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:
Tries to calm crowd.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC 39354 TRIES TO CALM CROWD CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was among five persons arrested in a rock-throwing confrontation between blacks and police on the University of Illinois Circle Campus in Chicago, uses a police microphone in an attempt to quiet demonstrators. Mr. Jackson and four others were arrested when they refused to lead a group of about 600 demonstrators away from a construction site on the campus. They had gone their to press their demands for jobs for blacks at Chicago construction sites. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-9B-69-FPC)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Baptists., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in employment--Illinois--Chicago., Police--Illinois--Chicago., Arrest--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358351
Title:
Chicago march leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34662 CHICAGO MARCH LEADERS CHICAGO -- Leaders of the civil rights marches protesting housing discrimination in Chicago discuss future strategy with their followers. Albert Raby, heading the effort, announces that plans to march in suburban Cicero have been postponed. With him are other Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials -- the Rev. James Bevel (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Raby, Al, 1933-1988., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358347
Title:
American Nazis active in Chicago riot.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-34652 AMERICAN NAZIS ACTIVE IN CHICAGO RIOT CHICAGO -- Roving bands of angry whites carried signs distributed by members of the American Nazi Party in continuing protests against civil rights marches in Chicago. About 2,000 white people, largely teenagers, gathered in the southwest Chicago area as three civil rights marches took place in other neighborhoods. Several of the whites, who had been throwing rocks, bottles and firecrackers at Negro motorists, were arrested in clashes with police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358346
Title:
Urge extreme action.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-34626 URGE EXTREME ACTION CHICAGO -- Among the thousands of whites who stoned and jeered civil rights marchers in Chicago during July and August, 1966, were some who urged extreme action. Members of the National States’ Rights Party and the American Nazi Party were active participants in the anti-March protests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8A-66-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Nazi Party., National States Rights Party (U.S.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Hate crimes--Illinois--Chicago., Racism--Illinois--Chicago., African Americans--Violence against--Illinois--Chicago., White supremacy movements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358345
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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:
Dr. Harold Fey.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 26961 DR. HAROLD FEY - Christian Century Editor Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEW SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-63)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fey, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1898-1990., Disciples of Christ--Clergy., Christian Century Foundation.
Topics:
Editors--Illinois--Chicago., Periodical editors--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Christianity--Periodicals.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358012
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:
Ministers take clinical course in pastoral counseling.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #63 MINISTERS TAKE CLINICAL COURSE IN PASTORAL COUNSELING To give them deeper insight into the problems of medical care and treatment, the pastors who are taking this course at Wesley Hospital in Chicago, Ill., accompany the Staff physicians on “ward rounds.” The photo shows the Reverend Hugh Riley, Disciples of Christ/minister of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, accompanying an Attending Staff physician together with his Resident and Internes [sic. Interns], at a nursing station of the hospital. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riley, Hugh., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy., Wesley Memorial Hospital.
Topics:
Hospitals--Medical staff--Illinois--Chicago., Interns (Medicine)--Illinois--Chicago., Residents (Medicine)--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with the sick--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Post-ordination training.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357628
Title:
Clergymen take course on counseling the sick.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #61 CLERGYMEN TAKE COURSE ON COUNSELING THE SICK The Reverend William Hawley, Presbyterian minister from Evansville, Indiana is shown calling on a patient at Wesley Hospital, a Methodist institution in Chicago, where clergymen of all denominations are taking a course on counseling the sick. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hawley, William., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Wesley Memorial Hospital.
Topics:
Hospital patients--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with the sick--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Post-ordination training.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357620
Title:
Clergymen take course on counseling the sick.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hawley, William., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Wesley Memorial Hospital.
Topics:
Hospital patients--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with the sick--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Post-ordination training.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357504
Title:
Clergymen and scientists confer on atom bomb.
Description:
From negative 2.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Atomic Scientists of Chicago., Moon, Robert James, 1911-, Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981., Bell, Bernard Iddings, 1886-1958., Simon, Ralph, 1906-, Crane, Henry Hitt, 1890-1977., Gilkey, Charles Whitney, 1882-1968., Atomic Scientists of Chicago--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Atomic bomb--Congresses., Nuclear weapons--Congresses., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Congresses., Rabbis--Illinois--Chicago., Nobel Prize winners--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357430
Title:
Clergymen and scientists confer on atom bomb.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CLERGYMEN AND SCIENTISTS CONFER ON ATOM BOMB #1702 CHICAGO -- Problems raised by the atomic bomb were discussed by religious and scientific leaders at a conference here called by the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, an organization of scientists who worked on the bomb. Photo shows, left to right, Dr. Robert J. Moon, president of the scientists’ organization; Dr. Bernard Iddings Bell, consultant on education to the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Chicago; Rabbi Ralph Simon of the Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Chicago; Dr. Harold C. Urey, University of Chicago professor and winner of the Nobel Prize; Rev. Henry H. Crane, minister of Central Methodist Church, Detroit; and Dr. C. W. Gilkey, dean of the University of Chicago chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CH-MES-2A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Atomic Scientists of Chicago., Moon, Robert James, 1911-, Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981., Bell, Bernard Iddings, 1886-1958., Simon, Ralph, 1906-, Atomic Scientists of Chicago--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Atomic bomb--Congresses., Nuclear weapons--Congresses., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Congresses., Rabbis--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Nobel Prize winners--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357429
Title:
Religious, atomic leaders to meet.
