cover image: Missionary group, India, ca. 1930

20.500.12592/j5w569

Missionary group, India, ca. 1930

Black and white lantern slide showing a group of European missionaries and native evangelists working for Regions Beyond Missionary Union in Bihar, north India. In the centre of the image sit Reverend Alexander and Mrs Banks (Reverend Alexander has a white beard). Alexander Banks as one of the first missionaries to enter Bihar from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, arriving in 1899. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
missionaries evangelists missionary work group portraits regions beyond missionary union banks, alexander

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Contributor
Newton & Co., 43 Museum Street, London
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78309
Date published
1925/1935
Dates
1925/1935
Format
Lantern slides Photographs
Pages
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
Place Discussed
Asia Bihar India populated places
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-31.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a3ffa9cb1e9db2b78b5cbbd2b2719bb3