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Title: Dean Lewis at White House breakfast and briefing on energy issues.
Date Created: 1979, circa 1979-1980, circa 1979-1980
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Advisory Council on Church and Society--Archives., Lewis, Dean, 1926-2021., United States. White House Office.
Topical Subject(s): Political activists--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Church and the world.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 540, Box 68, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Advisory Council on Church and Society Records, circa 1916-2002.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-540
Identifier (local): rg540_b68_f4_lewis_1980_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344189

Title: Jerry Cannon installation service, 1989.
Description: Katie Geneva Cannon preaching at her brother Jerry's installation service at Northeastern Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., 1989. Side A.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Date Created: 1989
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Jerry., Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Installation sermons.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): JerryCannon1989a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339450

Title: Jerry Cannon installation service, 1989.
Description: Katie Geneva Cannon preaching at her brother Jerry's installation service at Northeastern Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., 1989. Side B.
Creator Name(s): Cannon, Katie G. (speaker)
Date Created: 1989
Name Subject(s): Cannon, Katie G.--Archives., Cannon, Jerry., Northeastern Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians., African American intellectuals., Presbyterian women--United States., Sermons, American--African American women authors., Installation sermons.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 541, Box 7; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katie Geneva Cannon Papers, circa 1950-2019.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-541
Identifier (local): JerryCannon1989b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:339451

Title: Telegram from William A. Morrison to President John F. Kennedy, June 30, 1963.
Description: Telegram from William A. Morrison, General Secretary of the Board of Christian Education, to President John F. Kennedy. Urges the President and the White House to organize a conference on civil rights issues in the country.
Creator Name(s): Morrison, William Angus, 1915- (author), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (addressee)
Date Created: 1963, June 3, 1963, June 3, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_morrison_jfk_1963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345260

Title: Letter from John H. Grosvenor to the Presbytery of Washington City, July 24, 1963.
Description: Letter from John H. Grosvenor, Jr., Moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City. In his letters, he asks all pastors and clerks of session in the Presbytery to address their congregations in support of the upcoming March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator Name(s): Grosvenor, John H. (author)
Date Created: 1963, July 24, 1963, July 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Grosvenor, John H., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washington City., Morrison, William Angus, 1915-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 95, Box 15, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Records, 1935-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-95
Identifier (local): rg95_b15_f6_pby_washington_city_march_1963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345262

Title: Families/groups in Alaska.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: John G. Brady, Gov. of Alaska. Sheldon Jackson, U.S General Agent of Education for Alaska. Wm. A. Kelly, Supt. of Schools for Southern Alaska. Washington, D.C., 1905.
Creator Name(s): C. M. Gilbert Studios (photographer)
Date Created: 1905
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Brady, John Green, 1847-1918., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Washington (D.C.), Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Alaska., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 11, Folder 21, Image No. 202; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
Identifier (local): photographsoffam00unse_0023
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:103000

Title: Impeachment proceedings.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-45845 IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee engage in discussion during the Committee's consideration of second article of impeachment. On the article charging abuse of power, the Com- mittee voted 28-10 to recommend that the House bring impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. Conferring are, left to right, Father Robert F. Drinan of Massachusetts, Jesuit priest who formerly headed Boston College's law school, Rep. George E. Danielson of California and Rep. John F. Seiberlin of Ohio. Along with all other Democrats on the Committee and seven Republican members, they voted to recommend impeachment on the article under consideration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-7E-74-T)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Impeachment., United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary., Drinan, Robert F., Danielson, George E., Seiberlin, John F.
Topical Subject(s): Impeachments--Washington (D.C.), Legislators--United States, Legislative bodies--Committees--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: 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, RT 1054, Box 13, image no. PC-45845; 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-45845
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344114

Title: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. Hist. Foundation
Date Created: 1900, 20th century
Name Subject(s): Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Washington (D.C.).
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.)., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 425, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.) Congregational Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=MTZjMjUzYzMtYTRlNy00Zjc3LWE1ZDMtNTc0NWJjMDRmNWM0&rID=ODY5OQ==&
Identifier (local): ds7410
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345462

Title: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. 1993
Date Created: 1993
Name Subject(s): Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Washington (D.C.).
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.)., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 425, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.) Congregational Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=MTZjMjUzYzMtYTRlNy00Zjc3LWE1ZDMtNTc0NWJjMDRmNWM0&rID=ODY5OQ==&
Identifier (local): ds7411
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345463

Title: Fifteenth St. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C.
Date Created: 1991
Name Subject(s): Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Washington (D.C.).
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.)., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 425, Series I; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.) Congregational Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=MTZjMjUzYzMtYTRlNy00Zjc3LWE1ZDMtNTc0NWJjMDRmNWM0&rID=ODY5OQ==&
Identifier (local): ds7412
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345464

Title: Become a Presbyterian Advocate of the General Assembly's public policy recommendations to Reverse the Arms Race.
Description: Brochure/leaflet created by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and the Washington Office.
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. (creator)
Date Created: 1983, circa 1983
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Topical Subject(s): Nuclear disarmament., Arms race.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RG 542, Box 1, Folder 18; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program Records, circa 1948-2014.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-542
Identifier (local): rg542_b1_f18_arms_race_1986
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348020

