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Title: Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29586; 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): ds3158
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7310

Title: A helping hand for little ones oversea.
Description: American youth participating in Sixth Annual White Gift Service sponsored by the World Council of Churches.
Creator Name(s): Tracy. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Children--Maryland--Baltimore., Church work with children--Maryland--Baltimore., Missions--Europe., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Europe., Asia., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Baltimore Independent City--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7922; 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-7922
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148673

Title: A helping hand for little ones oversea.
Description: Clippings from unidentified newspapers that highlight the World Council of Churches' Sixth Annual White Gift Service which aids needy children in Europe and Asia.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Children--Maryland--Baltimore., Church work with children--Maryland--Baltimore., Missions--Europe., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Baltimore Independent City--Maryland--Baltimore, Europe., Asia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7922; 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-7922_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149085

Title: Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.
Description: Scholars and church officials participating in the first official theological talks between Lutherans and Roman Catholics in the U.S. stated at a press conference following the sessions that the discussions were "fruitful."
Creator Name(s): Tadder, Morton. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, July 8, 1965, July 8, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church\u2014Relations\u2014Lutheran Church., Lutheran Church in America., Nicene Creed., Sittler, Joseph., Burghardt, Walter J., Murray, John Courtney., Empie, Paul C., Murphy, T. Austin (Thomas Austin), 1911-1991., Quanbeck, Warren A.
Topical Subject(s): Christian union conversations--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Baltimore Independent City--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. PC-32825; 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-32825
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151440

Title: Loneliness of the priesthood.
Description: Loneliness, an aspect of the priesthood which is sometimes overlooked, is exemplified by this young seminarian alone in the long hallway of St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.
Creator Name(s): Spraker, E. (photographer)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Maryland--Baltimore., St. Mary's Seminary (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Priesthood--Catholic Church., Seminarians--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Baltimore Independent City--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42274; 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-42274
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149956

Title: Santa is a cop with a happy summons.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PHOTO NUMBER: PC-50607 SANTA IS A COP WITH A HAPPY SUMMONS BALTIMORE, Md. -- While many police departments are using decoy Santas to catch thieves during the holiday season, the Baltimore City Police are using one to put summons on parked cars. When the motorist takes time to read it, he discovers that it is not for a parking violation, but a summons to have a happy holiday and a reminder to lock his car. The imaginative approach is part of the department's anti-crime campaign. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BAL-12B-77-JH)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1977, 1977
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christmas--Maryland--Baltimore., Law enforcement--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 40, image no. PC-50607; 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-50607
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300794

Title: Eugene Carson Blake arrested.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed and then released on bond.
Creator Name(s): Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29572; 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): ds3157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7398

Title: Dr. William Foxwell Albright.
Description: Text transcribed from Religious News Service log book: William Albright. Professor of archeology - Johns Hopkins Univ.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971., Johns Hopkins University--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): College teachers--Maryland--Baltimore., Archaeology--Study and teaching.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. 30816; 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_30816
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348319

Title: Prayer foe altars sign.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30619 PRAYER FOE ALTARS SIGN BALTIMORE, Md. -- The woman who successfully opposed prayer and Bible reading in Baltimore's public schools alters a billboard advertising the program of the Constitutional Prayer Foundation. Mrs. Madalyn Murray added "Un" to "constitutional" to the sign stationed next to her Freethought Society of America office. The Constitutional Prayer Foundation endorses school prayer. Plaintiff in the suit which brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision against devotional acts in the public schools, Mrs. Murray heads a group she calls "Other Americans, Inc." In late 1963 she acquired title to 80 acres of land near Stockton, Kans., where she plans to establish an atheistic center. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2C-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., O’Hair, Madalyn Murray.
Topical Subject(s): Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Maryland--Baltimore., Freedom of religion--United States., Atheists--United States.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., United States., United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30619; 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-30619
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353853

Title: Top Protestant lay leaders meet.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Rockwood, W.R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., United Church of Christ., Wallace, Louise.
Topical Subject(s): Men in church work--United Church of Christ., Women in church work--United Church of Christ., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore., Lay ministry--United States., Christian leadership--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30680; 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-30680_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353622

