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Title: President gets Bible.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRESIDENT GETS BIBLE. #S-1103 Washington, D.C. -- President Harry S. Truman receives a Bible from Dr. J. Chapman Bradley (right), secretary of the American Bible Society, on the eve of the opening of the World Wide Bible Reading Observance, which will last from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day. The smiling onlooker in center is Dr. Edgar C. Powers of Baltimore, secretary of the Maryland Bible Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-Was-LDF-11235)
Date Created: 1945, November 21, 1945, November 21, 1945
Name Subject(s): Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., American Bible Society., Bradley, J. Chapman., Powers, Edgar C., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Bible., Presentation pieces (Gifts)--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States.
Geographic subjects: 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, image no. S-1103; 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-1103
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356995

Title: Catholic educator becomes first commodore chaplain.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #1002 CATHOLIC EDUCATOR BECOMES FIRST COMMODORE CHAPLAIN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With his left hand on the Bible he used when a student for the priesthood at the Sulpician Seminary here, Capt. Robert J. White, dean of the School of Law, Catholic University of America, takes the oath which henceforth distinguishes him as the first commodore chaplain in the history of the American Navy. The precedent-setting ceremony took place in the office of Rear Admiral William N. Thomas (left), USN, who administered the oath in the presence of a number of Navy officials, Congressmen and high government officials. Former national chaplain of the American Legion and vice-president, 1934-36, of FIDAC, a world organization of World War I veterans, Father White was nominated for the commission by President Truman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-WA-LDF-11-13-5)
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Theological College (Washington, D.C.), Catholic University of America. School of Law--Faculty., White, Robert J. (Robert James), 1893-1984., United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps., Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971., American Legion., Federation of Allied Legions., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Oaths--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
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, image no. 1002; 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_1002
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358790

Title: Chaplaincy leaders confer in Washington.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #847 CHAPLAINCY LEADERS CONFER IN WASHINGTON Four of the leading chaplain figures in the country conferred in Washington on plans to maintain an adequate peacetime Protestant chaplaincy. (Left to Right) Rear Admiral William N. Thomas, Chief of Navy Chaplains; Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of Massachusetts, Chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains; Brig. Gen. Luther D. Miller, Chief of Chaplains of U.S. Army; and Bishop Edwin Lee, director of the General Commission. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-WA-LM-10235)
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971., United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of Massachusetts., Miller, Luther D., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps., Lee, Edwin Ferdinand., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains--Washington (D.C.), Clergy conferences--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), 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. 847; 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_847
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358866

Title: Leader in inter-racial living.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: #882 LEADER IN INTER-RACIAL LIVING Mrs. Harper Sibley, of Rochester, N.Y., president of the United Council of Church Women, who refuses to take part in any meeting of that group if it is held in cities where all facilities are not available to persons of all races and creeds. At the latest conference of the United Council of Church Women, just closed at Washington, D.C., Mrs. Sibley lived at the headquarters offices of the National Council of Negro Women. She is shown at a desk in the building making plans for the day’s sessions, which were held at the First Congregational Church in Washington.
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sibley, Georgiana Harper., United Council of Church Women--Congresses., National Council of Negro Women.
Topical Subject(s): Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 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. 882; 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_882
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358888

Title: United Council of Church Women.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: #883 UNITED COUNCIL OF CHURCH WOMEN United Council of Church Women in Washington.
Creator Name(s): Ferras. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Council of Church Women--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Dinners and dining--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), 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. 883; 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_883
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358889

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