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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Luebo, Balondi.
Description:
Luebo, "Balondi" (Evangelist School) dormitory.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Schools--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:7244
Title:
Central School.
Description:
Central School. (1929).
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Schools--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7204
Title:
Luebo Bible pageant.
Description:
Luebo Bible pageant.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)--Religion--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7196
Title:
Mukete.
Description:
Mukete.
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:7193
Title:
Bakuba.
Description:
Bakuba.
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:7189
Title:
C.R. Stegall.
Description:
C.R. Stegall, Lubondai.
Creator:
Longenecker, J. Hershey, 1889-1978. (photographer)
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives., Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Lay missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7175
Title:
Group of men.
Description:
[Group of men.]
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:7174

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