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Africa, the dark continent
Map showing africa with a question mark imposed over it.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) the Scottish Missionary. In 1875, inspired by David Livingstone (1813-1873), Laws travelled to Malawi and was involved in the foundation of the mission station of Livingstonia on the shores of Lake Nyasa. During the succeeding 50 years he also established a network of hundreds of schools. In 1908 Laws was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland.
Photographer: Unknown
Subject (personal name): Laws, Robert, 1851-1934
Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-002.tif
Coverage date: 1875/1925
Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Livingstonia
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): Malawi
Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Geographic subject (continent): Africa
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Laws of the Pioneer LS5/1
Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Maps
Date created: 1875/1925
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): topographical views; maps
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m68454
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS5/1/2
Date 1875/1925 (date created)
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64565
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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