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:
Youth of all colors attend school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH OF ALL COLORS ATTEND SCHOOL #S-4986 SAN FRANCISCO -- The easing of racial tensions and anti-Japanese activities that erupted on the West Coast during the war is shown in this picture of an overcrowded San Francisco public school where Nisei and Negro youth, such as the two lads in the foreground (right), are in attendance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LA-NY-BS-1D-47-W)
Creator:
Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children--California--San Francisco., Education--California--San Francisco., School integration--California--San Francisco., African American children--California--San Francisco., Japanese American children--California--San Francisco., Public schools--Overcrowding--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360592
Title:
Girl with book.
Creator:
Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360502
Title:
Mass meeting honors missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4540 MASS MEETING HONORS MISSIONARIES SAN FRANCISCO -- Temporarily stranded here by the shipping strike, 400 missionaries bound for the Orient crowd the stage of the Opera House during a mass-meeting held in their honor. More than 3,000 persons attended the meeting, which was addressed by Henry R. Luce, editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and other outstanding in public life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AC-NY-MES-9C-6-W)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.), Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967.
Topics:
Labor disputes--California--San Francisco., Meetings--California--San Francisco., Missionaries--California--San Francisco., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360328
Title:
Solace for the weary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SOLACE FOR THE WEARY #3393 LOS ANGELES -- Grace Cathedral’s Wayside Shrine of St. Francis -- a tiny chapel seating only 12 persons -- is open here 24 hours a day for those seeking rest and spiritual meditation. A year ago it was a shabby little shack, but Canon Charles Shreve dreamed of making it a place of refuge for men and women of all religions and creeds. The Shrine cost $3,000, all of it contributed within a space of two weeks. John de Rosen, famous muralist, after spending an hour in the Shrine, offered to paint the meeting of St. Francis and the beggar over the altar free of charge. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AR-LOS-AN-MES-5B-6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), Episcopal Church--Buildings., Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Shrines.
Topics:
Church buildings--California--San Francisco., Chapels--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359381
Title:
Returning to China mission field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: RETURNING TO CHINA MISSION FIELD #c-3265 SAN FRANCISCO -- The Rev. Herbert F. Vandenberg (left), of Chicago, and the Rev. Vincent D. Smith, of Milwaukee, Wis., are shown in their stateroom on the S.S. Lakeland Victory before its departure for China where they will resume their mission work interrupted by the war. The Vincentian priests, two of a group of four, are returning to Yukiang, remote part of Kiangsi province, 400 miles southwest of Shanghai. When the Japanese occupied the region they fled to the hills. They arrived back in this country after five months of walking, hitch-hiking, and sailing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BLR-SF-MES-4C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., Vandenberg, Herbert F., Smith, Vincent D.
Topics:
Clergy--California--San Francisco., Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., World War, 1939-1945--China.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Yujiang Xian (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359108
Title:
Easter sunrise service atop Mt. Davidson, San Francisco.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FOR USE IN EASTER ISSUES EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE #3098 Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-ID-JOG-2-COV)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Easter--California--San Francisco., Easter service., Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923., World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--California--San Francisco., High crosses (Sculpture)--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359021
Title:
In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
Title:
They thought of Birmingham.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357754
Title:
A minute of silent prayer.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #02 A MINUTE OF SILENT PRAYER San Francisco, Cal...Delegates at the opening session of the United Nations Conference held here, stand by their seats and offer a Minute's Silent Prayer for the success of plans leading to world unity and international copperation [sic. cooperation].
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.), United Nations--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco., Meditation--California--San Francisco., Contemplation.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357530
Title:
Central U.S. Russian Orthodox figure.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CENTRAL U.S. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FIGURE #S-1300 METROPOLITAN THEOPHILUS of San Francisco is the central figure in the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The Council of Bishops in Chicago recently delayed action for two years on a proposal to place the American Church under the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarch Alexei. Said Metropolitan Theophilus: “The bishops prefer a free, democratic, independent, American Church until they are convinced that the Moscow Church is free of political domination.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GM-SF-TFD-12-5-A-E-O-D-W)
Subject names:
Pashkovsky, Feodor Nikolaevich, Theophilus, Metropolitan of San Francisco., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Bishops., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Relations-- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bishops--California--San Francisco., Church congresses--Illinois--Chicago., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Church and state--Soviet Union., Cold War.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357018
Title:
Msgr. Ellis resigns Catholic U. post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30469 MSGR. ELLIS RESIGNS CATHOLIC U. POST WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, noted Catholic scholar, resigned as church history professor at the Catholic University of America after 30 years as student and faculty member. He will assume the same teaching post at the University of San Francisco. A teacher at Catholic University, only Pontifical university in this country, for 28 years, Msgr. Ellis had been church history professor there since 1947. He has been on leave from Catholic University for some months and has been residing there. The priest holds worldwide recognition as a church historian and for encouraging Catholics to deepen and broaden their intellectual life. Last year, Msgr. Ellis charged that Catholic University had been undergoing a “type of suppression” for nearly a decade. He made the comment at a time when the names of four noted theologians were withdrawn by university officials from a list of proposed speakers suggested by a student group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-1C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic University of America--Faculty., University of San Francisco--Faculty.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Historians--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--California--San Francisco., Historians--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352912
Title:
Msgr. Ellis leaves Catholic U., accepts San Francisco post.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic University of America--Faculty., University of San Francisco--Faculty.
