The Mountains of Lake Nyasa, Scotland, (s.d.) (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-005)

The Mountains of Lake Nyasa, Scotland, [s.d.]
"The Mountains of Lake Nyasa, Laws of Livingstoniaa Photograph of Lake Nyasa, one of the African Great Lakes. Mountains can be seen on the far shore of the lake. Lake Nyasa is located between Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique.; 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-LS5-1-005.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
Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1509.url
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
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: [email protected]
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Mountains
Date created: 1875/1925
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): topographical views
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m68561
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
Geographic subject: lakes: Lake Nyasa
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS5/1/5