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Title: Missionaries in China.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--China., Missionaries--China., Children--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3182; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3182
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359051

Title: Religion plays vital part in China’s struggle.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3734 RELIGION PLAYS VITAL PART IN CHINA’S STRUGGLE [2] China, longer at war than any of the other Allied nations, is making the steady trek back from the dismal years of struggle. The Christian Church, always faced with gigantic tasks in the ancient land, is again showing the way. Here a modern primary school is being held in an old temple in West China. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-NY-MES-6B-6-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Prints. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christian converts--China., Missions--China., Elementary schools--China., School children--China., Church schools--China., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3734; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3734
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359707

Title: Edith Millican correspondence to her parents, Aimee and Frank Millican, 1946 to 1948.
Creator Name(s): Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985. (author)
Date Created: 1946, 1946-1948
Name Subject(s): Millican, Frank R., 1883-1961., Millican, Aimee Boddy, 1884-1974., Millican, Edith F., 1914-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--China., Missionaries, Medical--China., Women physicians--China., Missionaries--China.
Geographic subjects: Hengyang (Hunan Sheng, China), Hunan Sheng (China), Asia--China--Hunan--Henyang, Asia--China--Canton--Hunan
Physical Location: RG 199, Box 1, Folder 45; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Millican Family Papers, 1900-1984.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-199
Identifier (local): rg199_b1_f45
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:120192

Title: North China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 4157 NORTH CHINA [1] Mission, Bible women. Missionary spreading the Gospel.
Creator Name(s): American Bible Society. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. Gospels., Women missionaries--China., Missionaries--China., Christian converts--China., Bible--Study and teaching--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4157; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359792

Title: Pay day at China mission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PAY DAY AT A CHINA MISSION #S-4947 HANGCHOW, China -- Chinese women who labor at the Northern Presbyterian Mission here teaching, cooking, cleaning and sewing made-over clothes for children, assemble for their wages. Because of the inflationary spiral in China they are not paid in currency but with rice which they live on and use as barter for other goods. Markings on the bags indicate that the rice is part of American relief shipments to the Orient. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-BS-1A-47-W)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, December 26, 1946, December 26, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--China--Hangzhou., Paydays--China--Hangzhou., Wages--China--Hangzhou., International relief., Emergency food supply--China., Inflation (Finance)--China., Wages-in-kind--China--Hangzhou.
Geographic subjects: China, Hangzhou., China, Hangzhou., China, Hangzhou., China., China., China, Hangzhou., Hangzhou (China), Asia--China--Zhejiang--Hangzhou
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4947; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-4947
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360588

Title: Religion plays vital part in China’s struggle.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3733 RELIGION PLAYS VITAL PART IN CHINA’S STRUGGLE [1] China, longer at war than any of the other Allied nations, is making the steady trek back the dismal years of struggle. The Christian Church, always faced with gigantic tasks in the ancient land, is again showing the way. Church services are attracting crowds, and here some are listening to a service through the open door and latticed windows of a Chungking church. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-NY-MES-6B-6-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Prints. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church attendance--China--Chongqing., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--China--Chongqing., Christian converts--China--Chongqing., Worship programs., Missions--China--Chongqing.
Geographic subjects: China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., Chongqing (China), Asia--China--Chongqing--Chongqing
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3733; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3733
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359706

Title: Learning to read.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: Learning to read and write the Chinese character in a primary school, West China.
Creator Name(s): Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions., 1919- (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Educational work--China., Literacy--China., Chinese language--Writing., Chinese language--Study and teaching--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1786; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1786
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358622

Title: North China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 4158 NORTH CHINA [2] F. K. Kang [?] of the A. B. S. [American Bible Society] tells the Gospel story.
Creator Name(s): American Bible Society. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society., Kang, F. K.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. Gospels., Missionaries--China., Christian converts--China., Bible--Study and teaching--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4158; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4158
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359793

