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Title: DPs to Priest: 'Glad to be here!'
Description: Monsignor Swanstrom of the National Catholic Resettlement Council welcomes a refugee family from Czechoslovakia.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Boston., National Catholic Resettlement Council (U.S.), Swanstrom, Edward., Ouhrabka, Marie., Ouhrabka, Jan.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Refugee families--Czechoslovakia., Missions, Catholic Church and world politics.
Geographic subjects: , , , , Massachusetts, Boston., , , , , , , Czechoslovakia., , , Czechoslovakia., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Boston (Mass.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Suffolk--Massachusetts--Boston----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. C-7938; 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-7938
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148442

Title: An assist from Church World Service.
Description: Church World Service reunites a family. Left to right: Alex Afana, Winthrop, Mass sponsor for brother, wife, and child, Mrs. and Mr. Peter Afanasiew, daughter Lillian, 9. Mrs. Alex and daughter Helen at right.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service., Afana, Alex., Afanasiew, Peter.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Europe., Refugee families--Europe., Missions
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Europe., , , Europe., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Boston (Mass.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Suffolk--Massachusetts--Boston----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7935; 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-7935
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148607

Title: DPs welcomed to Boston.
Description: Boston civic and church officials greet a refugee mother and daughter from Czechoslovakia.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Boston., Doyle, James P., Hickey, Augustine F., Skramlikowa, Dianne., Skramlikowa, Tatiana.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Refugee families--Czechoslovakia., Missions
Geographic subjects: , , , , Massachusetts, Boston., , , , , , , Czechoslovakia., , , Czechoslovakia., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Boston (Mass.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Suffolk--Massachusetts--Boston----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. C-7937; 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-7937
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148532

Title: This is our land, now.
Description: A European refugee family looks out over Boston Harbor.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Europe., Refugee families--Europe., Missions, Harbors--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Europe., , , Europe., , , , , , Massachusetts, Boston., , , , , , , , Boston (Mass.), Boston Harbor (Mass.), , , North and Central America--United States------Suffolk--Massachusetts--Boston----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7936; 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-7936
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148562

Title: Letter from Earl L. MacDonald.
Creator Name(s): MacDonald, Earl L. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wasem, Grace., Boston University. School of Theology--Students., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--China., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topical Subject(s): Ordination of women--Methodist Church., Elders (Church officers)--Methodist Church., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Women seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Returned missionaries--China.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1511; 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_1511_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357257

Title: Rev. Loy L. Long.
Description: Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3266 Rev. Loy L. Long formerly of Calcutta, India now candidate Secy. of the American Board of Foreign Missions, Boston Mac
Creator Name(s): MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Long, Loy Lewis, 1903-, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Returned missionaries--India--Kolkata., Missionaries--India--Kolkata.
Geographic subjects: India, Kolkata., India, Kolkata., Boston (Mass.), Kolkata (India), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3266; 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_3266
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359078

Title: Woman member of Japan commission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: WOMAN MEMBER OF JAPAN COMMISSION #s-3264 BOSTON -- Miss Alice E. Cary (right) points to the map of Japan, where she was born, the daughter of missionary parents. Miss Cary, who is shown with the Rev. Loy L. Long, candidate secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, is the woman member of a commission of six leaders selected to go to Japan under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. An associate secretary of the American Board, Miss Cary spent 20 years in Japan as a social service missionary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-4C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Cary, Alice E., Long, Loy Lewis, 1903-, Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Japan., Returned missionaries--Japan., Women missionaries--Japan., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Missions--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan., Japan., Japan., Japan., Boston (Mass.), Japan., North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3264; 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-3264
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359123

Title: Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisons and prisoners, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., China, Wuhan., Philippines., Philippines., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4802; 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_4802a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360443

Title: Episcopal missionary sisters enroute to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #4802 EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SISTERS ENROUTE TO CHINA BOSTON -- Four sisters of the Protestant Episcopal Order of St. Anne, Arlington, Mass., former prisoners of the Japanese at Bilibid and other infamous prisons in the Philippine Islands, are shown at a rail depot here before entraining for their return trip to Wuchang, China. Sister Auguste (second from left) was among the group that welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur on his return to the islands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BO’C-BOS-BS-11B6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Order of St. Anne., Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines), Episcopal Church--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Missions--China--Wuhan., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., World War, 1939-1945--Philippines., Returned missionaries--Philippines., Women missionaries--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., China, Wuhan., Philippines., Philippines., Massachusetts, Boston., Boston (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4802; 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_4802
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360442

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