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Title: Congo medical missionary reported dead.
Creator Name(s): Smith, Kline & French Laboratories. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Carlson, Lois Lindblom., Carlson, Wayne., Carlson, Lynette., LeVahn, Joann., Littleford, Philip.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31851; 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_PC-31851_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356290

Title: Congo medical missionary reported dead.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31851 CONGO MEDICAL MISSIONARY REPORTED DEAD LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo -- Refugees escaping from rebel-held territory in the Congo reported that Dr. Paul Carlson (right), shown here in a happier moment, had been put to death. The medical missionary, serving under the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, was captured when he refused to leave his hospital in the northern Congo. His wife (right) and children, Wayne, 9, and Lynette, 6, (in the foreground) reached safety. The doctor’s threatened execution, after being charged as a spy by rebels, was delayed for one week after the U.S. State Department and churchmen in America urged Kenya Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, as chairman of a Special Organization of African Unity Committee, to intervene in his behalf. The Carlson family is shown here with Philip Littleford of Baltimore, Md., a medical student in Africa on a fellowship, and Joann LeVahn of Minneapolis, Minn., a staff nurse at the mission hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-Ph-11D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Smith, Kline & French Laboratories. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Carlson, Lois Lindblom., Carlson, Wayne., Carlson, Lynette., LeVahn, Joann., Littleford, Philip.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Kinshasa (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31851; 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_PC-31851
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356683

Title: College service honors Dr. Carlson.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31883 COLLEGE SERVICE HONORS DR. CARLSON CHICAGO -- Friends of Dr. Paul Carlson, 36-year-old American medical missionary killed in the Congo, held a memorial service in his honor at North Park College in Chicago, where he graduated in 1949 before going on to Stanford University and George Washington University Medical School. Dr. Clarence A. Nelson, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, which Dr. Carlson served in the Congo, presided at the service. North Park College and Theological Seminary is related to the Evangelical Covenant Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NP-CI-12A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 29, 1964, November 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31883; 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_P-31883
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356645

Title: Memorial service in honor of Dr. Paul Earle Carlson.
Creator Name(s): Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (author)
Date Created: 1964, November 29, 1964, November 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31883; 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_P-31883_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356475

Title: Class in session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: A class session in Methodist school, Elizabethville, Belgian Congo, Africa
Creator Name(s): Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lubumbashi.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lubumbashi., Students--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Lubumbashi.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Lubumbashi., Congo (Democratic Republic), Lubumbashi., Lubumbashi (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Upper Katanga--Lubumbashi
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1788; 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_1788
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358626

Title: Making a skiff for the Lapsley II.
Description: Engineer William B. Scott, Captain Lachlan C. Vass II, and crew making a small skiff for the Lapsley's use [Lapsley II], 1906.
Date Created: 1906
Name Subject(s): Vass family--Archives., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962.
Topical Subject(s): Boats and boating in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 476, Box 10, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, ca. 1860s-1999.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): ds6269
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:141945

Title: Nun who eluded terrorists safe In Belgium.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30526 NUN WHO ELUDED TERRORISTS SAFE IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Safe in her homeland, a nun who escaped the terrorists who attacked Catholic and Protestant missions in Kwilu Province of the Congo is greeted at Brussels airport by Sisters and relatives. Three Roman Catholic priests were slain in the rebel uprising and one was reported missing; all were from Belgium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 26, 1964, January 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Brussels (Belgium), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30526; 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_C-30526
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353704

Title: Congo missionaries safely home.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mullins, Harold., Mullins, Juanita.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30566; 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_P-30566_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353472

Title: Congo missionaries safely home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30566 CONGO MISSIONARIES SAFELY HOME TALLMADGE, Ohio -- The clothes on their back and a souvenir spear were all the Rev. and Mrs. Harold Mullins and their four children could bring out of the Kwilu Province in the Congo, where anti-government terrorists burned their mission station and threatened their lives. The Baptist couple, with their 16-month-old baby, hid upstairs in their house but fire forced Mr. Mullins to knock out a window and jump. The baby was dropped to him as Mrs. Mullins also jumped to safety. The clergyman was knocked down and hit with a hammer in a brief fracas with terrorists. None of the youngsters was harmed. The life of another missionary was saved, Mr. Mullins related, when a former native Bible student jumped in front of a terrorist aiming a rifle. United Nations helicopters evacuated the group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DM-Ohio-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Funston, Lelia Maude. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 4, 1964, February 4, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mullins, Harold., Mullins, Juanita.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Tallmadge (Ohio), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Summit--Tallmadge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30566; 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_P-30566
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353799

