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Title: Kanyinda Isaac speech, about 1950.
Description: Sermon given in Tshiluba (also Chiluba, Luba-Katanga) by Pastor Kanyinda Isaac at Montreat, N.C., with Carroll R. Stegall interpreting, circa 1950.
Creator Name(s): Isaac, Kanyinda. (speaker), Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965. (speaker)
Date Created: 1950, ca. 1950
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Montreat
Physical Location: RG 454, Box 3, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Carroll R. Stegall Papers, circa 1905-1965.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-454
Identifier (local): rg454_b3_f4_kanyinda
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:116504

Title: Sounds of the Zaire Republic, side 1.
Description: 1972 witness season, Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV. (creator)
Date Created: 1972
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 12-0829; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. phonograph records, 1949-1972.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTQ4Mw==
Identifier (local): SoundsoftheZaireRepublic_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139010

Title: Sounds of the Zaire Republic, side 2.
Description: 1972 witness season, Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV. (creator)
Date Created: 1972
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 12-0829; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. phonograph records, 1949-1972.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTQ4Mw==
Identifier (local): SoundsoftheZaireRepublic_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139011

Title: Sounds of the Zaire Republic.
Description: 1972 witness season, Board of World Missions, Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. TRAV. (creator)
Date Created: 1972
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 12-0829; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. phonograph records, 1949-1972.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=OTQ4Mw==
Identifier (local): SoundsoftheZaireRepublic
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:139012

Title: Map of mission stations in Africa.
Description: Map of Africa including locations of Presbyterian Missionaries.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Committee of Publication. (publisher)
Date Created: 1917
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: JKPRESS 1917-6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian pioneers in Congo, [1917].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=60983
Identifier (local): ds5557
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:86206

Title: Nkana mu Ncema.
Description: Hymnbook, Nkana mu Ncema, 1909.
Date Created: 1909
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 15; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f15
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15798

Title: Mukanda wa Misambu.
Description: Hymnbook, Mukanda wa Misambu, 1909.
Date Created: 1909
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Kasaï-Occidental----Luebo,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15709

Title: Printed inspirational cards, undated.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
Date Created: n.d.
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 17; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f17
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15830

Title: William H. Sheppard notes on curios from Africa, 1893.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
Date Created: 1893, July 1893
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f10
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15677

Title: Carroll R. Stegall Papers
Description: Carroll R. Stegall (1891-1965) was a missionary for the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He worked at the Luebo and Lubondai mission stations in the Congo from 1915 to 1950. This collection consists of negatives and photographs of native people, missionaries, and the radio equipment Stegall used at Luebo in the 1930s. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Carroll R. Stegall with radio equipment.
Creator Name(s): Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965. (creator)
Date Created: 1905, ca. 1905-1965, 1905, 1965
Name Subject(s): Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Luebo, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Lubondaye
Physical Location: RG 454; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Carroll R. Stegall Papers, circa 1905-1965.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-454
Identifier (local): rg454
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:crstegall

Title: Manuscript copy of American Presbyterian Congo Mission acceptance of Sheppard's resignation, 1909.
Creator Name(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission. (author)
Date Created: 1909, December 2, 1909, December 2, 1909
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15889

Title: Ought King Leopold to Be Hanged?
Description: Reprint of interview by Mr. W.T. Stead with the Rev. John H. Harris, Baringa, Congo State, in the English Review of Reviews for September, 1905.
Creator Name(s): Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912. (interviewer), Harris, John H. (John Hobbis), 1874-1940. (interviewee)
Date Created: 1905, September 1905
Name Subject(s): Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 12; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f12
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15702

Title: Kasai Herald.
Description: Kasai Herald, containing article by Sheppard, "From the Bakuba Country," 1908.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author), Edmiston, A. L., (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (author)
Date Created: 1908, January 1, 1908
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Kasaï-Occidental----Luebo,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f8
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15930

Title: How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom.
Description: Women's Foreign Missionary Society, M.E. Church, South, "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom," 1895.
Date Created: 1895, February 1895
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f11
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15686

