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Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359331

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359330

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Marie-Rose., Mercier, Marie Odilia.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects: Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Regina (Sask.), North and Central America--Canada--Province of Saskatchewan--Regina
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; 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_3336a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359333

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Handwritten captions on reverse of photographs.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; 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_3336_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359282

Title: Leaves for Africa conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: LEAVES FOR AFRICA CONFERENCE #3326 NEW YORK -- Dr. Emory Ross, executive secretary of the Africa Committee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, has left here for a four and one-half month’s trip to Africa. He will visit eight African countries in the interests of mission rehabilitation and education. High spot will be the West Central Africa Regional Conference on Missions at Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, July 13-24. Dr. Ross served as a missionary in Africa from 1912-1933. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ross, who also served the missions in Africa. She will represent the United Council of Church Women. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Creator Name(s): Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Date Created: 1946, April 1946, April 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ross, Emory., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Returned missionaries--Africa., Missions--Africa., Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Africa., Africa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., New York (N.Y.), Congo (Democratic Republic), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3326; 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_3326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359329

Title: 71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Date Created: 1942
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Joseph.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects: Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Saskatchewan, Regina., Regina (Sask.), North and Central America--Canada--Province of Saskatchewan--Regina
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3336; 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_3336
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359332

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 1, 2023.
Description: Interview (part one) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359656

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history part 2, 2023.
Description: Interview (part two) conducted by Sonia Prescott with Edwin Ayres Bethea and Wendell Charles Love on July 3, 2023. Edwin was born in Birmingham, Alabama on May 15, 1931 to Monroe Ayres Bethea and Marzetta Pressley Bethea. Edwin spent his early childhood years with his grandparents and other paternal family members in Millers Ferry, Wilcox County, Alabama. Calvin B. Bethea (born 1863) and Annie McArthur Bethea (born 1868), Edwin’s paternal grandparents, were sharecroppers on the properties of Judge William Henderson in Millers Ferry. Edwin was educated in one of the six mission schools in Wilcox County supported by the Freedman’s Bureau and the United Presbyterian Church of North America. As his parents had been before him, Edwin was a student at the Millers Ferry Normal and Industrial School. In the interviews, Edwin provides a firsthand account of the Black Presbyterian experience in Wilcox County.
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023. (interviewee), Prescott, Sonia. (interviewer), Love, Wendell C. (contributor)
Date Created: 2023, July 3, 2023, July 3, 2023
Name Subject(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023., National Black Presbyterians United.
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Wilcox--Millers Ferry, North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0933; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Black Presbyterian Caucus oral histories, 2023.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3NDk=
Identifier (local): 23-0933_edwin_bethea_part_2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359657

Title: Edwin Bethea oral history, 2023.
Description: Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator Name(s): Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Name Subject(s): North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topical Subject(s): African American Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Atlanta
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 23-0855; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Edwin Bethea oral history--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MjA3MTU%3d
Identifier (local): 23-0855_EdwinBethea
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345295

Title: Clergyman dies in civil rights protest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30847 CLERGYMAN DIES IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The grim grin of shock spreads across the face of a civil rights demonstrator at the sight of a 26-year-old United Presbyterian clergyman’s dead body sprawled across the track of a bulldozer that ran over him at a Cleveland, Ohio, school construction site. The Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a Student Christian Union leader on Cleveland area campuses, was killed as he threw himself onto the ground behind a bulldozer. Three other demonstrators had jumped in front of the bulldozer and it backed up over the minister. The operator of the machine said he didn’t know Mr. Klunder was in his path. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-C-4B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), Tomsic, Tony. (photographer), Cleveland Press. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, April 7, 1964, April 7, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Ohio--Cleveland., Segregation in education--Ohio--Cleveland., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Violent deaths--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: United States., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30847; 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-30847
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348336

Title: KKK and neo-Nazis hold "Hitlerfest."
Description: Ku Klux Klan and a group of neo-Nazis hold a cross-burning during a "Hitlerfest" to support defendants charged in connection with the shooting deaths of five anti-Klan demonstrators last autumn in Greensboro, N.C.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1980, April 19, 1980, April 19, 1980
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Topical Subject(s): White nationalism--North Carolina--Benson., Hate groups--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazis--North Carolina--Benson., Neo-Nazism--North Carolina--Benson.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., North Carolina, Benson., Benson (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--Johnston--North Carolina--Benson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PCJ-53555; 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_PCJ-53555
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148319

