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Title: NCC Officials Face Mississippi Press.
Description: Eugene Carson Blake, left, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the NCC's Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the commission, [meet with reporters in the concourse of the Jackson, Mississippi airport to explain the Delta Ministry's summer student program].
Creator Name(s): Chambers, Elsie M. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Jackson (Miss.), North and Central America--United States--Mississippi--Jackson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 31163; 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): ds3169
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7199

Title: National Council of Churches press release.
Description: Press release from National Council of Churches, October 5, 1955.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 5, 1955, October 5, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions., Evangelical and Reformed Church., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Wagner, James E. (James Edgar), 1900-
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation., Home missions--United States--20th century., Christian children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Station wagons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18200; 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-18200_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149769

Title: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise, 1957.
Description: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise. Elat, Ebolowa, Cameroon, 11 December 1957. Eugene Carson Blake preaching the sermon. A.I. Good, veteran missionary and linguistic, translate into Bible.
Date Created: 1957, December 11, 1957, December 11, 1957
Name Subject(s): Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Cameroon--Ebolowa.
Geographic subjects: Ebolowa (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Sud--Ebolowa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 06-0902 SPP 67; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Georg Gelzer papers, 1957.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65738
Identifier (local): ds6019
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112806

Title: Defends organized religion.
Description: Organized religion is "not very well thought of" in today's secularized society, according to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1969, ca. October 6, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Religion., Secularization (Theology), Forums (Discussion and debate)--Wisconsin--Hudson.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Hudson., Hudson (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Saint Croix--Wisconsin--Hudson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 133, image no. PC-39475; 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-39475
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151356

Title: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise, 1957.
Description: 11 December 1957, Elat, Ebolowa, Cameroon Français. Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise. On the dais the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., preaches the sermon. Dr. A.I. Good, veteran missionary and linguistic, translating into Bible.
Date Created: 1957, December 11, 1957, December 11, 1957
Name Subject(s): Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Good, Albert Irwin, 1884-1975.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Cameroon--Ebolowa.
Geographic subjects: Ebolowa (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Sud--Ebolowa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 06-0902 SPP 67; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Georg Gelzer papers, 1957.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65738
Identifier (local): ds6029
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112818

Title: American churchmen sight-seeing in Moscow.
Description: Moscow--Seven of nine American Protestant leaders on a ten-day visit to Moscow go sight-seeing in Red Square accompanied by a Russian Orthodox churchman and two interpreters. Left to right are: Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., an attorney; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. Franklin C. Fry of New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; an unidentified interpreter; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Archimandrite Pemin of the Russian Orthodox Church; unidentified interpreter; Dr. Hubert Gezork of Newton Center, Mass., president of Andover Newtown Theological Seminary; and Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee. The visit was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of the Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian church.
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 14, 1956, March 14, 1956
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Asia--Russia--Moscow, Soviet Union., Soviet Union.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18880; 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): ds4587
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11058

Title: Presbyterians at Pittsburgh 1958.
Description: Commissioners leaving the Bellefield Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Creator Name(s): Byers, Arthur M., 1915- (photographer), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Stewardship and Promotion. (publisher)
Date Created: 1958
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (170th : 1958 : Pittsburgh, Pa.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: KIT 352 (41); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterians at Pittsburgh, 1958 [presented by] the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. picture.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35963
Identifier (local): ds3261
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7317

Title: American churchmen visit Moscow gallery.
Description: Moscow--American church leaders visit the Tretiakov Gallery here during their ten-day stay in the Soviet Union. Shown in front row are, left to right: Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., a member of the National Council's general board; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 20, 1956, March 20, 1956
Name Subject(s): Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18894; 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): ds4590
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11060

Title: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise, 1957.
Description: 11 December 1957. Elat, Ebolowa, Cameroon Français. 1st General Assembly of the E.P.C. Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise (E.P.C.). Sitting at right, Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Date Created: 1957, December 11, 1957, December 11, 1957
Name Subject(s): Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Cameroon--Ebolowa.
Geographic subjects: Ebolowa (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Sud--Ebolowa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 06-0902 SPP 67; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Georg Gelzer papers, 1957.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65738
Identifier (local): ds6027
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112816

Title: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, addresses a business session of the 182nd General Assembly.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (30); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_30
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161375

Title: Dr. Blake at YWCA observance.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake meets with representatives of the YWCA from Japan, Italy, and Burma.
Creator Name(s): Muse, Seth. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955, November 14, 1955, November 14, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)., Suzukawa, Emiko., Viola, Loreha., Watanabe, Hiriko., New, New Vi
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--Washington (D.C.), Christian women--United States--Congresses., Christian women--Japan., Christian women--Burma., Christian women--Italy.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), United States, Japan., Burma., Italy., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18351; 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-18351
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151296

