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Title: Adolphus Clemens Good Papers
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good was appointed in 1882 by the Board of Foreign Missions to the West Africa Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Initially assigned to the Baraka Station, he was transferred to the Ogowe River area in 1884 and spent the bulk of his career there. In addition to his work as a teacher and evangelist, Dr. Good studied bird and animal life in the Ogowe Valley and in the Cameroon, as well as the ethnology and religious beliefs of various West African tribes. He also prepared a text on Bulu grammar which was published posthumously. Consists of Dr. Good's journals and notes, his papers on the religious beliefs of the Gabwa and the role of women among the Bulu, and miscellaneous Bulu language items. The collection also contains various personal items, including letters sent to his widow, Lydia B. Walker Good. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized.
Featured image: Portrait of Adolphus Clemens Good, undated.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (creator)
Date Created: 1882, 1882-1896, 1882, 1896, 1882-1896
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894., Good, Lydia Belle Walker, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Africa Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Africa., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Missions--Gabon., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Bulu (African people)--Social life and customs., Gabonese--Religion., Bulu language--Texts.
Geographic subjects: Africa., Africa, West., Congo (Democratic Republic), Gabon., Cameroon., Ogooué River Region (Gabon), Baraka (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Gabon, Africa--Cameroon, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 169; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Adolphus Clemens Good Papers, 1882-1896.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-169
Identifier (local): rg169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:adgood

Title: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: Mr. Mikobi Jacques, Moderator of the Eglise Presbyterienne au Congo, and Dr. R. Matthew Lynn, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., March 1970.
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., Jacques, Mikobi., Lynn, R. Matthew., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6553
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161204

Title: Classroom setting in the Congo.
Date Created: 1969, November 1969, November 1969
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Students--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 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6454
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161214

Title: President Joseph Kasavubu and General Mobutu Sese Seko in Independence Day parade.
Description: Leopoldville, Congo, 30 June 1963. Motor cavalcade accompanies President Joseph Kasavubu and Gen. Mobutu in jeep to the ceremony held to commemorate the third anniversary of the independence of the Republic of the Congo.
Date Created: 1963, June 30, 1963, June 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Kasa-Vubu, Joseph, approximately 1915-1969., Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Military parades--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presidents--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Leopoldville (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6501
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161224

Title: United Nations assistance in the Congo.
Description: Kasai, Republic of the Congo - 10 August 1960. Some 11,500 soldiers from nine countries are now on duty with the U.N. Force in the Republic of the Congo, helping to restore order ad calm in the country. Assistance also includes technical and medical personnel, air transport, food, heavy materials and various supplies. For example, a food distribution was organized for the victims of the intertribal fight between the Luluas and Balubas in Kasai province. The food was sent by U.N. cargo aircraft from Leopoldville to Luluebourg, provincial capital of Kasai. Here, the food packages have been unloaded from the U.N. plane by Tunisian troops of the U.N. Force.
Date Created: 1960, August 10, 1960, August 10, 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., United Nations--Armed Forces.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Food relief--Congo (Democratic Republic), Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6500a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161223

Title: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: Signing of Integration papers at Luluabourg by Legal Representative Pastor Bakatushipa Pierre and Pastor Nsenda Joseph (Executive Secretary of the Church), March 1970.
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Luluabourg (Congo), Asia--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï Central--Kananga
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6550
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161207

Title: Independence Day celebration in the Congo, 1960.
Date Created: 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6495
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161211

Title: Carroll R. Stegall Papers
Description: Carroll R. Stegall (1891-1965) was a missionary for the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. He worked at the Luebo and Lubondai mission stations in the Congo from 1915 to 1950. This collection consists of negatives and photographs of native people, missionaries, and the radio equipment Stegall used at Luebo in the 1930s. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Carroll R. Stegall with radio equipment.
Creator Name(s): Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965. (creator)
Date Created: 1905, ca. 1905-1965, 1905, 1965
Name Subject(s): Stegall, Carroll R. (Carroll Richard), 1891-1965., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Luebo, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Lubondaye
Physical Location: RG 454; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Carroll R. Stegall Papers, circa 1905-1965.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-454
Identifier (local): rg454
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:crstegall