Description:
Clipping from an unknown issue from an unknown publication, dated approximately February 3, 1946.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Atomic Scientists of Chicago., Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981., Atomic Scientists of Chicago--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Atomic bomb--Congresses., Nuclear weapons--Congresses., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Congresses., Nobel Prize winners--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357251
Title:
Ministers, scientists discuss bomb problems.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Atomic Scientists of Chicago., Moon, Robert James, 1911-, Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981., Bell, Bernard Iddings, 1886-1958., Simon, Ralph, 1906-, Crane, Henry Hitt, 1890-1977., Gilkey, Charles Whitney, 1882-1968., Atomic Scientists of Chicago--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Atomic bomb--Congresses., Nuclear weapons--Congresses., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects--Congresses., Rabbis--Illinois--Chicago., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., Nobel Prize winners--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357245
Title:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SAMUEL ALPHONSUS CARDINAL STRITCH, ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO #1350 Created a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII on December 23, 1945, Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago is chairman of the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and also heads the American Bishops’ Committee on the Pope’s Peace Pointes set up in 1941. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, where he was born August 17, 1887, Cardinal Stritch completed his theological studies at the North American College in Rome and was ordained by the late Cardinal Respighi at the age of 23 years. At the age of 34, when he was named Bishop of Toledo, Cardinal Stritch became the youngest member of the American hierarchy. Nine years later, in 1930, he was named Archbishop of Milwaukee, and in 1940 succeeded the late George Cardinal Mundelein as Archbishop of Chicago. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-TFD-12-5-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Catholic Church--Bishops., Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bishops--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356969
Title:
At interreligious conference on human rights.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31857 AT INTERRELIGIOUS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CHICAGO -- Leading participants at a Chicago interreligious conference on the moral responsibility of religious education to improve human relations. Left to right are: Dr. Marcus J. Preister of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, co-chairman of the conference’s planning committee; Sister Mary Ann Ida, president of Mundelein College, Chicago; Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman of Chicago, planning committee co-chairman; Rabbi Marc Tannenbaum, director, American Jewish Committee’s Interreligious Affairs Department; Dr. Franklin H. Little of Chicago Theological Seminary; and Dr. Lou H. Silberman of Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School, Nashville, Tenn. Held at the University of Chicago, the conference was sponsored by the Religious Education Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the American Jewish Committee’s Chicago Chapter. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DM-CHI-11D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Meade, David. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Religious Education Association., American Jewish Committee. Chicago Chapter., Priester, Marcus J., Gannon, Mary Ann Ida., Schaalman, Herman E. (Herman Ezra), 1916-2017., Tanenbaum, Marc H., Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009., Silberman, Lou H., McCormick Theological Seminary--Faculty., Mundelein College--Faculty., American Jewish Committee. Interreligious Affairs Department., Chicago Theological Seminary--Faculty., Vanderbilt University. Divinity School--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Rabbis--Illinois--Chicago., Nuns--Illinois--Chicago., Universities and colleges--Faculty., Church and social problems--Illinois--Chicago., Religious education--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356686
Title:
College service honors Dr. Carlson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31883 COLLEGE SERVICE HONORS DR. CARLSON CHICAGO -- Friends of Dr. Paul Carlson, 36-year-old American medical missionary killed in the Congo, held a memorial service in his honor at North Park College in Chicago, where he graduated in 1949 before going on to Stanford University and George Washington University Medical School. Dr. Clarence A. Nelson, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, which Dr. Carlson served in the Congo, presided at the service. North Park College and Theological Seminary is related to the Evangelical Covenant Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NP-CI-12A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356645
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:
Memorial service in honor of Dr. Paul Earle Carlson.
Creator:
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356475
Title:
Religious education key factor in shaping human relations.
Creator:
Religious Education Association (publisher), American Jewish Committee. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Chicago., Religious Education Association., American Jewish Committee. Chicago Chapter., Priester, Marcus J., Gannon, Mary Ann Ida., Schaalman, Herman E. (Herman Ezra), 1916-2017., Tanenbaum, Marc H., Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009., Silberman, Lou H., McCormick Theological Seminary--Faculty., Mundelein College--Faculty., American Jewish Committee. Interreligious Affairs Department., Chicago Theological Seminary--Faculty., Vanderbilt University. Divinity School--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Illinois--Chicago., Rabbis--Illinois--Chicago., Nuns--Illinois--Chicago., Universities and colleges--Faculty., Church and social problems--Illinois--Chicago., Religious education--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356390

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