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Title: JFK and religious leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30273 JFK AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS The late John Fitzgerald Kennedy won the respect and friendship of many of the nation’s and world’s religious leaders. Above, at the White House, he is shown as he received Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in November, 1962. Below, he addresses leaders of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. who advised him of the denomination’s plans to build a multi-million dollar National Presbyterian church in the nation’s capital [sic]. Shown from left are: President Kennedy; Major Gen. (Retired) Reginald C. Harmon, USAF; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk of the Church’s General Assembly; Dr. Edward L.R. Elson, pastor of the National Presbyterian church; the Rev. Stewart C. McKenzie, pastor of the Western Presbyterian church, Washington, D.C.; and Henry R. Luce, New York publisher and prominent Presbyterian layman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1962, 1962-1963, 1962-1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Harmon, Reginald Carl, 1900-1992., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993., McKenzie, Stuart C., Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30273; 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-30273
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352922

Title: Alabama clergymen confer with president.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29929 ALABAMA CLERGYMEN CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Alabama clergymen who conferred with President Kennedy on the racial strife in Birmingham are shown as they arrived at the White House. Left to right, they are: Father Joseph C. Allen of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese; The Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor of First Baptist church, Birmingham; Rabbi Milton L. Grafman of Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham; Bishop Coadjutor George M. Murray of the Alabama Protestant Episcopal diocese; Methodist Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, whose jurisdiction includes the North Alabama Conference; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Durick of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-Wn-9D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, September 23, 1963, September 23, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Allen, Joseph C., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stallings, Earl., Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995., Murray, George M., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Durick, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1914-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Alabama., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Alabama., Washington (D.C.), Alabama, North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29929; 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-29929
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358132

Title: Soviet ambassador inspects a Bible.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-32128 SOVIET AMBASSADOR INSPECTS A BIBLE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatolly F. Dobrynin (left) is caught on camera examining a Bible being shown by Msgr. Luigi G. Ligutti, Vatican observer to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA). The occasion was a luncheon for the foreign diplomatic corps in Washington held by the International Christian Leadership in connection with its annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WASH-2B-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, circa February 4, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Dobrynin, Anatoliĭ Fedorovich, 1919-2010., Ligutti, Luigi G., Catholic Church--Clergy., Institute for Christian Leadership.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ambassadors--Soviet Union., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Washington (D.C.), Bible.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Soviet Union., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-32128; 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-32128
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355862

Title: Father Abbott heads LaFarge Institute.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31048 FATHER ABBOTT HEADS LAFARGE INSTITUTE For Release: Wed., May 27, or later NEW YORK -- Father Walter M. Abbott, S. J., associate editor of America, is director of the new John LaFarge Institute being launched in New York by the national Catholic weekly. The institute will promote the cooperation and fellowship “of all men of goodwill” in seeking to cope with inter-group and other community problems. Bottom photo shows Father LaFarge for whom the institute is named. The Jesuit priest, who died last November, is shown with African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father Abbott, prominent in the ecumenical movement, advocates a common Bible for all English-speaking Christians. Father LaFarge was a leader in the Catholic interracial and interreligious movements, as well as an editor of America. The institute’s board of advisers will include Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergymen and laymen. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BM-DC-5D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), United States., New York (State), New York., Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. C-31048; 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-31048a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348421

Title: Religious leaders greet woman in famed 'bus' case.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29797 RELIGIOUS LEADERS GREET WOMAN IN FAMED ‘BUS’ CASE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Three religious leaders participating in the March on Washington, greet a Negro woman whose arrest made headlines in 1955. Mrs. Rosa Parks is shown with, left to right, Father John F. Cronin of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; and Rabbi Joachin Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. In 1955, Mrs. Parks was arrested when she refused to obey a bus driver’s order to give her seat to a white person. Her case was one of several that aroused the nation, helped weld Negroes and white in campaigns that culminated in the March on Washington. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-8E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., American Jewish Congress., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Department., Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956., Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Rabbis--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29797; 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-29797
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7253

Title: Lincoln watches over March on Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29805 LINCOLN WATCHES OVER MARCH ON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The spirit of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, was felt throughout the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than 200,000 demonstrated for civil rights in the nation’s capital, marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where a program highlighting demands for human equality was held. Beneath the famed statue of Lincoln here are, at left, the Rev. John W. Williams, a leader of the National Baptist Convention of America, and Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord of Washington, D.C. Both are vice presidents-at-large of the National Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues., Williams, John W., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29805; 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-29805
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358095

Title: Father LaFarge takes part in Washington march.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29801 FATHER LAFARGE TAKES PART IN WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s top Catholic proponent of equal rights for all citizens, Father John LaFarge, S.J., of New York, was among the many prominent religious personages taking part in the momentous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Father LaFarge, a founder of the Catholic Interracial Council movement and an associate editor of the national Catholic weekly magazine, America, chats before the Lincoln Memorial with a leading Negro churchman, African Methodist Episcopal Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 28, 1963, August 28, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., LaFarge, John, 1880-1963., Catholic Interracial Council (New York, N.Y.), African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Editors--Washington (D.C.), Periodical editors--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29801; 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-29801
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358121

Title: Interreligious student parley on race.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30236 INTERRELIGIOUS STUDENT PARLEY ON RACE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A workshop session at the first Student Leadership Conference on Religion and Race in Washington, D.C. Here, the Rev. Robert Webb, Protestant Episcopal chaplain at the University of Oklahoma, outlines suggested programs to Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish delegates from some 85 colleges. Delegates include, front row, left to right: Michael Moloney of the University of Miami, Ohio, a Presbyterian; Miss Mary Ann Holthaus of Queens College, New York, a Catholic; Michael Glasser of Dennison College, Granville, Ohio, Jewish; Miss Diane Pittman of Howard University, Washington, an Episcopalian; Robert Hubert, a member of the Disciples of Christ who represented the United Christian Missionary Society, Indianapolis; and Margaret Thomas of Michigan State University, a Presbyterian. Second row, left to right: Walton Senterfitt of Yale University, a Southern Baptist; Howard Hill of Philander Smith College, Little Rock, a Methodist; and Daniel Newlon of the University of Delaware, a Lutheran. The conference was co-sponsored by the National Student Christian Federation, the National Newman Club Foundation, the National Federation of Catholic College Students, and the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WN-11D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, November 1963, November 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Webb, Robert., University of Oklahoma--Chaplains., Moloney, Michael., Holthaus, Mary Ann., Glasser, Michael., Pittman, Diane., Hubert, Robert., Thomas, Margaret., Senterfitt, Walton., Hill, Howard., Newlon, Daniel., National Student Christian Federation., National Federation of Catholic College Students (U.S.), B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), College students--Washington (D.C.), Women college students--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American college students--Washington (D.C.), Church work with college students--Washington (D.C.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30236; 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-30236
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352961

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