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Title: Congolese natives.
Description: Native man and woman by cornstalks with wooden mortar.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.19; 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): ds4822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1879

Title: Part of the crew of the Lapsley.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.26a; 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): ds4833
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1923

Title: Three boys with hands cut off.
Description: Some evidences of Belgian atrocities brought home by William Henry Sheppard.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Atrocities--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.18b; 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): ds4821
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1878

Title: Congolese artifacts.
Description: Congolese artifacts brought back by William H. Sheppard and others.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Antiquities--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.28; 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): ds4838
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1929

Title: William and Lucy Sheppard.
Description: William H. Sheppard with his wife, Lucy Gantt Sheppard.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.06; 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): ds4807
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1853

Title: View of the Congo River at Matadi.
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.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): 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.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Rivers--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Matadi--Bas-Congo--Kongo Central, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo River., Matadi (Bas-Congo, Congo)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.23; 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): ds4827
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1894

Title: William H. Sheppard extracting a tooth.
Description: William Henry Sheppard practicing in Central Africa what he learned under Dr. S.H. Henkel. People of Bakuba tribe. Sheppard extracting a tooth.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1860-1925., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Dental care--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.11; 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): ds4813
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1866

Title: William H. Sheppard and children.
Description: Rev. William Henry Sheppard with banjo, singing to native children.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.03; 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): ds4804
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1850

Title: Chief Njoka of the Kassai.
Description: Chief Njoka of the Kassai, one of Sheppard's witnesses during the rubber libel case.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Luba (African people)--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century.
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.08; 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): ds4809
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1856

Title: Kalamba, the great Chief of the Lulua tribe.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.24; 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): ds4830
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1918

Title: Congolese natives.
Description: Five native women with a young girl and a baby.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Children--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.20b; 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): ds4824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1887

Title: The Luther Maxwell Brass Band.
Description: William H. Sheppard and the Luther Maxwell Brass Band - Ibanche.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Brass bands--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.09; 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): ds4811
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1864

Title: Morrison and Sheppard with buffalo.
Description: Dr. Morrison and Sheppard rejoicing with the natives over the killing of a buffalo.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Buffaloes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.13; 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): ds4815
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1868

Title: Group of missionaries in the Congo.
Description: Group of missionaries: William M. Morrison, Lachlan C. Vass, Joseph E. Phipps, William Sheppard, and Henry Hawkins.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Morrison, W. M. (William McCutchan), 1867-1918., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Vass, Lachlan Cumming, 1872-1962., Hawkins, Henry P., 1866-, Phipps, Joseph E., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.14; 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): ds4816
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1871

Title: Annie Taylor, Lucy and William Sheppard, with a dead snake.
Description: Annie Taylor, Lucy and William Sheppard, with a dead snake.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): 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.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.25; 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): ds4832
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1922

Title: William H. Sheppard shooting a rifle.
Description: Sheppard shooting a rifle with native men looking on; leopard skins drying; tent set up to right.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.22; 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): ds4826
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1891

Title: William H. Sheppard with a snake.
Description: Sheppard with a dead snake, native children standing in background, and dogs to the right.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Snakes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.18a; 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): ds4820
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1876

Title: William H. Sheppard after an antelope hunt.
Description: Sheppard holding a dead antelope, two native men holding spears, and leopard skin drying on a palm tree in background.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Hunting--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.26b; 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): ds4834
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1924

Title: William H. Sheppard with a group of native boys.
Description: Sheppard with a group of native boys, who are wearing western clothing.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): 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), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.27b; 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): ds4836
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1926

Title: William Sheppard and African Chief.
Description: Sheppard with Chief Maxamalinge, son of Lukenga, King of the Bakuba.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.21; 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): ds4825
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1888

Title: William H. Sheppard with two native men and camels.
Date Created: ca. 1900, 1900
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), African American missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Camels--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.20a; 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): ds4823
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:1886

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

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