Title: ADL warns of likely KKK violence during summer.
Description: The Ku Klux Klan marches during a recent summer's rally in Davie, Florida.
Date Created: 1979, ca. summer 1979
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Suall, Irwin.
Topical Subject(s): White nationalism--United States., Hate groups--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Davie (Fla.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Broward--Florida--Davie, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52A, image no. J-53607; 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_J-53607
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148571

Title: Attends World Alliance meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3810 ATTENDS WORLD ALLIANCE MEETING WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Clifton D. Gray, of Lewiston, Me., honorary associate secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, participated in the meeting of the Alliance’s executive committee here. The committee decided to hold the next Congress of the Alliance July 29-August 3, 1947, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SWANN-WASH-MES-6A-6-B)
Creator Name(s): Glicks. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gray, Clifton Daggett, 1874-1948., Baptist World Alliance--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Management committees--Washington (D.C.), Baptist associations--Washington (D.C.), Baptists--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. 3810; 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_3810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359712

Title: Protestant leaders see Truman.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3824 PROTESTANT LEADERS SEE TRUMAN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A delegation of eleven Protestant church leaders representing a constituency of almost 30,000,000 church members visited the White House to protest continuance of diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The delegation is shown here (left to right, seated): Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Standing are (left to right): Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches; Dr. Arthur Brunn of the Missouri Lutheran Synod; Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg, president of the Northern Baptist Convention; Dr. John A. MacLean of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern); Dr. W. H. Jernagin of the National Baptist Convention; Prof. Winfred E. Garrison, an editor of the Christian Century, Chicago; Dr. William B. Pugh, stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Dr. John W. Bradbury, editor of the Watchman-Examiner, New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LG-WASH-MES-6A-6-W)
Creator Name(s): Swann Studio (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Foreign relations., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., United Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Oxnam, G. Bromley., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Brunn, Arthur., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Dahlberg, Edwin T. (Edwin Theodore), 1892-1986., Northern Baptist Convention., Presbyterian Church in the U.S., MacLean, John A., Jernagin, William Henry, 1869-1958., National Baptist Convention of the United States of America., Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1874-1969., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Bradbury, John W.
Topical Subject(s): Church public relations--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Petitions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3824; 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_3824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359718

Title: University interfaith seminar.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3913 UNIVERSITY INTERFAITH SEMINAR IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Students of the State University of Iowa here discuss the effects of newspapers, movies, radio and literature on American prejudices during a weekly broadcast over station WSUI. Left side (front to rear) are: Helen Zimmerman, Waterloo, Iowa; Florence Christiansen, Roselle, N.J.; and Julius Spivack, Waterloo. Right side (front to rear): Vicki Van Duzer, Waterloo; Donald N. Kreymer, Iowa City; and Rabbi Morris Kertzer, originator and instructor of the seminar. Rabbi Kertzer started the course in 1939 in an effort to establish a clinical study of the causes of race and religious prejudices, and to find the best means to combat them. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DES-M-REG-MES-6B-6)
Creator Name(s): Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., State University of Iowa--Students., Zimmerman, Helen., Christiansen, Florence., Spivack, Julius., Van Duzer, Vicki., Kreymer, Donald N., Kertzer, Morris N., 1910-1983.
Topical Subject(s): Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Mass media and public opinion--Iowa--Iowa City., Mass media--Influence., Religion and the social sciences--Iowa--Iowa City., Interdenominational cooperation--Iowa--Iowa City., College students--Iowa--Iowa City.
Geographic subjects: Iowa, Iowa City., Iowa, Iowa City., Iowa, Iowa City., Iowa, Iowa City., Iowa City (Iowa), North and Central America--United States--Iowa--Johnson--Iowa City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3913; 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_3913
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359730

Title: The Gospel from covered wagon to plane.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3952 THE GOSPEL FROM COVERED WAGON TO PLANE TULSA, Okla. -- Rev. Jinks Harris, former cowboy and silent movie villain, stands beside his Piper Cub in which he tours the country as an evangelist. He first came to Oklahoma when it was known as the Indian Territory, arriving in a covered wagon in 1898. The third generation of a preaching family, he learned to fly in 1938 because “I feel I’m reachin’ more of them if I get to a lot of places.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RM-TU-MES-6B-6-W)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Harris, Jinks D.
Topical Subject(s): Air pilots--Oklahoma--Tulsa., Evangelists--Oklahoma--Tulsa., Clergy--Oklahoma--Tulsa.
Geographic subjects: Oklahoma, Tulsa., Oklahoma, Tulsa., Oklahoma, Tulsa., Tulsa (Okla.), North and Central America--United States--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Tulsa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3952; 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_3952
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359739

