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Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3326b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359331

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359607

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3326a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359330

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3391 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here three members are lending support to a Japanese Christian street meeting in downtown Tokyo. The Japanese preacher is holding one of the new Testaments sent to Japan by the American Bible Society. Left to right the GIs are T/5 Robert Posey, Okolona, Miss.; Pvt. Shelby Duncan, Porterville, Calif., and Pvt. Kenneth Lundell, Kennedy, Minn. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Posey, Robert., Duncan, Shelby., Lundell, Kenneth., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3391; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3391
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359380

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Marie-Rose., Mercier, Marie Odilia.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects: Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Regina (Sask.), North and Central America--Canada--Province of Saskatchewan--Regina
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3336a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359333

Title: Street evangelist.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3323 Japanese Christian Youth delivers Gospel message to group of interested Japanese on street corner in Tokyo residential district.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3323; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3323
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359327

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Handwritten captions on reverse of photographs.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3336_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359282

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359329

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3336
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359608

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1942
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Joseph.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects: Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Regina (Sask.), North and Central America--Canada--Province of Saskatchewan--Regina
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3336
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359332

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Description: Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359656

Title: Jermaine Ross-Allam oral history, 2023.
Description: Jermaine Ross-Allam of the PC(USA) Center for Repair of Historic Harms, interviewed by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, May 29, 2023.
Creator Name(s): Ross-Allam, Jermaine. (interviewee), Priest, Margaret. (interviewer)
Date Created: 2023, May 29, 2023, May 29, 2023
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Center for the Repair of Historic Harms.
Topical Subject(s): Racism--United States., Reparations for historical injustices., African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: United States.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0933_jermaine_ross-allam
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:354005

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Description: Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359657

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history, 2023.
Description: Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Edwin Bethea oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3MTU%3d
Identifier (local): 23-0855_EdwinBethea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345295

Title: German church official.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: GERMAN CHURCH OFFICIAL #3318 FRANKFURT, Germany -- Dr. Hans Werner Jensen (above) is assistant general secretary of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W-L)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3318; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3318
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359605

Title: Tokyo Evangelism meeting.
Description: Draft of RNS caption.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. New Testament., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Christianity--Japan.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3323; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3323_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359297

Title: Street evangelist.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3323 Japanese Christian Youth delivers Gospel message to group of interested Japanese on street corner in Tokyo residential district.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3323; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3323
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359606

Title: American Bible Society sent 100,000 New Testaments to Japan.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. New Testament., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Christianity--Japan.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3323; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3323_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359267

Title: J. Herbert Nelson II oral history, 2023.
Description: Interview of PC(USA) stated clerk J. Herbert Nelson II by Margaret Priest of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus, June 2023.
Creator Name(s): Nelson, J. Herbert, 1959-, II (interviewee)
Date Created: 2023, June 2023, June 2023
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=&q
Identifier (local): 23-0933_JHerbert
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357740

Title: Clergyman dies in civil rights protest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30847 CLERGYMAN DIES IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The grim grin of shock spreads across the face of a civil rights demonstrator at the sight of a 26-year-old United Presbyterian clergyman’s dead body sprawled across the track of a bulldozer that ran over him at a Cleveland, Ohio, school construction site. The Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a Student Christian Union leader on Cleveland area campuses, was killed as he threw himself onto the ground behind a bulldozer. Three other demonstrators had jumped in front of the bulldozer and it backed up over the minister. The operator of the machine said he didn’t know Mr. Klunder was in his path. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-C-4B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), Tomsic, Tony. (photographer), Cleveland Press. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, April 7, 1964, April 7, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Ohio--Cleveland., Segregation in education--Ohio--Cleveland., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Violent deaths--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: United States., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30847; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30847
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348336

Title: Starvation in India.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 792 Starvation India. Pathetic indeed is this photo of a mother in India as she gazes on the lifeless body of her child, a victim of the famine, that threatens to be this winter more acute than ever. (ECM NY G 10175)
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Mother and child--India., Hunger--India., Famine--India., Victims of famine--India.
Geographic subjects: India., India., India., India., India, India., Asia--India
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 792; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_792
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358843

