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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in foreign fields. Featured image: First team of Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries in Korea, November 1892.

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Title:
William James Anderson Congo diary, 1921 and 1931.
Description:
Diary by William James Anderson, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo from 1919 through 1961. Contains photographs and drawings. Pages 60, 74-99, and 104-110 of volume are blank.
Creator:
Anderson, William James, 1897-1981. (author)
Subject names:
Anderson, William James, 1897-1981., Anderson, Dorothy.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:309066
Title:
Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Congo meeting at Luebo Mission, March 19, 1968.
Description:
Moderator David Miller's copy.
Creator:
Église presbyterienne au Congo. (creator)
Subject names:
Église presbyterienne au Congo., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293474
Title:
English Translation of the "Luluabourg Paper."
Description:
Unofficial translation from the first draft of the Tshiluba document from the meeting of the Église presbytérienne au Congo and the Board of World Missions held at the Protestant Center in Luluabourg (now Kananga), from November 15-18, 1965.
Subject names:
Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293457
Title:
Special Bulletin No. 7 from C. Darby Fulton, July 23, 1960.
Description:
Bulletin confirming by name the presence of missionaries in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe.
Creator:
Fulton, C. Darby (Charles Darby), 1892- (author), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293445
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:
Miller, Polly Jean, 1927- (author)
Subject names:
Miller, Polly Jean, 1927-, Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019., Miller, David V. (David Vines), 1926-2019--Archives., Miller, Polly Jean, 1927---Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293443
Title:
Gertrude Cousar.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. Gertrude Cousar, Missionary to Africa.
Creator:
Bachrach. (publisher)
Subject names:
Cousar, Gertrude, 1898-1988.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287987
Title:
Dr. George Richard Cousar.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dr. George Richard Cousar (M.D.) Missionary to Africa.
Subject names:
Cousar, George Richard, Dr., 1895-1979.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:287986
Title:
Samuel Lapsley.
Subject names:
Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Portraits., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286575
Title:
Samuel Lapsley.
Subject names:
Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Portraits., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286574
Title:
Samuel Lapsley.
Subject names:
Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Portraits., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286573
Title:
Samuel Lapsley.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Lapsley three weeks before his death. Taken at Stanley Pool.
Subject names:
Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Portraits., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286572
Title:
Samuel Lapsley's gravestone.
Description:
Gravestone of Samuel Lapsley, missionary of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Burial--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286571
Title:
Special song for the Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description:
Tshiluba and English versions of the special song sung to celebrate the Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Église presbyterienne au Congo.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161253
Title:
The Kassai Herald.
Description:
A journal devoted to the work of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission. Vol 1., No. 2.
Creator:
Snyder, D. W. C. (editor)
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152402
Title:
Annual letter of the Presbyterian Congo Mission to the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1914.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152186
Title:
Annual letter of African Mission to the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1910.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152174
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.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962.
Topics:
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)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141945
Title:
Map of mission stations in Africa.
Description:
Map of Africa including locations of Presbyterian Missionaries.
Creator:
Presbyterian Committee of Publication. (publisher)
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:86206
Title:
Group of young men standing with poles around seated man with a crown.
Description:
Group of young men standing with poles around seated man with a crown. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:62311
Title:
Group of young men seated at a table.
Description:
Group of young men seated at a table. [Nitrate negative from American Mission to Lepers, world leprosy tour, 1946.]
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Kellersberger, E.R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:62310

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