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Title: Campbell Christian Center print shop.
Description: Paul J. Christensen of the Campbell Christian Center with members of the Print Shop Class.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Mahoning., Trumbull Baptist Association., Christensen, Paul J.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Church work with youth--Ohio., Christian youth--Ohio., Baptists--Relations., Print workshops--Ohio.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Ohio., , , Ohio., , , , , , Ohio., , , , , , Ohio., , , , North and Central America--United States--------Ohio------, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. 7855; 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_7855
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148265

Title: National Council of Churches press release.
Description: Press release from National Council of Churches, October 5, 1955.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 5, 1955, October 5, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions., Evangelical and Reformed Church., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Wagner, James E. (James Edgar), 1900-
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation., Home missions--United States--20th century., Christian children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Station wagons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18200; 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-18200_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149769

Title: World Mission Assembly in session.
Description: General view of the World Mission Assembly held by the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Creator Name(s): Trayte.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--Ohio--Columbus., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Meetings--Ohio--Columbus.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Columbus., Ohio, Columbus., Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Ohio--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7775; 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-7775
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146237

Title: Protestant hospital dedicated.
Description: Further information regarding a new Protestant hospital in Quito, Ecuador. Written by Dan L. Thrapp of the Los Angeles Times.
Creator Name(s): Thrapp, Dan L. (author)
Date Created: 1955, November 1955, November 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rimmer, Harry, 1890-1952.
Topical Subject(s): Rural hospitals--Ecuador--Quito., Hospital buildings--Ecuador--Quito., Missions, Medical--Ecuador--Quito.
Geographic subjects: Ecuador, Quito., Ecuador, Quito., Ecuador, Quito., Quito (Ecuador), South America--Ecuador--Pichincha--Quito
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18329; 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-18329_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150726

Title: Religious News Service correspondence.
Description: Letter written by Brother Aquinas, O.S.F., to Robert Isear of the Religious News Service, October 27, 1948. Concerns photographs of the new African American religious congregation, the Franciscan Missionary Servants of Christ the King in Smithtown, New York.
Date Created: 1948, October 27, 1948, October 27, 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Isear, Robert.
Topical Subject(s): African American Christians--New York (State)--Smithtown., African American clergy--New York (State)--Smithtown., Church work with African Americans--New York (State)--Smithtown., African Americans--Missions--New York (State)--Smithtown.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), Smithtown., New York (State), Smithtown., New York (State), Smithtown., New York (State), Smithtown., Smithtown (N.Y. : Town), North and Central America--United States--Suffolk--New York--Smithtown
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. C-7851; 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-7851_04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149151

Title: Ready to serve migrant workers.
Description: Mrs. Ruth Stafford Peale (left) joins four field workers of the Home Missions Council.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Home Missions Council of North America., Peale, Ruth Stafford, 1906-2008.
Topical Subject(s): Home missions--United States--20th century., Home missions--Equipment and supplies--United States--20th century., Home missions--Equipment and supplies--United States--20th century., Church work with migrant labor--United States--20th century., Station wagons--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., United States, 20th century., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7816; 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-7816
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147058

Title: Officers of Mission to Lepers.
Description: Newly-elected officers of the American Mission to Lepers, Inc. at the 41st Annual Convention.
Creator Name(s): Newman. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, October 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., American Mission to Lepers., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., Albig, W. Epsy., Faun, Sheridan.
Topical Subject(s): Missions to leprosy patients., Church work with leprosy patients., Church work with leprosy patients., Meetings--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Cook--Illinois--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7822; 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-7822
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147010

Title: "Rubble" Church rises in Germany.
Description: Pictured is a "Notkirche" (church built from rubble) at Mannheim-Waldhof, American zone of Germany, at the time of cornerstone-laying ceremonies.
Creator Name(s): Thorrelson. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): World Council of Churches., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Germany., Cornerstone laying--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany., Germany., Germany., Germany., Germany., Germany., Germany, Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone), Europe--Germany
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7795; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7795
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147289