Title: Religion plays vital part in China’s struggle.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3734A RELIGION PLAYS VITAL PART IN CHINA’S STRUGGLE [3] China, longer at war than any of the Allied nations, is making the steady trek back from the dismal years of struggle. The Christian Church, always faced with gigantic tasks in the ancient land, is again showing the way. Here a Christian pastor is demonstrating to some of his farmer parishioners how to graft their fruit trees and thus increase their yield. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-NY-MES-6B-6-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Methodist Prints. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christian converts--China--Chongqing., Missions--China--Chongqing., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--China--Chongqing., Fruit growers--China--Chongqing., Agriculture--Study and teaching--China--Chongqing.
Geographic subjects: China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., China, Chongqing., Chongqing (China), Asia--China--Chongqing--Chongqing
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3734A; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3734A
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359708

Title: Religion plays vital part in China’s struggle.
Description: Alternate caption on reverse.
Creator Name(s): Methodist Prints. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christian converts--China--Chongqing., Missions--China--Chongqing., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--China--Chongqing., Fruit growers--China--Chongqing., Agriculture--Study and teaching--China--Chongqing.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3734A; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3734A_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359697

Title: North China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 4160 NORTH CHINA [3] Colporteur of the American Bible Society.
Creator Name(s): American Bible Society. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. Gospels., Religious literature--Distribution--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Distribution--China., Christian converts--China., Missionaries--China., Bible. New Testament.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4160; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4160
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359794

Title: North China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 4161 NORTH CHINA [4] A Gospel meeting held by three colporteurs.
Creator Name(s): American Bible Society. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. Gospels., Religious literature--Distribution--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Distribution--China., Christian converts--China., Missionaries--China., Bible--Study and teaching--China., Bible. New Testament.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., China., Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4161; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4161
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359795

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)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., Vandenberg, Herbert F., Smith, Vincent D.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--California--San Francisco., Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., World War, 1939-1945--China.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., China, Yujiang Xian., China., San Francisco (Calif.), Yujiang Xian (China), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3265; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3265
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359108

Title: Nuns return to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #C-4541 NUNS RETURN TO CHINA MILWAUKEE -- Undismayed by the horror of their experiences as prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, three veteran missionaries, sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, check their baggage at the rail depot here before entraining for the West Coast enroute to China. Their smiles indicate an eagerness to return to their charitable labors and to renew past acquaintances in the Orient. Sister Mary Veronica (left), of Sun Prairie Wisc., has spent 12 years in China; Sister Mary Ludmilla, of Chicago, nine years; Sister Mary Charitas, of Sublette, Ill., six years. Following their release from imprisonment the sisters recuperated at their Motherhouse in St. Francis, Wisc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (D-H-MIL-WIS-BS-9D6-0)
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Geographic subjects: China., Wisconsin, Milwaukee., China., Japan., Milwaukee (Wis.), China., North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Milwaukee
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4541; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-4541
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360310

Title: Nuns return to China.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4541; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-4541_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360213

Title: Dinner honors Cardinal Tien.
Description: Clipping from the May 1, 1946 issue of the Chicago Sun.
Creator Name(s): Chicago Sun Syndicate. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, May 1, 1946, May 1, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Dinners and dining--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Guilds--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--China.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3515; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3515_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359289

Title: Chinese cardinal right at home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHINESE CARDINAL RIGHT AT HOME #c-3515 CHICAGO -- Thomas Cardinal Tien of China uses the chopsticks of his native land at a dinner given in his honor here by the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association. He was presented with a purse of $1,000 by Msgr. Joseph B. Lux for “whatever mission work the cardinal desires in China.” It was the gift of the Catholic Church Extension Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CHI-SUN-MES-5B-6-C)
Date Created: 1946, April 30, 1946, April 30, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Dinners and dining--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Guilds--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--China., Chopsticks.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., China., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3515; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-3515
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359562

Title: Letter from Earl L. MacDonald.
Creator Name(s): MacDonald, Earl L. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wasem, Grace., Boston University. School of Theology--Students., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--China., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of women--Methodist Church., Elders (Church officers)--Methodist Church., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Women seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Returned missionaries--China.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1511; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1511_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357257

Title: Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisons and prisoners, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., China, Wuhan., Philippines., Philippines., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4802; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4802a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360443

Title: Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., China, Wuhan., Philippines., Philippines., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4802; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_4802
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360442

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