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- William H. Sheppard Papers
- Description
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William H. Sheppard was a Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Congo for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, 1890-1910. Sheppard was one of the earliest African-American foreign missionaries for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He and his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard, were stationed at Luebo and later at Ibanche. Collection consists primarily of photograph albums and photographs. Photographs document mission stations and churches at Luebo and Ibanche; the Sheppard family; other Presbyterian Church in the U.S. missionaries; and native people of the Bateke, Baluba, Bakuba, Zappo Zap, and other tribes. The collection includes a small number of papers, including correspondence; Sheppard's reminiscences of his time at the Stillman Institute in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; a pamphlet entitled "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom"; printed materials about the Congo and King Leopold; hymnbooks in Tshiluba and an unidentified language; and glass and nitrate negatives. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Sheppard with his mother. - Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions., Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:whsheppard
- Title
- Stock certificate for Lapsley.
- Description
- Stock certificate for steamboat "Samuel N. Lapsley," 1893.
- Creator Name(s)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (creator)
- Date Created
- 1893, September 29, 1893
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Steamboats.
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f16
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15827
- Title
- Typed transcription of William H. Sheppard diary, 1899 Sept. 13-14.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- 1899, September 13-14, 1899, September 13-14, 1899
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f6
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15919
- Title
- Printed inspirational cards, undated.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- n.d.
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 17; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f17
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15830
- Title
- William H. Sheppard notes on curios from Africa, 1893.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- 1893, July 1893
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 10; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f10
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15677
- Title
- Nkana mu Ncema.
- Description
- Hymnbook, Nkana mu Ncema, 1909.
- Date Created
- 1909
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 15; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f15
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15798
- Title
- Correspondence from William H. Sheppard, 1892-1910.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- 1892, 1892-1910
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f1
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15838
- Title
- Correspondence to William H. Sheppard, 1905-1927.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- 1905, 1905-1927
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f2
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15853
- Title
- Manuscript copy of American Presbyterian Congo Mission acceptance of Sheppard's resignation, 1909.
- Creator Name(s)
- American Presbyterian Congo Mission. (author)
- Date Created
- 1909, December 2, 1909, December 2, 1909
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f3
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15889
- Title
- Correspondence of Lucy Gantt Sheppard, 1895, 1924.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955. (author)
- Date Created
- 1895, October 19, 1895, January 24, 1924
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f4
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15892
- Title
- Reminiscences of My Early Days at Stillman Institute.
- Description
- Typescript copy of William H. Sheppard's "Reminiscences of My Early Days at Stillman Institute," (originally written circa 1925), 1933.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- 1933
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Stillman Institute (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Geographic subjects
- Tuscaloosa (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--------Tuscaloosa,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f7
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15928
- Title
- Ought King Leopold to Be Hanged?
- Description
- Reprint of interview by Mr. W.T. Stead with the Rev. John H. Harris, Baringa, Congo State, in the English Review of Reviews for September, 1905.
- Creator Name(s)
- Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912. (interviewer), Harris, John H. (John Hobbis), 1874-1940. (interviewee)
- Date Created
- 1905, September 1905
- Name Subject(s)
- Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 12; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f12
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15702
- Title
- Kasai Herald.
- Description
- Kasai Herald, containing article by Sheppard, "From the Bakuba Country," 1908.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author), Edmiston, A. L., (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (author)
- Date Created
- 1908, January 1, 1908
- Name Subject(s)
- American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Kasaï-Occidental----Luebo,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f8
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15930
- Title
- How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom.
- Description
- Women's Foreign Missionary Society, M.E. Church, South, "How Sheppard Made His Way into Lukenga's Kingdom," 1895.
- Date Created
- 1895, February 1895
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 11; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f11
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15686
- Title
- Mukanda wa Misambu.
- Description
- Hymnbook, Mukanda wa Misambu, 1909.
- Date Created
- 1909
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Kasaï-Occidental----Luebo,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f14
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15709
- Title
- Telegrams to Lucy Gantt Sheppard regarding William H. Sheppard's death, 1927.
- Date Created
- 1927, November 25-26, 1927
- Name Subject(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f5
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15915
- Title
- William H. Sheppard sermon notes.
- Creator Name(s)
- Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927. (author)
- Date Created
- n.d.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missions., Congo (Democratic Republic)--Missionaries., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------,
- Physical Location
- RG 457, Box 1, Folder 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- , William H. Sheppard Papers, 1875-1933.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-457
- Identifier (local)
- rg457_b1f9
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:15955