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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries. See the following related collections: Foreign missions; Domestic missions. Featured image: Missionary to China Aimee Boddy Millican (1884-1974) and radio broadcasting staff.

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Title:
Althea Brown Edmiston.
Description:
[Althea Brown Edmiston on S. S. Zeeland, Red Star Line].
Subject names:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6047
Title:
William McCutcheon Morrison.
Description:
William M. Morrison (1867-1918) translating with Congolese helper?
Subject names:
Morrison, W. M. (William McCutchan), 1867-1918.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic).
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5978
Title:
Edmiston family.
Description:
Mr. & Mrs. Edmiston and oldest boy [Althea Brown Edmiston, Alonzo L. Edmiston and Sherman Edmiston]
Subject names:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5923
Title:
Congolese students.
Description:
School just out.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Students--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5210
Title:
Illustrated mission lands.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (author), Rankin, D. C. (editor)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--19th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission--19th century.
Topics:
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:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--19th century., Brazil--Missions--19th century., Japan--Missions--19th century., Korea--Missions--19th century., Mexico--Missions--19th century., Thailand--Missions--19th century., Italy--Missions--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:3554
Title:
Congolese artifacts.
Description:
Congolese artifacts brought back by William H. Sheppard and others.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Antiquities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1929
Title:
Kalamba, the great Chief of the Lulua tribe.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1918
Title:
William Henry Sheppard and William McCutchon Morrison entering a courthouse.
Description:
Trial of William Henry Sheppard and William McCutchon Morrison, Sept. 20, 1909 at Leopoldville (Kinshasa), shown entering the courthouse for afternoon session. (1) Mr. Kirk (American Vice Consul), (2) Mr. Armstrong (British Vice Consul), (3) Mr. Handley (American Consul General), (4) William Henry Sheppard, (5) William McCutchon Morrison, (6) Mr. McKenzie, (7) Mrs. McKenzie, (8) a native (George) the "typewriter" for the British Consul.
Subject names:
Morrison, W. M. (William McCutchan), 1867-1918--Trials, litigation, etc., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Trials, litigation, etc., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1874
Title:
William Henry Sheppard entering a courthouse.
Description:
William Henry Sheppard entering the courthouse at Leopoldville (Kinshasa), Sept. 20, 1909. Pictures are (1) Mrs. William Campbell, (2) Mr. McKenzie, (3) William Henry Sheppard, (4) Mr. Kirk (American Vice Consul), and (5) Mr. Armstrong (British Vice Consul).
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Trials, litigation, etc.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1873
Title:
William H. Sheppard extracting a tooth.
Description:
William Henry Sheppard practicing in Central Africa what he learned under Dr. S.H. Henkel. People of Bakuba tribe. Sheppard extracting a tooth.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1860-1925., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Dental care--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1866
Title:
Sheppard family Christmas card.
Description:
Bakuba House, Congo, Africa Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. [Christmas card signed by the Sheppards, 1901.]
Subject names:
Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1865-1927--Archives., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955.
Topics:
Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1865
Title:
Chief Njoka of the Kassai.
Description:
Chief Njoka of the Kassai, one of Sheppard's witnesses during the rubber libel case.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Luba (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1856
Title:
Four women carrying baskets on their heads.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Congo (Democratic Republic), Baskets--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1851
Title:
Children of Pantops home.
Description:
Girls of the Pantops Home, Luebo. Thirteen girls in western dresses. Mafalo's (Maria Fearing) girls.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topics:
Children--Institutional care--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1849
Title:
Children of Pantops home.
Description:
Girls of the Pantops Home, Luebo. Five older girls in western dresses.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topics:
Children--Institutional care--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1848
Title:
Portrait of A.L. Edmiston.
Description:
Edmiston seated outside.
Subject names:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Portraits., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century--Portraits., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:429
Title:
Church building in Luebo.
Description:
Native church at Luebo Africa.
Creator:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (creator)
Subject names:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Church buildings--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:428
Title:
Edmiston family portrait.
Description:
"Our Family."
Creator:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (creator)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:427
Title:
Boarding school students in the Congo.
Description:
Boys of the boarding school making their own bread.
Creator:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (creator)
Subject names:
Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Education--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Students--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Schools--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:426

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