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Title: Missouri Synod leaders discuss relief in Geneva.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MISSOURI SYNOD LEADERS DISCUSS RELIEF IN GENEVA #1132 GENEVA -- Missouri synod Lutherans from the United States are pictured in the headquarters of the World Council of Churches at Geneva as they met with interdenominational leaders to discuss material relief needs of Germany. At right is J. W. Behnken, synod president, and in the center is Maj. A. A. Katt, a Missouri synod chaplain who was at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is now with the headquarters command, Frankfurt. At left is Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GE-RR-11-29-5)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., World Council of Churches., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Behnken, John W. (John William), 1884-1968., Katt, A.A., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Clergy., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic subjects: Germany., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1132; 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_1132
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356858

Title: Eugen Gerstenmaier.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Eugen Gerstenmaier, who was imprisoned and tortured by the Gestapo for his part in the July 20 plot against Hitler, is head of the relief organization set up by the new Evangelical Church of Germany. He is pictured during a visit to Geneva in November, 1945. Exclusive
Date Created: 1945, November 1945, November 1945
Name Subject(s): Gerstenmaier, Eugen., Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Assassination attempts., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. Diakonische Werk--Innere Mission und Hilfswerk., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German., Operation Valkyrie, 1944., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany., Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany., Germany., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1138; 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_1138
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356864

Title: Dr. Koechlin.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Koechlin, Alphons.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1844; 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_1844
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358660

Title: Michelfelder addresses Geneva meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MICHELFELDER ADDRESSES GENEVA MEETING 1847 GENEVA -- Dr. Sylvester C. Michelfelder, of Toledo, Ohio, director of the Division of Material Aid of the World Council of Churches (standing) speaks at the quarterly meeting of the Reconstruction Committee of the council here. Michelfelder is between Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, director of the Commission for World Council Service, New York (left) and Eric Duncan of the Student Christian Movement, representing the Church of Scotland. Woman seated nearest camera is Mme. Dora Bourquin, secretary to the Rev. Dr. J. Hutchinson Cockburn of Scotland. Next to her is Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, American secretary of the World Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO RR-GE-MES-2D-6 L-TB-O
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Michelfelder, Sylvester Clarence., Barstow, Robbins Wolcott., Duncan, Eric., Bourquin, Dora., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1847; 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_1847
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358661

Title: Scene of World Council meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SCENE OF WORLD COUNCIL MEETING #1815 GENEVA -- The first post-war meeting of the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches was held at the Council’s new headquarters here (above). Shown leaving the building is Dr. John R. Mott (left), of New York, a vice chairman of the Provisional Committee and president of the World’s Alliance of the YMCA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GE-MES-2D-6)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Provisional Committee., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1815; 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_1815
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358642

Title: Indian leader at missions meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: INDIAN LEADER AT MISSIONS MEETING #1816 GENEVA -- Among the delegates from all parts of the world who attended the recent meeting of the International Missionary Council here was Prof. Paul D. Devanandan of India (above). Prof. Devanandan, a member of the staff of the United Theological College, Bangalore, came here from Birmingham, England, where he is visiting professor in comparative religion for the Paten Memorial Foundation at Selly Oak Colleges. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RB-NY-MES-2D-6)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Devanandan, Paul David., United Theological College (Bangalore, India)--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Missions--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1816; 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_1816
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358643

Title: Niemoeller & Weymarn.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1820; 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_1820
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358644

Title: Germany's Bishop Wurm at World Council conclave.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: GERMANY’S BISHOP WURM AT WORLD COUNCIL CONCLAVE #1906 GENEVA -- Bishop Theophil Wurm, head of the Evangelical Church of Germany is shown at the first post-war meeting of the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches here. Bishop Wurm has been one of the leading figures in the renaissance of the German church since the end of the war and was instrumental in drawing up the Stuttgart declaration last October which affirmed the church’s part in the guilt of his nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GE-MES-2D-6-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Provisional Committee., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Wurm, Theophil, 1868-1953., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Germany., Guilt--Germany.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1906; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1906
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358673

Title: An informal meeting at Geneva.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AN INFORMAL MEETING AT GENEVA #1908 GENEVA -- Delegates to the first post-war meeting of the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches gather outside the council’s headquarters here for an informal chat between discussions. They are (left to right): Bishop Ingve Brilioth of the Swedish Lutheran Church; Dr. J. Hutchinson Cockburn, Scotland, director of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-church Aid, and Dr. H. S. Alivisatos of the Greek Orthodox Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GE-MES-2D-6-A-E-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Provisional Committee., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Brilioth, Yngve, 1891-1959., Svenska kyrkan--Bishops., Cockburn, J. Hutchinson (James Hutchinson), 1882-, Church of Scotland--Clergy., Alivizatos, Amilkas S., 1887-1969.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1908; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1908
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358674

Title: Polish churchmen at reconstruction sessions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: POLISH CHURCHMEN AT RECONSTRUCTION SESSIONS #R-3244 GENEVA -- The plight of the Polish Protestant Church was described by these three churchmen at meetings of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches here. The Rev. Zygmunt Michelis, secretary of the Polish committee and Lutheran pastor from Warsaw (left), told the group that the Church in Poland is in a more serious plight than that of any other European country. Shown with Mr. Michelis are the Rev. Konstanty Najder, a Methodist (center), and the Rev. Leonid Jesakow, also a Methodist. They are respectively chairman and treasurer of the Polish committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4B-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Michelis, Zygmunt., Nadjer, Konstanty., Jesakow, Leonid.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Poland., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Poland.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Poland., Poland., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3244; 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_3244
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359073