Title: Nathan R. Wood.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: 3959 NATHAN R. WOOD Unveiling of oil portrait of Nathan R. Wood, President Emeritus of Gordon College. Left to right: President T. Leonard Lewis of Gordon College, President Emeritus Nathan R. Wood.
Creator Name(s): MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wood, Nathan R. (Nathan Robinson), 1874-1961., Gordon College (Wenham, Mass.)--Faculty., Lewis, T. Leonard
Topical Subject(s): College presidents--Massachusetts--Wenham., Rites and ceremonies--Massachusetts--Wenham.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Wenham., Massachusetts, Wenham., Wenham (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Essex--Wenham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3959; 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_3959
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359740

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

Title: Mother Cabrini bench.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-3953 MOTHER CABRINI BENCH NEW YORK -- On this bench, in the garden of Mother Cabrini High School here, Mother Cabrini spent her early morning hours in meditation. Inscription reads: “Here Oft In Early Morning Lyric Beata Cabrini Communed With God.” Mother Cabrini will be canonized on July 7, the first United States citizen to be proclaimed a saint. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JU-RP-LI-MES-6C-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917.
Topical Subject(s): Historical markers--New York (State)--New York., Monuments--New York (State)--New York., Benches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. C-3953; 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_C-3953
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359817

Title: Chilean Cardinal honored at St. Patrick’s.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-3955 CHILEAN CARDINAL HONORED AT ST. PATRICK’S NEW YORK -- Jose Caro Cardinal Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile (right), is shown with Francis Cardinal Spellman on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral here following a solemn Pontifical Mass at which Cardinal Rodriguez presided. Cardinal Rodriguez received the Red Hat at a private consistory in Rome May 17, after illness kept him from the consistory ceremonies in February. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-6B-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Caro Rodríguez, José María, 1866-1958., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile), Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Visits of state--New York (State)--New York., Mass--Celebration.
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. C-3955; 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_C-3955
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359818

Title: Leaders at Catholic Veterans Convention.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-4001 LEADERS AT CATHOLIC VETERANS CONVENTION NEWARK, N.J. -- Maj. Gen. St. Clair Streett (second from right), representing Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, is welcomed to the 11th annual Convention of the Catholic War Veterans of America here. Shown greeting Gen. Streett are (left to right): the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James H. Griffiths, chancellor of the Military Ordinariate; Edward Dwyer, general chairman of the convention; the Rev. Edward J. Higgins, founder of the Catholic War Veterans, and the Most Rev. William T. McCarty, C.SS.R., Military delegate of the Armed Forces. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CWV-MES-6D-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Van, George. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Streett, St. Clair, 1893-1970., Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.--Congresses., United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command., Griffiths, James Henry Ambrose., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Dwyer, Edward., Higgins, Edward J., 1890-, McCarty, William Tibertus., Redemptorists., United States. Army., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New Jersey--Newark., Veterans--New Jersey--Newark.
Geographic subjects: New Jersey, Newark., New Jersey, Newark., Newark (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Essex--Newark
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4001; 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_C-4001
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359823

Title: Nisei heroes honored in unique service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3972 NISEI HEROES HONORED IN UNIQUE SERVICE TACOMA, Wash. -- Taps are sounded by Kenny Yaguchi at the end of a memorial service held in a Buddhist church here at which the war dead of the Tacoma Japanese Buddhist and Methodist Churches were jointly honored by the congregations of the two churches. The service was conducted by both Buddhist priests and the Methodist minister. Shown here are, top row (left to right): Rev. Mrs. S. Pratt and Rev. G. Nishinaga, Buddhist priests. Bottom row (left to right): Paul Seto, Kenny Yaguchi and the Rev. S. Niway, pastor of the Japanese Methodist church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YOST-TAC-MES-6C-6-METH)
Creator Name(s): Yost's Photo Service (Tacoma, Wash.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Yaguchi, Kenny., Tacoma Buddhist Temple (Tacoma, Wash.), Pratt, Gladys Sunya., Nishinaga, Gikan., Japanese Methodist Church (Tacoma, Wash.), Seto, Paul., Niway, S.
Topical Subject(s): Japanese American soldiers., Memorial service., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Washington--Tacoma., Buddhist temples--Washington--Tacoma., World War, 1939-1945--Casualties.
Geographic subjects: Washington, Tacoma., Washington, Tacoma., Tacoma (Wash.), North and Central America--United States--Washington--Pierce--Tacoma
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3972; 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_3972
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359742

