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Title: Dinner honors Cardinal Tien.
Description: Clipping from the May 1, 1946 issue of the Chicago Sun.
Creator Name(s): Chicago Sun Syndicate. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, May 1, 1946, May 1, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Dinners and dining--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Guilds--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--China.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3515; 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-3515_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359289

Title: Chinese cardinal right at home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHINESE CARDINAL RIGHT AT HOME #c-3515 CHICAGO -- Thomas Cardinal Tien of China uses the chopsticks of his native land at a dinner given in his honor here by the On Leong Chinese Merchants Association. He was presented with a purse of $1,000 by Msgr. Joseph B. Lux for “whatever mission work the cardinal desires in China.” It was the gift of the Catholic Church Extension Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CHI-SUN-MES-5B-6-C)
Date Created: 1946, April 30, 1946, April 30, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tian, Gengxin, 1890-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Dinners and dining--Illinois--Chicago., Bishops--Illinois--Chicago., Guilds--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--China., Chopsticks.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., China., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3515; 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-3515
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359562

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359331

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359330

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359329

Title: Flying missionary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3982 FLYING MISSIONARY TOCCOA, Ga. -- Latest addition to the ranks of flying missionaries is pretty, 24-year-old Alma Siewert, shown here at the controls of her training plane with instructor Ernest Frost. Miss Siewert took the course here in preparation for work in French West Africa. She will leave for the Dark Continent in the fall following a month’s course in languages at Marquette University. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RG-TOC-GA-MES-6C-6-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Graves, Robert W. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Siewert, Alma., Frost, Ernest.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--French West Africa., Women missionaries--French West Africa., Missionaries--French West Africa., Air pilots--Georgia--Toccoa.
Geographic subjects: French West Africa., French West Africa., French West Africa., Georgia, Toccoa., Toccoa (Ga.), French West Africa., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Stephens--Toccoa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3982; 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_3982
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359743

Title: Church schools provide summer interests.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4077 CHURCH SCHOOLS PROVIDE SUMMER INTERESTS PITTSBURGH, Penn. -- Summer church schools, growing in popularity since the turn of the century, are once more in full swing throughout the country. Here Carol Schultise displays articles made by youngsters attending combined classes of the Mt. Zion and Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran churches. There are from 150 to 200 churches conducting vacation schools in the Pittsburgh area alone. The idea also has extended to Canada and China. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-7B-6-O-SS)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Schultise, Carol., Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Summer schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church and education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Missions--Educational work--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4077; 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_4077
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359767

Title: Priest makes parish calls in jeep.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-3914 PRIEST MAKES PARISH CALLS IN JEEP NEW YORK -- Jeep-riding is no new experience for the Rev. Walter T. McNamara, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx, who makes all his parish calls in his newly-acquired vehicle. He was a U.S. Army chaplain in Europe, and was on the long trek from England trough France, Belgium and Germany. Father McNamara obtained his jeep through the War Assets Administration when, unable to secure an automobile, he exercised his priority as a veteran to buy one of its surplus Army cars. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WAA-MES-6B-6-C)
Creator Name(s): United States. War Assets Administration. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., McNamara, Walter T., St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., United States. War Assets Administration., Jeep Corporation.
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--New York (State)--New York., Home missions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-3914; 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-3914
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359808

Title: Summer school 1,200 miles from home.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-4019 SUMMER SCHOOL 1,200 MILES FROM HOME MOORHEAD, Minn.-- These youngsters are children of migratory Mexican workers who come each summer from south Texas to work in the sugar beet fields of the Dakotas and Minnesota. They are enrolled for summer classes at St. Joseph's school here where, under Sisters of St. Benedict, they will receive daily instruction in grade school subjects and religion. Elder girl in center is Gloria Panchott, student assistant and Spanish-English linguist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JB-M-M-MES-6D-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Nott, Merle E. (photographer), Fargo Forum Photo. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., St. Joseph's School (Moorhead, Minn.), Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minn.), Panchott, Gloria.
Topical Subject(s): Children of migrant laborers--Minnesota--Moorhead., Children of migrant laborers--Education--Minnesota--Moorhead., Hispanic Americans--Missions--Minnesota--Moorhead., Summer schools--Minnesota--Moorhead., Church work with migrant labor--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Minnesota, Moorhead., Minnesota, Moorhead., Minnesota, Moorhead., Minnesota, Moorhead., Moorhead (Minn.), North and Central America--United States--Minnesota--Clay--Moorhead
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4019; 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-4019
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359831