Title: Presentation of Mother Joseph statue slated at Capitol.
Description: Sculptor Felix de Weldon puts the finishing touches on his statue of Mother Joseph, a Sister of Providence. The statue will be placed in Statuary Hall Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 1, 1980 at 4 p.m. Mr. de Weldon is best known for his U.S. Marine Corps memorial: "The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima."
Date Created: 1980, April 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Charity of Providence., De Weldon, Felix, 1907-2003.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Northwest, Pacific., Bronze sculpture--20th century., Bronze sculpture, American., Sculptors--United States.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , Northwest, Pacific., , , , , 20th century., , , , United States., , , , , , , , , Washington (D.C.), Northwest, Pacific., , , North and Central America--United States--------District of Columbia--Washington----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. C-53553; 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-53553
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148277

Title: Letter from Steve Dunwell to David Sommer about three photographs from Honduras.
Description: Information in the letter provided by photographer, Steve Dunwell, to help caption the photographs. The three photographs are C-42259, PC-42325, and PC-42326.
Creator Name(s): Dunwell, Steve. (author), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Sommer, David. (addressee)
Date Created: 1971, October 17, 1971, October 17, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Alfalit de Honduras., World Association for Christian Communication., Agency for Christian Literature Development., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries., Gross, Stephen., Chain, Beverly., Sénat, Samuel.
Topical Subject(s): Reading (Adult education)--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Literacy--Religious aspects--Christianity., Literacy programs--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Rural missions--Honduras., Rural clergy--Honduras.
Geographic subjects: Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras., Honduras., Honduras., Haiti., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--Honduras, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42259; 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-42259_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149748

Title: Letter from Steve Dunwell to David Sommer about three photographs from Honduras.
Description: Information in the letter provided by photographer, Steve Dunwell, to help caption the photographs. The three photographs are C-42259, PC-42325, and PC-42326.
Creator Name(s): Dunwell, Steve. (author), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Sommer, David. (addressee)
Date Created: 1971, October 17, 1971, October 17, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Alfalit de Honduras., World Association for Christian Communication., Agency for Christian Literature Development., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries., Gross, Stephen., Chain, Beverly., Sénat, Samuel.
Topical Subject(s): Reading (Adult education)--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Literacy--Religious aspects--Christianity., Literacy programs--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Rural missions--Honduras., Rural clergy--Honduras.
Geographic subjects: Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras., Honduras., Honduras., Haiti., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--Honduras, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42325; 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-42325_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149761

Title: Plantation priest.
Description: Father Stephen Gross, S.J., baptizes a baby inside a church made of sticks and thatch in a small village which used to be a camp for workers at the United Fruit banana plantation near El Progresso, Honduras.
Creator Name(s): Dunwell, Steve. (photographer), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gross, Stephen.
Topical Subject(s): Rural missions--Honduras., Rural clergy--Honduras.
Geographic subjects: Honduras., Honduras., Honduras., North and Central America--Honduras
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42259; 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-42259
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150037

Title: Students Raise Church for Mission Congregation.
Description: Fifteen young summer missionaries constructed a permanent house of worship for a Southern Baptist mission congregation in the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. Original "church house".
Creator Name(s): Smith, Paul R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Baptist Convention.
Topical Subject(s): College students in missionary work., Home missions--Tennessee--Spencer., Home missions--Tennessee--Spencer., Baptist church buildings--Tennessee--Spencer.
Geographic subjects: Tennessee, Spencer., Tennessee, Spencer., Tennessee, Spencer., Spencer (Tenn.), North and Central America--United States--Van Buren--Tennessee--Spencer
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32922; 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-32922-03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147101

Title: Protestant hospital dedicated.
Description: Crowd going in to hospital to view it after the dedication ceremonies.
Creator Name(s): Thrapp, Dan L. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955, November 2, 1955, November 2, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rimmer, Harry, 1890-1952.
Topical Subject(s): Rural hospitals--Ecuador--Quito., Hospital buildings--Ecuador--Quito., Missions, Medical--Ecuador--Quito.
Geographic subjects: Ecuador, Quito., Ecuador, Quito., Ecuador, Quito., Quito (Ecuador), South America--Ecuador--Pichincha--Quito
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18329; 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-18329
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151437

Title: Interviewing Korea's Christian Leader.
Description: Dr. Syngman Rhee being interviewed by Dr. Sherwood Eddy and Mrs. Eddy.
Creator Name(s): Fitch. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Young Women's Christian Association., YMCA of the USA., Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965., Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-1963., Gates, Louise.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--Korea--Seoul., Interviews--Korea--Seoul., Interviews--Korea--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea--Seoul., Women missionaries--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects: Korea, Seoul., Korea, Seoul., Korea, Seoul., Korea, Seoul., Korea, Seoul., Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7791; 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-7791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147116

