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Description:
Pictured is a "Notkirche" (church built from rubble) at Mannheim-Waldhof, American zone of Germany, at the time of cornerstone-laying ceremonies.
Creator:
Thorrelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany., Cornerstone laying--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany--Buildings, structures, etc., Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147289
Description:
Private First Class A.C. Maynard, on patrol near a rubber plantation about 40 miles north of Saigon, keeps his Bible dry by strapping it to his helmet with an elastic band.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Maynard, A. C.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Jungle warfare., Soldiers, Black--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147155
Description:
Hilfswerk worker welcomes disabled German war veterans to the home in the American zone.
Creator:
Thorkelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., Disabled veterans--Germany., Humanitarian assistance, American--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147004
Description:
The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
Creator:
Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topics:
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Manzanar (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:146378
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142509
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142508
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142507
Description:
Hanoi -- A North Vietnamese nun, Ntuyen Tkhi Choung, looks sadly at signs of war in Hanoi. The city's workers, unlike the nun, all bear arms. Ringed with anti-aircraft guns and missile sites, the city is on a constant alert for air raids.
Creator:
Daily express (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service, Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Vietnam--Hanoi., War--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Vietnam War, 1961-1975., War and society--Vietnam--Hanoi.
Geographic subjects:
Hanoi (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139021
Description:
Produced by the WRC-TV Community Affairs Department in association with the National Presbyterian Center and the Council of Churches of Greater Washington. Guests of Dr. Lowell R. Ditzen, host, include: Rear Admiral Richard G. Hutcheson, Jr.; Chaplain, Colonel Simon H. Scott, Jr.; Rev. A. Ray Appelquist.
Creator:
Ditzen, Lowell Russell, 1913-1987. (speaker), Hutcheson, Richard G., 1921-2012. (speaker), Scott, Simon H. (speaker), Appelquist, A. Ray. (speaker)
Subject names:
National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), Council of Churches of Greater Washington (D.C.), WRC-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Military chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116517
Description:
A radio interview with Dr. John David Hayes, former prisoner of war, recorded between 1953-1957 at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Dr. Hayes was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in China. He was imprisoned, 1951-1952.
Creator:
Hayes, John David, 1888-1957. (interviewee)
Subject names:
National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Communism--China., Prisoners of war--United States., Prisoners of war--China., Political prisoners--China., Communism and Christianity--China.
Geographic subjects:
China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116515
Creator:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C., 1934- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Canda, Raymond J., 1913-1985.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116476
Description:
George Teaz Jamieson was a Presbyterian chaplain, born 26 February 1907, died 4 September 1997.
Creator:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997. (interviewee), Hinn, Cora Alfreda Pence, 1908-1982. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Jamieson, George Teaz, 1907-1997.
Topics:
Military chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116474
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116444
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Civil rights--United States., Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116438
Description:
Interview conducted as part of Bauer's preparation of the report "An Historical Study of Past Denominational Responses to Social, Political and Economic Crises."
Creator:
Neigh, Kenneth Glenn, 1908-1996. (interviewee), Bauer, Richard Waldron, 1930- (interviewer)
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Civil rights--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116436
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C., 1934- (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116430
Description:
Ernest Norquist was a prisoner of war, held by the Japanese Army in the Philippines.
Creator:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004. (interviewee), Wicklein, Edward C. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Norquist, Ernest O., 1919-2004.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116426
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Iraq., Kuwait.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116408
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Kuwait., Iraq., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116403
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Kuwait., Iraq., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116401

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