Search results

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: Adolphus Clemens Good journal/miscellaneous notes (v.2), 1890-1891.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Date Created: 1890, 1890-1891
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Gabon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 4; 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_b1_f4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:45133

Title: Notes on a Voyage to Liberia, 1892.
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, "Notes on a Voyage to Liberia," 1892.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Date Created: 1892, 1892?
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Liberia., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Liberia--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Liberia----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 7; 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_b1_f7
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:44621

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: Notes of Journeys About Batanga, 1892.
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, "Notes of Journeys About Batanga, 1892"
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Date Created: 1892
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Cameroon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 7a; 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_b1_f7a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:45276

Title: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, September 1882-February, 1884.
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, September 1882-February, 1884. Transcript included.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives. (author)
Date Created: 1882, September 1882-February 1884
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Baraka (Congo), Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo------Sud-Kivu----Baraka, Africa--Gabon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 2; 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_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:44918

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: Adolphus Clemens Good journal/miscellaneous notes (v.1), 1885-1890.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Date Created: 1885, 1885-1890
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Ogooué River Region (Gabon)--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Gabon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 3; 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_b1_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:44495

Title: Notes on Second Journey from Batanga to Nyahitande, 1892.
Description: Adolphus Clemens Good journal, "Notes on Second Journey from Batanga to Nyahitande," 1892.
Creator Name(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894. (author)
Date Created: 1892
Name Subject(s): Good, Adolphus Clemens, 1856-1894--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Africa, West., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Cameroon., Missions--Africa, West., Missionaries--Africa, West.
Geographic subjects: Cameroon--Discovery and exploration., Africa--Cameroon----------,
Physical Location: RG 169, Box 1, Folder 8; 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_b1_f8
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:44978

Title: William James Anderson Congo diary, 1921 and 1931.
Description: Transcript of a diary by William James Anderson, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo from 1919 through 1961. Transcribed by Anderson's grandson, J. David Anderson.
Creator Name(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981. (author), Anderson, J. David. (transcriber)
Date Created: 1982, December 1982, December 1982
Name Subject(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981., Anderson, Dorothy.
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 Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 986.65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William James Anderson Papers, 1904-1981.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE2NDA=
Identifier (local): 986.65_congo_transcript_1921_1931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309165

Title: William James Anderson Congo diary, 1921 and 1931.
Description: Diary by William James Anderson, Presbyterian missionary in the Congo from 1919 through 1961. Contains photographs and drawings. Pages 60, 74-99, and 104-110 of volume are blank.
Creator Name(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981. (author)
Date Created: 1921, 1921; 1931, 1921; 1931
Name Subject(s): Anderson, William James, 1897-1981., Anderson, Dorothy.
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 Congo
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 986.65; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William James Anderson Papers, 1904-1981.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTE2NDA=
Identifier (local): 986.65_congo_diary_1921_1931
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:309066

You are here