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:
King's children help pack extra provisions.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: (ALB1)ALBANY, GA., Aug. 5--KING’S CHILDREN HELP PACK EXTRA PROVISIONS-- Mrs. Martin Luther King, wife of the jailed integration leader, Rev. Martin Luther King, gets an assist from their three children as they pack this picnic basket with extra provisions. This is the 10th day the Atlanta pastor has spent in jail for his integration activity. From left are: Martin Luther King, III, four-years-old; Yolanda Denise King, 6; and Dexter Scott King, 18-months old. Dexter was named after the Dexter Avenue Baptist church in Montgomery, Ala., where his father started is integration work about six years ago. (fn11925fn) 1962
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Yolanda., King, Martin Luther, III., King, Dexter, 1961-, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Imprisonment.
Topics:
Children of clergy--Georgia--Albany., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights workers--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Albany (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358023
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357533
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357532
Title:
Dr. King wins Nobel Peace Prize.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31714 DR. KING WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ATLANTA, Ga. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who has led the non-violent movement for civil rights in America for some ten years, was named to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The noted Baptist minister received the news from his wife by phone while at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, a Catholic hospital in Atlanta, where he had gone for a physical check-up. He said that “every penny” of the award money -- expected to be more than $54,000 -- would go for the civil rights movement. Dr. King is founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, dedicated to promoting equal rights for all Negroes. He is the second American Negro and the youngest person -- at 35 -- to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In September, Dr. King was received by Pope Paul VI in private audience at the Vatican. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., St. Joseph’s Infirmary (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--Georgia--Atlanta., African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta., African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Catholic hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356667
Title:
Atlanta citizens honor Dr. King.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-32110 ATLANTA CITIZENS HONOR DR. KING ATLANTA -- Dr. Martin Luther King’s young daughter, Yolande, stands on tip-toe but isn’t quite tall enough to see over the table decorations as she tries to have a word with her parents. The occasion was a testimonial dinner for the noted Negro integration leader in recognition of his winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The dinner was attended by a sell-out audience of 1,500 guests, about half of them white. It was sponsored by about 100 leading religious and civic residents of Atlanta, where Dr. King was born and where he is co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Yolanda.
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--Georgia--Atlanta., Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta., Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Children of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355939
Title:
Chaplain serves training school inmates.
Description:
Alternate captions.
Creator:
Rutherford, Marjory. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Georgia Training School for Girls., Caldwell, Joe E.
Topics:
Methodist Church--Clergy., Reformatories for women--Georgia--Atlanta., Church work with teenagers--Methodist Church., Chaplains--Georgia--Atlanta., Pastoral counseling--Georgia--Atlanta., Young women--Pastoral counseling of--Georgia--Atlanta., Young women--Conduct of life.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349297
Title:
Chaplain serves training school inmates.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31415 CHAPLAIN SERVES TRAINING SCHOOL INMATES ATLANTA, Ga. -- Stuffed animals and dolls made by inmates at the Georgia Training School for Girls at Atlanta, Ga., are admired by Chaplain Joe E. Caldwell, director of counseling for the Georgia Association for Pastoral Care. In addition to his ministry to the young women, the chaplain instructs area seminary students planning to enter the counseling field. While the seminarians' questions are "not so basic" as those of the training school inmates, he says, all of the young people express deep concern over "right and wrong courses in life." Chaplain Caldwell, a Methodist clergyman, formerly was chaplain and supervisor of clinical pastoral training at the Topeka, Kan., Boys' Industrial School. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MR-At-8D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Davis, Noel. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Georgia Training School for Girls., Caldwell, Joe E.
Topics:
Methodist Church--Clergy., Reformatories for women--Georgia--Atlanta., Church work with teenagers--Methodist Church., Chaplains--Georgia--Atlanta., Pastoral counseling--Georgia--Atlanta., Young women--Pastoral counseling of--Georgia--Atlanta., Young women--Conduct of life.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349152
Title:
At Southern Catholic race conference.
Description:
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (center) was a major speaker at the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on "Social Change and Christian Response." He is shown at a dinner held during the Atlanta meeting with Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O. (left); and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
Creator:
Sherry, Gerry. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Catholic Leaders Conference., Hallinan, Paul J., Fox, Dom James., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Topics:
Race--Religious aspects, Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150090
Title:
Bishops at Christian Doctrine meeting.
Description:
Five bishops attend the 9th Annual Regional Congress of the Confraternity of the Christian Doctrine in Savannah, Georgia.
Creator:
Burke, Carroll. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Catholic Church--Clergy--United States., Navagh, James J., Russell, John J., Hyland, Francis E., Brady, Matthew F., Hodges, Joseph H.
Topics:
Bishops--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Georgia--Savannah.
Geographic subjects:
Savannah (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149865
Title:
Tenth anniversary of Earth Day observed.
Description:
Costumed participants in Atlanta's Earth Day observance gather on the capitol steps.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Earth Day--Georgia--Atlanta., Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148301
Title:
Emory University press release.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory University., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., DeWolf, Harold L., 1905-1986., Waits, James L., Erskine, Noel Leo., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Theology--Study and teaching--Georgia--Atlanta., Seminars., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147231
Title:
Seminar explores theology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description:
Coretta Scott King, Dr. Harold DeWolf, Dean Jim L. Waits, and Dr. Noel Erskine sing hymnals at an Emory University seminar studying the theology of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emory University., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., DeWolf, Harold L., 1905-1986., Waits, James L., Erskine, Noel Leo., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Theology--Study and teaching--Georgia--Atlanta., Seminars., Seminars.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147049
Title:
Snake-handlers hold revival in South.
Description:
Rev. Gordon Miller interprets the scriptures as read by preacher E.L. Fowler at left.
Creator:
Wilson, Bill., Atlanta weekly.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Religious News Service.
Topics:
Snake cults (Holiness churches)--Georgia--Euharlee., Revivals--Georgia--Euharlee., Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church of God--Georgia--Euharlee.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region, Southern., Euharlee (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146219
Title:
Snake-handlers hold revival in South.
Description:
Rev. Gordon Miller holds rattlesnakes during Church of God revival service.
Creator:
Wilson, Bill., Atlanta weekly.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Religious News Service
Topics:
Snake cults (Holiness churches)--Georgia--Euharlee., Revivals--Georgia--Euharlee., Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church of God--Georgia--Euharlee.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region, Southern., Euharlee (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146216
Title:
Peace March in Atlanta.
Description:
Peace March in Atlanta on Easter Sunday, 1969 to honor the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death and call for an end to the Vietnam War.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8102

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