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Title: Help via telephone.
Description: Three young people man the telephones at "Switchboard" in San Francisco, one of the many telephone crisis intervention centers now operating around the world. These centers fill the gap between persons with needs and the agencies established to fill those needs.
Creator Name(s): Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Switchboard (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topical Subject(s): Helplines--California--San Francisco., Community information services--California--San Francisco., Information services industry--Employees.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42261; 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-42261
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150075

Title: Dominicans return from China.
Description: Two American Dominican priests arrive in San Francisco after spending more than two years in a Chinese prison.
Creator Name(s): International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Bryant, Bob.
Date Created: 1955, November 4, 1955, November 4, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Joyce, James G., Hyde, Joseph E., Gordon, Frederick A.
Topical Subject(s): Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. C-18322; 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-18322
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151533

Title: 58th American Baptist annual meeting.
Description: Some 10,000 delegates and visitors from 40 states attend the American Baptist Convention's 58th annual meeting in San Francisco's large Civic Auditorium.
Creator Name(s): Rose, Bill. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, ca. May 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Baptist Convention.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--San Francisco--California--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. P-32594; 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-32594
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151317

Title: In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-299923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation's churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. here, at St. Dominic's Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the "red of martyrdom" instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher), Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 22, 1963, September 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service--California--San Francisco., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Martyrdom.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 99, image no. P-54335; 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-29923
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344314

Title: Clergy Conference on Race.
Description: Newspaper clipping featuring a cropped version of the photo file image. Based on the accompanying captions, likely from The Monitor, a newspaper for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California.
Creator Name(s): The Monitor (San Francisco, Calif.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, August 18, 1964, August 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31465; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31465_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349283

Title: San Francisco theme: Racial justice.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31465 SAN FRANCISCO THEME: RACIAL JUSTICE SAN FRANCISCO -- A former member of the Eisenhower cabinet, now chairman of the San Francisco interim [Interim] Committee on Human Relations, is shown as he addressed priests of the San Francisco archdiocese. James P. Mitchell, former Secretary of Labor, was the principal speaker at a conference on interracial justice held for clergy assigned to pastoral posts in Marin County, California. Seated in front row are Dohn [John] Delury, executive secretary of the archdiocesan Commission on Social Justice, left, and Terry Francois, past president of the San Francisco NAACP, who also addressed the group. Similar conferences on racial justice were held throughout the archdiocese at the direction of Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (M-SF-8E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Vano-Wells-Fagliano Photography, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Human Rights Commission of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.), Mitchell, James P., 1900-1964., Delury, John., Francois, Terry, 1921-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Francisco (Calif.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy--Training of.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy conferences., Forums (Discussion and debate)--California--San Francisco., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. C-31465; 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-31465
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349081

Title: Central U.S. Russian Orthodox figure.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CENTRAL U.S. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FIGURE #S-1300 METROPOLITAN THEOPHILUS of San Francisco is the central figure in the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The Council of Bishops in Chicago recently delayed action for two years on a proposal to place the American Church under the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarch Alexei. Said Metropolitan Theophilus: “The bishops prefer a free, democratic, independent, American Church until they are convinced that the Moscow Church is free of political domination.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GM-SF-TFD-12-5-A-E-O-D-W)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Pashkovsky, Feodor Nikolaevich, Theophilus, Metropolitan of San Francisco., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Bishops., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Relations-- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--California--San Francisco., Church congresses--Illinois--Chicago., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Church and state--Soviet Union., Cold War.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., Illinois, Chicago., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1300; 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_S-1300
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357018

Title: A minute of silent prayer.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #02 A MINUTE OF SILENT PRAYER San Francisco, Cal...Delegates at the opening session of the United Nations Conference held here, stand by their seats and offer a Minute's Silent Prayer for the success of plans leading to world unity and international copperation [sic. cooperation].
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1945, April 28, 1945, April 28, 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.), United Nations--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco., Meditation--California--San Francisco., Contemplation.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 02; 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_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357530

Title: They thought of Birmingham.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 21, 1963, September 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29923; 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-29923_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357754

Title: In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 21, 1963, September 21, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29923; 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-29923
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358130

Title: Returning to China mission field.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RETURNING TO CHINA MISSION FIELD #c-3265 SAN FRANCISCO -- The Rev. Herbert F. Vandenberg (left), of Chicago, and the Rev. Vincent D. Smith, of Milwaukee, Wis., are shown in their stateroom on the S.S. Lakeland Victory before its departure for China where they will resume their mission work interrupted by the war. The Vincentian priests, two of a group of four, are returning to Yukiang, remote part of Kiangsi province, 400 miles southwest of Shanghai. When the Japanese occupied the region they fled to the hills. They arrived back in this country after five months of walking, hitch-hiking, and sailing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BLR-SF-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., Vandenberg, Herbert F., Smith, Vincent D.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--California--San Francisco., Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., World War, 1939-1945--China.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., China, Yujiang Xian., China., San Francisco (Calif.), Yujiang Xian (China), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3265; 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-3265
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359108

Title: Solace for the weary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SOLACE FOR THE WEARY #3393 LOS ANGELES -- Grace Cathedral’s Wayside Shrine of St. Francis -- a tiny chapel seating only 12 persons -- is open here 24 hours a day for those seeking rest and spiritual meditation. A year ago it was a shabby little shack, but Canon Charles Shreve dreamed of making it a place of refuge for men and women of all religions and creeds. The Shrine cost $3,000, all of it contributed within a space of two weeks. John de Rosen, famous muralist, after spending an hour in the Shrine, offered to paint the meeting of St. Francis and the beggar over the altar free of charge. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AR-LOS-AN-MES-5B-6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), Episcopal Church--Buildings., Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Shrines.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--California--San Francisco., Chapels--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3393; 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_3393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359381

Title: Mass meeting honors missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4540 MASS MEETING HONORS MISSIONARIES SAN FRANCISCO -- Temporarily stranded here by the shipping strike, 400 missionaries bound for the Orient crowd the stage of the Opera House during a mass-meeting held in their honor. More than 3,000 persons attended the meeting, which was addressed by Henry R. Luce, editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines, and other outstanding in public life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AC-NY-MES-9C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Grand Opera House (San Francisco, Calif.), Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967.
Topical Subject(s): Labor disputes--California--San Francisco., Meetings--California--San Francisco., Missionaries--California--San Francisco., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., Asia., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4540; 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_S-4540
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360328

Title: Girl with book.
Creator Name(s): Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Date Created: 1947
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Children--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 5020; 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_5020
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360502

Title: Youth of all colors attend school.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH OF ALL COLORS ATTEND SCHOOL #S-4986 SAN FRANCISCO -- The easing of racial tensions and anti-Japanese activities that erupted on the West Coast during the war is shown in this picture of an overcrowded San Francisco public school where Nisei and Negro youth, such as the two lads in the foreground (right), are in attendance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LA-NY-BS-1D-47-W)
Creator Name(s): Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Date Created: 1947
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Children--California--San Francisco., Education--California--San Francisco., School integration--California--San Francisco., African American children--California--San Francisco., Japanese American children--California--San Francisco., Public schools--Overcrowding--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., California, San Francisco., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4986; 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_S-4986
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360592

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