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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

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: 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 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

Title: American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour.
Description: American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946 March-April.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., Kellersberger family., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions to leprosy patients--20th century., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds4636
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:8580

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Portrait of A.L. Edmiston.
Description: Edmiston seated outside.
Date Created: ca. 1919-1940, 1919
Name Subject(s): Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Portraits., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century--Portraits., 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)
Physical Location: RG 495, Box 6, Folder 45; 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): ds4722
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:429

Title: Medical staff.
Description: Medical staff. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Date Created: 1946, July 1946
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives., American Mission to Lepers., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds5209
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33672

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: Two men and two children standing under a tree.
Description: Two men and two children standing under a tree. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Date Created: 1946, July 1946
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds5262
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:62304

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

Title: Group photo.
Description: Group of Africans pose for a photograph. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Date Created: 1946, July 1946
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives., American Mission to Lepers., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds5211
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33673

Title: Group of men posed for photo.
Description: Group of men posed for photo. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Date Created: 1946, July 1946
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds5260
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:61737

Title: Group photo.
Description: Group photo. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Date Created: 1946, July 1946
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., American Mission to Lepers.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436, Box 26, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
Identifier (local): ds5028
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33671

Title: Bakuba council.
Description: Bakuba council.
Creator Name(s): Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Date Created: 1920, ca. 1920s-1930s
Name Subject(s): Vass family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 476, Box 34, Folder 2-3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, ca. 1860s-1999.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): ds3045
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7363

Title: Women seated.
Description: [Women seated.]
Creator Name(s): Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Date Created: 1920, ca. 1920s-1930s
Name Subject(s): Vass family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 476, Box 34, Folder 3, Image No. 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, ca. 1860s-1999.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): ds3109
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7149

Title: Luebo market.
Description: Luebo market.
Creator Name(s): Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Date Created: 1920, ca. 1920s-1930s
Name Subject(s): Vass family--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 476, Box 34, Folder 2, Image No. 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, ca. 1860s-1999.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): ds3047
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7200

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