Title: Church reconstruction leaders hear Beguin.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION LEADERS HEAR BEGUIN #s-3245 GENEVA -- Olivier Beguin, prominent Swiss Protestant layman who is in charge of distribution of literature for the World Council of Churches, addresses a meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council. The meeting planned future steps in the Council’s relief program. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4B-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Béguin, Olivier.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Europe., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3245; 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_3245
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359074

Title: Swiss, Dutch churchmen confer.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SWISS, DUTCH CHURCHMEN CONFER #3267 GENEVA -- Pastor H.E. Hellstern, secretary of the Swiss church reconstruction committee (left) and Dr. E. Emmen, general secretary of the Netherlands Reformed Church, are shown in an informal conference between meetings of the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hellstern, H.E., Emmen, Egbert, 1902-, Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3267; 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_3267
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359079

Title: British reconstruction leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BRITISH RECONSTRUCTION LEADER #3268 LONDON -- Miss Eleanora Iredale is secretary of the British Committee for Christian Reconstruction in Europe which was set up in 1943 by the British Council of Churches to cope with problems in the post-war period. Miss Iredale’s committee has worked closely with the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Last year the group raised 1,000,000 pounds ($4,000,000) for reconstruction purposes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Iredale, Eleanora., British Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid.
Topical Subject(s): Women in church work--England--London., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Europe.
Geographic subjects: England, London., Switzerland, Geneva., Europe., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3268; 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_3268
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359080

Title: Finnish leader at reconstruction meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: FINNISH LEADER AT RECONSTRUCTION MEETING #3270 GENEVA -- The Rev. Toivo Harjunpaa of Finland takes time out for tea during the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Harjunpaa is secretary of the Finnish reconstruction committee and assistant to Archbishop Aleksi E. Lehtonen, Primate of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Harjunpää, Toivo.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3270; 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_3270
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359081

Title: Norwegian delegate at Geneva meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NORWEGIAN DELEGATE AT GENEVA MEETING #3271 GENEVA -- The Rev. Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen of the Norwegian Lutheran Church is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Svendsen is chairman of the reconstruction committee of the Norwegian church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L-Minn. Times)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Bonnevie-Svendsen, Conrad, 1898-1983.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3271; 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_3271
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359082

Title: YMCA leader in Europe.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YMCA LEADER IN EUROPE #3273 GENEVA -- Paul B. Anderson, senior secretary of the international committee of the YMCA, is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Anderson, who has his headquarters in Paris, served for 17 years with the Y in France before the war. An Episcopalian, he represented the organization on the Allied Repatriation Commission for Prisoners of War after spending 13 months in Paris when the Germans occupied the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-A-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Alliance of YMCAs., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Repatriations.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3273; 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_3273
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359083

Title: World WMCA leaders in session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: WORLD YMCA LEADERS IN SESSION #3196 GENEVA -- Delegates to the first meeting since the war of the executive committee of the World’s Alliance of the YMCA are shown during sessions here. The gathering drew over 100 member from 35 countries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4B-6-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Alliance of YMCAs--Congresses., World Alliance of YMCAs.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3196; 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_3196
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359063

Title: Army chaplains at World Council.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps., World Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Mediterranean Region.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3042; 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-3042_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358954

Title: Army chaplains at World Council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ARMY CHAPLAINS AT WORLD COUNCIL #s-3042 GENEVA, Switzerland -- U.S. Army chaplains from the Mediterranean Theater are shown in conference at the headquarters of the World Council of Churches here. This was the first of a series of two-day meetings to be held under the auspices of the World Council for chaplains in Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-3D-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps., World Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Mediterranean Region.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Mediterranean Region., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3042; 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-3042
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359114

Title: Material aid leaders confer in Geneva.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: MATERIAL AID LEADERS CONFER IN GENEVA #s-3407 GENEVA -- Frank Northam (right), newly appointed business manager of the Material Aid Division of the World Council of Churches, listens to Dr. Sylvester C. Michelfelder, of Toledo, Ohio, (left) during a discussion of the problems facing the division. An accountant by profession, Northam relieves Dr. Michelfelder, who held the post of acting director. Dr. Michelfelder is now chairman of the World Council staff committee directing material aid work. Northam is a British Methodist. Richard Matthey of Switzerland (center) is the new purchasing agent for the division. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-5A-6-W-TO)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Michelfelder, Sylvester Clarence., Northam, Frank., Matthey, Richard.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3407; 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-3407
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359577

Title: Directs material aid division.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: DIRECTS MATERIAL AID DIVISION #s-3422 GENEVA -- Frank Northam (above), British Methodist layman, has been named by the World Council of Churches to the newly-created post of business manager of its Material Aid Division. Dr. Sylvester C. Michelfelder, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly acting director of the Division, has become chairman of a staff committee directing material aid work. Northam, an accountant by profession, was with the British Ministry of Food during the war, later becoming supply assistant to UNRRA in London. His wife is the former Josephine Batchelder, of Los Angeles. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-5A-6-W-M)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Northam, Frank.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3422; 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-3422
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359581

Title: Religious editors at World Council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4824 RELIGIOUS EDITORS AT WORLD COUNCIL GENEVA -- Delegates to the first International Conference of Christian Press Associations are shown in session at World Council headquarters here. Editors came from Denmark, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Hungary, England, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the United States to discuss methods of improving the gathering and transmission of religious news throughout the world. Similar meetings will be held each year. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-BS-11C6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Editors--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Religious newspapers and periodicals--Congresses., Religion and the press.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4824; 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-4824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360566

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