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Title: William H. Sheppard Papers
Description: 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: 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: 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: 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

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