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Title: Leaders at main German church day rally.
Description: Prominent West German political and religious leaders participated in the main rally of the 12th German Evangelical Church Day Congress (DEKT) in Cologne. Here, from left, are West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard; Dr. Kurt Scharf, chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKID), sponsor of the Congress; and Mayor O. Burauen of Cologne.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. PC-32919; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32919
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150212

Title: College dedicates unique campus chapel.
Description: Students meditate in the Oreon E. Scott Memorial Chapel at Drake University.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18343; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-18343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151742

Title: Christmas all over the world.
Description: Boys choir sings Christmas carols at a Veterans' Hospital.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. 7913; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_7913
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149260

Title: Breaking the illiteracy barrier.
Description: A U.S. Catholic nun helps a woman practice phonetic pronunciation in a small squatters barrio on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Several illiterate women there are taking part in a program called Alfalit which teaches literacy on a phonetic basis, starting with recognition of such phonetic groups as mama, papa, zapata, and casa.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42325; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-42325
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150217

Title: Statue of first Protestant missionary unveiled in Korea.
Description: Statue of Dr. Horace Grant Underwood unveiled at Chosen Christian College.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7883; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7883
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149305

Title: Church women meet in Milwaukee.
Description: Mrs. Leslie E. Swain, Mrs. Abbie Clement Jackson and Mrs. John Ashley at the Biennial Assembly of the United Council of Church Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7940; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7940
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149309

Title: Indians ask delegates for support at Methodist conference.
Description: American Indian leaders John Thomas, right, Mike Haney, center, and Frank Drennon talk to delegates to the United Methodist Church General Conference, seeking their backing for Indian rights.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. P-53572; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-53572
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149295

Title: Governor gets Catholic Youth poster.
Description: Patricia A. Strachan presents her winning poster on National Catholic Youth Week to Gov. Harriman of New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. C-18294; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-18294
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151711

Title: Bishop greets college scholarships winners.
Description: Bishop McEntegart greets 22 freshmen winners of the Catholic University of America scholarships.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18204; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-18204
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150188

Title: Church Women United launch a spirit walk in Atlantic City.
Description: Church Women United launches international "Spirit Walk" on the boardwalk of Atlantic City, led by national president, the Rev. Mary Louise Rowand.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53435; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53435
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147357

Title: Dr. Blake at YWCA observance.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake meets with representatives of the YWCA from Japan, Italy, and Burma.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18351; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-18351
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151745

Title: Dramatize plight of refugees.
Description: Dressed in robes symbolizing death, members of a group called Americans for Bangla Desh carry simulated body bags during a demonstration near the United Nations in New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42269; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-42269
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150214

Title: Chinese Protestants at Soochow meeting.
Description: Leading figures at the Fifth General Assembly of the Church of Christ in China.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7877; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7877
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149303

Title: DP family offers thanks to God.
Description: The Opilka family gives thanks at St. Michael's Church in West Memphis.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. C-7874; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-7874
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149270

Title: Catholics throng to see "Pilgrim Virgin."
Description: "Pilgrim Virgin" being welcomed by throng of Catholics in Detroit, Michigan.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. C-7770; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-7770
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146296

Title: Ministers learn how to make sick calls.
Description: Rev. Malcolm B. Ballinger trains Kalamazoo ministers on the proper method of making sick calls.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7845; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7845
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149301

Title: Faithful get new Mass Book.
Description: Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of Worcester (right) examines the first of the new Mass Books on their arrival at the diocese where they were used by the faithful for the first time on Pentecost Sunday.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. C-32662; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-32662
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151722

Title: Students Raise Church for Mission Congregation.
Description: Fifteen young summer missionaries constructed a permanent house of worship for a Southern Baptist mission congregation in the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. New building.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32922; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32922-01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147344

Title: Aiding refugees in Laos.
Description: On a hill above the refugee village of Phucum in northern Laos, the Rev. Don Scott discusses possibilities for emergency relief with a camp medic. The village, which has 4,200 Meo refugees -- almost all women and children -- has already been moved three times as fighting drew near.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. P-42347; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-42347
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150209

Title: Mau Mau mobile unit dedicated.
Description: Mrs. Stuart Sinclair and Hazel Anderson with the station wagon to be used for Christian ministry in Kenya.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18354; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-18354
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151746

Title: Protestant DPs arrive in America.
Description: The Vinnichenko family, Russian refugees who were forced into slave labor in Germany during the war, arrive in Northern New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7868; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7868
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147356

Title: Nun tries hand at playing violin.
Description: Sister Mary Sylvester plays violin at the American String Teachers' Association meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18141; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-18141
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149262

Title: At Spain's foremost shrine.
Description: Students and faculty on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. James the Greater.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. C-7908; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-7908
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149272

Title: Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1947.
Description: Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and more.
Creator Name(s): Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Date Created: 1947
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962., United Nations., Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965., MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964., Mayo Clinic., World Conference of Christian Youth (2nd : 1947 : Oslo, Norway), Berggrav, Eivind, 1884-1959., Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969., Marshall Plan., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950.
Topical Subject(s): Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Nonviolence--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, 20th century., 1945-1989., United States., Germany., United States, 1940-1950., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., Germany, 1945-1955., France, 20th century., Palestine, 1917-1948., India, Partition, 1947.
Physical Location: RNS RG 2, RT 1044, Box 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service News Releases, 1936-1981.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-2
Identifier (local): RNS-RG2_Niebuhr-1947
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:152623

Title: Rosary Pilgrimage at National Shrine.
Description: Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C. (left), founder of the Family Rosary Crusade, leads a procession during the National Rosary Pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Msgr. William McDonough, director of the Shrine, walks beside Father Peyton.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42254; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-42254
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150200

Title: British troops disperse N. Ireland rioters.
Description: A squad of British Army troops rushes to break up an attack by Protestant supporters on Catholic marchers during a parade. Photograph originally numbered PC-51716.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53498; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53498a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149316

Title: Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1946.
Description: Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; and more. Begins with promotional material which introduces Dr. Niebuhr.
Creator Name(s): Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, United Nations., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Catholic Church--Relations., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Journalism, Religious--History, Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, 1945-1989., Germany., United States, 1940-1950., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., Germany, 1945-1955., Palestine, 1917-1948., United States, 20th century.
Physical Location: RNS RG 2, RT 1044, Box 1; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service News Releases, 1936-1981.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-2
Identifier (local): RNS-RG2_Niebuhr-1946
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:152491

Title: New building at Episcopal Theological School.
Description: Former Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of the Episcopal Church (second from left) lays the cornerstone for a new $1.5 million library-classroom at the Episcopal Theological School.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. P-32695; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32695
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151750

Title: Ballet on African odyssey to debut in New York.
Description: Ballet West, a new dance company making its New York debut on Mar. 19 in African Sanctus, by British composer-explorer David Fanshawe, is shown rehearsing a sequence from the production.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53414; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53414
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150219

Title: Hineni group rallies for Israel in Washington.
Description: A group of demonstrators from Hineni, a national Jewish women's organization demonstrates in support of Israel.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. J-53560; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_J-53560
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149283

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