Title: LBJ chats with Baptists.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976 (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Southern Baptist Convention., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Presidents--United States., Civil rights--United States., Civil rights movements--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Southern States., White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. 30799; 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_30799
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348419

Title: Lincoln Memorial.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Mall & Memorial Parks (Agency : U.S.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Monuments.
Topical Subject(s): Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Memorials--Washington (D.C.), National parks and reserves--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. 30939; 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_30939
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348420

Title: ACP delegates get State Department briefing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30858 ACP DELEGATES GET STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Church editors attending the annual meeting of the Associated Church Press in Washington visit the State Department for a briefing by Walt Rostow, counselor and chairman of the department’s Policy Planning Council. Theme of the ACP meeting was “Waging the Peace.” Delegates represented 173 Protestant, Orthodox and nondenominational periodicals in the U.S. and Canada affiliated with the professional press association. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WASH-4C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003., Associated Church Press., Harry S. Truman Federal Building (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Editors--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Religion and state--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: 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 103, image no. P-30858; 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-30858
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348425

Title: Churchmen briefed before visiting Senators.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30956 CHURCHMEN BRIEFED BEFORE VISITING SENATORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protestant clergy and laymen who took part in a mass interreligious convocation in support of civil rights at Washington, D.C., receive suggestions for “follow-up” meetings with their Senators. Conducting the briefing session is Dr. Robert Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. At extreme right is J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-5A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30956; 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-30956
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348427

Title: Prayers for passage of civil rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30957 PRAYERS FOR PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Daily worship services to underscore religious demands that pending civil rights legislation be speedily passed were launched in the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill immediately after an interreligious convocation which brought more than 6,000 Protestants, Catholics and Jews to the nation’s capital [capitol]. Initial speakers at the services -- which were to continue until the civil rights bill is passed -- were (left) J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., immediate past president of the National Council of Churches, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate executive director of the National Council’s Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-51-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Ken. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Church of the Reformation (Washington, D.C.), Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lee, James Oscar.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Prayer--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 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, Box 103, image no. P-30957; 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-30957
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348428

Title: Churchmen discuss proposed prayer amendment.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31030 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS PROPOSED PRAYER AMENDMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the House Judiciary Committee called on numerous leading American churchmen to express their views on proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution to allow voluntary prayer and Bible-reading in the public schools. Among witnesses were Dr. Daniel Poling, left, editor of Christian Herald magazine, who said he favors such an amendment, and Dr. Martin E. Marty, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor and associate professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School, who opposed the proposals. They discuss the subject here with Prof. Paul Freund of Harvard University, who also opposed the amendment. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 15, 1964, May 15, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Poling, Daniel A. (Daniel Alfred), 1884-1968., Marty, Martin E., 1928-, University of Chicago. Divinity School--Faculty., Christian Herald (Firm), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Clergy., Freund, Paul A. (Paul Abraham), 1908-1992., Harvard Law School--Faculty., United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.
Topical Subject(s): Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--United States., Freedom of religion--United States., Editors--Washington (D.C.), College teachers--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, Box 103, image no. P-31030; 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-31030
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348431

Title: President urges religious civil rights support.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30963 PRESIDENT URGES RELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- America’s religious community was challenged by President Johnson to “reawaken the conscience” of the nation and make the civil rights bill -- which he predicted would pass -- an effective force in the struggle for equal justice. A total of 177 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen heard the President in the East Room of the White House on the day following a mass interreligious convocation at Georgetown University to demand passage of the civil rights bill. Seated under painting to the President’s right, from right to left, are top Protestant, Catholic and Jewish spokesmen: Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America; Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and a vice chairman of the National Council of Churches’ race commission; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, NCC race commission chairman and chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, and Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348439

Title: Long petition for school prayer.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30944 LONG PETITION FOR SCHOOL PRAYER WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 200-foot petition containing 16,000 signatures in support of the move to amend the U.S. Constitution and return prayer and Bible reading to public schools is unrolled on the Capitol steps by Rep. Louis C. Wyman (R.-N.H.), a sponsor of one of the many “prayer amendment” resolutions before the House Judiciary Committee. G. W. Schafrer, chairman of the Cincinnati, O., “Committee to Protect the Right of Prayer,” which obtained the signatures, looks on as a group of touring high school students holds the elongated petition. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-4E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., The Committee to Protect the Right to Prayer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Schafrer, G.W., Wyman, Louis C. (Louis Crosby), 1917-, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.), Petitions--Ohio--Cincinnati., Freedom of religion--United States., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Ohio, Cincinnati., United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30944; 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-30944
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348434

Title: Predicts civil rights passage.
Description: Alternate caption by Wide World Photos.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 29, 1964, April 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30963; 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-30963_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348662

Title: Lead interreligious rally.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, April 28, 1964, April 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Synagogue Council of America., O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Shehan, Lawrence, 1898-1984., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Interreligious cooperation--Washington (D.C.)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30951; 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-30951_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348493