Title: Belgian royalty comforts nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31863 BELGIAN ROYALTY COMFORTS NUN BRUSSELS -- Sister Anne Marie Merkens, rescued from Congolese rebels, is comforted by Belgian King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola on arrival at the Brussels airport. The Catholic nun was among many whites rescued from the hands of rebels in Stanleyville by Belgian paratroops. Sister Anne Marie told the Associated Press that she and other nuns had been forced by the rebels to parade down a street in Basoto, near Stanleyville. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 26, 1964, November 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Merkens, Anne Marie., Fabiola, Queen, consort of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1928-2014., Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1930-1993., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Kings and rulers--Belgium., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Belgium., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Brussels (Belgium), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani (Congo), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31863; 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_PC-31863
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356690

Title: Vass Family Papers
Description: Three generations of the Vass family served the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Congo during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vass III's wife (and daughter of medical missionary Eugene R. Kellersberger), Winifred Kellersberger (1917-2010), also served with her husband. This collection includes photographic prints, glass and film negatives, and lantern slides primarily documenting Vass II in the Congo, the American Presbyterian Congo Mission (APCM), the S.S. Samuel N. Lapsley I and II, the Congo's indigenous villages and peoples, and Belgian atrocities. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: L.C. Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley seated with birds, ca. 1898.
Creator Name(s): Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896. (creator), Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962. (creator), Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010. (creator)
Date Created: 1860, ca. 1860s-1999, 1860, 1999
Name Subject(s): Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896., Vass, Lachlan C., 1915-2010., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962., Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Samuel N. Lapsley I (Ship), Samuel N. Lapsley II (Ship)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Southern States, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 476; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, circa 1860s-1999.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): rg476
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:vass

Title: Saved from Congo terrorists.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, January 30, 1964, January 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Interviews--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30549; 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_PC-30549_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353649

Title: Rescued Congo missionary recounts experience.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30549 RESCUED CONGO MISSIONARY RECOUNTS EXPERIENCE LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- Details of a narrow escape from death are recounted at Leopoldville, Congo, by Miss Ruth Hege, 58, of Wellington, Ohio, who was hit in the arm during an arrow attack that killed her companion, Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jerome, Idaho. Both women were assigned to the Baptist Mid-Missions station at Mangungu, in the heart of the area attacked by anti-government terrorists. Miss Hege, later evacuated by helicopter, was left for dead after being struck by the arrow. In a transcontinental telephone conversation with Baptist Mid-Missions headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, the veteran of 30 years of missionary service, many of them in Africa, said she planned to return to the U.S. "There is no future here," she said. "Conditions are chaotic...I don't want to return to the Congo." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 30, 1964, January 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Interviews--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Kinshasa (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30549; 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_PC-30549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353844

Title: Baptist missionaries victims of terrorists.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30534 BAPTIST MISSIONARIES VICTIMS OF TERRORISTS KWILU PROVINCE, Congo -- The first American known to be a victim of anti-government guerillas in a wave of Congo terrorism was Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jermone, Idaho (left), who was killed with a poisoned arrow. A co-worker at the Baptist Aid Station in Kwilu Province, Miss Ruth B. Hege, 57, of Wellington, Ohio (right) was reported hospitalized after rebels hacked her hands off. Both women were associated with Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio, an agency of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. At least three other missionaries, all Roman Catholic priests, died in the widespread attack which was believed to have destroyed nearly all mission stations in the region. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ferrel, Irene., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kwilu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30534; 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_P-30534
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353788

Title: Baptist missionaries victims of terrorists.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, January 27, 1964, January 27, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ferrel, Irene., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30534; 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_P-30534_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353455

