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:
Mr. and Mrs. Edmiston and Son Kuete.
Description:
[Mr. and Mrs. Edmiston and Son Kuete.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--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:8642
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Ship.
Description:
[Ship.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7214

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