Title: Top Protestant lay leaders meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30680 TOP PROTESTANT LAY LEADERS MEET BALTIMORE, Md. -- Meeting for the first time during the Baltimore, Md., meeting of the General Board of the National Council of Churches, Jackie Robinson of baseball's Hall of Fame and Mrs. Theodore F. Wallace of Shawnee Mission, Kan., discuss programs of the United Church Men and United Church Women, lay movements of U.S. Protestant and Orthodox Churches related to the NCC. Mr. Robinson presides over the 8 million member men's organization and Mrs. Wallace is president of the 10 million church women in the UCW. Both are members of the United Church of Christ and both serve on the NCC's General Board. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-3A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., United Church of Christ., Wallace, Louise.
Topical Subject(s): Men in church work--United Church of Christ., Women in church work--United Church of Christ., Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore., Lay ministry--United States., Christian leadership--United States.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., United States., United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30680; 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-30680
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353821

Title: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30651 CHURCH SERVICES PLANNED TO PRESS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BALTIMORE, Md. -- If the pending civil rights bill hasn't been passed by Easter, daily worship services to express support of the legislation will begin in Washington, D.C. churches in the following week, it was announced at a meeting of the General Board of the National Council of Churches at Baltimore. Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Anna Hedgeman, director of special events for the commission, called for the services by Protestant and Orthodox churches. They said other religions may join in sponsoring the worship and prayer demonstration, participating in an initial mass meeting and then holding their own services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353817

Title: Church services planned to press for civil rights.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1964, February 25-28, 1964, February 25-28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. National Lay Committee., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Passive resistance--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30651; 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-30651_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353556

Title: Wants church tax exemptions outlawed.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, October 2, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kerpelman, Leonard, 1925-2013.
Topical Subject(s): Lawyers--Maryland--Baltimore., Fountains--Maryland--Baltimore., Church tax--Law and legislation.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31653; 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-31653_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356367

Title: Would outlaw church tax exemptions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31653 WOULD OUTLAW CHURCH TAX EXEMPTIONS BALTIMORE -- A Maryland attorney who has started court suits aimed at outlawing state and federal tax exemptions for Church properties and businesses was the central figure in ceremonies dedicating a new fountain in Baltimore as he waded into the pool and toasted the event with a paper cup. The lawyer, Leonard Kerpelman, said he believes his suits eventually will reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-10B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kerpelman, Leonard, 1925-2013.
Topical Subject(s): Lawyers--Maryland--Baltimore., Fountains--Maryland--Baltimore., Church tax--Law and legislation.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31653; 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-31653
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356661

Title: Solitude and prayer.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-3962 SOLITUDE AND PRAYER This striking photo was taken at the Cathedral, Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Md. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AAB-BALT-MES-6C-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): Contemplation., Prayer--Maryland--Baltimore., Catholic church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore., Cathedrals--Maryland--Baltimore., Church architecture--Maryland--Baltimore., Stained glass windows--Maryland--Baltimore.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3962; 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-3962
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359819

Title: Solitude and prayer.
Description: Letter from the pastor describing church architectural design.
Creator Name(s): Nelligan, Joseph M. (author), Religious News Service. (addressee)
Date Created: 1946, June 18, 1946, June 18, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topical Subject(s): Contemplation., Prayer--Maryland--Baltimore., Catholic church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore., Cathedrals--Maryland--Baltimore., Church architecture--Maryland--Baltimore., Stained glass windows--Maryland--Baltimore.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3962; 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-3962_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359663

Title: NCCJ, Baltimore.
Description: Text transcribed from log book: 3802 NCCJ, Baltimore.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore., Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3802; 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_3802b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359711

Title: NCCJ, Baltimore.
Description: Text transcribed from log book: 3802 NCCJ, Baltimore.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Maryland--Baltimore., Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore Independent City--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3802; 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_3802a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359710

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