Title: Belgian Congo.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TV-31976 Wema, Belgian Congo Dr. Howard Horner interviews some of the hundreds of lepers who sought admittance to the leper colony where he recently opened. Photo by Dr. Marjorie Horner.
Creator Name(s): Horner, Marjorie Crittenden. (photographer)
Date Created: 1953, February 1953, February 1953
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Horner, Howard.
Topical Subject(s): Physicians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Equateur (Province), Leprosy--Patients--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Equateur (Province), Missions to leprosy patients--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Equateur (Province), Church work with leprosy patients--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Equateur (Province)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Equateur (Province), Congo (Democratic Republic), Equateur (Province), Congo (Democratic Republic), Equateur (Province), Congo (Democratic Republic), Equateur (Province), Equateur (Congo : Province), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo--Tshuapa--Wema
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. TV-31976; 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_TV-31976
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355960

Title: Song After Sorrow, 1938, part 2.
Description: "Song After Sorrow" (1938) was a dramatized documentary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Congo Mission work among lepers at Bibanga. Virginia and Ray Garner, of the Africa Motion Picture Project, arrived at Bibanga in late 1938 just as Eugene Kellersberger was preparing to relocate the mission's leprosarium. A portion of the film depicts, as Virginia wrote in her diary of August 23, 1938, "homeless lepers en route [...] The ones without feet rode in carts, the women carried baskets on their heads, and the crippled hobbled along with sticks. It really was quite a scene and should be very effective." [Cf. Glenn Reynolds, "Images out of Africa : the Virginia Garner diaries of the Africa Motion Picture Project," 2011.] This is a 1990s transfer to VHS, likely provided to PHS-Montreat by the Medical Benevolence Foundation.
Creator Name(s): 1938 Africa Motion Picture Project. (creator)
Date Created: 1938
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Leprosy--Patients--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions to leprosy patients--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Oriental--Bibanga, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-1038; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Africa Motion Picture Project "Song After Sorrow" part 2 VHS transfer, 1990s.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTA1Njk=
Identifier (local): 16-1038_SongAfterSorrow
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33555

Title: Serving in Congo.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 27. 1964, January 27. 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30535; 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_P-30535_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353624

Title: Slain Congo missionary's sister and family rescued.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30535 SLAIN CONGO MISSIONARY'S SISTER AND FAMILY RESCUED LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- One of two Baptist missionary sisters died and another was saved from Communist-inspired terrorists in the Kwilu Province of the Congo. Miss Irene Ferrel of Jerome, Idaho, died when a poisoned arrow hit her in the face. Her sister, Mrs. Winifred Grings, right, escaped injury in the nightmarish week. Mrs. Grings, shown here with her husband, Robert, and children, and Miss Ferrel both were missionaries for Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio, an independent agency supported by the General Conference of Regular Baptist Churches. The Grings, together with three other missionaries at the Iwungu mission station -- 50 miles from the station where Miss Ferrel died -- were flown by United Nations helicopter to Leopoldville. The Grings children, left to right, are Becky, 8; Danny, 6; and Ruth Ann, 11. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30535; 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_P-30535
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353789

Title: Embracing Hope.
Description: The blog of mission co-workers Bob and Kristi Rice, serving in South Sudan.
Creator Name(s): Rice, Bob. (creator), Rice, Kristi. (creator)
Date Created: 2018
Name Subject(s): Rice, Bob., Rice, Kristi.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--South Sudan., Married people in missionary work--South Sudan., Missions--Educational work--South Sudan., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Married people in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: South Sudan., South Sudan., South Sudan., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), South Sudan., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--South Sudan, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Related Item: Mission history.--https://archive-it.org/collections/10547
Identifier (local): bobandkristi
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145308

Title: In memory of Belgian martyred priests.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30598 IN MEMORY OF BELGIAN MARTYRED PRIESTS NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, speaks to bereaved members of the Oblates of Mary at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Three Belgian priests of the order were slain at Kwilu Province in the Congo recently when anti-government guerillas attacked Christian missions. Members of the order attended a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Spellman for the souls of the three priests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Oblates of Mary Immaculate., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Priests--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Memorial service., Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), New York (N.Y.), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30598; 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_C-30598
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353718

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: Paul Carlson Memorial Tower.
Creator Name(s): North Park College and Theological Seminary. (author)
Date Created: 1965, February 4, 1965, February 4, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson Lindbloom, Lois., North Park College and Theological Seminary., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries' spouses--Illinois--Chicago., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Martyrologies., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Colleges and universities--Illinois--Chicago.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32123; 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_P-32123_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355753

