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Burma: groups of native people

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

49 photographs. Captions: 1) First [Chin] Christian in Hills. Oldest Best Num [?]. Back of photo has names and locations for all ten individuals. 2) East paying off coolies. 3) Paying off the coolies that brought our belongings. 4) Not a very good print. Our Haka Sunday school. Herbert took this so could not be in it. 5) Haka Chins. 6) Association at Roset [?]. 7) Our native preacher's family and the girl who takes care of my room. 1908. Lower Chin who came up to Hills as missionary preacher. 8) Haka Chin school boys. 9) Dr. East treating people in village near Haka. As I took the picture as he was pulling a tooth. 10) Chin Police. 11) Crockery en route to Haka, 1908. 12) Children in Physical Exercise. Camera tilted. 13) Falam school boys in drill at the D.C.'s tea party, Dec. 1937. 14) Mrs. Carson and S. [Sunday] School children. 15) Children at physical drills, Hospital in rear. 16) Haka Chin and family. 17) Haka Chins. 18) Large goiter at village near Haka. 19) Old woman in native dress. 20) Chiefs. The greatest are sitting in chairs with Head. Brought in for Durbar 1910. 21) An idiot near Haka. He turned his head just as I took the picture. 22) Worshipers at Sch[?] Daga[?]. 23) Falam week - November 1920. 24) The way our things came up. Dec. 1908. 25) Morning East. The boy George Oburya [?] is supporting. 26) Karen school master's family. 27) Sayaing School, 1915. 27) Haka school, 1912. 28) Haka school. 29) Chin Sunday School, Haka, Burma. Third Association, Haka, April 22-25, 1909. 30) Leaving Haka for furlough. 31) Native preachers. Karens Sitting. Chins standing. [copy of first photo, with first Christian in Chin Hills]. 32) Siyin Chiefs, Falam, Chin Hills. 33) Chin under bridge where [?] our morning on a tree.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904 - 1999

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in the collection are in English, Chin, and Burmese.

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Extent

From the Sub-Series: 29 Files

Repository Details

Part of the American Baptist Historical Society Repository

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