Chiefly photograph album pages of images relating to the Presbyterian mission in the Whakatane district

Chiefly pages from three photograph albums, with images relating to the Presbyterian mission in the Whakatane district, taken circa 1918-circa 1920s by unidentified photographers. Grace Leitch Johnston (later the wife of Presbyterian minister Rev P Gladstone Hughes) features in many of the images.

The images mostly show unidentified Maori children and adults and also people probably working for, or visiting, the mission. Includes a few photographs of Wi Mutu and of Maori WWI soldiers (PAColl-9928-25-17). Also some images of buildings including a meeting house at Waiohao.

Also includes a group portrait taken at the wedding of the Rev John George Laughton and Horiana Te Kauru in 1921 with Miss Johnston as bridesmaid. Photograph taken by W Haughton of Rotorua. (PAColl-9928-25-23)

Acompanying information - Two hand-written captions by the daughter of Miss Johnston (later Hughes).

Source of descriptive information - There are no captions with these images. Miss Johnston, Wi Mutu, and meeting house at Waiohou identified from images at PAColl-9928-26-45 and PAColl-9928-26-57.

Relationship complexity - Some images duplicated at PAColl-9928-27. Some images from this collection, and information regarding them, may be found in an article published in Te Ao Hou, Number 73, July 1973, pages 27 to 34, titled 'Memories of Waiohau' by E E Little. A copy is filed in the Binney backfile in Photographic Archive.

Quantity: 54 album(s) Album(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).