Title: Chicago college announces Carlson Memorial Tower.
Creator Name(s): North Park College and Theological Seminary. (author)
Date Created: 1965, February 4, 1965, February 4, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson Lindbloom, Lois., North Park College and Theological Seminary., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Olsson, Karl A.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries' spouses--Illinois--Chicago., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Martyrologies., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Colleges and universities--Illinois--Chicago.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32123; 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_P-32123_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355766

Title: Paul Carlson Memorial Tower.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32123 PAUL CARLSON MEMORIAL TOWER CHICAGO -- Mrs. Paul Carlson, widow of the medical missionary slain in the Congo, holds a model of a memorial tower to be raised in his honor at the new Science-Learning Center of North Park College in Chicago. Dr. Carlson was a 1949 graduate of the college’s two-year program and served in the Congo for the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, which owns and operates the college. North Park President Karl A. Olsson, announcing the memorial, said that “students who attend classes in the Carlson Tower will be reminded of the Christian Gospel for which Paul E. Carlson lived and died and which has moved other missionaries to give themselves to the world in selfless devotion.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NP-CI-2B-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Varde Studio (Chicago, Ill.) (photographer), North Park College and Theological Seminary. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 4, 1965, February 4, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson Lindbloom, Lois., North Park College and Theological Seminary., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries' spouses--Illinois--Chicago., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Martyrologies., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Nord-Ubangi., Colleges and universities--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Congo (Democratic Republic), Nord-Ubangi., Congo (Democratic Republic), Nord-Ubangi., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), Nord-Ubangi (Congo), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32123; 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_P-32123
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355908

Title: Pope greets Congo survivors.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1965, January 5, 1965, January 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Nuns--Vatican City., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Missionaries--Vatican City., Women missionaries--Vatican City.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31998; 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_C-31998_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355672

Title: Congo survivors greeted by Pope.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31998 CONGO SURVIVORS GREETED BY POPE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI had a special greeting at a general audience for a group of nuns who escaped the massacre of missionaries at Wamba in the Congo. The Italian nuns are members of the Missionary Sisters of Verona. Other missionaries, including priest and Sisters, were in the general audience of some 1,000 persons in the Vatican’s Hall of Benedictions. The Pope has often paid tribute to the martyrdom of missionaries in the Congo and has made many pleas for peace in the new African nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 5, 1965, January 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Nuns--Vatican City., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Missionaries--Vatican City., Women missionaries--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Vatican City., Vatican City., Vatican City., Haut-Uélé (Congo), Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31998; 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_C-31998
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355842

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

Title: New Methodist bishops in Africa.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31559 NEW METHODIST BISHOPS IN AFRICA NEW YORK -- For the first time in the 131-year history of Methodist work in Africa, two Africans have been elected bishops. They were among four chosen by the quadrennial Methodist Africa Central Conference. The bishops are: top, Bishop Ralph E. Dodge, an American, who was re-elected and assigned to Southern Rhodesia (left); and Bishop John Wesley Shungu, financial officer and legal representative of the Central Congo Methodist Conference, assigned to the Congo. Bottom: Bishop Harry P. Andreassen, a Norwegian missionary from Trondheim, assigned to Angola, where he has served since 1952 (left); and Bishop Escrivao Zunguze, pastor of the Methodist church at Cambini, Mozambique, assigned to Mozambique and South Africa. Bishop Dodge, an outspoken foe of racial discrimination, formerly headed work in South Africa, Angola and Mozambique, besides Southern Rhodesia. In July he was expelled from Southern Rhodesia on grounds that he was an "undesirable immigrant," and has been staying in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-9B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (publisher)
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Shungu, John Wesley., Methodist Church (U.S.). Africa Provisional Central Conference., Methodist Church (U.S.). Congo Mission Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist Church--Bishops., Methodist Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Methodist conferences., Bishops--Appointment, call, and election.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31559 ; 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_P-31559b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349169

Title: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, September 1882-February, 1884.
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, September 1882-February, 1884. Transcript included.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives. (author)
Date Created: 1882, September 1882-February 1884
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Baraka (Congo), Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Sud-Kivu----Baraka, Africa--Gabon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adolphus Clemens Good Papers, 1882-1896.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-169
Identifier (local): rg169_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:44918

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