Title: Between sessions at Silver Bay Missions Conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-4152 BETWEEN SESSIONS AT SILVER BAY MISSIONS CONFERENCE SILVER BAY, N.Y. -- Among the more than 300 church and mission delegates who attended the conference here on the Christian Mission in the Postwar World were these representatives from the foreign field. They are (left to right): Cecil K. Coberdhan, British Guiana student at Hartwick College, Oneonta, N.Y.; Dr. C. T. Tsai, secretary for young people’s work of the Church of Christ in China; Dr. Josefa Ilane of the Philippines, Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Rev. Mrs. Tamaki Uemura, ordained minister of the United Church of Japan, and Robert S. Beharry, British Guiana student at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. Uemura is the first Japanese civilian to enter the U.S. since the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WT-GB-NY-MES-7D-W-P-M)
Creator Name(s): Terzian, William. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Coberdhan, Cecil K., Hartwick College., Tsai, C. T., Zhonghua Jidu jiao hui., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Ilane, Josefa., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Uemura, Tamaki, 1890-1982., Beharry, Robert S., Gettysburg College--Students.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--New York (State)--Silver Bay., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--Silver Bay., Clergy--New York (State)--Silvery Bay.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Silver Bay., New York (State), Silver Bay., New York (State), Silvery Bay., Silver Bay (N.Y.), British Guiana., North and Central America--United States--New York--Warren--Silver Bay
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4152; 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-4152
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359866

Title: Brooklyn parade marks Sunday school anniversary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-3983 BROOKLYN PARADE MARKS SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Ninety-thousand Brooklyn children and adults marched in 30 parades throughout the borough in celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. The first parade was held in 1829. This float, one of the many in the different parades, carries the theme of the celebration, Christ, Our Salvation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-NY-MES-6C-6-W-M-SS-Y)
Creator Name(s): Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Brooklyn Sunday School Union--Anniversaries, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Parades--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Educational work--New York (State)--New York., Sunday schools--New York (State)--New York., Church and education--New York (State)--New York., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Church work with youth--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3983; 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-3983
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359858

Title: Flying school for missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-4226 FLYING SCHOOL FOR MISSIONARIES KENOSHA, Wis. -- A missionary airport where church workers may learn how to operate planes, has been opened here by the Rev. Gilbert L. Howe (second from left). Finance by Protestant churches, individuals and corporations, the project includes courses in instrument and night flying, with emphasis on operation over rugged terrain. Pictured above are Tom Howlett, former A. A. F. flight instructor, who is in charge of the flight program, Mr. Howe, and six future missionaries: Betty June Shackleton, John Flanders, Mary Lee Seddon, David Dissmore, May Smith and Erma Schnoor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GRH-K-WIS-JOG-8B-6-W.M)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Howe, Gilbert L., United States. Air Force., Howlett, Tom., Shackleton, Betty June., Flanders, John., Seddon, Mary Lee., Dissmore, David., Smith, May., Schnoor, Erma.
Topical Subject(s): Women air pilots--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Flight training--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Air pilots--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Missionaries--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Airplanes--Piloting--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Aeronautics--Study and teaching--Wisconsin.--Kenosha., Women missionaries--Wisconsin--Kenosha.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Kenosha., Wisconsin, Kenosha., Wisconsin, Kenosha., Wisconsin, Kenosha., Wisconsin, Kenosha., Wisconsin., Kenosha., Wisconsin, Kenosha., Kenosha (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Kenosha--Kenosha
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4226; 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-4226
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359870

