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Title: Priest serves as Jewish boy's 'grandfather.'
Description: Father Hubert Celis, a prison chaplain in Brussels, Belgium, is welcomed on his arrival in New York to serve as "grandfather" at the Bar Mitzvah of 13-year-old Norman Wolbrom.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, June 18, 1965, June 18, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Celis, Hubert., Wolbrom, Norman., Wolbrom, Regina.
Topical Subject(s): Holocaust survivors--New York (State)--New York., Children of Holocaust survivors--New York (State)--New York., Rescue work--Belgium., Bar mitzvah--New York--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Belgium., New York, New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. C-32728; 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-32728
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151705

Title: Animals Blessed at World's Fair.
Description: (Left to right) Rabbi David Goldberg, Father Ambrose Agius, and Rev. Robert Seekins, Jr., holding and petting animals at the "Peaceable Kingdom" animal exhibit at the New York World's Fair.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), Price, Jo-Ann. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Goldberg, David., Seekins, Robert., Agius, Ambrose, 1890-
Topical Subject(s): Prayers for animals., Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity., Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity., Animals--Religious aspects--Judaism., Animals--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Animals--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Animals--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Queens--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. PC-32848; 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-32848-02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147095

Title: Japanese peace team in U.S.
Description: Members of a Japanese "Team for Peace" meet the press in New York on the first leg of a three-week mission to "pray together, think together and, if possible, act together" with American Christians on behalf of a peaceful settlement in Vietnam.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Japan Christian Council for Peace in Vietnam., Overseas Press Club of America., Omura, Isamu., Iisaka, Yoshiaki, -1926.
Topical Subject(s): Peace movements., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), Japan, North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32885; 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-32885
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151338

Title: Some conservative forces emerging to challenge liberal coalition on corporate responsibilities.
Description: Traders gather on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Oct. 30 during a day of heavy trading. Stocks were broadly lower amid investor concern about rising interest rates and inflation. However, the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average was staging a dramatic recovery after falling through the 800 level.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1978, October 30, 1978
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., New York Stock Exchange.
Topical Subject(s): Disinvestment--United States., Investments--Moral and ethical aspects--United States., Investments--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , United States., , , United States., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , New York (N.Y.), , , , North and Central America--United States------New York--New York--New York----, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53549; 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-53549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148577

Title: Message in the sky.
Description: With Vietnam Moratorium Day under way, a "Stop War" message takes shape in large sky-written letters above New York's Shea Stadium during the fourth game of the World Series between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1969, October 15, 1969, October 15, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Shea Stadium (New York, N.Y.), New York Mets (Baseball team), Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team), World Series (Baseball) (1969)
Topical Subject(s): Vietnam Moratorium, 1969., Anti-war demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Skywriting.
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, RT 1040, Box 133, image no. PC-39512; 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-39512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151377

Title: Ousted Greek Orthodox prelates reach U.S.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31000 OUSTED GREEK ORTHODOX PRELATES REACH U.S. NEW YORK -- Two high-ranking Greek Orthodox metropolitans, ousted from Turkey for alleged “actions harmful to the state,” arrived in New York after visits to London, Paris and Geneva. At a press conference in New York at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, Metropolitan Iakovos of Philadelphia (left) and Metropolitan Emilianos of Selefkias denied any actions against Turkey. Their forced departure was described as a political pressure move against the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, which has been under increased harassment during the Greek-Turkish conflict on Cyprus. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-5C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 22, 1964, April 22, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Zacharopoulos, Emilianos., Metropolitan Iakovos of Philadelphia (Turkey), Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate)
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Turkey., Exiles--Turkey.
Geographic subjects: Turkey., Turkey., New York (N.Y.), Turkey, 1960-, Cyprus, History, Cyprus Crisis, 1963., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-31000; 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-31000
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348388

Title: Civil rights demonstrators march at fair.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30917 CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS MARCH AT FAIR NEW YORK -- Opening day of the New York World’s Fair featured both organized pomp and ceremony and demands for civil rights by members of the Congress of Racial Equality. Most fairgoers gave picket lines brief attention, though demonstrations at some pavilions drew crowds as police broke up disturbances and made arrests. Here, members of the Boston, Mass., chapter of CORE march in the shadow of the Unisphere, the fair’s symbol. None of the eight religious pavilions at the exposition was picketed and few, if any, clergymen were involved in the demonstrations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-4D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 22, 1964, April 22, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Congress of Racial Equality.
Topical Subject(s): Unisphere (New York, N.Y.), Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--Massachusetts--Boston., Parks--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Massachusetts, Boston., New York (State), New York., Queens (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30917; 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-30917
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348386

Title: A relaxing way to see the fair.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31357 A RELAXING WAY TO SEE THE FAIR NEW YORK -- Maryknoll Sisters from many countries visiting New York found the “Glide-a-Ride" a relaxing way to see the World’s Fair. They are among some 1,600 members of the missionary order who converged at its headquarters in Maryknoll, N.Y., for a General Chapter meeting. Re-elected Mother General of the order was Mother Mary Colman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-7E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maryknoll Sisters., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York., Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Amusement rides--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, Box 105, image no. C-31357; 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-31357
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349048

