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Title: President receives first Luther stamp.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRESIDENT RECEIVES FIRST LUTHER STAMP #1793 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The first issue of a poster stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther is presented to President Truman in a ceremony at the White House. Shown with the Chief Executive are (seated, left to right) Dr. William F. Bruening, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church here; Lt. Col. Eugene J. Graebner, of St. Louis, Army Air Forces chaplain; (standing, left to right) Sen. Homer Capehart (R), Indiana, and his son, Earl Capehart. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PNI-NY-MES-2C-6-W-L)
Creator Name(s): International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, circa February 18, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--On postage stamps., Bruening, William F., Graebner, Eugene J., United States. Army Air Forces--Chaplains., Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979., Capehart, Earl.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Legislators--United States., Postage stamps., Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., 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, image no. 1793; 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_1793
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358632

Title: Confer with Truman on vet housing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CONFER WITH TRUMAN ON VET HOUSING #S-1798 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious leaders representing eight church organizations confer with President Truman on plans to solve the housing shortage among returning servicemen. Left to right are: the Rev. Paul T. Tanner, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Rabbi Gustave Falk, director of the New York Federation of Reformed Synagogues; Dr. Earl Adams, executive director of the Protestant Council of New York; Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, president of the Synagogue Council of America; President Truman; Dr. Norman V. Peale, pastor of the Marble Collegiate Church, New York; Dr. Robert W. Searle, general secretary of the Greater New York Federation of Churches; Gordon Chamberlain of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches; Bishop W. R. Arnold, representing the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York; and the Rev. Frederick B. Harris, chaplain of the U.S. Senate. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RN-WA-MES-2C-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Tanner, Paul T., Catholic Church--Clergy., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Falk, Gustave., Federation of Reform Synagogues (New York, N.Y.), Protestant Council of the City of New York., Adams, Earl., Goldstein, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1890-1970., Synagogue Council of America., Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993., Greater New York Federation of Churches., Searle, Robert W. (Robert Wyckoff), 1894-1967., Chamberlain, Gordon., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on the Church's Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women., Arnold, William Richard., Catholic Church--Bishops., Harris, Frederick Brown, 1883-1970., United States. Congress. Senate--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States., Veterans--Housing.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1798; 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_1798
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358635

Title: Seeks church support.
Description: 1988 Text transcribed from caption: SEEKS CHURCH SUPPORT President Harry S. Truman (left) standing on speaking platform with Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam (right) of New York, head of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, before addressing a meeting of the group in Columbus, Ohio, March 6. The president appealed directly for support by churchgoers of his legislative program with has bogged down in Congress.
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, March 6, 1946, March 6, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus., Bishops--Ohio--Columbus., Presidents--United States., Christianity and politics--United States.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Columbus., Ohio, Columbus., United States., United States., Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Franklin--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1988; 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_1988
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358695

Title: Truman confers with Baptist missionaries.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN CONFERS WITH BAPTIST MISSIONARIES #1896 WASHINGTON -- President Truman, a Baptist himself, is shown at the White House with some of the 31 Baptist missionaries who called on him during the observance of World Mission Week. Front row (left to right) are: Rev. H. C. Lacerda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian pastor; Mrs. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Louise N. Griffin, South China; Inabelle Coleman, China missionary from Durham, N.C.; Mrs. H. P. McCormick, Nigeria, Brookhaven, Miss.; Democratic Congressman A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield, Louisiana; President Truman; Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Luther J. Holcomb; Martha Franks, China, Richmond, Va.; Dr. E. H. Clayton, China, New York City, and Mrs. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Back row (left to right) are: Rev. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Rev. Howard Haworth, Washington, D.C.; H. Lee Addleman, Palestine, Louisville, Ky.; R. Dean Woodwin, New York City; Dr. Marian Criswell, West China, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China, Wake Forest, N.C.; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Richmond, Va.; Dr. S. F. Dowis, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alfred Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. M. Chandler Stith, Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Brown, Washington, D.C.; Earl Riley, president of Bacone Junior College, Bacone, Okla.; Rev. James Belote, Hawaii, Washington, D.C.; Rev. A. F. Merrill, Assam, Plainfield, N.J.; Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Lewis Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-WASH-MES-3A-46-B)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Missionaries--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Colonies--Religious aspects., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1896; 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_1896
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358672

Title: President Truman at Federal Council meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRESIDENT TRUMAN AT FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING #S-1996 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) is shown with government officials and religious leaders after his speech at the special meeting here of the Federal Council of Churches. From left to right are: the Rev. A. Wayman Ward, Chicago; unidentified person; Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio; President Truman; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the Federal Council; David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America; Mayor James Rhodes of Columbus; Senator James W. Huffman of Ohio, and an unidentified person. Behind Truman is his military aide, Brig. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, while behind Bishop Oxnam is Admiral William D. Leahy, the president’s chief of staff. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GS-COL-MES-3A-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Sohl, G. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, March 6, 1946, March 6, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963., Ward, Alexander Wayman., Lausche, Frank John, 1895-1990., Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971., Radio Corporation of America--Presidents., Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001., Huffman, James W. (James Wylie), 1894-1980., Vaughn, Harry Hawkins., Leahy, William D.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus., Bishops--Ohio--Columbus., Presidents--United States., Christianity and politics--United States., Governors--Ohio., Mayors--Ohio--Columbus., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Columbus., Ohio, Columbus., United States., United States., Ohio., Ohio, Columbus., United States., Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Franklin--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1996; 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-1996
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358734

Title: Truman talks to Washington clergymen.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN TALKS TO WASHINGTON CLERGYMEN #s-3438 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Truman (extreme left) addresses 250 members of the Washington Ministerial Union in the Rose Garden of the White House. The President told the clergymen, “I need your prayers. No one has ever needed them more.” The ministers assured the Chief Executive that is constantly in the minds of the people. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (INP-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Creator Name(s): International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3438; 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-3438
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359582

Title: Truman asks God's aid in welcoming UN.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN ASKS GOD’S AID IN WELCOMING UN #4691 FLUSHING, N.Y. -- Although the United Nations General Assembly convened here without formal prayer, President Truman climaxed his welcoming address to the Assembly by beseeching God’s aid in the quest for everlasting peace. “May Almighty God, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, guide us and sustain us as we seek to bring peace everlasting to the world,” said the Chief Executive. “With His help we shall succeed.” The President is shown here addressing the Assembly. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PNI-NY-BS-10D-6-W)
Creator Name(s): International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, October 23, 1946, October 23, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations. General Assembly--Congresses., United Nations. General Assembly., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Topical Subject(s): International cooperation., Prayer--New York (State)--New York., Presidents--United States., Speeches, addresses, etc.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., United States., Flushing (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4691; 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_4691
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360426

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