Keywords: Overtoun Memorial Church, laying the foundation stone, Malawi, ca. 1895-ca. 1925 (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-052).jpg en <br> Overtoun Memorial Church laying the foundation stone Malawi ca 1895-ca 1925 Photograph of Dr Robert Laws laying the foundation stone of Overtoun Memorial Church There is a group gathered round Dr Laws watching the ceremony the group includes a number of young children ; 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-LS5-1-052 tif Coverage date 1892/1925 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_Volume7/1557 url Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Malawi 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 divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Subject lcsh Keyword Church buildings; Cornerstone laying; Building Date created 1895/1925 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre group portraits Format aat lantern slides Legacy record ID impa-m68640 Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File GB 237 CSWC47/LS5/1/52 1895/1925 author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64677 PD-old-70-1923 Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Foundation stone laying ceremonies |