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:
Family.
Description:
[Family.]
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
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:7475
Title:
Bulape church.
Description:
Bulape church.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Buildings, structures, etc.--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7474
Title:
Mukete hunter.
Description:
Mukete hunter.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
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:7459
Title:
Lulua River Falls.
Description:
Lulua River Falls.
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:7449
Title:
Ship.
Description:
[Ship.]
Subject names:
Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Washington County, Pa.), Vass family--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (Washington County, Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7445
Title:
Mukuba.
Description:
Mukuba.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
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:7425
Title:
Luebo Out-Station School.
Description:
Luebo Out-Station School.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Schools--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7424
Title:
Village council meeting.
Description:
Village council meeting.
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)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7402
Title:
Ship.
Description:
[Ship.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7372
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:
Bakuba council.
Description:
Bakuba council.
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:7363
Title:
Group of women.
Description:
[Group of women.]
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:7355
Title:
Central School.
Description:
Central School.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Schools--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7340
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:
African women seated.
Description:
[African women seated.]
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7335
Title:
Lubondai mission meeting.
Description:
Lubondai mission meeting.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7329
Title:
Bulape lake.
Description:
Bulape lake.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
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:7323
Title:
Bulape lake.
Description:
Bulape lake.
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:7286
Title:
Mukete hunter.
Description:
Mukete hunter.
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:7267
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

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