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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 H. Sheppard in Europe.
Description:
Sheppard somewhere in Europe, with a group of men and women, in front of a Tudor-style house with a garden.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1932
Title:
William H. Sheppard in Europe.
Description:
Sheppard somewhere in Europe, with a group of boys, in front of a building with large columns.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1930
Title:
William H. Sheppard with a group of native boys.
Description:
Sheppard with a group of native boys, who are wearing western clothing.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1926
Title:
William H. Sheppard after an antelope hunt.
Description:
Sheppard holding a dead antelope, two native men holding spears, and leopard skin drying on a palm tree in background.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Hunting--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1924
Title:
Annie Taylor, Lucy and William Sheppard, with a dead snake.
Description:
Annie Taylor, Lucy and William Sheppard, with a dead snake.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Taylor, Annie.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1922
Title:
William H. Sheppard shooting a rifle.
Description:
Sheppard shooting a rifle with native men looking on; leopard skins drying; tent set up to right.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1891
Title:
William Sheppard and African Chief.
Description:
Sheppard with Chief Maxamalinge, son of Lukenga, King of the Bakuba.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1888
Title:
William H. Sheppard with two native men and camels.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Camels--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1886
Title:
William H. Sheppard with a snake.
Description:
Sheppard with a dead snake, native children standing in background, and dogs to the right.
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)--20th century., Snakes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1876
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:
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:
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:
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 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

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