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:
School ignores court prayer ban.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29799 SCHOOL IGNORES COURT PRAYER BAN SOMERSET, Pa. -- Despite the Supreme Court ruling, this class begins its day with religious exercises. Mrs. Eleanor Engle reads the Bible to second-grade pupils, at top, and leads them in prayer as the fall semester opened at the new Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School, near Somerset, Pa. The school district was one of five in Somerset County that voted to continue devotional exercises despite the ban imposed by the Supreme Court. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-8E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358120
Title:
Harassed Negro couple aided by clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29848 HARRASSED [sic] NEGRO COUPLE AIDED BY CLERGYMEN FOLCROFT, Pa. -- Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baker, left, receive $250 collected at a meeting of some 100 Philadelphia area clergymen as a contribution toward repairs to their home in Folcroft, a Philadelphia suburb. The Negro couple was threatened and their home badly damaged by vandals protesting their move into the all-white section. The contribution is presented by the Rev. C. Milbourne Smith, pastor of Ruffin Nichols AME Memorial church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-Phil-9B-63-NBM)
Creator:
Riley, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358101
Title:
Opening of Orthodox festival.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPO-29831 OPENING OF ORTHODOX FESTIVAL PITTSBURGH -- Part of the great crowd of 10,000 is shown as it participated in a service at the first National Eastern Orthodox Religious Cultural Festival ever held in America. Archbishop Iakovos, primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, headed a procession of some 100 acolytes and 150 Orthodox bishops, priests and seminarians into Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena to open the festival. Youth groups from seven Orthodox Churches in the U.S. participated. Featured was a 1,000-voice choir. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CET-PTS-9A-63-W)
Creator:
Tarasovic, Charles E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Ethnic festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Liturgies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358076
Title:
Letter from Charles E. Tarasovic, September 3, 1963.
Creator:
Tarasovic, Charles E. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Ethnic festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Liturgies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357950
Title:
Classroom prayer.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357863
Title:
Aid for Negro family.
Description:
Clipping from the September 1, 1963 issue of the Evening and Sunday Bulletin.
Creator:
Bulletin Company. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357826
Title:
Harassed Negro couple aided by clergymen.
Creator:
Riley, George. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357791
Title:
Their first thought when peace came.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #415 THEIR FIRST THOUGHT WHEN PEACE CAME Entering the House of the Lord, to offer prayers of thanksgiving when the news came that peace at last was about to be restored. The scene is the Lutheran Bethanien in Philadelphia. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bethany German Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)
Topics:
Church attendance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Houses of prayer--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Lutherans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357558
Title:
Interracial church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1664 PHILADELPHIA -- This group of Sunday school teachers and students at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here is discussing ways to increase the regular attendance. Leading the discussion is Rector Thomas Logan, instrumental figure in amalgamating the white congregation of Calvary and the Negro parish of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church last September. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sunday school teachers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with children--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357396
Title:
Interracial church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1663 PHILADELPHIA -- To a full congregation of both whites and Negroes, Rector Thomas Logan of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here describes the form of the service just completed. Calvary formerly was predominantly white, but a population shift cut its weekly Sunday attendance to about 25. It then was merged with St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, with Mr. Logan moving his congregation to Calvary in September 1945. Average Sunday attendance now is 250. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church attendance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357395
Title:
Interracial church.
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357394
Title:
Interracial church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1662 PHILADELPHIA -- This weekday gathering of young people at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here doesn’t have to stress racial tolerance. These youngsters, white and Negro, learn together, with Rector Thomas Logan getting a big smile out of all of them. Mr. Logan, formerly at St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, has raised Calvary from chapel status to that of an independent church. His present congregation is 90 per cent Negro, ten per cent white. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357393
Title:
Interracial church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1661 PHILADELPHIA -- Henry Irvine draws a typical crowd around the piano at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here. Erected in memory of Bishop William White in 1851, Calvary was one of the first “free” churches, never having had pew rents. The present congregation is an amalgamation of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, an all-Negro parish, and Calvary. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-1)
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Irvine, Henry.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Pianists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357392
Title:
Interracial church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1661 PHILADELPHIA -- Henry Irvine draws a typical crowd around the piano at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here. Erected in memory of Bishop William White in 1851, Calvary was one of the first “free” churches, never having had pew rents. The present congregation is an amalgamation of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, an all-Negro parish, and Calvary. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-1)
Creator:
News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Irvine, Henry.
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Pianists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357391
Title:
Mennonites food for Europe.
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356972
Title:
Canned chicken.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CANNED CHICKEN #1357 The Mennonites of Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Lancaster, are playing a prominent part in gathering relief supplies. Shown here is a small batch of the more than 20,000 cans of chicken already contributed by the denomination. Chickens are canned by volunteer workers, then stacked in a warehouse to await shipment overseas. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MLS-LA-LM-9B-6-R)
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356971
Title:
A Bible cross.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A BIBLE CROSS #1320 [sic] HAZLETON, Pa. -- These scriptures stacked to form a background for a cross of Bibles, are but a few of the millions that have gone to members of the armed forces. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JBF-HA-MES-12-5-B-D-O)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bible., Soldiers--Religious life--United States., Church work with military personnel--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hazleton (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356966
Title:
NCCJ dinner, Philadelphia.
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356699
Title:
Named to Moscow ministry.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31812 NAMED TO MOSCOW MINISTRY PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Rev. James L. Barkenquast of Philadelphia, Pa., clergyman of the Lutheran Church in America and an editor of the denomination’s Board of Parish Education, has been named as the next Protestant chaplain to the English-speaking community in Moscow. He will succeed the Rev. Donald V. Roberts of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., whose term expires in mid-1965. The Moscow ministry, launched in 1962 and administered through the National Council of Churches, is supported by the Lutheran Church in America, American Baptist Convention and United Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal Churches. The four denominations rotate in providing clergymen for the chaplaincy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FB-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator:
Bachrach, Fabian, 1917-2010. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Barkenquast, James Louis., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Chaplains.
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Chaplains--Soviet Union., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356634
Title:
Saur Bible printshop depicted.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31743 SAUR BIBLE PRINTSHOP DEPICTED HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Bernard C. Taylor, a graphic designer of Williamsport, Pa., stands beside his painting of the Germantown, Pa., printshop where the famous J. Christopher Saur Bible was printed in 1743. The painting hangs in the library of the Church of Brethren’s Juniata College at Huntingdon, Pa., near a valuable collection of Saur’s works. The German-language Saur Bible was the first Bible in a European language printed in America and the second printed in the colonies, the first being an Indian language version. Saur was one of the early members of the German Baptist Brethren, forerunners of the Church of the Brethren. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-HP-10D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Bernard C., Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.)
Topics:
Painters--Pennsylvania--Huntingdon., Art--Pennsylvania--Huntingdon., Bible. German--Versions., Printing presses in art., Printing presses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Huntingdon (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356622

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