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History of interdenominational and interfaith cooperation, including the work conducted by the following organizations: Religious News Service, National Council of the Churches of Christ, American and Foreign Christian Union, American Sunday School Union, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, and Home Missions Council of North America. Featured image: Delegates of the World's First Religious Parliament, Art Palace, Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 1893.

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Title:
Japan Christian Activity News, 1958-1963.
Description:
Includes newsletters by the National Christian Council in Japan.
Creator:
Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai. (publisher)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Oversea Ministries--Archives., Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350421
Title:
Genie (?) with children in apple crate shed.
Description:
[Genie (?) with children in apple crate shed.]
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8770
Title:
Hector (?) making salt dough.
Description:
[Hector (?) making salt dough.]
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Hector., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Church work with migrant labor--United States--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8733
Title:
Women and children.
Description:
[Women and children, Plymouth, Indiana.]
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
Geographic subjects:
Plymouth (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8716
Title:
Hector (?) with girl on trunk of car.
Description:
[Hector (?) with girl on trunk of car] Indiana.
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
Geographic subjects:
Indiana.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8703
Title:
Genie with children.
Description:
Genie with children, H. J. Heinz farm, Plymouth, Indiana.
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
Geographic subjects:
Plymouth (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8698
Title:
Migrant children with crates.
Description:
Migrant children with crates, Plymouth, Indiana.
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
Geographic subjects:
Plymouth (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8677
Title:
Migrant infants.
Description:
Migrant infants, Plymouth, Indiana.
Subject names:
Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Migrant Ministry., Zavaleta, Genie--Archives., Zavaleta, Hector--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant laborers, families., Children of migrant laborers.
Geographic subjects:
Plymouth (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8660
Title:
Clergymen demand Faubus apologize for "brainwashed" charge.
Description:
Officers of the Washburn Presbytery discuss Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus' charge that a "large number" of Southern Presbyterian ministers "have been brainwashed by leftwingers and Communists." Shown left to right are: the Rev. James A. Mahon, Jr., of Second Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, Ark., new moderator; Dr. T.B. Hay, president of the Arkansas Council of Churches and pastor of Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church here; and Charles S. Harley of Little Rock, permanent clerk.
Creator:
Funston, Lelia Maude. (photographer)
Subject names:
Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994., Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Washburn.
Topics:
African Americans--Segregation--Arkansas--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Race relations--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Arkansas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7481
Title:
Police arrest Dr. King for loitering.
Description:
PP-22643 POLICE ARREST DR. KING FOR "LOITERING" MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is hustled off to jail by Montgomery police where he was detained for 15 minutes on a charge of loitering. Dr. King, leader of the Negro boycott against Jim Crow buses here in 1956, was arrested outside a City Hall courtroom where he had gone to attend a hearing for a Negro accused of attacking an integration leader. The 29-year-old pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist church here accused the police of beating and kicking him. He was released in $100 bond. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9A-58-JS).
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects:
Montgomery (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7465
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 2.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
Title:
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Paul's Letter to American Christians," tape 1.
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870
Title:
International Affairs Commission.
Description:
DCL&M-DS&C-International Affairs Commission-Fifth National Study Conference on the Churches & World Order-Cleveland, O., Nov. 18-21, 1958.
Creator:
Rebman Photo Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4273
Title:
Trick or Treat.
Description:
Columbia, Mo. -- These Columbia high school students are typical of the thousands of teen-agers and elementary school youngsters who took part in trick or treat fun for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Halloween night. Largely church-sponsored, the project is an annual affair conducted to help the hungry and sick children abroad with hospital care and food. The movement started in 1950 by the Rev. Clyde Allison, pastor of the Bridesburg Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. Today, the interfaith project benefits millions of youngsters in all parts of the world.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., UNICEF., Allison, Clyde., Bridesburg Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topics:
Church work with youth--Missouri--Columbia., High school students--Missouri--Columbia., Halloween.
Geographic subjects:
Columbia (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2147
Title:
Group of braceros with guitarist.
Description:
Group of braceros with guitarist, Arkansas, October 1958.
Creator:
Zalaveta, Hector. (creator), Zavaleta, Genie. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Migrant Ministry.
Topics:
Migrant labor.
Geographic subjects:
Arkansas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2145

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