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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:
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:
Group of missionaries in the Congo.
Description:
Group of missionaries: William M. Morrison, Lachlan C. Vass, Joseph E. Phipps, William Sheppard, and Henry Hawkins.
Subject names:
Morrison, W. M. (William McCutchan), 1867-1918., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962., Hawkins, Henry P., 1866-, Phipps, Joseph E., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), 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:1871
Title:
Morrison and Sheppard with buffalo.
Description:
Dr. Morrison and Sheppard rejoicing with the natives over the killing of a buffalo.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Buffaloes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1868
Title:
William H. Sheppard with snake.
Description:
William Henry Sheppard coming in with a young boa constrictor. [Dead snake appears to be a python. Group of native people sitting in background.]
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Snakes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1867
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:
The Luther Maxwell Brass Band.
Description:
William H. Sheppard and the Luther Maxwell Brass Band - Ibanche.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Brass bands--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1864
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:
Outgoing Missionaries.
Description:
"Outgoing missionaries in 1906: Dr. Momser, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Sheppard, Miss Taylor, Dr. Coppedge, Mr. Rochester, Dr. Sheppard." Pictured: Llewellyn Coppedge, Adolphus Rochester, William Sheppard, Annie Taylor.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Coppedge, Llewellyn J., 1883-1970., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Rochester, Adolphus A., 1878-1960., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Taylor, Annie.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1855
Title:
William and Lucy Sheppard.
Description:
William H. Sheppard with his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1853
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.
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1852
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:
William H. Sheppard and children.
Description:
Rev. William Henry Sheppard with banjo, singing to native children.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1850
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:
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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