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Title: Pierce Butler Thompkins.
Description: Pierce Butler Thompkins, founder of Saint James Presbyterian Church [From Saint James Presbyterian Church 100th Anniversary publication, p.3].
Date Created: ca. 1920s, 1920
Name Subject(s): Saint James Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.), Thompkins, Pierce Butler--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RG 425, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Saint James Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) Congregation Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=MTZjMjUzYzMtYTRlNy00Zjc3LWE1ZDMtNTc0NWJjMDRmNWM0&rID=NjIyOQ==
Identifier (local): ds1289
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5204

Title: Portrait of Reverend Phineas D. Gurley.
Description: Moderator General Assembly (Saint Louis) 1867. Pastor N.Y. Ave. Church Wash D.C. at the time of his death Sep. 30, 1868. Hamilton, Madison Co. N.Y. This picture is a photograph of a miniature, taken at the age of 21, when a member of the Theological Seminary Choir at Princeton, N.J. (1837.)
Creator Name(s): Siegel-Cooper Company (New York, NY) (photographer)
Date Created: 1837
Name Subject(s): Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--New York--Kings County--New York
Physical Location: RG 329, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Phineas Densmore Gurley Papers, 1837-1867.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-329
Identifier (local): ds5153
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:14697

Title: Dr. William Pierson Merrill.
Description: Dr. William Pierson Merrill, Brick Presbyterian Church, New York NY.
Date Created: n.d.
Name Subject(s): Merrill, William Pierson, 1867-1954--Portraits., Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Clergy--New York (State)--New York--Portraits.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York, New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RG 414, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: William Pierson Merrill (1867-1954) Biographical Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=YzYzYjljY2MtNTRkYi00NDdkLTgxZmQtZGQ1NmRkZjkxMzk2&rID=MjcxNzQ=
Identifier (local): ds6548
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:153460

Title: Woman church interior decorator.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: WOMAN CHURCH INTERIOR DECORATOR S-1451 NEW YORK -- Here is Miss Mildred Irby, New York interior designer, who has done a great deal of work designing churches. She was a prominent figure at the North American Conference on Church Architecture held here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-LM-1-6W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., North American Conference on Church Architecture (New York, N.Y.), Irby, Mildred.
Topical Subject(s): Interior decorators--New York (State)--New York., Women interior decorators--New York (State)--New York., Church architecture--Congresses., Church architecture--20th century.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., 20th century., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1451; 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-1451
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357452

Title: Former Archdeacon of Syria and Lebanon on Trinity Church staff.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: FORMER ARCHDEACON OF SYRIA AND LEBANON ON TRINITY CHURCH STAFF #1660 NEW YORK -- Canon Charles T. Bridgeman, a veteran of 20 years service in the Near East, has joined the staff of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church here. Canon Bridgeman, a native of New York, was Archdeacon of Syria and Lebanon of the Church of England and Honorary Canon of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. He taught at the Theological Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem and was American educational chaplain, representing the Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in the establishment of many church schools throughout Syria and Trans-Jordan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-2A-6-E-A)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Bridgeman, Charles Thorley, 1893-1967., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Episcopal Church--Missions--Middle East.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Middle East.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Middle East., Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1660; 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_1660a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357390

Title: Former Archdeacon of Syria and Lebanon on Trinity Church staff.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: FORMER ARCHDEACON OF SYRIA AND LEBANON ON TRINITY CHURCH STAFF #1660 NEW YORK -- Canon Charles T. Bridgeman, a veteran of 20 years service in the Near East, has joined the staff of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church here. Canon Bridgeman, a native of New York, was Archdeacon of Syria and Lebanon of the Church of England and Honorary Canon of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. He taught at the Theological Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem and was American educational chaplain, representing the Episcopal Church. He was instrumental in the establishment of many church schools throughout Syria and Trans-Jordan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-2A-6-E-A)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Bridgeman, Charles Thorley, 1893-1967., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Episcopal Church--Missions--Middle East.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Middle East.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Middle East., Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1660; 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_1660
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357389

Title: Sue Weddell.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Weddell, Suzanne E. (Suzanne Emma), 1885-1978., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--New York (State)--New York., Women missionaries--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3464; 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_3464
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359432

Title: Dr. Robbin W. Barstow, Secretary for Reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Barstow, Robbins Wolcott., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3484; 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_3484
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359441

Title: Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses., Ethicists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3485; 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_3485
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359442

Title: Dr. John Pearson, Chairman of Servicemen's Council.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Pearson, John.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3486; 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_3486
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359443

Title: Reinhold Niebuhr.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses., Ethicists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3445; 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_3445
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359423

Title: Heads new relief agency.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: HEADS NEW RELIEF AGENCY #s-3560 NEW YORK -- Harper Sibley, treasurer of the Federal Council of Churches, has been named president of Church World Service, newly-formed Protestant relief agency with headquarters here. Church World Service consolidates the work of the Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction, the Church Committee for Relief in Asia, and the Commission for World Council Service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JI-NY-MES-5B-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): International relief., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3560; 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-3560
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359594

Title: Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Secretary of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carpenter, J. Henry (Julius Henry), 1893-1954., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3487; 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_3487
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359444

Title: Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Secretary of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carpenter, J. Henry (Julius Henry), 1893-1954., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 3483; 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_3483
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359440

Title: New president of Synagogue Council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3971 NEW PRESIDENT OF SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL NEW YORK -- Dr. Isaac Landman is the newly-elected president of the Synagogue Council of America. He succeeds Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein. Dr. Landman, director of the Academy for Adult Jewish Education and editor of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, is rabbi of Temple Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, a Reform congregation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JL-NY-MES-6C-6-J)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Landman, Isaac, 1880-1946., Synagogue Council of America., Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Jewish leadership--New York (State)--New York., School administrators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish educators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish religious education--New York (State)--New York., Editors--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Jewish councils--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., 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. 3971; 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_3971
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359741

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