Title: Noted church couple greet refugee family.
Description: The Krieg family, refugees from East Germany, is greeted by the Sibley family in New York.
Creator Name(s): Abbott, John. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Sibley, Georgiana., Krieg, Paul F., Krieg, Paul F., Mrs., Krieg, Dieter., Krieg, Brigitte., Krieg, Hilke., Krieg, Ingo., Krieg, Friederike.
Topical Subject(s): Refugee families--Germany., Refugees--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: Germany., Germany., New York (N.Y.), Germany, 20th century., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18357; 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-18357
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151558

Title: American Mission to Lepers press release.
Description: American Mission to Lepers press release, ca. 1948. Announces Dr. Daniel Poling's presentation of the Christian Endeavor banner and charter to a newly organized American Mission to Lepers chapter in Miraj, India.
Creator Name(s): Currier, Raymond P. (Raymond Pillsbury)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Poling, Daniel A. (DanielAlfred), 1884-1968., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., World's Christian Endeavor Union., American Mission to Lepers.
Topical Subject(s): Missions to leprosy patients--India--Miraj., Missions--India--Miraj., Church work with leprosy patients--India--Miraj.
Geographic subjects: India, Miraj., India, Miraj., India, Miraj., New York (N.Y.), Miraj (India), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Asia--India--Mahārāshtra--Miraj
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7748; 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-7748_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146273

Title: Mau Mau mobile unit dedicated.
Description: Mrs. Stuart Sinclair and Hazel Anderson with the station wagon to be used for Christian ministry in Kenya.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., Sinclair, Stuart, Mrs., Mau Mau., Anderson, Hazel.
Topical Subject(s): Kikuyu (African people)--Missions., Christian women--Ohio--Cleveland., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Station wagons--Ohio--Cleveland., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), Kenya., North and Central America--United States--Cuyahoga--Ohio--Cleveland, Africa--Kenya
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18354; 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-18354
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151609

Title: World relief leader honored.
Description: National Council of Churches press release regarding Harper Sibely of the Church World Service receiving a portrait bust of himself.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 27, 1955, October 27, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959--Statues., Reznak, Joseph T., Elliott, Roland., Wilson, R. Norris.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Busts.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18297; 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-18297_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150771

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: Mau Mau mobile unit dedicated.
Description: Further information regarding a photograph of Mrs. Stuart Sinclair and Hazel Anderson with the station wagon to be used for Christian ministry in Kenya.
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., Sinclair, Stuart, Mrs., Mau Mau., Anderson, Hazel.
Topical Subject(s): Kikuyu (African people)--Missions., Christian women--Ohio--Cleveland., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Station wagons--Ohio--Cleveland., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), Kenya., North and Central America--United States--Cuyahoga--Ohio--Cleveland, Africa--Kenya
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18354; 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-18354_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150760

Title: Working towards literacy.
Description: As her son plays beside her, a woman practices spelling and handwriting in her home near San Pedro Sula, Honduras. She is one of the women in her barrio who is enrolled in the Alfalit program.
Creator Name(s): Dunwell, Steve. (photographer), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Alfalit de Honduras., World Association for Christian Communication., Agency for Christian Literature Development., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Overseas Ministries.
Topical Subject(s): Reading (Adult education)--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Literacy--Religious aspects--Christianity., Literacy programs--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Rural missions--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Mothers and sons--Honduras--San Pedro Sula.
Geographic subjects: Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras, San Pedro Sula., Honduras, San Pedro Sula., San Pedro Sula (Honduras), North and Central America--Honduras--Cortés--San Pedro Sula
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42326; 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-42326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149917

Title: Church-sponsored Honduras project.
Description: Major Ruben Villanueva of the Honduran Army is acting as a government liaison officer for some 250 volunteers in a church-sponsored mass vaccination project in Honduras.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Villanueva, Ruben.
Topical Subject(s): Missions, Medical--Honduras., Vaccination--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Honduras., Houston (Tex.), Honduras., North and Central America--United States--Harris--Texas--Houston, North and Central America--Honduras
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. P-32770; 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-32770a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151527