Topics:
Clergy--California--San Francisco., Historians--California--San Francisco., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Historians--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352632
Title:
GOP standard bearer and family.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31298 GOP STANDARD BEARER AND FAMILY SAN FRANCISCO --Members of the family of Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona congregated in San Francisco for his nomination as the 1964 Republican Presidential candidate. Sen. and Mrs. Goldwater, members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, are flanked by their daughters, Mrs. Joanne Ross (left) and Mrs. Margaret Ann Holt. The nominee’s grandchildren, from left to right, are Carolyn, Cynthia, Alison and Thomas Michael Ross. At rear from left to right are Joanne’s husband, Dr. Thomas Ross; Barry, Jr., and Mike Goldwater; and Richard Hold. Margaret Ann and Mr. Holt, a stockbroker, were married in June. The senator’s sons are single. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-SF-7C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Goldwater, Barry, 1938-, Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985., Ross, Joanne Goldwater., Holt, Margaret Anne Goldwater., Ross, Thomas H., Holt, Richard., Goldwater, Michael Prescott., Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998., Ross, Carolyn Goldwater., Ross, Cynthia., Ross, Alison Goldwater., Ross, Thomas Michael.
Topics:
Presidential candidates--United States., Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350289
Title:
Vice-presidential candidate and family.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31296 VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND FAMILY SAN FRANCISCO -- Rep. William E. Miller, 50, of New York was picked by Sen. Barry Goldwater to be his running mate in the 1964 Republican Presidential campaign. The nominee for Vice President, a Roman Catholic, is shown with his wife and two of their four children. They are Mrs. Stephanie Miller, and daughters Elizabeth Anne, 20, and Mary Karen, 17 (right). Not shown are Billy, 5, and Stephanie, 2. Mr. Miller, who was elected to Congress in 1950, was educated at Notre Dame University and Union University’s Albany Law School. He was born in Lockport, N.Y., and his home is now at Lockwood Heights, Olcott, N.Y. Mr. Miller was the chairman of the Republican National Committee when he was named to run with Sen. Goldwater, an Episcopalian. He is the first Catholic to run on a Republican national ticket. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-7C-64-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Miller, William E. (William Edward), 1914-1983., Miller, Stephanie Wagner., Miller, Elizabeth Anne., Miller, Mary Karen.
Topics:
Vice-presidential candidates--United States., Vice-presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350288
Title:
GOP nominee at church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31291 GOP NOMINEE AT CHURCH SAN FRANCISCO -- The Republican nominee for President, Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, is shown with his wife Peggy as he left services at Grace Protestant Episcopal Cathedral in San Francisco. Greeting the nominee is the Rev. Thomas E. Peirce, canon bursar of the cathedral. Mr. and Mrs. Goldwater are Episcopalians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-7C-64)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998., Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985., Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), Peirce, Thomas E., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidential candidates--United States., Legislators--United States., Episcopalians--California--San Francisco., Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350287
Title:
Goldwater boosters demonstrate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31265 GOLDWATER BOOSTERS DEMONSTRATE SAN FRANCISCO -- Ardent boosters of Sen. Barry Goldwater demonstrated in San Francisco, site of the 1964 Republican Presidential Convention. Some signs took on a religious tone and others attempted to counter the effect of the candidate’s “no” vote on the Civil Rights Act. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-SF-7B-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Republican National Convention (28th : 1964 : Daly City, Calif.), Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.), Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco., Political conventions--California--San Francisco., Presidential candidates--United States., Demonstrations--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350283
Title:
The Goldwaters leave church after services.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998., Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985., Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), Peirce, Thomas E., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidential candidates--United States., Legislators--United States., Episcopalians--California--San Francisco., Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349812
Title:
Goldwater boosters demonstrate.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Republican National Convention (28th : 1964 : Daly City, Calif.), Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.), Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco., Political conventions--California--San Francisco., Presidential candidates--United States., Demonstrations--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349787
Title:
The Goldwater family.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Goldwater, Barry, 1938-, Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985., Ross, Joanne Goldwater., Holt, Margaret Anne Goldwater., Ross, Thomas H., Holt, Richard., Goldwater, Michael Prescott., Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998., Ross, Carolyn Goldwater., Ross, Cynthia., Ross, Alison Goldwater., Ross, Thomas Michael.
Topics:
Presidential candidates--United States., Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349666
Title:
Clergy Conference on Race.
Description:
Newspaper clipping featuring a cropped version of the photo file image. Based on the accompanying captions, likely from The Monitor, a newspaper for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California.
Creator:
The Monitor (San Francisco, Calif.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topics:
Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349283

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