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Title: Morrison and Sheppard with buffalo.
Description: Dr. Morrison and Sheppard rejoicing with the natives over the killing of a buffalo.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Buffaloes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.13; 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): ds4815
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1868

Title: Three boys with hands cut off.
Description: Some evidences of Belgian atrocities brought home by William Henry Sheppard.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.18b; 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): ds4821
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1878

Title: Children of Pantops home.
Description: Girls of the Pantops Home, Luebo. Thirteen girls in western dresses. Mafalo's (Maria Fearing) girls.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topical Subject(s): Children--Institutional care--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Luebo--Kasaï-Occidental--Kasaï, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.02; 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): ds4803
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1849

Title: Children of Pantops home.
Description: Girls of the Pantops Home, Luebo. Five older girls in western dresses.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topical Subject(s): Children--Institutional care--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Luebo--Kasaï-Occidental--Kasaï, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.01; 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): ds4802
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1848

Title: Congolese natives.
Description: Native man and woman by cornstalks with wooden mortar.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.19; 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): ds4822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1879

Title: Part of the crew of the Lapsley.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.26a; 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): ds4833
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1923

Title: Congolese artifacts.
Description: Congolese artifacts brought back by William H. Sheppard and others.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Antiquities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.28; 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): ds4838
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1929

Title: View of the Congo River at Matadi.
Description: View of Congo River at Matadi looking down river. 1 is the old B.M.S. station of Underhill where Lapsley is buried. 2 is the Swedish mission of Laundi. The great Congo River holds the moral remains of Slaymaker. At the point marked 1 Underhill, the river turns at a sharp angle where it is very narrow, swift and dangerous. The place is known as the "Devils Cauldron" and well deserves its name.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Death and burial., Slaymaker, Henry Calvin--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Rivers--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Matadi--Bas-Congo--Kongo Central, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo River., Matadi (Bas-Congo, Congo)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.23; 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): ds4827
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1894

Title: Chief Njoka of the Kassai.
Description: Chief Njoka of the Kassai, one of Sheppard's witnesses during the rubber libel case.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Luba (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.08; 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): ds4809
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1856

Title: Kalamba, the great Chief of the Lulua tribe.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.24; 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): ds4830
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1918

Title: Congolese natives.
Description: Five native women with a young girl and a baby.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.20b; 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): ds4824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1887

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

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