Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Bus solves evangelists' housing shortage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BUS SOLVES EVANGELISTS’ HOUSING SHORTAGE #s3519 LOS ANGELES -- Ten members of the Libbey family, touring evangelists, are shown on the “back porch” of their rolling home. They travel from state to state presenting programs of religious music in different churches. The entire family is musical, including 82-year-old Grandfather, who plays the drums. The bus was bought five years ago after being honorably retired by the Los Angeles transportation system. It has been converted into living quarters by installing Pullman-style berths in the lower deck that fold out of the ceiling. When the berths come down, curtains automatically fall over the windows. The upper deck is used to store musical instruments and for cooking and eating when the weather is fine. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANH-LA-MES-5B-6-W)
Creator:
Herrman, A. Martin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Music--Religious aspects--Christianity., Evangelists--Housing., Buses--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359593
Title:
Evangelists whip housing crisis by living, traveling in big bus.
Description:
Clipping from an unknown issue of an unknown publication.
Creator:
Herrman, A. Martin. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Music--Religious aspects--Christianity., Evangelists--Housing., Buses--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359278
Title:
Young People’s Church of Hollywood opens.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #868 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF HOLLYWOOD OPENS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The Young People’s Church of Hollywood has been organized in the movie capital by a former chaplain, the Rev. Clarence W. Franz. Photo shows head usher Lee Bonnell displaying poster that has been distributed throughout Los Angeles inviting young people to the church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-LA-LM-10255)
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Bonnell, Lee., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Los Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Los Angeles., Church membership--California--Los Angeles., Actors' spouses--California--Los Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Church ushers.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358885
Title:
Young People’s Church of Hollywood opens.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #867 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF HOLLYWOOD OPENS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Several hundred young men and women attended the opening service of the Young People’s Church of Hollywood, organized by the Rev. Clarence W. Franz, a former chaplain. Mr. Franz plans to let the youngsters pretty much run church activities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-LA-LM-10185)
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Los Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Los Angeles., Church membership--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358884
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358856
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Franz, Clarence W., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Public speaking--Religious aspects., Preaching--California--Lost Angeles., Liturgies--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358855
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358854
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Chapman College--Students.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Choirs (Music)--California--Lost Angeles., Sacred vocal music--California--Lost Angeles., Church music--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358853
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Bonnell, Lee., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Actors' spouses--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Church ushers., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358852
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Franz, Clarence W., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009., Bonnell, Lee., Chapman College--Students.
Topics:
Church membership--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Actors' spouses--California--Lost Angeles., Choirs (Music)--California--Lost Angeles., Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358786
Title:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUNGSTERS VIEW BIBLE FILM #P-2015 LOS ANGELES -- Youngsters from a Protestant mission church here view a movie which dramatizes a Bible story. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DV-HOL-CAL-8D-9-JOG-P)
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358730
Title:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., Friedrich, James K., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles., Sunday schools--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358564
Title:
Graham crusade nears 300,000 attendance.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29773 GRAHAM CRUSADE NEARS 300,000 ATTENDANCE LOS ANGELES -- Billy Graham emphasizes a point as he preaches at the seventh rally during a three-week Southern California Crusade in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum. He is shown speaking to some 47,655 persons, the largest single audience of the crusade so far. Later, crusade officials said that the first eight rallies drew a total attendance of 298,062 persons, with 13,000 making “decisions for Christ” at the famed evangelist’s invitation. Special “Youth Nights,” held specifically for young people under 25, have drawn huge crowds, officials reported. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CNB-MINN-8E-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358092
Title:
Billy Graham at Los Angeles crusade.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29745 BILLY GRAHAM AT LOS ANGELES CRUSADE LOS ANGELES, Cal. -- Evangelist Billy Graham (on platform center) addresses some 38,700 persons in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum as he opens a three-week Southern California Crusade. On the first night the famed evangelist drew 1,514 “decisions for Christ.” Attendance on the second rally was reported at 31,254, with 1,154 decisions. In his first sermons, Dr. Graham deplored the “trend to take God and moral law out of our schools,” and warned that today’s society was entering the “age of the shrug” concerning vital issues, with most people seeking only “escapism.” The Baptist minister’s crusade was being held not far from the spot where he first gained repute as an evangelist at a Los Angeles tent crusade 14 years ago. Since then he has preached to some 30 million people on five continents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic sermons--California--Los Angeles., Prayer in the public schools--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358088
Title:
Catholic sociologists meet.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29786 CATHOLIC SOCIOLOGISTS MEET LOS ANGELES -- Officers of the American Catholic Sociological Society get together at the group’s 25th annual convention in Los Angeles. They are (from left): Father Paul Facey, S.J., Holy Cross College, the organization’s new president; John Hughes, president of Villanova University, the society’s outgoing president; and Sister M. Aquinice of Rosary College, River Forest, Ill., executive secretary. Studies of race relations and discrimination highlighted the convention. Some 40 subjects dealing with Catholic aspects of sociology were covered. One speaker, Brother D. Augustine, F.S.C., of LaSalle College, Philadelphia, stressed that friendly relations can develop between races in a changing neighborhood. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DT-LA-8E-63-RB)
Creator:
Los Angeles Times (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Catholic Sociological Society--Congresses., American Catholic Sociological Society., Facey, Paul., Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Ind.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Hughes, John., Villanova University--Presidents., Rosary College (River Forest, Ill.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--Los Angeles., Religion and sociology--Congresses., Clergy--California--Los Angeles., Nuns--California--Los Angeles., Sociologists--California--Los Angeles., Women sociologists--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358046
Title:
Evangelist Billy Graham at his Los Angeles crusade.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29867 EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM AT HIS LOS ANGELES CRUSADE Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358021
Title:
Billy Graham addressing Opening Night crowd of 38,708.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357915
Title:
Billy Graham speaking before the largest crowd of the Crusade Thursday night at the Coliseum.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357822
Title:
Memo from Dan Thrapp.
Creator:
Thrapp, Dan L. (author), Los Angeles Times (Firm) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Catholic Sociological Society--Congresses., American Catholic Sociological Society., Facey, Paul., Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, Ind.)--Faculty., Catholic Church--Clergy., Hughes, John., Villanova University--Presidents., Rosary College (River Forest, Ill.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--Los Angeles., Religion and sociology--Congresses., Clergy--California--Los Angeles., Nuns--California--Los Angeles., Sociologists--California--Los Angeles., Women sociologists--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357801
Title:
For release on receipt.
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357786

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