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:
Czech ruler receives Catholic delegation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CZECH RULER RECEIVES CATHOLIC DELEGATION #S-1630 PRAGUE -- Dr. Eduard Benes, president of Czechoslovakia, is shown at right as he receives a delegation of Catholic priests from Moravia and assures them they can look forward to continued freedom of religion. The Czech leader said he was well aware of the clergy’s patriotic conduct during the war and stressed that every Catholic citizen “can await trustfully the future of the state.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CTK-PR-TFD-2-A-6-C)
Creator:
ČTK. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.
Topics:
Presidents--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Freedom of religion--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357461
Title:
J.J. O'Connell.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O'Connell, J.J.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357460
Title:
Close to his heart.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CLOSE TO HIS HEART #S-1610 PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Pvt. Orville Chatman, of Riverton, Ky., exhibits the punctured New Testament which stopped a piece of shrapnel from entering his heart. He is a patient at Crile Hospital here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JT-CL-MES-1-6-W-BI)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Crile General Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio), United States. Army., Chatman, Orville.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans., Soldiers--Ohio--Cleveland., Soldiers--Religious life., Bible. New Testament.
Geographic subjects:
Parma Heights (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357459
Title:
Minister 1946 style.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MINISTER 1946 STYLE #S-1602 WATERBURY, Conn. -- Social service activities of clergymen vary with the times. Here the Rev. John C. Walker, local pastor, picks up blankets donated by his parishioners in a drive conducted by the Connecticut Council of Churches. The blankets will be distributed to needy persons abroad by UNRRA through military channels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GTD-WA-LM-1-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Walker, John C., Connecticut Council of Churches and Religious Education., United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Topics:
Clergy--Connecticut--Waterbury., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief., International relief., Automobiles--Connecticut--Waterbury.
Geographic subjects:
Waterbury (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357458
Title:
Congressional medal for Chaplain O'Callahan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL FOR CHAPLAIN O’CALLAHAN #S-1599 WASHINGTON -- President Truman bestows the nation’s highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, on Cmdr. Joseph T. O’Callahan, of Cambridge, Mass. The first Navy chaplain ever to receive the honor, Chaplain O’Callahan was cited for bravery amid fire, incessant explosions and suffocating smoke as he aided crewmen of the USS Franklin when it was stricken off Kobe, Japan, last March. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PR-NY-MES-1-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, 1905-1964., United States. Navy--Chaplains., Franklin (Aircraft carrier), Catholic Church--Clergy., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Medal of Honor., Award presentations--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357457
Title:
Clergymen back strikers on picket line.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CLERGYMEN BACK STRIKERS ON PICKET LINE #S-1598 BOSTON -- Carrying placards and wearing pickets’ armbands, these Protestant clergymen march in the picket line outside the East Boston Plant of the General Electric Company. Part of a group of 11 churchmen, they represented the Methodist, Protestant Episcopal and Unitarian denominations. From right to left are: Rev. Hastings Smyth; Rev. D. A. Wills; Rev. Amos C. B. Murphy; Rev. Warren H. McKenna; Professor Bush, theological instructor, and Rev. G. Rich Kuch. They are followed by regular pickets. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PR-NY-MES-1-6-W)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., General Electric Company., Smyth, Hastings., Wills, D. A., Murphy, Amos C.B., McKenna, Warren H., Kuch, Rich.
Topics:
Strikes and lockouts--Electric industry--Massachusetts--Boston., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., Labor movement--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects:
East Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357456
Title:
Pope's palace at Avignon reopened.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: POPE’S PALACE AT AVIGNON REOPENED #S-1578 The Pope’s Palace at Avignon, France, shown here, has been opened again as a church for the first time since it was confiscated during the French Revolution 150 years ago. The local bishop, Msgr. Liobet, received a message of congratulation from Pope Pius XII when he finally succeeded in bringing about annulment of a law forbidding Mass to be celebrated in the palace. During the 14th century, when the Pope was exiled from Rome, seven legitimate Popes governed the Church from Avignon. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JK-NY-TFD-1-6-C-D)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Palace of the Popes (Avignon, France), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Papal residences--France--Avignon., Palaces--France--Avignon., Church buildings--France--Avignon., Architecture, Gothic--France--Avignon.
Geographic subjects:
Avignon (France), Avignon (France)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357455
Title:
A hundred, but he is still young.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A HUNDRED, BUT HE IS STILL YOUNG S-1548 LAWTON, Oklahoma -- Bishop W. Angie Smith congratulates Tsa-Toke (“The Young Man Who Hunts a Horse”) on the celebration of his 100th birthday. Hunting Horse, Keowas Indian, converted to Christianity 50 years ago, served as a scout under General Custer, and was intimate enough with General Sherman to call him “Red Whiskers.” More than 100 persons -- relative, military men from Ft. Sill, church leaders, and members of ten Indian tribes -- braved snow and cold to attend Hunting Horse’s centennial celebration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MS-LA-MES-1-6-W-M)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hunting Horse, -1953, Smith, W. Angie (William Angie), 1894-1974., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topics:
Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Lawton., Indigenous peoples--Great Plains., Birthdays--Oklahoma--Lawton., Bishops--Oklahoma--Lawton., Indigenous scouts--Oklahoma--Lawton.