Title: KKK and neo-Nazis hold "Hitlerfest."
Description: Ku Klux Klan and a group of neo-Nazis hold a cross-burning during a "Hitlerfest" to support defendants charged in connection with the shooting deaths of five anti-Klan demonstrators last autumn in Greensboro, N.C.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 19, 1980, April 19, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Topical Subject(s): White nationalism--North Carolina--Benson., Hate groups--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazis--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazism--North Carolina--Benson.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., Benson (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--Johnston--North Carolina--Benson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PCJ-53555; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PCJ-53555
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148319

Title: ADL warns of likely KKK violence during summer.
Description: The Ku Klux Klan marches during a recent summer's rally in Davie, Florida.
Date Created: 1979, ca. summer 1979
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Suall, Irwin.
Topical Subject(s): White nationalism--United States., Hate groups--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Davie (Fla.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Broward--Florida--Davie, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. J-53607; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53607
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148571

Title: Clergyman dies in civil rights protest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30847 CLERGYMAN DIES IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The grim grin of shock spreads across the face of a civil rights demonstrator at the sight of a 26-year-old United Presbyterian clergyman’s dead body sprawled across the track of a bulldozer that ran over him at a Cleveland, Ohio, school construction site. The Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a Student Christian Union leader on Cleveland area campuses, was killed as he threw himself onto the ground behind a bulldozer. Three other demonstrators had jumped in front of the bulldozer and it backed up over the minister. The operator of the machine said he didn’t know Mr. Klunder was in his path. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-C-4B-64-NBM)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30847; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30847
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348806

Title: Rev. Commodore T. Davies.
Description: Text transcribed from log book: 3801 Rev. Commodore T. Davies.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Davies, T.
Topical Subject(s): Navies--Officers., Sailors., Clergy.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3801; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3801
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359709

Title: Attends World Alliance meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3810 ATTENDS WORLD ALLIANCE MEETING WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Clifton D. Gray, of Lewiston, Me., honorary associate secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, participated in the meeting of the Alliance’s executive committee here. The committee decided to hold the next Congress of the Alliance July 29-August 3, 1947, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SWANN-WASH-MES-6A-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Glicks. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gray, Clifton Daggett, 1874-1948., Baptist World Alliance--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Management committees--Washington (D.C.), Baptist associations--Washington (D.C.), Baptists--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3810; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359712

Title: Graduation.
Description: Text transcribed from log book: 3822 Graduation.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Commencement ceremonies., Academic rites and ceremonies.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3822; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359715

Title: Protestant leaders see Truman.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3824 PROTESTANT LEADERS SEE TRUMAN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A delegation of eleven Protestant church leaders representing a constituency of almost 30,000,000 church members visited the White House to protest continuance of diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The delegation is shown here (left to right, seated): Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Standing are (left to right): Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches; Dr. Arthur Brunn of the Missouri Lutheran Synod; Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg, president of the Northern Baptist Convention; Dr. John A. MacLean of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern); Dr. W. H. Jernagin of the National Baptist Convention; Prof. Winfred E. Garrison, an editor of the Christian Century, Chicago; Dr. William B. Pugh, stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Dr. John W. Bradbury, editor of the Watchman-Examiner, New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LG-WASH-MES-6A-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Swann Studio (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Foreign relations., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., United Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Oxnam, G. Bromley., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Brunn, Arthur., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Dahlberg, Edwin T. (Edwin Theodore), 1892-1986., Northern Baptist Convention., Presbyterian Church in the U.S., MacLean, John A., Jernagin, William Henry, 1869-1958., National Baptist Convention of the United States of America., Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1874-1969., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Bradbury, John W.
Topical Subject(s): Church public relations--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Petitions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3824; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359718

Title: Great Mosque at Acre.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 3833 Great Mosque at Acre. Mark the inverted columns.
Creator Name(s): Photostudio Schwarz (Jerusalem) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Mosques--Palestine., Islamic architecture--Palestine., Houses of prayer --Palestine., Worship--Palestine.
Geographic subjects: Palestine., Palestine., Palestine., Palestine., Palestine, Palestine., Asia--Israel--Northern--Acre
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3833; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3833
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359720

Title: Village mosque at Majdal.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: 3835 Village mosque at Majdal, in Southern Palestine.
Creator Name(s): Photostudio Schwarz (Jerusalem) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Mosques--Palestine., Islamic architecture--Palestine., Houses of prayer --Palestine., Worship--Palestine.
Geographic subjects: Palestine., Palestine., Palestine., Palestine., Palestine, Palestine., Asia--Israel--Northern--Migdal
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3835; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3835
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359721

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