Title: Ambulance -- African style.
Description: A litter strapped to two bicycles served as an ambulance for this Africa emergency patient being examined by Sister Marian Jan, a physician at Tanzania's Kowak Hospital, operated by the Maryknoll nuns.
Creator Name(s): Maryknoll Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, May 29, 1965, May 29, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jan, Marian, Sister., Kowak Hospital (Tanzania)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Tanzania., Women physicians--Tanzania., Missions, Medical--Tanzania.
Geographic subjects: Tanzania., Tanzania., Tanzania., Tanzania., Africa--Tanzania
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. C-32634; 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-32634
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151672

Title: American nun arrives in Hong Kong.
Description: Dressed in brown Carmelite robe and cloth Chinese shoes, both feet were bandaged. She was carried from her stateroom on back of Father Smith. She weighed less than 100 pounds. She tried to cover her face with handkerchiefs as photographers flashed away.
Creator Name(s): De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Daughters of Charity of Canossa., Carmelite Nuns.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--China., Women missionaries--China., Communism--China., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., Hong Kong., China., Asia--China--Hong Kong
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18182; 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-18182
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149859

Title: Indian Cardinal at nun departure ceremony.
Description: Cardinal Gracias presides over missionary departure ceremony for 12 Medical Mission Sisters in Philadelphia.
Creator Name(s): Medical Mission Sisters. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 16, 1955, October 16, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters., Catholic Church--Missions., Gracias, Valerian, 1900-1978.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Nuns as nurses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Missions, Medical--Southeast Asia., Missions, Medical--Africa., Missions, Medical--South America., Rites and ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Cardinals--India--Bombay., Women missionaries
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Southeast Asia., Africa., South America., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., India, Bombay., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18250; 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-18250
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150114

Title: C.E. banner for leprosy colony in India.
Description: Banner Presentation. Dr. Daniel A. Poling; (Left) Editor of the Christian Herald, President of W.C.E.V. Dr. Eugene R. Kellersberger; General Secretary, American Mission to Lepers.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Poling, Daniel A. (DanielAlfred), 1884-1968., Kellersberger, E. R. (Eugene Roland), 1888-1966., World's Christian Endeavor Union., American Mission to Lepers.
Topical Subject(s): Missions to leprosy patients--India--Miraj., Missions--India--Miraj., Church work with leprosy patients--India--Miraj.
Geographic subjects: India, Miraj., India, Miraj., India, Miraj., New York (N.Y.), Miraj (India), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Asia--India--Mahārāshtra--Miraj
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7748; 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-7748
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146222

Title: A helping hand for little ones oversea.
Description: American youth participating in Sixth Annual White Gift Service sponsored by the World Council of Churches.
Creator Name(s): Tracy. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Baltimore, Md.)
Topical Subject(s): Children--Maryland--Baltimore., Church work with children--Maryland--Baltimore., Missions--Europe., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Baltimore., Maryland, Baltimore., Europe., Asia., Baltimore (Md.), North and Central America--United States--Baltimore Independent City--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. P-7922; 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-7922
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148673

Title: Students Raise Church for Mission Congregation.
Description: Fifteen young summer missionaries constructed a permanent house of worship for a Southern Baptist mission congregation in the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. Students' tents.
Creator Name(s): Smith, Paul R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Baptist Convention.
Topical Subject(s): College students in missionary work., Home missions--Tennessee--Spencer., Home missions--Tennessee--Spencer.
Geographic subjects: Tennessee, Spencer., Tennessee, Spencer., Spencer (Tenn.), North and Central America--United States--Van Buren--Tennessee--Spencer
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32922; 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-32922-02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147098

Title: General Kitching in Africa, press release.
Description: Press release addressed to the Religious News Service from Rev. W. H. Fuller, the West African Protestant Correspondent for the African Challenge. Pertains to General Wilfred Kitching's visit to Lagos, Nigeria.
Creator Name(s): Fuller, W. H. (author), The African Challenge (Lagos, Nigeria) (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, November 3, 1955, November 3, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army--Missions., Kitching, Wilfred, 1893-1977., Adele, Adeniji.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Kings and rulers.
Geographic subjects: Lagos (Nigeria), Lagos (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Lagos--Lagos
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. PSA-18332; 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_PSA-18332_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150723

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