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A group of nine young Chinese men pose together for a group photo. Half of the men are seated while the other half stands behind them. They are all wearing identical white Chinese outfits. One of the boys is holding a book. Three of them are wearing glasses. A number was written on each of the men on the face of this photograph.; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family. The Smiths were a family of missionaries serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].

The American missionary compound at Ing Tai can be seen on a hill top surrounded by a stone wall. A small Chinese town lays at the foot of the hill in front of a river. Mountains dominate the background.; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].

Four Chinese boats are on at a narrow passage of the Ing Tai River. One boat is being pulled up the rapids while the other three sit idling. Written on the back of this photograph: "Ing Hok [Ing Tai] River sampans. The man on the group of boats unite [illegible] the boats up one at a time. The one in the rapids is being pulled up and these are waiting their turn. Ned. Ing Hok. 1914."; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].

A dirt path winds through a thick bamboo forest in Ing Hok [Ing Tai]. Written on the back of the photograph: "A bit of my touring road through the bamboo country. To visit one chapel I go through ten miles like this. Ing Hok 1914."; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].

A distant view of the girls' school from the hill top of the American missionary compound at Ing Tai. Agricultural fields are sprawled out over the foreground. Mountains dominate the background. The Ing Tai River cuts through the landscape. Written on the back of this photograph: "From my study window looking to the girls' school and down the river toward Foochow [Fuzhou]. The white things drying in the plum orchards are shredded turnip for winter food. The big green trees are olives, the small ones oranges. The big mountain in the foreground we call Mt. Tom. The highest mt. in the distance I have climbed twice. Ing Hok [Ing Tai]. 1914. E. H. S.; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].

"Foundation stone of Boys' High School at Freetown. Opening service - His Excellency Sir E Merewether ? on platform." View of official podium and speakers.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.

"His Excellency the Governor of Sierra Leone laying the chief foundation stone of new Boys' High School at Freetown on Apr 30th 1914" Officials at ceremony.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.

"Mixed group of children - white, black and East Indian taken with the Rev T Huckerby, San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I.The buildings at the back give some idea of the dwellings of the working class."; The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.