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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: 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: 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: 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 Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.13a: Missionaries with native carrying a long pole. 835.02.13b: Natives washing clothes. 835.02.13c: Missionaries on a picnic. Lucy Sheppard, William Sheppard, and an unidentified white woman.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1910
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.13abc ; 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): 835_02_13abc
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33588

Title: William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.18f: Rapid transit in Congo hammock. Lucy Sheppard and Annie Taylor standing beside hammocks and native carriers. 835.02.18g: White male missionary in a hammock with native carriers. 835.02.18h: British consul general with WHS [Sheppard], Lucy Sheppard and native people. 835.02.18i: Missionaries with native children.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1910
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Rochester, Annie Taylor, 1882-1914., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.18fghi ; 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): 835_02_18fghi
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33561

Title: William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.10f: White female missionary, possibly Annie Taylor. 835.02.10g: William and Lucy Sheppard and Lilian Thomas DeYampert sitting on porch. 835.02.10h: Native boy holding a small bow. 835.02.10i: At Ibanche. Rachel and William Scott, and Lucy and William Sheppard, standing on a bridge
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1910
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., DeYampert, Lilian Thomas, 1872-1930., Scott, William., Scott, Rachel.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Ibanshe
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.10fghi ; 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): 835_02_10fghi
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33610

Title: William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.11a: Lilian Thomas DeYampert, Lucy and William Sheppard, and another missionary (probably Lucius DeYampert) sitting on porch. 835.02.11b: Evangelist and wife. Native couple. 835.02.11c: WHS entertaining the natives. William Sheppard playing the banjo. 835.02.11d: Dr. and Mrs. Reavis at Leopoldville. White man with two white women standing at the gate of a house in front of a road.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1910
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., DeYampert, Lucius A. (Lucius Alexander), 1877-1966., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kasaï-Occidental--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.11abc ; 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): 835_02_11abcd
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33632

Title: William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.02a: [See loose photos for missing image: RG 457, Box 4, 835.03.07] Outgoing missionaries in 1906: Dr. Momser, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Sheppard, Miss Taylor, Dr. Coppedge, Mr. Rochester, Dr. Sheppard. Pictured: Llewellyn Coppedge, Adolphus Rochester, William Sheppard, Annie Taylor. 835.02.02b: Miss [Annie] Taylor and Mrs. [Bertha] Morrison with two native children. 835.02.02c: Mrs. Sheppard and Dr. Sheppard. Sheppard is seated; his wife is standing beside him. 835.02.02d: Group of missionaries. Seated: Maria Fearing, Lilian DeYampert; Standing: William Sheppard, Lucy Sheppard, Lucius DeYampert.
Date Created: 1906
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Rochester, Annie Taylor, 1882-1914., Rochester, Adolphus A. (Adolphus Augustas), 1878-1960., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Fearing, Maria, 1838-1937., DeYampert, Lilian Thomas, 1872-1930., DeYampert, Lucius A. (Lucius Alexander), 1877-1966.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.02abcd ; 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): 835_02_02abcd
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33580

Title: William H. Sheppard Congo mission photograph album, circa 1890-1910.
Description: 835.02.01a: Missionaries of the A.P.C.M., Luebo and Ibanj [Ibanche]. 14 missionaries, one child. Seated: Annie Taylor, Lucy Sheppard, William Sheppard, Althea Edmiston holding a baby, Alonzo Edmiston, William M. Morrison, Bertha S. Morrison. Standing: Lachlan C. Vass, [six unidentified people], William Scott. 835.02.01b: Miss [Annie] Taylor, Mr. [William] Scott, Mrs. S. [Sheppard], Dr. S. [Sheppard] n835.02.01c: Miss [Annie] Taylor, hoeing in a garden with a small native child with a large bunch of bananas. 835.02.01d: William and Lucy Sheppard with four native men. She is sitting in a rickshaw-type chair. See also image 835.01.11a. 835.02.01e: Dr. and Mrs. Morrison. William M. and Bertha S. Morrison. She is holding a bird on her arm.
Date Created: 1890, ca. 1890-1910
Name Subject(s): Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927--Archives., American Presbyterian Congo Mission., Sheppard, William H. (William Henry), 1865-1927., Sheppard, Lucy J. Gantt, 1867-1955., Edmiston, Althea Brown, 1874-1937., Edmiston, A. L., (Alonzo Lmore), 1879-1954., Morrison, W. M. (William McCutchan), 1867-1918., Morrison, Bertha S., 1878-1910., Vass, Lachlan C., Scott, William.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Tribes--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RG 457, Box 3, 835.02.01abcde ; 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): 835_02_01abcde
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:33592

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