographie d'un groupe d'hommes et de femmes assis et …

Soeurs de la Charité de Gand, Elisabethville. En attendant la consultation." ("Pending consultation") A crowd of women and children are standing outside awaiting medical attention, as a missionary sister stands …

"Missions de Scheut: Congo. ‘Au revoir, mes bons amis!’." A missionary father is shown communicating with several villagers. The thatched roof of a building is shown in the background. The …