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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Methodists honor cardinal, rabbi, five others.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29820 METHODISTS HONOR CARDINAL, RABBI, FIVE OTHERS CHICAGO -- The Methodist Conference on Human Relations in Chicago presented award for national leadership in civil rights to a Catholic cardinal, a rabbi and five Methodists, including two bishops. Presentation was made by Bishop Charles Brashares of Chicago (center) and Bishop Matthew W. Clair, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo. (second from right). With them, holding their citations, are, left to right: Aaron Henry of Clarksdale, Miss., head of the NAACP Mississippi chapter; Bishop A. Raymond Grant of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Marion Downs, Los Angeles concert singer; Albert Cardinal Meyer, Catholic Archbishop of Chicago; Rabbi Julius Mark of New York; Miss Thelma Stevens of New York, an executive secretary of the Methodist Woman’s Division of Christian Service; and Bishop Charles F. Golden of Nashville, Tenn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9A-63-NAB)
Creator:
Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Awards., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Brashares, Charles., Clair, Matthew W., Jr., Henry, Aaron., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Grant, A. Raymond., Downs, Marion., Catholic Church--Bishops., Meyer, Albert, 1903-1965., Mark, Julius, 1898-1977., Stevens, Thelma., Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman’s Division of Christian Service., Golden, Charles F.
Topics:
Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Women in church work--Illinois--Chicago., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358125
Title:
Methodists honor cardinal, rabbi, five others.
Creator:
Methodist Information (Nashville, Tenn.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Awards., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Brashares, Charles., Clair, Matthew W., Jr., Henry, Aaron., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Grant, A. Raymond., Downs, Marion., Catholic Church--Bishops., Meyer, Albert, 1903-1965., Mark, Julius, 1898-1977., Stevens, Thelma., Methodist Church (U.S.). Woman’s Division of Christian Service., Golden, Charles F.
Topics:
Award presentations--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Women in church work--Illinois--Chicago., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357824
Title:
Miss America professes faith.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31818 MISS AMERICA PROFESSES FAITH CHICAGO -- Miss America -- Vonda Kay Van Dyke -- chats with a group of Methodist leaders after telling the denomination’s District Superintendents’ Convocation in Chicago that if she “can help just one person enrich their life then the Miss America crown will be meaningful to God and to me.” With the Arizona beauty, an active member of Central Methodist church in Phoenix, are (from left to right) Dr. Elliott L. Fisher of Evanston, Ill., general secretary of the Commission on Promotion and Cultivation which sponsored the convocation; Bishop Donald Harvey Tippett of San Francisco, Cal., and Dr. William C. Rasche, superintendent of the DeKalb, Ill., district. About 1,000 superintendents, bishops and other church leaders attended the convocation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MI-NY-11C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Marsh & Company (Chicago, Ill.) (photographer), Methodist Information (Chicago, Ill.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Vonda Kay., Miss America Pageant., Fisher, Elliott L., Tippett, Donald Harvey, 1896-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Rasche, William C.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Methodists--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Beauty contestants--Illinois--Chicago., Women in the Methodist Church--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356638
Title:
For release on receipt.
Creator:
Methodist Information (Chicago, Ill.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Vonda Kay., Miss America Pageant., Fisher, Elliott L., Tippett, Donald Harvey, 1896-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Congresses., Rasche, William C.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Methodists--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Beauty contestants--Illinois--Chicago., Women in the Methodist Church--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356248

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