Research Catalog

Title

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division photograph collection.

Author

African Methodist Episcopal Church, collector.

Publication

1935-1954.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Mackintosh, A.E.
• Mittoo Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division records.

Description

• 6 items (one folder); 20 x 25 cm and smaller.
• 6 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, two matted ;

Summary

Group portraits of mostly children and young adults, who are either African or of African descent, who were members of foreign missions sponsored by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, and a group portrait of staff and visitors to the A.M.E. Church office of the Division of Home and Foreign Missions, in Harlem, New York, from the 1930s to the 1950s. Mission groups depicted are the A.M.E. Church Mission Band, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ca. 1935); a meeting of army, civic and religious officials at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, Santiago, Cuba (1939); missionaries and converts at the Eliza Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church, Monrovia, Liberia (1947); and members of the congregation of Union Church, Monterrey, Mexico (1954). The depiction of the group visiting the New York A.M.E. Church office is undated.

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 1930-1959
• Group portraits > 1930-1959
• Religious gatherings > Cuba > Santiago
• Methodist converts > Mexico > Monterrey
• Methodist converts > Liberia > Monrovia
• Students, Black > Ontario > Toronto
• Black people in missionary work
• African American missionaries
• African Methodist Episcopal Church > Division of Home and Foreign Missions
• African Methodist Episcopal Church Missions

Genre/Form

• Group portraits – 1930-1959.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1930-1959.

Note

• Title taken from African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division Records.
• One photograph bears photographer's hand stamp on verso; two matted items bear photography studio's hand stamp on mat recto. Two items bear handwritten captions on verso; one item bears handwritten caption on recto. One item bears printed caption on recto.
• Two items are matted and are duplicates; two items are mounted.
• Collection contains work by A.E. Mackintosh and Mittoo Photo Studio.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• The Division of Home and Foreign Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church sponsored the establishment of educational institutions promoting the advancement of Black people in the United States and abroad, with missionaries located in West and South Africa, the West Indies, South America, and Canada.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division Records.

Call Number

Sc Photo African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division Collection.

OCLC

1286074800

Author

African Methodist Episcopal Church, collector.

Title

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division photograph collection.

Production

1935-1954.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

The Division of Home and Foreign Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church sponsored the establishment of educational institutions promoting the advancement of Black people in the United States and abroad, with missionaries located in West and South Africa, the West Indies, South America, and Canada.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division Records.

Local Note

Sc MG 273

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Added Author

Mackintosh, A.E., photographer.

Mittoo Photo Studio (New York, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In:

African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division records.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Foreign Mission Division Collection.