St. Michaels and St. Matthews Collection
Item set
- Alternative Title
- St. Michaels & St. Matthews Mission Photographic Archive
- Description
- The St. Michaels and St. Matthews Collection is a digitized archival set of photographs and visual materials documenting life at the St. Michaels and St. Matthews missions in Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The images depict scenes of daily life, social activities, school events (such as sports days and parades), and the people associated with these mission institutions — including students, local Xhosa women in traditional attire, hospital patients, and community gatherings. This collection offers valuable visual insight into the cultural, educational, and social history of mission life during the period these photographs were taken. It is part of the Cory Library for Humanities Research digital collections, which preserve historical sources relating to the Eastern Cape and broader South African history.
- Date Issued
- Dates vary by photograph; likely early–mid 20th century
- Provenance
- Album donated by Mariaan George of Roeland Street, Cape Town
- Type
- Collection
- Place
- Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Subject
- Missions in Eastern Cape, South Africa
- St. Michaels Mission, Keiskammahoek
- St. Matthews Mission School and Hospital
- Xhosa community life
- Social and cultural history of mission contexts
- Mission stations
- Format
- Digital images (photograph scans)
- Spatial Coverage
- Keiskammahoek (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
- Temporal Coverage
- c. 20th century (as per individual item metadata)
- Extent
- 17 photographic items
Items
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A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing a boy, one of the TB patients to be treated at St Matthews Hospital. He is smiling probably because he is now healed and is free from TB. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing three African women, hospital workers doing laundry outside. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing children at St Matthew's College during an inter-institutional sports day, parading and bearing their school flags. Other schools that took part in the event included, Lovedale College and Fort Hare College. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing a sledge pulled by oxen, transporting patients to hospital, with a young boy leading the sledge. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing pupils in one of the dormitories at St Matthews, playing outside. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing girls at St Matthews Mission during their annual sports day day, competing in the high jump event. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph is showing girls at St Matthews Mission on their sports day, preparing to serve food to others during meal time. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows spectators watching sports event at St Matthews Mission during their annual sports day. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows nurses and children who suffered from spinal tuberculosis lying on their special orthopedic frames at St Matthews Hospital. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows two local African women wearing their traditional garb, and an infant sleeping on the ground. They have come to watch sport events at St Matthews. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows a local Xhosa woman. She is wearing a doek around her head to show that she is married. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows a local Xhosa woman wearing her traditional garb, a doek wrapped around her head shows she is married. -
A photograph album showing views of buildings and people at St Michaels and St. Matthews Missions in Keiskammahoek, South Africa.. This photograph shows a local Xhosa woman smoking a pipe. She is wearing her traditional garb, a doek wrapped around her head show she is married.