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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: 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: Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: California, Oakland., Oakland, California., Asia., Oakland (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Alameda--Oakland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4919; 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-4919b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360581

Title: Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects: California, Oakland., Oakland, California., Asia., California, Oakland., Oakland (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Alameda--Oakland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4919; 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-4919a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360580

Title: Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: California, Oakland., Oakland, California., Asia., Oakland (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Alameda--Oakland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4919; 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-4919c
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360582

Title: Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects: California, Oakland., Oakland, California., Asia., California, Oakland., Oakland (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Alameda--Oakland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4919; 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-4919
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360579

Title: Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4919; 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-4919_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360415

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