Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

“Erste Missionarswohnung und Nebengebäude in Masama” (“First Missionary dwelling and outbuilding in Masama”). 3 houses, 2 of them with stonewalls and plant fiber roof, planks leant in front of a …

Tous nos remerciements." ("All our thanks.") A group of children are outside with a missionary sister. One group is sitting on the ground in a circle, and the second group …

"Zomba. Rev J. F. Alexander and his beadle." Portrait of Scottish clergyman and his church assistant, standing on a verandah. The Reverend James Frederick Alexander (1882-1941) was ordained in 1908 …

An aerial view depicts several mission buildings, behind which rises a church with two bell towers. The whole is surrounded by forests and field. The back of the card has …

"Missionar Mauer gest. 1925" ("Missionary Mauer, died 1925"). Sitting on a cane chair outside with a book in his hand. Edmund Mauer (1885-1925), from Hendungen in Lower Franconia, served the …

"Départ pour Kouroulène [Kouroulene]" ("Leaving for Kouroulène [Kouroulene]") Photograph of and ox-drawn wagon in front of the mission house in Valdezia. In the wagon and in front of the house, …

Photograph of a man of European origin and a little African boy. They are standing side by side and look at the photographer. The little boy carries a bucket on …

"1. ̶ Madagascar. ̶ Dans le Parc du Petit Séminaire." Students are shown along both sides of a path in the woods. A missionary father is seen in the distance …

"174. Madagascar. ̶ Père, moi aussi, je veux être Prêtre." A missionary father is show with a Malagasy boy outside the mission. The following information is printed on the back …

Otto Emil Birkeli was a missionary in Madagascar from 1903-1919. He attended The School of Mission and Theology 1897-1902. From 1923-1944 he was a teacher at The School of Mission …