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Title: Maria Fearing and Mr. and Mrs. Rochester.
Description: Maria Fearing and Mr. and Mrs. Rochester.
Date Created: ca. 1890-1910, 1890
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 5, 835.04.02; 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): ds3010
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6989

Title: Maria Fearing.
Description: Maria Fearing.
Date Created: ca. 1890-1910, 1890
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 5, 835.04.03; 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): ds2350
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6539

Title: Letter from Polly Miller to friends, August 2, 1960.
Description: Letter regarding Polly Miller's departure from the Congo and rumors of a bomb attack at her home in the Congo.
Creator Name(s): Miller, Polly Jean, 1927- (author)
Date Created: 1960, August 2, 1960, August 2, 1960
Name Subject(s): Miller, Polly Jean, 1927-, Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 537, Box 2, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David and Polly Miller Papers, circa 1936-2006.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-537
Identifier (local): rg537_b2_f3_polly_miller_1960
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:293443

Title: Edmiston family portrait.
Description: "Our Family."
Creator Name(s): Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (creator)
Date Created: ca. 1917-1926, 1917
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Portraits., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937--Portraits., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Children of missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Luebo--Kasaï-Occidental--Kasaï, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 495, Box 8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.L. Edmiston Papers, 1908-1975--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-495
Identifier (local): ds4720
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:427

Title: William H. Sheppard and his family.
Description: William H. and Lucy Gantt Sheppard with Maxamalinge, Mrs. Althea Brown Edmiston, and Rev. Joseph E Phipps sitting in grass.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937., Phipps, Joseph E.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Children of missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.05; 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): ds4806
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1852

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

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