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:
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:
Three women.
Description:
[Three women.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7127
Title:
Women with baby and dogs.
Description:
[Women with baby and dogs.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7077
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:
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:
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:
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:
Group of girls.
Description:
[Group of girls.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Girls--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7082
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:
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:
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:
Man climbing palm tree.
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7331
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:
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:
Boy.
Description:
[Boy.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Boys--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7439
Title:
Village scene.
Description:
[Village scene.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7259
Title:
Group of girls.
Description:
[Group of girls.]
Subject names:
Vass family--Archives.
Topics:
Girls--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7416
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

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