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Film of the Matthews family’s missionary work in India and Pakistan, circa 1930-1950.

Film of the Matthews family’s missionary work in India and Pakistan, circa 1930-1950.
Film of the Matthews family’s missionary work in India and Pakistan, circa 1930-1950.
MLA citation style
“Film Of The Matthews Family’S Missionary Work In India And Pakistan, Circa 1930-1950.”. no date. Matthews Family Papers, Ms2020.031, no date.
APA citation style
(no date). Film of the Matthews family’s missionary work in India and Pakistan, circa 1930-1950. Matthews Family Papers, Ms2020.031. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A386023
Chicago citation style
“Film Of The Matthews Family’S Missionary Work In India And Pakistan, Circa 1930-1950.”. Matthews Family Papers, Ms2020.031, Peters Township Public Library - Historic Images and Documents Collection, no date. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A386023.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Film of the Matthews family’s missionary work in India and Pakistan, circa 1930-1950.

Subject

Matthews family
Missionaries -- India
Missionaries -- Pakistan

Description

Description: Film depicting the missionary work in India and Pakistan of members of the Matthews family. Footage includes the movements of refugees during the 1947 partition of India, agricultural practices, educational outreach, bazaars and markets, celebrations, and weather conditions. The film also includes brief footage taken of Matthews family members at their farm in western Pennsylvania in the 1930s. Narrated by James Matthews Clements (1916-2002). Transcript added. Among the members of the Matthews family appearing in the film are the narrator’s father, Reverend Ernest Vinton Clements (1886-1959); mother, Sarah Emily Matthews Clements (1885-1978); brothers, Chatham Glenn Clements (1919-2005) and Ernest Vinton Clements (1921-2013); maternal uncle, Harvey McMurray “Mack” Matthews (1889-1973) and his wife Elizabeth; maternal aunt, Martha Mabel Matthews (1887-1942); maternal grandfather, Chatham Glenn Matthews (1857-1940); maternal grandmother, Margaret Jane “Maggie” McMurray Matthews (1863-1938); and maternal cousins Harvey Glenn Matthews (1926-2008), Eleanor Elizabeth Matthews (1935-2014), Freda Ann Matthews (1923-2009) and Robert “Bob” John Matthews (1921-2005). Appearing also are fellow missionaries Reverend James Garfield Campbell (1881-1956), his wife Mabel Vescelius Young Campbell (1884-1957) and daughter Joan Vescelius Campbell (1919-2014); and Laura MacLachlan (1914-2002), Dora Whitely (1884-1943), Mary Kyle (1884-1968). Total run time: 25:22. Title supplied by Contributing Institution. Creator unknown.

Run Time

25:22

Type

Moving Image

Original Format

Video Recording

Digital Format

video/mp4

Identifier

2020.031.998

Source

Matthews family papers, MS2020.031

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Contributing Institution

Peters Township Public Library

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.