Vass Family Papers

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Three generations of the Vass family served the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Congo during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vass III's wife (and daughter of medical missionary Eugene R. Kellersberger), Winifred Kellersberger (1917-2010), also served with her husband. This collection includes photographic prints, glass and film negatives, and lantern slides primarily documenting Vass II in the Congo, the American Presbyterian Congo Mission (APCM), the S.S. Samuel N. Lapsley I and II, the Congo's indigenous villages and peoples, and Belgian atrocities. View the collection guide to learn more. Featured image: L.C. Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley seated with birds, ca. 1898.

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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:
APCM missionaries at Luebo.
Description:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission missionaries at Luebo.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8771
Title:
APCM missionaries.
Description:
[APCM missionaries.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8683
Title:
Boy with Fruit.
Description:
[Boy with Fruit.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Children--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8591
Title:
Mask.
Description:
[Mask.]
Creator:
A. Ross Royal Studio (Stonehaven) (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8446
Title:
Children in the Congo.
Description:
[Children in the Congo.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Children--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8322
Title:
Christmas photo card, Luebo.
Description:
Merry Christmas to you and yours. [Christmas photo card, Luebo, undated -- sent to Winnie from Florence.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7944
Title:
Luebo Christmas pageant.
Description:
[Luebo Christmas pageant.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7808
Title:
Luebo Christmas pageant.
Description:
[Luebo Christmas pageant.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Luebo--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7566
Title:
L.C. Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley.
Description:
L.C. Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley [seated with birds].
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7368
Title:
A.B.M.U. missionaries.
Description:
A.B.M.U. missionaries.
Subject names:
Vass (Family : Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896), American Baptist Missionary Union.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Baptists--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7339
Title:
Missionary conference, Leopoldville.
Description:
Missionary conference, Leopoldville, January.
Subject names:
Vass (Family : Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896)
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7328
Title:
Matadi.
Description:
Matadi.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7266
Title:
Rubber atrocities.
Description:
Rubber atrocities, Belgian Congo. [Three boys with hands cut off.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic)., Rubber industry and trade--Congo (Democratic Republic)., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7235
Title:
Dr. Motte Martin.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7178
Title:
Boy with both hands cut off.
Description:
Boy with both hands cut off.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic)., Rubber industry and trade--Congo (Democratic Republic)., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7173

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