Title: Tucson Indian Training School register inserts, 1888-1961.
Description: Inserts found inside Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952. Includes loose letters regarding Ricardo Manuel and Isaac Paul, 1960-1961.
Creator Name(s): Tucson Indian Training School. (creator)
Date Created: 1888, 1888-1961, 1888-1961
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Tucson Indian Training School.
Topical Subject(s): Off-reservation boarding schools--Arizona--Tucson., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Missions--Arizona., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Missions--Arizona., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Cultural assimilation., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Cultural assimilation., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Education., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Education., Indigenous peoples--Education--Arizona--Tucson., Students--Arizona--Tucson., Missions--Educational work--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects: Tucson (Ariz.), North and Central America--United States--Arizona--Pima--Tucson, Arizona, Tucson., Arizona., Arizona., Arizona, Tucson., Arizona, Tucson., Arizona, Tucson.
Physical Location: RG 103, Box 10, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Tucson Indian Training School Records, 1888-1991.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-103
Identifier (local): rg103_b10_f6_inserts_1888-1961
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360134

Title: Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952.
Description: Tucson Indian Training School register, 1888-1952. Includes entries of dates students entered the school and their ages upon entry. Pages 1, 4-13, 264-end of the volume are blank.
Creator Name(s): Tucson Indian Training School. (creator)
Date Created: 1888, 1888-1952, 1888-1952
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Tucson Indian Training School.
Topical Subject(s): Off-reservation boarding schools--Arizona--Tucson., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Missions--Arizona., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Missions--Arizona., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Cultural assimilation., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Cultural assimilation., Tohono O’odham (Papago)--Education., Akimel O’odham (Pima)--Education., Indigenous peoples--Education--Arizona--Tucson., Students--Arizona--Tucson., Missions--Educational work--Arizona--Tucson.
Geographic subjects: Tucson (Ariz.), North and Central America--United States--Arizona--Pima--Tucson, Arizona, Tucson., Arizona., Arizona., Arizona, Tucson., Arizona, Tucson., Arizona, Tucson.
Physical Location: RG 103, Box 10, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Tucson Indian Training School Records, 1888-1991.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-103
Identifier (local): rg103_b10_f6_register_1888-1952
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359875

Title: One race--100.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-3986 ONE RACE--100 GRINNELL, Iowa -- The Rev. Seido Ogawa, of Hawaii, pins a button advocating racial democracy on the lapel of the Rev. T. M. Brumfield of the department of religious education, Fisk University, during an interval at the centennial convention of the Congregational Christian Churches at Grinnell College here. Button says “One Race--100,” commemorating the 100th anniversary of the American Missionary Association which has founded more than 500 schools and colleges for Negroes. Looking on are the Rev. John B. Hanna, of New York (left), and the Rev. Albert L. Scott, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GRIN-MES-6C-6-W-MISS-CONG)
Creator Name(s): Root Geneva. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ogawa, Seido., Brumfield, Thomas M., Fisk University--Faculty., National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (U.S.)--Congresses., Grinnell College., American Missionary Association--Centennial celebrations, etc., Hanna, John B., Scott, Albert L., Evangelical and Reformed Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Historically Black colleges and universities., African American universities and colleges., Missions--Educational work--United States., Japanese American clergy--Iowa--Grinnell., Asian American Christians--Iowa--Grinnell., Japanese Americans--Iowa--Grinnell., Church and education--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Iowa, Grinnell., Iowa, Grinnell., Iowa, Grinnell., United States., Grinnell (Iowa), North and Central America--United States--Iowa--Poweshiek--Grinnell
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3986; 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-3986b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359861

