William H. Sheppard Papers

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Description:
Boats on a river bank.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Boats--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6612
Description:
Native men in boats.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6592
Description:
Luxembourg (steamboat).
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Steamboats--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6566
Description:
Maria Fearing.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6539
Description:
Native men carrying baskets on pole.
Subject names:
American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6454
Description:
School just out.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Students--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5210
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Portraits., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1934
Description:
Sheppard as a young man. Inscribed, "Your humble servant, Wm. H. Sheppard, F.R.G.S." On reverse inscribed in ink "Mrs. S.H. Henkel, from William."
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Portraits., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Portraits.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1933
Description:
Sheppard somewhere in Europe, with a group of men and women, in front of a Tudor-style house with a garden.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1932
Description:
Sheppard somewhere in Europe, with a group of boys, in front of a building with large columns.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1930
Description:
Congolese artifacts brought back by William H. Sheppard and others.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Antiquities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1929
Description:
Sheppard with a group of native boys, who are wearing western clothing.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1926
Description:
William H. Sheppard and woman on porch.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Kuba (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1925
Description:
Sheppard holding a dead antelope, two native men holding spears, and leopard skin drying on a palm tree in background.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Hunting--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1924
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1923
Description:
Annie Taylor, Lucy and William Sheppard, with a dead snake.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Taylor, Annie.
Topics:
African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1922
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1918
Description:
View of Congo River at Matadi looking down river. 1 is the old B.M.S. station of Underhill where Lapsley is buried. 2 is the Swedish mission of Laundi. The great Congo River holds the moral remains of Slaymaker. At the point marked 1 Underhill, the river turns at a sharp angle where it is very narrow, swift and dangerous. The place is known as the "Devils Cauldron" and well deserves its name.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892--Death and burial., Slaymaker, Henry Calvin--Death and burial.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Rivers--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo River., Matadi (Bas-Congo, Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1894
Description:
Sheppard shooting a rifle with native men looking on; leopard skins drying; tent set up to right.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1891
Description:
Sheppard with Chief Maxamalinge, son of Lukenga, King of the Bakuba.
Subject names:
Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topics:
Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1888

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