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- Title
- Leaves for Africa conference.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
- Creator Name(s)
- Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1946, April 1946, April 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
- Geographic subjects
- New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359329
- Title
- Methodists name Negro bishop for white area.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31233 METHODISTS NAME NEGRO BISHOP FOR WHITE AREA SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Bishop Prince A Taylor Jr., (left) will be the first Negro bishop of The Methodist Church to supervise a predominantly white area. His assignment to direct the work of Methodist churches in a newly-created episcopal area in New Jersey, with headquarters at Princeton, was made during the quadrennial meeting of the Northeast Jurisdiction of the denomination at Syracuse, N.Y. He is shown here with Bishop Newell S. Booth, who also was assigned to a new episcopal area, in Central Pennsylvania with headquarters in Harrisburg. Both recently served in Africa -- Bishop Taylor in Liberia and Bishop Booth in the Congo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-DC-7A-64-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Methodist Information (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, June 25, 1964, June 25, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Prince Albert, 1907-2001., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Booth, Newell S. (Newell Snow), 1903-
- Topical Subject(s)
- Bishops--New York (State)--Syracuse., African American bishops--New York (State)--Syracuse., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Returned missionaries--Liberia., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- New York (State), Syracuse., New York (State), Syracuse., Liberia., Congo (Democratic Republic), Syracuse (N.Y.)
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31233; 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-31233
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:350240
- Title
- Adolphus Clemens Good Papers
- Description
-
Adolphus Clemens Good was appointed in 1882 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the West Africa Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Initially assigned to the Baraka Station, he was transferred to the Ogowe River area in 1884 and spent the bulk of his career there. In addition to his work as a teacher and evangelist, Dr. Good studied bird and animal life in the Ogowe Valley and in the Cameroon, as well as the ethnology and religious beliefs of various West African tribes. He also prepared a text on Bulu grammar which was published posthumously. Consists of Dr. Good's journals and notes, his papers on the religious beliefs of the Gabwa and the role of women among the Bulu, and miscellaneous Bulu language items. The collection also contains various personal items, including letters sent to his widow, Lydia B. Walker Good. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Adolphus Clemens Good, undated. - Creator Name(s)
- Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1882, 1882-1896, 1882, 1896, 1882-1896
- Name Subject(s)
- Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894., Good, Lydia Belle Walker, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missionaries--Africa., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Missions--Gabon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Bulu (African people)--Social life and customs., Gabonese--Religion., Bulu language--Texts.
- Geographic subjects
- Africa., Africa, West., Congo (Democratic Republic), Gabon., Cameroon., Ogooué River Region (Gabon), Baraka (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Gabon, Africa--Cameroon, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 169; 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
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:adgood
- Title
- Illustrated mission lands.
- Creator Name(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (author), Rankin, D. C. (editor)
- Date Created
- 1897
- Name Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--19th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission--19th century.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--19th century, Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missions--Brazil--19th century., Missions--Asia--19th century., Missions--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missionaries--Brazil--19th century., Missionaries--Asia--19th century., Missionaries--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century.
- Geographic subjects
- 19th century, Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Asia, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Asia, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Japan, 19th century., Korea, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., 19th century., 19th century., Africa--Asia--North and Central America--Europe--South America--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Brazil--Italy--China--Japan--Korea--Mexico--Thailand
- Physical Location
- BV 2570 .I45 1897; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Illustrated mission lands : a series of pictures illustrative of missionary life in the Congo Free State, Africa, and in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Siam, reproduced from photographs furnished by the missionaries themselves, and published to advance the cause of foreign missions by the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Illustrated mission lands : a series of pictures illustrative of missionary life in the Congo Free State, Africa, and in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Siam, reproduced from photographs furnished by the missionaries themselves, and published to advance the cause of foreign missions / by the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83897
- Identifier (local)
- bv_2570_i45_1897
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:3554