Title: Independence Day celebration in Luebo, 1960.
Description: Congolese woman. Received from Mrs. Isaac Kanyinda.
Date Created: 1960, June 30, 1960, June 30, 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï--Luebo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6455
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161215

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: Hydro Project in Zaire.
Description: Gene Sharp, Hydro Project - Zaire.
Date Created: 1971, ca. 1971
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Sharp, Gene.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Irrigation--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Zaire., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6497
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161217

Title: Congolese students using microscopes.
Creator Name(s): Farrior, Hugh. (photographer)
Date Created: 1960, ca. 1960-1977
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Students--Congo (Democratic Republic), Microscopes.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6359
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161213

Title: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: The Moderator of the General Assembly presents to the Executive Secretary and the Legal Representatives the seal of the Eglise Presbyterienne au Congo, March 1970.
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6549a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161209

Title: Independence Day celebration in Luebo, 1960.
Description: Independence Day celebration, Luebo, June 30, 1960. Comic dance.
Creator Name(s): Juengst, Daniel. (photographer)
Date Created: 1960, June 30, 1960, June 30, 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Festivals--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï--Luebo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6456
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161216

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: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: Sign "Follow the Light" carried by Presbyterian school students in Luluabourg, Congo 1970 [March 1970].
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Educational work--Congo (Democratic Republic), Students--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Luluabourg (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï Central--Kananga
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6551
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161206

Title: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations relief in the Congo.
Description: Congo, February 1961 - One outstanding and reassuring feature of the confused situation in the Congo has been the prompt and generous response of governments in all parts of the world to the appeal of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for food supplies and materials for the relief of the famine in South Kasai. Large quantities of maise, rice, dried milk, dried fish and palm oil are the main food stuffs so far contributed by more than 20 countries. FAO has also purchased supplies of fertilisers and seeds together with hoes and bush knives to enable the refugees to prepare the ground and now crops immediately. The transport of these food stuffs and equipment and their distribution is arranged between FAO and the United Nations. Sacks of maize seed provided by FAO are unloaded at Dilinga, South Kasai.
Creator Name(s): Abbott, J.C. (photographer)
Date Created: 1961, February 1961, February 1961
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Food relief--Congo (Democratic Republic), Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6499a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161221

Title: Salvation Army's Congo band joins centenary.
Description: With 12-year-old Philipe Mabudi as their "mascot," 30 African bandsmen from the Congo visited London to participate in celebrations marking the Salvation Army's 100th anniversary.
Creator Name(s): Daily express (London, England) (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, ca. July 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army--Centennial celebrations, etc., Mabudi, Philipe.
Topical Subject(s): Bands (Music)--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Band musicians--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., London (England), Kinshasa (Congo), Europe--England--London, Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. PC-32798; 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_PC-32798
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151344

Title: Independence Day celebration in the Congo, 1960.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1960 was the toughest year for independence in many African countries.
Date Created: 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6502
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161226

Title: Lapsley Memorial Chapel, Belgian Congo.
Description: Interior Lapsley Memorial Chapel. Ibange, Belgian Congo.
Creator Name(s): Wood., E. (photographer)
Date Created: 1908, ca. 1908-1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Lapsley, Samuel N. (Samuel Norvell), 1866-1892.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Chapels--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6498
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161219

Title: Independence Day celebration in the Congo, 1960.
Date Created: 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6496
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161212

Title: Pontiff ordains eight new African Bishops.
Description: Pope John Paul II embraces one of eight new African bishops he ordained at Kinshasa, Zaire [Democratic Republic of the Congo].
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, May 4, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic), II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Consecration of bishops--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kinshasa (Congo), , , , Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo----------Kinshasa----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. C-53596; 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_C-53596
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148493

Title: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations relief in the Congo.
Description: Congo, February 1961 - One outstanding and reassuring feature of the confused situation in the Congo has been the prompt and generous response of governments in all parts of the world to the appeal of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for food supplies and materials for the relief of the famine in South Kasai. Large quantities of maise, rice, dried milk, dried fish and palm oil are the main food stuffs so far contributed by more than 20 countries. FAO has also purchased supplies of fertilisers and seeds together with hoes and bush knives to enable the refugees to prepare the ground and now crops immediately. The transport of these food stuffs and equipment and their distribution is arranged between FAO and the United Nations. Sacks of maize seed provided by FAO are unloaded at Dilinga, South Kasai.
Creator Name(s): Abbott, J.C. (photographer)
Date Created: 1961, February 1961, February 1961
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Food relief--Congo (Democratic Republic), Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6499
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161220