Title: One race--100.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: S-3986 ONE RACE--100 GRINNELL, Iowa -- The Rev. Seido Ogawa, of Hawaii, pins a button advocating racial democracy on the lapel of the Rev. T. M. Brumfield of the department of religious education, Fisk University, during an interval at the centennial convention of the Congregational Christian Churches at Grinnell College here. Button says “One Race--100,” commemorating the 100th anniversary of the American Missionary Association which has founded more than 500 schools and colleges for Negroes. Looking on are the Rev. John B. Hanna, of New York (left), and the Rev. Albert L. Scott, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GRIN-MES-6C-6-W-MISS-CONG)
Creator Name(s): Root Geneva. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ogawa, Seido., Brumfield, Thomas M., Fisk University--Faculty., National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (U.S.)--Congresses., Grinnell College., American Missionary Association--Centennial celebrations, etc., Hanna, John B., Scott, Albert L., Evangelical and Reformed Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Historically Black colleges and universities., African American universities and colleges., Missions--Educational work--United States., Japanese American clergy--Iowa--Grinnell., Asian American Christians--Iowa--Grinnell., Japanese Americans--Iowa--Grinnell., Church and education--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Iowa, Grinnell., Iowa, Grinnell., Iowa, Grinnell., United States., Grinnell (Iowa), North and Central America--United States--Iowa--Poweshiek--Grinnell
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3986; 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-3986a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359860

Title: Father Lord addresses summer school group.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-4059 FATHER LORD ADDRESSES SUMMER SCHOOL GROUP CHICAGO -- The Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J., editor of The Queen’s Work, national sodality publication, addresses a class at the Summer School of Catholic Action. The meeting here is one of the yearly summer sessions sponsored throughout the country by the Sodality of Our Lady. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-7A-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Newman, Art. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lord, Daniel A. (Daniel Aloysius), 1888-1955., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Topical Subject(s): Summer schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church and education--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with youth--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--Educational work--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4059; 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-4059a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359836

Title: Father Lord addresses summer school group.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-4059 FATHER LORD ADDRESSES SUMMER SCHOOL GROUP CHICAGO -- The Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J., editor of The Queen’s Work, national sodality publication, addresses a class at the Summer School of Catholic Action. The meeting here is one of the yearly summer sessions sponsored throughout the country by the Sodality of Our Lady. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AN-CHI-MES-7A-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Newman, Art. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lord, Daniel A. (Daniel Aloysius), 1888-1955., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Topical Subject(s): Summer schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church schools--Illinois--Chicago., Church and education--Illinois--Chicago., Church work with youth--Illinois--Chicago., Missions--Educational work--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4059; 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-4059b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359837

Title: War dance at Indian Fellowship picnic.
Description: Newspaper article published in "World of Religion," author unknown. Publisher details unknown.
Creator Name(s): World of Religion. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, C. Walter., Young, Willie R., Young, Doris., Mireau, Miriam (Mini)
Topical Subject(s): Yakama Indians--Social life and customs--Washington--Tacoma., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Washington--Tacoma., War dances--Washington--Tacoma., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Washington--Tacoma.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4211; 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_4211_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359679

Title: When the west was wild.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4211 WHEN THE WEST WAS WILD TACOMA, Wash. -- The Rev. C. Walter Johnson, Presbyterian missionary to the Indians, center, looks on with interest as Willie R. Young, of the Yakima tribe, does a war dance at Tacoma Indian Fellowship picnic. Chief Young’s granddaughter, Doris Young, left, and Miriam (Mini) Mireau are also absorbed in the Chief’s performance. The Indian Fellowship, a function of the Presbyterian Church’s mission program, has many North West tribe members on its roster. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YPS-TACHWASH-JOG-8A-6-P-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Yost's Photo Service (Tacoma, Wash.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, C. Walter., Young, Willie R., Young, Doris., Mireau, Miriam (Mini)
Topical Subject(s): Yakama Indians--Social life and customs--Washington--Tacoma., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Washington--Tacoma., War dances--Washington--Tacoma., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Washington--Tacoma.
Geographic subjects: Washington, Tacoma., Washington, Tacoma., Washington, Tacoma., Washington, Tacoma., Tacoma (Wash.), North and Central America--United States--Washington--Pierce--Tacoma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4211; 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_4211
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359803

Title: Religious leaders among group going to Russia.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Seskind. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topical Subject(s): Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., New York (State), New York., Soviet Union., New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4102 ; 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_4102b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359773

Title: Religious leaders among group going to Russia.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Seskind. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topical Subject(s): Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., New York (State), New York., Soviet Union., New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4102 ; 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_4102a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359772

Title: Churches rally for world relief.
Description: Newspaper or magazine article from "The Messenger."
Creator Name(s): Walters, Loren. (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topical Subject(s): War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4025; 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_4025_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359702

