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Missions -- South Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A wedding procession, likely at Mariannhill Monastery , 1880s or 1890s

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 3, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 12, Series III
Scope and Contents:

Files of men and women walk behind the bridal couple, and a monk looks on at right. Likely one of a series of photos taken at Mariannhill Monastery.

Dates: 1880s or 1890s

Keith Marshall collection of photographs

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 12
Abstract:

The collection comprises 147 photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with representative images of Great Britain, South Africa, New Zealand, Madeira, East Asia, and other locations (many unidentified).

Dates: circa 1880-circa 1920

John and Eleanor Reuling Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 120
Abstract: Letters, reports, and writings document American mission work in South Africa from 1927 to the 1960s. John A. Reuling was director of teachers' training at Adams College, Natal, South Africa, serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from 1927 to 1941. After 1946 he was an administrator for the United Church Board for World Ministries, serving first as regional secretary for Africa and then as general secretary for Mission. Eleanor Swanson Reuling also taught at...
Dates: 1920-1965

Two photographs of classes, likely at (or near) Mariannhill Monastery , 1880s or 1890s

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 3, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 12, Series III
Scope and Contents:

Two images of education of South African children, likely at Mariannhill Monastery. The first image shows a nun teaching four girls how to sew. This may be a studio shot. The second photo depicts a class conducted outdoors.

Dates: 1880s or 1890s