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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:
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:
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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