Geographic subjects:
Lawton (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357453
Title:
Woman church interior decorator.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: WOMAN CHURCH INTERIOR DECORATOR S-1451 NEW YORK -- Here is Miss Mildred Irby, New York interior designer, who has done a great deal of work designing churches. She was a prominent figure at the North American Conference on Church Architecture held here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-LM-1-6W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., North American Conference on Church Architecture (New York, N.Y.), Irby, Mildred.
Topics:
Interior decorators--New York (State)--New York., Women interior decorators--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--Congresses., Church architecture--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357452
Title:
Theft most base.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: THEFT MOST BASE #S-1440 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Rev. Harry T. Bridwell, past of the Central Church of Christ here, extends an invitation to the thief who pillaged the church of money, candles and other items. Although Mr. Bridwell hasn’t revealed the “news” awaiting the transgressor, he did recall that in Hugo’s Les Misérables the thief is forgiven by the bishop whose candlesticks he had stolen. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (REH-KENNY-MES-1-6-W-D)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Central Church of Christ (Buffalo, N.Y.), Bridwell, Harry T.
Topics:
Church signs--New York (State)--Buffalo., Church robberies--New York (State)--Buffalo.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357450
Title:
Noted Catholic mission to be restored.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NOTED CATHOLIC MISSION TO BE RESTORED #C-1595 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- The famed swallows of Capistrano, which have been returning here each St. Joseph’s Day for more than a century, will be able to keep their rendezvous at the mission built by Father Miguel Jose Junipero Serra for another hundred years at least. For San Juan Capistrano, and other missions like Santa Barbara, San Fernando and Luis Obispo, which were built between 1769 and 1777, are to be restored. The restoration will be accomplished with the aid of a $500,000 fund given the Catholic Church here by the Hearst Foundation, Inc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EW-LOS-CAL-12C-6-JOG-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Mission San Juan Capistrano., William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Topics:
Church buildings--California--San Juan Capistrano., Architecture--Conservation and restoration--California--San Juan Capistrano., Architecture, Spanish colonial--California--San Juan Capistrano.
Geographic subjects:
San Juan Capistrano (Calif.), San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357446
Title:
But the cross still towers above.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BUT THE CROSS STILL TOWERS ABOVE #1728 NAGASAKI, Japan -- Although the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart here is but a barren space surrounded by four walls, the cross atop its steeple still towers over the ruins of the adjacent city, a symbol of the Material losses suffered and the hope of everlasting life. Ten thousand Catholics perished in the neighborhood of this church when the atom bomb fell. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus (Nagasaki-shi, Japan)
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Civilian war casualties--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Casualties.
Geographic subjects:
Nagasaki-shi (Japan), Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357445
Title:
New Catholic church to rise on Hiroshima's ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH TO RISE ON HIROSHIMA’S RUINS #1727 HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Devastation such as this at the Roman Catholic missionaries’ residence followed the dropping of the atom bomb which levelled all buildings on the grounds. A new church will be built here, however, in commemoration of the 200,000 natives of the city who died in the disaster. Father Hugo Lassalle, S.J., was in the building which stood here when the bomb dropped, but escaped with serious cuts and bruises. He has erected a hut (right) where he lives and holds services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M. (Hugo Makibi), 1898-1990., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Hiroshima-shi (Japan), Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357444
Title:
A rock of strength.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A ROCK OF STRENGTH #1726 SASEBO, Japan -- Towering over this busy seaport of western Japan is the Roman Catholic church, undamaged by the war and a beacon to the crowds ever passing below it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Miuracho Catholic Church (Sasebo-shi, Japan)
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Sasebo-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sasebo-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Sasebo-shi (Japan), Sasebo-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357443
Title:
Interracial fellowship of New York.
Description:
Text transcribed from notation on envelope: 1720 Interracial Fellowship of NY. Olivet Baptist Church 201 Lenox Ave Ratner
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357442
Title:
Interracial fellowship of New York.
Description:
Text transcribed from notation on envelope: 1720 Interracial Fellowship of NY. Olivet Baptist Church 201 Lenox Ave Ratner
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357441
Title:
Interracial fellowship of New York.
Description:
Text transcribed from notation on envelope: 1720 Interracial Fellowship of NY. Olivet Baptist Church 201 Lenox Ave Ratner
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.), King, William L.
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Baptists., Organists--New York (State)--New York., Organ (Musical instrument)--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357440
Title:
Interracial fellowship of New York.
Description:
Text transcribed from notation on envelope: 1720 Interracial Fellowship of NY. Olivet Baptist Church 201 Lenox Ave Ratner
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357439
Title:
Rev. J. Gordon Howard.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Howard, J. Gordon (John Gordon), 1899-, Oberlin College--Faculty., Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New constitution)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Ohio--Oberlin., College presidents--Ohio--Oberlin.
Geographic subjects:
Oberlin (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357438
Title:
A day in the life of a minister.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MINISTER 1714 His church duties finished for the day, Mr. Meury spends a few minutes reading the story of the Saviour to his son. (No. 8 and last of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-2D-6-D-O-P)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Reformed Church in America--Clergy., Meury, Edward., Meury, Jonathan.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--Port Jervis., Protestant churches--Clergy., Children of clergy--New York (State)--Port Jervis., Christian education of children--New York (State)--Port Jervis.
Geographic subjects:
Port Jervis (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357437

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