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Title: Edmiston family portrait.
Description: "Our Family."
Creator Name(s): Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954. (creator)
Date Created: ca. 1917-1926, 1917
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Portraits., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937--Portraits., Edmiston, A. L. (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Children of missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Luebo--Kasaï-Occidental--Kasaï, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 495, Box 8; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: A.L. Edmiston Papers, 1908-1975--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-495
Identifier (local): ds4720
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:427

Title: Embracing Hope.
Description: The blog of mission co-workers Bob and Kristi Rice, serving in South Sudan.
Creator Name(s): Rice, Bob. (creator), Rice, Kristi. (creator)
Date Created: 2018
Name Subject(s): Rice, Bob., Rice, Kristi.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--South Sudan., Married people in missionary work--South Sudan., Missions--Educational work--South Sudan., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Married people in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: South Sudan., South Sudan., South Sudan., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), South Sudan., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--South Sudan, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Related Item: Mission history.--https://archive-it.org/collections/10547
Identifier (local): bobandkristi
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145308

Title: William H. Sheppard and his family.
Description: William H. and Lucy Gantt Sheppard with Maxamalinge, Mrs. Althea Brown Edmiston, and Rev. Joseph E Phipps sitting in grass.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937., Phipps, Joseph E.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Children of missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.05; 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): ds4806
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1852

Title: Vass Family Papers
Description: 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.
Creator Name(s): Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896. (creator), Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962. (creator), Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010. (creator)
Date Created: 1860, ca. 1860s-1999, 1860, 1999
Name Subject(s): Vass, L. C. (Lachlan Cumming), 1831-1896., Vass, Lachlan C., 1915-2010., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962., Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Samuel N. Lapsley I (Ship), Samuel N. Lapsley II (Ship)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Southern States, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 476; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Vass Family Papers, circa 1860s-1999.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-476
Identifier (local): rg476
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:vass

Title: American Baptist Convention mission chosen among 10 outstanding young men.
Creator Name(s): American Baptist Convention. (author)
Date Created: 1965, January 8, 1964, January 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Fountain, Daniel E., United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (1920-1965)--Awards., Hôpital évangélique de Vanga., American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
Topical Subject(s): Physicians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Soldiers--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Baptists--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32004; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32004_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355635

Title: Mission doctor cited by Jaycees.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32004 MISSION DOCTOR CITED BY JAYCEES TULSA, Okla. -- Dr. Daniel E. Fountain, 34, an American Baptist medical missionary in the Congo, was cited as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1964 by the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in Tulsa. He is shown removing an arrow from the back of a Congolese Army soldier in Vanga who had been ambushed by rebels. Vanga, largest Protestant mission station in the Congo, is located in the Kwilu Province, where rebels have been active for about a year. However, they have not penetrated the area surrounding the mission. Dr. Fountain, son of a Baptist minister, is now in the U.S. where he is studying eye surgery at Willis Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1B-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Riley, George. (contributor)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Fountain, Daniel E., United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (1920-1965)--Awards., Hôpital évangélique de Vanga., American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
Topical Subject(s): Physicians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Soldiers--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga., Baptists--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Vanga.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Congo (Democratic Republic), Vanga., Vanga (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo--Kwilu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32004; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32004
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355895

Title: 12 Swedish missionaries.
Creator Name(s): Ollén, Gösta. (author)
Date Created: 1946, March 6, 1946, March 6, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd., Sveriges frikyrkosamråd--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Bokangue, Daniel.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children of missionaries--Sweden--Stockholm., Black people in missionary work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Airplanes--Sweden--Stockholm., Missions--Equipment and supplies.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-2023; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_2023_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358562

Title: Illustrated mission lands.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions. (author), Rankin, D. C. (editor)
Date Created: 1897
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions--19th century., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Laos Mission--19th century.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--19th century, Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missions--Brazil--19th century., Missions--Asia--19th century., Missions--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century., Missionaries--Brazil--19th century., Missionaries--Asia--19th century., Missionaries--Mexico--19th century., Missionaries--Thailand--19th century., Missionaries--Italy--19th century.
Geographic subjects: 19th century, Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Asia, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Asia, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 19th century., Brazil, 19th century., Japan, 19th century., Korea, 19th century., Mexico, 19th century., Thailand, 19th century., Italy, 19th century., 19th century., 19th century., Africa--Asia--North and Central America--Europe--South America--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Brazil--Italy--China--Japan--Korea--Mexico--Thailand
Physical Location: BV 2570 .I45 1897; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Illustrated mission lands : a series of pictures illustrative of missionary life in the Congo Free State, Africa, and in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Siam, reproduced from photographs furnished by the missionaries themselves, and published to advance the cause of foreign missions by the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Illustrated mission lands : a series of pictures illustrative of missionary life in the Congo Free State, Africa, and in Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Siam, reproduced from photographs furnished by the missionaries themselves, and published to advance the cause of foreign missions / by the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83897
Identifier (local): bv_2570_i45_1897
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:3554

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