The compilation album "Java – Our Mission Fields" is a religious-educational picture album published by the Oegstgeest Missionary Agency, probably in the 1930s or 1940s. The album is intended to introduce Dutch children and families to the missionary work in Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies.
The book combines informative texts with a series of paste-in illustrations illustrating daily life, nature, the people, and missionary work in Java. The texts emphasize the encounters between Western missionaries and the local population, education, healthcare, and the spread of the Christian faith. The tone is typical of the time: educational, religiously inspired, and imbued with admiration for missionary work.
The design is neat and simple, with a cardboard cover printed in shades of brown and green and a linen spine. The album is complete and in good condition.