Title: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: Women at Luluabourg in uniform singing in parade for Integration, March 1970.
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Parades--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Luluabourg (Congo), Asia--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï Central--Kananga
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6552
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161205

Title: Integration of the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and the Église Presbyterienne au Congo.
Description: The Moderator of the General Assembly presents to the Executive Secretary and the Legal Representatives the seal of the Eglise Presbyterienne au Congo, March 1970.
Date Created: 1970, March 1970, March 1970
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Église presbyterienne au Congo., American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 525; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161208

Title: United Nations assistance in the Congo.
Description: Kasai, Republic of the Congo - 10 August 1960. Some 11,500 soldiers from nine countries are now on duty with the U.N. Force in the Republic of the Congo, helping to restore order ad calm in the country. Assistance also includes technical and medical personnel, air transport, food, heavy materials and various supplies. For example, a food distribution was organized for the victims of the inter-tribal fight between the Luluas and Balubas in Kasai province. The food was sent by U.N. cargo aircraft from Leopoldville to Luluebourg, provincial capital of Kasai. Here, the food packages have been unloaded from the U.N. plane by Tunisian troops of the U.N. Force.
Date Created: 1960, August 10, 1960, August 10, 1960
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., United Nations--Armed Forces.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Food relief--Congo (Democratic Republic), Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6500
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161222

Title: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers
Description: Eugene R. Kellersberger (1888-1966) was a medical missionary to the American Presbyterian Congo Mission (APCM) and General Secretary of the American Mission to Lepers. This collection includes photographic materials related to Dr. Kellersberger's time as a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo and to his 1946 world and 1947-1948 Far East tours. His Africa photograph album contains over 2,000 items, and it primarily spans the years from the 1920's to 1940. View the collection guide to learn more.
Featured image: Eugene Kellersberger and pet monkey, ca. 1925.
Creator Name(s): Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966. (creator)
Date Created: 1909, 1909-1998, 1909, 1998, 1909-1998
Name Subject(s): Kellersberger family., Kellersberger, Edna Bosche, 1888-1923., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., Kellersberger, Julia Lake Skinner, 1897-1986., Vass, Winifred Kellersberger, 1917-2010.
Topical Subject(s): African trypanosomiasis., Leprosy., Leprosy--Hospitals--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions to leprosy patients., Tropical medicine--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 436; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene R. Kellersberger Papers, 1909-1998.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-436
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:erkellersberger

Title: President Joseph Kasavubu and General Mobutu Sese Seko in Independence Day parade.
Description: Leopoldville, Congo, 30 June 1963. Motor cavalcade accompanies President Joseph Kasavubu and Gen. Mobutu in jeep to the ceremony held to commemorate the third anniversary of the independence of the Republic of the Congo.
Date Created: 1963, June 30, 1963, June 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions--Archives., Kasa-Vubu, Joseph, approximately 1915-1969., Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Military parades--Congo (Democratic Republic), Presidents--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Leopoldville (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RG 525, Box 2, Folder 33; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions Photographs, 1861-1989.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-525
Identifier (local): ds6501a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161225

Title: Gertrude Cousar.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. Gertrude Cousar, Missionary to Africa.
Creator Name(s): Bachrach. (publisher)
Date Created: 1920, circa 1920-1930s
Name Subject(s): Cousar, Gertrude, 1898-1988.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 360, Series IV; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Gertrude Cousar (1898-1988) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NzI5MA==
Identifier (local): ds7184
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287987

Title: Dr. George Richard Cousar.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Dr. George Richard Cousar (M.D.) Missionary to Africa.
Date Created: 1920, circa 1920-1930s
Name Subject(s): Cousar, George Richard, Dr., 1895-1979.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), 20th century., Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 360, Series IV; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: George Richard Cousar (1895-1979) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=NzI4OQ==
Identifier (local): ds7185
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:287986

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