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Title: Indian Prime Minister visited WCC parley.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31079 INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITED WCC PARLEY NEW DELHI, India -- The late Prime Minister Nehru of India received a standing ovation from delegates at the Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches at New Delhi in 1961. He presented a plea for effort to solve international problems “in a friendly spirit rather than in the spirit of the cold war.” Before his address, Mr. Nehru was greeted by (from left to right) Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the Lutheran Church in America and WCC Central Committee chairman; Bishop Sante Uberto Barbieri of the Methodist Church in Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia; Korula Jacob, secretary of the National Christian Council of India; Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, president of the Indian Red Cross, and Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the WCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-ND-5E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Barbieri, Sante Uberto., Jacob, Korula., Amrit Kaur, Rajkumari, 1889-1964., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Council of Churches. Assembly (3rd : 1961 : New Delhi, India)
Topical Subject(s): Heads of state--India., Congresses and conventions--India--New Delhi., Christianity and international relations., World politics--Religious aspects., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects: India., India, New Delhi., New Delhi (India)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31079; 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_P-31079
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350214

Title: The President's pastor.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30272 THE PRESIDENT’S PASTOR Death parts two great friends, the 35th President of the United States and the Cardinal-Archbishop of Boston. Above, Mr. Kennedy listens to the prayer of Richard Cardinal Cushing at the inaugural ceremony in Washington. Below, a carefree, happy moment in Rome where, after his call upon Pope Paul VI, the President visited the Pontifical North American College. Later that day, in a more somber setting, Cardinal Cushing presented to the President gifts that the late Pope John XXIII had put aside for him. The Kennedy family, for more than 40 years, looked upon the cardinal as their parish priest. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, January 20, 1961-1963, January 20, 1961-1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Italy--Rome., Presidents--United States., Presidents--Inauguration., Prayer--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Italy, Rome., United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Vatican City., North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington, Europe--Italy--Lazio--Roma--Rome
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. C-30272; 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_C-30272
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352869

Title: Prayer and the President.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30268 PRAYER AND THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Figures in a dramatic, tragic story in American history at a prayer breakfast of congressional wives and the inauguration of the first Roman Catholic President of the U.S. Below, the late President Kennedy addresses the prayer gathering; with him are his successor, then Vice President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and Evangelist Billy Graham. Above, the late President takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1961. Administering the oath is Chief Justice Earl Warren. In his appearance at the breakfast and in his inaugural address, Mr. Kennedy reflected the need for religious zeal in American life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, January 20, 1961-1963, January 20, 1961-1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Vice presidents--United States., Vice presidents' spouses--United States., Prayer breakfasts--Washington (D.C.), Evangelists--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--Inauguration., Inauguration Day., Judges--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., 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, Box 101, image no. PC-30268; 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-30268
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352972

Title: East Berlin.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Die neue Gedachtniskirche ist fertig. Dieser Tage wurde der Neubau der Gedächtniskirche - ein Entwurf des Prof. Eiermann - fertiggestellt. Für die Berliner wurde der Neubau zum bestgehassten Objekt der letzen Jahre, “Gasometer” mit Fabrikschornstein” sind noch die zahmsten Ausdrücke, die für den Neubau geprägt wurden. Foto: KEYSTONE KESTONE - Berlin, 15.7.1961 1/36/43621/n/Pel
Creator Name(s): Keystone (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Eiermann, Egon, 1904-1970 (architect)
Date Created: 1961, July 15, 1961, July 15, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany), Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): Church architecture--Germany--Berlin., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Functionalism (Architecture)--Germany--Berlin., Architecture, Modern--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., 20th century., Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. TV-31977; 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_TV-31977
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355961

Title: Freedom of worship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-32037 FREEDOM OF WORSHIP NEW YORK -- The religious fervor of a Japanese at prayer is caught in photo illustrating this passage in Pope John XXIII’s encyclical, Pacem in Terris: “Every human being has the right to honor God according to the dictates of an upright conscience.” More than 100 photographs dramatizing the encyclical are being displayed at the Hallmark Gallery in New York through April 2. They were taken by 21 photographers, members of Magnum Photos, Inc., a picture agency. Among religious leaders commending the exhibit was Msgr. Timothy J. Flynn, director of information for the New York archdiocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-1B-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Carl Byoir & Associates. (contributor)
Date Created: 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hallmark Gallery.
Topical Subject(s): Prayer--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-32037; 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_C-32037
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355849

Title: A big family grows bigger.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-29889 A BIG FAMILY GROWS BIGGER ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The Andrew Fischer family of Aberdeen, S.D., before the arrival of quintuplets on Sept. 14. Mrs. Fischer gave birth to four girls and a boy at St. Luke’s Hospital in Aberdeen. This picture taken in 1961 shows Mr. and Mrs. Fischer with, from left, Julie, Danny, Charlotte, Evelyn and Denise. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Fischer, Andrew., Fischer, Mary Ann., Fischer, Julie., Fischer, Danny., Fischer, Charlotte., Fischer, Evelyn., Fischer, Denise.
Topical Subject(s): Families--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Multiple birth--South Dakota--Aberdeen., Quintuplets--South Dakota--Aberdeen.
Geographic subjects: South Dakota, Aberdeen., South Dakota, Aberdeen., South Dakota, Aberdeen., Aberdeen (S.D.), North and Central America--United States--South Dakota--Brown--Aberdeen
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29889; 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_C-29889
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358061

Title: Negroes pray for justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-27052 NEGROES PRAY FOR JUSTICE ALBANY, Ga. -- Negro demonstrators held a prayer meeting in front of the Albany (Ga.) City Hall to appeal for a just verdict for 11 Freedom Riders on trial there. Police form a cordon in the rear to forestall any violence. The Negro demonstrators, whose number sometimes rose to 700, held mass meetings in the Shiloh Baptist church. So far about 480 Negroes have been arrested for their participation in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UPI-NYC-12C-61-NM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, circa December 17, 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Albany., Prayer--Georgia--Albany., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Trials--Georgia--Albany.
Geographic subjects: United States., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., Georgia, Albany., United States, Albany (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Dougherty--Albany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-27052; 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_P-27052
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358340

Title: Ministers, religion professors jailed as Freedom Riders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PF-26262 MINISTERS, RELIGION PROFESSORS JAILED AS FREEDOM RIDERS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- These “Freedom Riders” were smiling as they arrived here by bus, but all were arrested the next day as they sought service at a segregated bus terminal lunch counter before their scheduled departure for Jackson, Miss. From left are Dr. John Maguire and Dr. David Swift, religion professors at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; George B. Smith (head partially visible), Negro law student at Yale University; Dr. William S. Coffin, Jr., Yale chaplain and head of the group; the Rev. Gaylor [Gaylord] Noyce, associate professor of the Yale Divinity School; Clyde Carter and Charles Jones, Negro theological students at Johnston C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. Others arrested at the “white only” counter were four Negro integration leaders, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, pastor of First Baptist church here; the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth of Birmingham; the Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, an executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Bernard S. Lee, one of nine students expelled from Alabama State College last year for trying to stage a sit-in demonstration. Another Negro leader, the Rev. Solomon S. Seay, executive secretary of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was short in the wrist the same day, reportedly by a white man in a passing car. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-5D-61-DP)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, May 1961, May 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maguire, John David., Swift, David Everett, 1914-, Smith, George Bundy., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Noyce, Gaylord B., Carter, Clyde Larocque., Jones, Charles, 1937-2019.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Seminarians--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PF-26262; 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_PF-26262
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358357

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