9. Mission de Foumban - La Maison des peres ("Mission of Foumban - the House of the fathers"). Six people mingle in front of a long wooded house with a thatched roof and large porch. Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214, Rue Lafayette, Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Edit. M. Brochard. 81, quai Fosse - Nantes" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Missions des P. P. du Saint-Esprit - Cameroun "Maison de Missionnaire, a peine achevee et deja habitee". A two-story missionary house is depicted at the crest of a hill. A Catholic missionary father is visible on the second floor., and The back of the card is closely covered in handwriting, and is stamped and has an indistinct postmark.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the card is closely covered with handwriting, and is postmarked but not stamped. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Verlag: Basler Missions-Handlung, Duaja, Kamerun.", and Unterkun[Indistinct word] fur Europaer in Bamum, Kamerun [Cameroon]. A color-tinted photograph depicts a thatch-roofed house with a pillared verandah.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Maison d'habitation des Missionnaires a Bingerville. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon. Vicariat Apostolique de la Cote d'Ivoire. A missionary residence is visible in a patch of cleared ground. Behind the house, trees are visible., and The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "MP. Bourgeois Peres, Chalon-S.-S."
A missionary father is standing outside posed near the shrubbery that is surrounding the brick church., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Dominicaansche Missie in Belgisch-Congo" The caption also reads: "Dungu: Kapel van het Klein Seminarie gesticht in 1934." There is also information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Brussel"
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 325 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and R.M.Mateer's "Weihsien" A Chinese man stands in front of the ruin of a brick building, which was apparently the home of Presbyterian missionary R.M.Mateer in Weihsien prior to the Boxer uprising.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 325 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Alfred Jones began his service with the Baptist Missionary Society in China in 1876. He died in July 1905 when the temple in which he was sleeping was destroyed in a storm., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The home of British Baptist missionary Alfred G. Jones and family, surrounded by a lush garden.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., At the center of the image is a large tree, to the right stands a two story structure with a wide porch, to the left stand at least three single story structures, also with porches, one with a bell., and The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed title: "Cameroun - Maisons Missionnaires de Douala" ("Missionary houses of Douala") and an address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris" The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Missions d'Afrique En Tournee chez les Malades. A Catholic missionary sister stands with other people amid mud brick buildings. A stream flows among the buildings, with a footbridge constructed over it., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edges of the correspondence section is "Soeurs Missionnaires de N. D. d'Afrique, Birmandreis (Alger)".