Title: William H. Sheppard sermon notes.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
Date Created: n.d.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f9
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15955

Title: William James Anderson Congo diary, 1921 and 1931.
Description: Transcript of a diary by William James Anderson, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo from 1919 through 1961. Transcribed by Anderson's grandson, J. David Anderson.
Creator Name(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981. (author), Anderson, J. David. (transcriber)
Date Created: 1982, December 1982, December 1982
Name Subject(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981., Anderson, Dorothy.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 986.65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William James Anderson Papers, 1904-1981.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE2NDA=
Identifier (local): 986.65_congo_transcript_1921_1931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309165

Title: William James Anderson Congo diary, 1921 and 1931.
Description: Diary by William James Anderson, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo from 1919 through 1961. Contains photographs and drawings. Pages 60, 74-99, and 104-110 of volume are blank.
Creator Name(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981. (author)
Date Created: 1921, 1921; 1931, 1921; 1931
Name Subject(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981., Anderson, Dorothy.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 986.65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William James Anderson Papers, 1904-1981.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE2NDA=
Identifier (local): 986.65_congo_diary_1921_1931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309066

Title: Stock certificate for Lapsley.
Description: Stock certificate for steamboat "Samuel N. Lapsley," 1893.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (creator)
Date Created: 1893, September 29, 1893
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Steamboats.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 1, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457_b1f16
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:15827

Title: William H. Sheppard Papers
Description: William H. Sheppard was a Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Congo for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1890-1910. Sheppard was one of the earliest African-American foreign missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He and his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard, were stationed at Luebo and later at Ibanche. Collection consists primarily of photograph albums and photographs. Photographs document mission stations and churches at Luebo and Ibanche; the Sheppard family; other Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries; and native people of the Bateke, Baluba, Bakuba, Zappo Zap, and other tribes. The collection includes a small number of papers, including correspondence; Sheppard's reminiscences of his time at the Stillman Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; a pamphlet entitled "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom"; printed materials about the Congo and King Leopold; hymnbooks in Tshiluba and an unidentified language; and glass and nitrate negatives. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Sheppard with his mother.
Creator Name(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions., Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
Identifier (local): rg457
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:whsheppard

Title: Leopoldville, Congo report to Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions, 30 November 1964.
Description: Report of Jack Crawford, Henry Dirks, others from American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, on the 1964 Congo Crisis, the takeover of Stanleyville by the Maoist Simba rebels, and the captivity and release of American missionaries. Includes a Dr. Llewyn [?] relating the Congo Crisis to events in Southern Africa, including the presence of Israeli soldiers and advisers in Congo-Kinshasa and South Africa.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions
Date Created: 1964, November 30, 1964, November 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES RT 843; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions records, 1951-1971.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzg2OQ==&q
Identifier (local): RT843_Leopoldville
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348270

Title: 12 Swedish missionaries.
Creator Name(s): Ollén, Gösta. (author)
Date Created: 1946, March 6, 1946, March 6, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Bokangue, Daniel.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children of missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Black people in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Airplanes--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Equipment and supplies.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-2023; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_2023_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358562

Title: Mission travel - 1946 style.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSION TRAVEL - 1946 STYLE #S-2023 STOCKHOLM -- This photo shows twelve Swedish missionaries and their families prior to taking off by air from Stockholm for mission posts in the Congo. They are standing in front of the spacious plane purchased by the Swedish Free Church Association to meet modern demands for swift personnel transportation. This was the first flight of the new Gospel-serving plane. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GO-ST-TFD-3B-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Ollén, Gösta. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, March 6, 1946, March 6, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children of missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Airplanes--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Equipment and supplies., Air travel--Sweden--Stockholm.
Geographic subjects: Sweden, Stockholm., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Sweden, Stockholm., Sweden, Stockholm., Sweden, Stockholm., Stockholm (Sweden), Europe--Sweden--Stockholm--Stockholm
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-2023; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_2023
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358703

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