Title: New York rights groups stage school boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30553 NEW YORK RIGHTS GROUPS STAGE SCHOOL BOYCOTT NEW YORK -- The Rev. Milton A. Galamison, center, Presbyterian pastor from Brooklyn, headed a drive which resulted in a massive boycott of public schools in New York City on Feb. 3. The Negro civil rights leader is shown here at a press conference with representatives of the National Association for Puerto Rican Civil Rights -- Gilberto G. Valentina and Irma V. Santaella. The boycott planners declared that a School Board plan for integration was inadequate and that the demonstration would be held. Several hundred "freedom schools" were established, mainly in churches, for the many thousand youngsters staying away from their regular classes for the day. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 31, 1964, January 31, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Valentina, Gilberto G., Santaella, Irma V., National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (U.S.), New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
Topical Subject(s): Press conferences--New York (State)--New York., School integration--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Women civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
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., United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30553; 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-30553
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353846

Title: Balzan award to U.N. honors President Kennedy.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30647 BALZAN AWARD TO U.N. HONORS PRESIDENT KENNEDY UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. -- Secretary General U Thant is notified that the Balzan Prize for 1963 as been awarded to the United Nations as a tribute to the late President Kennedy. Notifying Mr. Thant of the award are the Rev. Enrico Zucca, left, president, and Dr. Aldo Danielli, secretary general of the foundation. The prize carries a grant in excess of $150,000. Normally made on March 1, the award was presented on Feb. 20, three months from the day of Mr. Kennedy's last major speech in support of the U.N. Later, however, award of the prize to the U.S. was disputed by Balzan officials in England and Switzerland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-2D-64-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 20, 1964, February 20, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Thant, U, 1909-1974., United Nations., Zucca, Enrico., Danielli, Aldo.
Topical Subject(s): Balzan Prize winners., Award winners.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30647; 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-30647
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353738

Title: Tree dedicated to slain rights worker.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32124 TREE DEDICATED TO SLAIN RIGHTS WORKER NEW YORK -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodman (center) join hands with students of the Walden School in New York City and sing the civil rights anthem, “We Shall Overcome.” They stand before a tree dedicated to the memory of their son, Andrew, who was one of three volunteer civil rights workers murdered last summer in Mississippi. Andrew was a graduate of Walden School. The student body raised funds to purchase the tree and the plaque. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-2B-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 5, 1965, February 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mississippi Freedom Project., Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964--Assassination., Goodman, Carolyn, 1915-2007., Goodman, Robert., Walden School.
Topical Subject(s): Assassination--Mississippi--Philadelphia., Memorial rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States., High school students--New York (State)--New York., High school boys--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: Mississippi, Philadelphia., New York (State), New York., United States., 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. PC-32124; 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-32124
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355941

Title: Dr. King hails arrests in Mississippi.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31907 DR. KING HAILS ARRESTS IN MISSISSIPPI NEW YORK -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hailed the arrest of 21 white men in Mississippi in connection with the slaying of three civil rights workers as a “first step toward justice” which renewed his faith in democracy. The Baptist clergyman and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner for his advocacy of nonviolence in the civil rights effort displays photographs of the three young men slain last June 21 near Philadelphia, Miss. They are (from left to right): Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa December 4, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Mississippi Freedom Project., Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964--Assassination., Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964--Assassination., Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964--Assassination.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Arraignment--Mississippi--Meridian., Press conferences--New York (State)--New York., Nobel Prize winners--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Mississippi, Meridian., 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. PC-31907; 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-31907
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356692

Title: Michelangelo's Pieta 'stored' for winter.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31733 MICHELANGELO’S PIETA ‘STORED’ FOR WINTER NEW YORK -- Michelangelo’s world famous Pieta -- seen by 13.8 million people at the New York World’s Fair -- is “stored” away for the winter until the fair reopens in April. As part of security measures a cage surround the priceless sculpture which will remain in its same location at the Vatican Pavilion. Closing the cage are Msgr. John J. Gorman, the pavilion’s director (left); and Father Joseph T. Lahey, assistant director. The statue also received a special covering to protect it from cold weather, although it will be in a heated area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-10D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 19, 1964, October 19, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art., Jesus Christ--Art., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Gorman, John J., Lahey, Joseph T., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Pietà., Sculpture--New York (State)--New York., Marble sculpture--Storage--New York (State)--New York., Christian art and symbolism--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 (N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31733; 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-31733
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356531

Title: Lunches for civil rights marchers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29791 LUNCHES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Interracial and interreligious -- that was the theme of a giant sandwich packaging program carried on by the National Council of Churches, which prepared 80,000 box lunches for participants in the civil rights march on Washington. Roman Catholic nuns joined Protestant and Orthodox volunteers in a 13-hour project carried out in the hall of Riverside Church in New York City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--Washington (D.C.), Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29791; 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-29791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358119

Title: U.S. gives $500,000 for refugees in Greece.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29881 U.S. GIVES $500,000 FOR REFUGEES IN GREECE NEW YORK -- With Archbishop Iakovos, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, looking on, Adlai E. Stevenson, American ambassador to the U.N. presents a $500,000 check for the resettlement of refugees in Greece. Shown at the presentation are, from left: John Plumides, president of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association; Philippe de Seynes, head of the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affair, who accepted the check for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees; Alexander Matsas, Greek ambassador to the U.S.; Mr. Stevenson; and Archbishop Iakovos. Mr. Stevenson cited aid to refugees as a “moral lesson for all the world.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-9B-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 11, 1963, September 11, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965., Seynes, Philippe de., Plumides, John., AHEPA (Organization), Matsas, Alexandros.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Church work with refugees--Greece., International relief., Ambassadors--United States., Ambassadors--Greece.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Greece., United States., Greece., Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Greece., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29881; 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-29881
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358103

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