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Church of Scotland mission fields, ca.1905-ca.1940
Image of a map showing Scotland and Lake Nyasa on the same scale. Lake Nyasa is displayed on top of a map of Scotland.; 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
Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS6-001.tif
Coverage date: 1905/1940
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
Archival file: impa_Volume392/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS6-001.tif
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): Scotland
Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Geographic subject (continent): Africa
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Lubwa LS6
Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Maps
Date created: 1905/1940
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): topographical views
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS6/1
Date between 1905 and 1940
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/77695
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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