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Title: Churchmen visiting Russia.
Description: These nine American Protestant leaders left here March 9 to visit Moscow where they will hold talks with Christian leaders there. Their 10-day trip marks the first phase of a two-way visit that will bring Russian churchmen to this country next June as guests of the National Council of Churches. Shown left to right are: front row, Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal District; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA and president of the National Council; and Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J. (Methodist), an attorney and member of the National Council's General Board. In rear: Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (Methodist), executive director of the National Council's Department of International Affairs; Dr. Herbet Gezork of Newton Center, Mass. (Baptist), president of Andover Newton Theological Seminary; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York (Presbyterian), the National Council's associate general secretary; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; and Paul B. Anderson of New York (Congregational Christian), secretary of the YMCA International Committee.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 7, 1956, March 7, 1956
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Soviet Union.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18844; 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): ds4585
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11056

Title: Iron Curtain gets Christmas programs.
Description: New York--A special Christmas Day program broadcast to Poland by Radio Free Europe is recorded in a studio here by Polish-American children. Similar messages of sympathy and Christmas cheer were broadcast to Catholics and Protestants in other countries behind the Iron Curtain by RFE and the Voice of America. Among the countries receiving the programs were Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Creator Name(s): Radio Free Europe. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955, December 23, 1955, December 23, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christmas radio programs--Poland., Children's radio programs--Poland., Communist countries.
Geographic subjects: Poland., Poland., Poland., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 56, Image No. 18526; 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): ds5085
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11029

Title: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Description: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Date Created: 1918
Name Subject(s): Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Van Nuys, Ezra Allen, 1877-, Foulkes, William Hiram, 1877-1961., Acheson, Barclay, 1887-, Ballard, J. Hudson (John Hudson), 1880-1974.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 96-1206a; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds5016-02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:9966

Title: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Description: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Date Created: 1918
Name Subject(s): Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Van Nuys, Ezra Allen, 1877-, Foulkes, William Hiram, 1877-1961., Acheson, Barclay, 1887-, Ballard, J. Hudson (John Hudson), 1880-1974.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 96-1206a; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds5016-01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:9965

Title: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Description: Members of the New Era Movement, N.Y., 1918.
Date Created: 1918
Name Subject(s): Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Van Nuys, Ezra Allen, 1877-, Foulkes, William Hiram, 1877-1961., Acheson, Barclay, 1887-, Ballard, J. Hudson (John Hudson), 1880-1974.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 96-1206a; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John H. Ballard papers, 1914-1920.
Identifier (local): ds5016
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:9964

Title: Presbyterians at Silver Bay, 1919.
Description: Presbyterians at Silver Bay, 1919, Interchurch World Movement Conference.
Date Created: 1919
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--Hague
Physical Location: Gal3 In8p; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds5015
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:9963

Title: Billy Graham Crusade.
Description: 18,500 Jam Garden for Graham Crusade. New York--Some 18,500 persons jammed Madison Square Garden to hear Evangelist Billy Graham open his six-weeks New York crusade. The evangelist spoke for 45 minutes from a nine-foor platform erected at one end of the huge arena. He will give a series of Gospel sermons every night during the crusade. After his address at the 90-minute rally, some 485 men, women and teenagers approached the rostrum to make "decisions for Christ," the largest number to do so at the opening of any Graham crusade in this country. Mr. Graham was invited to come this city by the Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Creator Name(s): Goldstein, Sam. (photographer), International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1957
Name Subject(s): Graham, Billy, 1918-, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Evangelists--United States., Revivals--United States.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, United States., United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 20677; 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): ds3267
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6998

Title: UPCUSA Civil Rights demonstration.
Description: New York--A peaceful pre-Independence Day demonstration for racial equality was held by some 500 clergymen and members of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The placard-carrying demonstrators marched for 45 minutes in a City Hall Plaza area, then heard addresses by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, center, and Dr. W. Eugene Houston, left, a Harlem pastor who heads the presbytery's new commission on religion and race. The Mayor called for enactment of President Kennedy's civil rights proposals and pledged continuing efforts toward greater racial equality in New York City. Dr. Houston warned against the city "dragging its feet"on integration and called for acceleration of school desegregation.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand),, 1910-1991.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century., Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York, 20th century., 20th century., New York (State), New York, 20th century., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29568; 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): ds3095
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6993

Title: Dedication of the United Nations Center, 1963.
Description: Sept 22, 1963 -- At the dedication of the United Nations Center are right to left: Bishop F. Gerald Ensley, J. Irwin Miller, President NCC, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Adlai E. Stevenson, and U. Thant- Secretary General UN.
Date Created: 1963, September 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., United Nations., Ensley, Francis Gerald, 1907-1976., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994., Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965., Thant, U., 1909-1974.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, New York (N.Y.)
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds539
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4952

Title: President Eisenhower lays Interchurch Center cornerstone.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Date Created: 1959, ca. 1959
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Cornerstone laying--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, United States., New York (State), New York.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds528
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4947

Title: Members of the American delegation to the International Conference of Church Leaders on the Problems of World Order.
Description: Members of the American delegation to the International Conference of Church Leaders on the Problems of World Order, Cambridge, England, leave LaGuardia Field, New York City on July 29 for the meeting.
Date Created: July 29, 1946, July 29, 1946, 1946
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Conference of Church Leaders on International Affairs (1946 : Cambridge, England), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., La Guardia Airport.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--Queens--New York
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds537
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4942

Title: Dedication of the John Foster Dulles Library and Research Center in New York City.
Description: Dedication on May 22, 1962 in NYC of the John Foster Dulles Library and Research Center. Left to right: Dr. Roswell P. Barnes, Dr. O. Frederick Nolde; Dean Rusk; Allen Dulles; Dr. Kenneth Maxwell; Dr. Henry Pitney Van Dusen; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam; and Henry Luce.
Date Created: 1962, May 22, 1962
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994., Van Dusen, Henry P. (Henry Pitney), 1897-1975., Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963., Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1990., Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969., Maxwell, Kenneth E., 1908-, Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959.
Topical Subject(s): Libraries--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.)
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds540
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4941

Title: "Christian Manifesto" protests.
Description: Christian Manifesto': Fundamentalist minister Dr. Carl McIntire, right, reads part of his "Christian Manifesto" -- seeking $3 billion in reparations from "modernist" churches -- on the steps of New York's Riverside church. Dr. McIntire, 63, head of the International Council of Christian Churches, said his "Christian Manifesto" was an answer to the "Black Manifesto" delivered by black militant James Forman earlier this year.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Date Created: 1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Black Economic Development Conference. Black manifesto., Forman, James, 1928-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious Aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, New York (State), New York.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=Mzk1Mw==
Identifier (local): ds527
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4934

Title: Group at convention.
Description: National Council Debates Middle East: Dr. Robert S. Bilheimer, executive director of the National Council of Churches' department of international affairs, answers questions on an NCC "Policy on the Middle East" adopted at the Spring session of the General Board in New York. The policy states that the Christians' concern over the troubled Middle East must concentrate on the element of human need without being pro-Arab or pro-Israeli.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (creator)
Date Created: 1969
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531b, Box 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.
Identifier (local): ds525
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:4277

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