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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: 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: 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: 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

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