Title: Students conduct vigil at memorial.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, April 28, 1964, April 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lewis, H. Richard., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Students., Geckeler, Steve., Ekhaml, Bob., Paulist Fathers Seminary (Washington, D.C.)--Students., Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.), Bain, Evelyn., Jewish Theological Seminary of America--Students., Lewis, Sheldon, 1941-
Topical Subject(s): Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Prayer--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30952; 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-30952_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348684

Title: Leaders at interreligious civil rights rally.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30951 LEADERS AT INTERRELIGIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY WASHINGTON, D. C. -- These were the leaders of the Interreligious Convocation on Civil Rights attended by some 5,000 clergy and lay people at Georgetown University in Washington, held in support of the civil rights bill in Congress. Sponsors of the convocation were the National Council of Churches, National Catholic Welfare Conference and Synagogue Council of America. Left to right are: Catholic Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, who presided; Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chairman of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race and chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.; Catholic Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore; and Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, vice-chairman of the NCC commission. The overflow crowd jammed both the Catholic university’s gymnasium and nearby auditorium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 28, 1964, April 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Synagogue Council of America., O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Shehan, Lawrence, 1898-1984., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Interreligious cooperation--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: 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, Box 103, image no. PC-30951; 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-30951
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348435

Title: Civil rights prayer vigil.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30952 CIVIL RIGHTS PRAYER VIGIL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish theology students stand at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where, they said, they planned to continue a silent prayer vigil for civil rights until the pending legislation is made law. From left to right are Steve Geckeler of Union Theological Seminary, New York; Bob Ekhaml of Paulist Fathers Seminary in Washington, H. Richard Lewis of the Jewish Institute of Religion, New York; Evelyn Bain of New York’s Union Seminary, and Sheldon Lewis of Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-4E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 28, 1964, April 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lewis, H. Richard., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Students., Geckeler, Steve., Ekhaml, Bob., Paulist Fathers Seminary (Washington, D.C.)--Students., Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.), Bain, Evelyn., Jewish Theological Seminary of America--Students., Lewis, Sheldon, 1941-
Topical Subject(s): Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Prayer--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: 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, Box 103, image no. PC-30952; 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-30952
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348436

Title: "Miles of petitions" asking school prayers being received by congressmen.
Description: Narrative description by the photographer, Seth H. Muse. Describes another unidentified photograph.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., The Committee to Protect the Right to Prayer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Schafrer, G.W., Wyman, Louis C. (Louis Crosby), 1917-, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.), Petitions--Ohio--Cincinnati., Freedom of religion--United States., Legislators--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30944; 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-30944_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348519

Title: Civil rights marchers.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, May 18, 1964, May 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-31035; 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-31035_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348513

Title: Protestant civil rights march to Capitol.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31035 PROTESTANT CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH TO CAPITOL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some 270 Protestant ministers and laymen from 41 states and the District of Columbia marched to the U.S. Capitol and petitioned the Senate for swift passage of a strong civil rights bill. The procession formed at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, where services urging an end to racial injustice were being held daily, and stopped briefly at the U.S. Supreme Court building for prayers commemorating the 10th anniversary of the decision against public school segregation. The procession, which was followed by visits to Senators, was organized by the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-DC-5D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 18, 1964, May 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-31035; 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-31035
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348432

Title: Witnesses at hearing on prayers.
Description: Alternate caption.
Date Created: 1964, May 6, 1964, May 6, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Robertson, David A., Creighton, William Forman., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Neuman, Albert., United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--United States., School administrators--Pennsylvania--New Cumberland., School administrators--New Jersey--Hawthorne.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30994; 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-30994_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348623

Title: 2 bishops support pupil prayer ban.
Description: Clipping from the May 7, 1964 issue of the New York Times.
Creator Name(s): New York times. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 7, 1964, May 7, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Robertson, David A., Creighton, William Forman., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Neuman, Albert., United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--United States., School administrators--Pennsylvania--New Cumberland., School administrators--New Jersey--Hawthorne.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30994; 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-30994_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348535

Title: Prayer hearing witnesses wait to testify.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30994 PRAYER HEARING WITNESSES WAIT TO TESTIFY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- School officials from two communities that initially defied the U.S. Supreme Court ban against classroom devotional practices flank Protestant Episcopal Bishop William F. Creighton of Washington, D.C., who supported the Court’s action. All were waiting to testify at House Judiciary Committee hearings on some 147 proposals for a Constitutional amendment to return prayer and Bible reading to public schools. At left is David A. Robertson, supervising principal of New Cumberland, Pa., schools, where devotional practices were continued until the school district was threatened with an injunction. Albert Neuman, at right, is commissioner of the board of education at Hawthorne, N.J., where the State Superior Court ordered an end to classroom devotions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-5B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, May 6, 1964, May 6, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Robertson, David A., Creighton, William Forman., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Neuman, Albert., United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--United States., School administrators--Pennsylvania--New Cumberland., School administrators--New Jersey--Hawthorne.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), United States., Pennsylvania, New Cumberland., New Jersey, Hawthorne., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30994; 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-30994
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348430

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