Title: U. Church service.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church Service Center (Saint Louis, Mo.), Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.
Topical Subject(s): War relief--Missouri--Saint Louis., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis City--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4025; 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_4025
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359751

Title: Medical mission Sisters turn printers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #C-4479 MEDICAL MISSION SISTERS TURN PRINTERS PHILADELPHIA -- Practical work is no stranger to the Medical Mission Sisters who work in the Order’s motherhouse in the Fox Chase district here. In its printing plant is printed all the stationery and literature necessary for the promotion of the Mission Sisters’ work. Feeding the press is Sister Mary Winifred, behind her Sister Mary Andrew. The Order was founded in 1925 by Mother Anna Dengel, M.D. It aids in extending medical science to the women of the Far East, particularly in India where the sisters have three hospitals, all staffed by Mission Sisters. There are 60 postulants and novices at the Mother House here, many of whom will serve as doctors, nurses and technicians or in other professions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHIL-MES-9B-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries, Medical--India., Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Publishers and publishing., Religious literature--Distribution., Women missionaries--India., Missionaries--India.
Geographic subjects: India., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., India., India., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4479; 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-4479
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360307

Title: Out to “rehabilitate” the home folk.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4567 OUT TO “REHABILITATE” THE HOME FOLK RICHMOND, Va. -- Fifty World War II veterans, identified by orange and black armbands that bear the legend “GI Lutheran Team,” are shown leaving the First English Evangelical church here to start their unique drive of home visitations designed to vitalize church interest and increase attendance. Returning from service, the men were dismayed to find that their old Sunday school classes had disbanded, and decided “it’s about time somebody rehabilitates the folks back home.” Operating as two-man teams they intend to visit more than 600 families in this city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-RICH-BS-9D-6-W-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., First English Evangelical Lutheran Church (Richmond, Va.)
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Veterans., Veterans--Virginia--Richmond., Home missions--Virginia--Richmond., Missions--Educational work--Virginia--Richmond.
Geographic subjects: Virginia, Richmond., Virginia, Richmond., Virginia, Richmond., Richmond (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Richmond--Richmond
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4567; 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-4567
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360329

Title: Christian teaching mission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4605 CHRISTIAN TEACHING MISSION KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Dr. Harry C. Munro of the International Council of Religious Education, Chicago (right), explains methods used in conducting a religious census of Kalamazoo County as part of the Christian Teaching Mission sponsored here by the Federal Council of Churches and the International Council. Seated at tables are pastors and “group leaders” of 41 Kalamazoo County churches representing 16 denominations, all of whom participated in the program. Christian Teaching Mission here is one of a series being held throughout the country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-K-MICH-MES-10B-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Ryan, Dan. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Munro, Harry C. (Harry Clyde), 1890-1962., International Council of Religious Education., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Missions--Educational work--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Census takers (Persons)--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Census.
Geographic subjects: Michigan, Kalamazoo., Michigan, Kalamazoo., Michigan, Kalamazoo., Kalamazoo (Mich.), North and Central America--United States--Michigan--Kalamazoo--Kalamazoo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4605 ; 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-4605
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360332

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: Nuns return to China.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #C-4541 NUNS RETURN TO CHINA MILWAUKEE -- Undismayed by the horror of their experiences as prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, three veteran missionaries, sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, check their baggage at the rail depot here before entraining for the West Coast enroute to China. Their smiles indicate an eagerness to return to their charitable labors and to renew past acquaintances in the Orient. Sister Mary Veronica (left), of Sun Prairie Wisc., has spent 12 years in China; Sister Mary Ludmilla, of Chicago, nine years; Sister Mary Charitas, of Sublette, Ill., six years. Following their release from imprisonment the sisters recuperated at their Motherhouse in St. Francis, Wisc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (D-H-MIL-WIS-BS-9D6-0)
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Geographic subjects: China., Wisconsin, Milwaukee., China., Japan., Milwaukee (Wis.), China., North and Central America--United States--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Milwaukee
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4541; 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-4541
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360310

Title: Nuns return to China.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4541; 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-4541_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360213

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