Title: Flying missionary.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3982 FLYING MISSIONARY TOCCOA, Ga. -- Latest addition to the ranks of flying missionaries is pretty, 24-year-old Alma Siewert, shown here at the controls of her training plane with instructor Ernest Frost. Miss Siewert took the course here in preparation for work in French West Africa. She will leave for the Dark Continent in the fall following a month’s course in languages at Marquette University. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RG-TOC-GA-MES-6C-6-MISS)
Creator Name(s): Graves, Robert W. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Siewert, Alma., Frost, Ernest.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--French West Africa., Women missionaries--French West Africa., Missionaries--French West Africa., Air pilots--Georgia--Toccoa.
Geographic subjects: French West Africa., French West Africa., French West Africa., Georgia, Toccoa., Toccoa (Ga.), French West Africa., North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Stephens--Toccoa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3982; 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_3982
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359743

Title: Presbyterian leaders confer on merger.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3987 PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS CONFER ON MERGER ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Representatives of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern) are shown during sessions of a three-day meeting here at which they discussed the plan of proposed union for the two branches of the Church. Left to right are: Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd, president of Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn. (U.S.A.); Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, New Orleans, chairman of the journey committee (U.S.); Dr. William B. Pugh, Philadelphia, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Dr. Frank H. Caldwell, president of Louisville Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. (U.S.). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JG-ASH-NC-MES-6C-6-PRESS)
Creator Name(s): Glenn, June, Jr. (photographer), Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, N.C.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Lloyd, Ralph Waldo, 1892-1986., Maryville College--Faculty., Ogden, Dunbar H., 1878-1952., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Caldwell, Frank H. (Frank Hill), 1902-1987., Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Asheville., Christian union--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Asheville., Asheville (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Buncombe--Asheville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3987; 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_3987
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359744

Title: Riverside Church.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: 4000 RIVERSIDE CHURCH N.Y.C.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Interfaith worship--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Church attendance--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 4000; 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_4000
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359745

Title: Addresses new Catholic theological society.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4022 ADDRESSES NEW CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK -- The Rev. William O’Connor, of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., is shown addressing the inaugural meeting here of the Catholic Theological Society of America -- first group of its kind in this country. The society is intended to promote theological discussion and research and will also seek “to relate the theology of the Church to current problems.” Inauguration of the society, of which Father O’Connor was elected a director, was preceded by a Pontifical Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral presided over by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-NY-TFD-6-D-6-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., O’Connor, William R., 1897-1974., St. Joseph's Seminary (Yonkers, N.Y.), Catholic Theological Society of America--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Catholic Church--Societies, etc., Theology--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York., Church and social problems--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: 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. 4022; 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_4022
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359749

Title: NCCJ.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: 4029 NCCJ Interfaith meeting.
Creator Name(s): National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., WCCO (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Interdenominational cooperation., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: Minnesota, Minneapolis., Minneapolis (Minn.), North and Central America--United States--Minnesota--Hennepin--Minneapolis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4029; 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_4029
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359752

Title: Confirmation class.
Description: Text transcribed from annotations: 4203 Rev. Paul E. West & Confirmation class. Transfiguration Lutheran Church--74 West 126th Street, New York.
Creator Name(s): Lutheran World Federation. Office of Communication. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Transfiguration Lutheran Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), West, Paul E., Svenska kyrkan--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): African American churches--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--African American churches., Confirmation--Lutheran Church., Sacraments--Lutheran Church., Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Harlem (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4203; 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_4203
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359802

Title: The Mackenzie awakens.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4223 THE MACKENZIE AWAKENS 295. Arctic Red River is another of the many Roman Catholic Mission settlements in the north. This photo shows the Mission church, school and residence at this point over sixty miles within the Arctic Circle.
Creator Name(s): World News Services (Toronto, Ont.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Canada.
Topical Subject(s): Missionary settlements--Canada.
Geographic subjects: Canada., Canada., North and Central America--Canada
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4223; 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_4223
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359804

Title: Church schools provide summer interests.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 4077 CHURCH SCHOOLS PROVIDE SUMMER INTERESTS PITTSBURGH, Penn. -- Summer church schools, growing in popularity since the turn of the century, are once more in full swing throughout the country. Here Carol Schultise displays articles made by youngsters attending combined classes of the Mt. Zion and Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran churches. There are from 150 to 200 churches conducting vacation schools in the Pittsburgh area alone. The idea also has extended to Canada and China. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AMH-PITTS-MES-7B-6-O-SS)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Schultise, Carol., Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Summer schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church and education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Missions--Educational work--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 4077; 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_4077
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359767

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