Title: 182nd General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois, May 1970.
Description: Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Participants in Ecumenical Service of Worship, with Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary, World Council of Churches, speaking.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Date Created: 1970, May 20-27, 1970
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects: Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: SLIDES B49 (27); Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: 182nd General Assembly set [slide].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1794
Identifier (local): slides_b49_27
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:161372

Title: Now advances someday.
Description: [Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene Carson Blake, and others bow their heads in prayer during the March on Washington. From Presbyterian Life, Oct 1, 1963, p. 9].
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds3213
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7327

Title: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise, 1957.
Description: 11 December 1957. Elat, Ebolowa, Cameroon Français. On the dais standing, a member of the Board of Foreign Missions, the Rev. Matthias Meye, Moderator of the Synod of Municam, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake and the Rev. François Alloa. Inauguration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise.
Date Created: 1957, December 11, 1957, December 11, 1957
Name Subject(s): Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Cameroon--Ebolowa.
Geographic subjects: Ebolowa (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Sud--Ebolowa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 06-0902 SPP 67; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Georg Gelzer papers, 1957.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65738
Identifier (local): ds6025
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112813

Title: Speakers at the Presbyterian Historical Society dedication.
Description: Presbyterian Historical Society building dedication service. Eugene Carson Blake in attendance.
Date Created: 1967
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Historical Society--Archives., Presbyterian Historical Society., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Geographic subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc., North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RG 22, Box 20, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Historical Society Records, 1851-1991.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-22
Identifier (local): ds5331
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82445

Title: John F. Kennedy memorial service.
Description: Participating in the memorial service for John F. Kennedy were left to right: J. Irwin Miller; Bishop Baber and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004.
Geographic subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 03-0531B; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication Records, 1925-1997.
Identifier (local): ds3932
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7681

Title: Letter to Eugene Carson Blake from President John F. Kennedy, April 12, 1960.
Description: Letter to Rev. Eugene Carson Blake from President John F. Kennedy concerning an appointment, April 12, 1960.
Creator Name(s): Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (author)
Date Created: 1960, April 12, 1960
Name Subject(s): United States. President (1961-1963 : Kennedy), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--Washington
Physical Location: RAREDOC K383l; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): raredoc_k383l
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:79883

Title: March leaders confer with president.
Description: The March chairmen spent an hour with the Chief Executive following the demonstration which drew over 200,000 people to the capital. Shown here, from left, are: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Floyd B. McKissick, national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality; Matthew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., founder and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis (in rear), chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (in rear), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race; A. Philip Randolph, founder and president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, director of the March; President Kennedy, and Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union.
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., Young, Whitney M., Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-, Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29807; 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): ds3219
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:12190

Title: Relevancy of organized religion theme of world council leader.
Description: Article written for the Religious News Service.
Date Created: 1969, October 6, 1969, October 6, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Religion., Secularization (Theology), Forums (Discussion and debate)--Wisconsin--Hudson.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Hudson., Hudson (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Saint Croix--Wisconsin--Hudson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 133, image no. PC-39475; 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-39475_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150701

Title: Eugene Carson Blake at demonstration.
Description: Blake, in straw hat, is preceded by William Sloane Coffin, chaplain of Yale University, and followed by Roman Catholic Father Joseph Connolly, as group moves in on Gwynn Oak Park to challenge segregation. [From Presbyterian Life, August 1, 1963, p. 25.]
Date Created: 1963, August 1, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Woodlawn--20th century.
Geographic subjects: Gwynn Oak Park (Woodlawn, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Woodlawn
Physical Location: MI P97; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Life.
Identifier (local): ds3099
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7105

Title: Children give station wagon for church work.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake accepts keys to a station wagon from children of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Creator Name(s): Herrmann, A. Martin. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955, October 5, 1955, October 5, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions., Evangelical and Reformed Church., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Wagner, James E. (James Edgar), 1900-
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation., Home missions--United States--20th century., Christian children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Station wagons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18200; 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-18200
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149935

Title: Arrest of Eugene Carson Blake, 1963.
Description: On July 4, 1963, the stated clerk of the UPCUSA, Eugene Carson Blake, was jailed in Baltimore, Maryland, for trespassing. Along with 283 activists from the Council on Racial Equality and the Baltimore Clergymen's Interfaith Committee, Blake had challenged the owners of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park to desegregate.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Date Created: 1963, 1963, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects
Geographic subjects: North America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: MOTION PICTURE A8, NEG A89; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Arrest of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake] [motion picture].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1639
Identifier (local): A89_ec_blake
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146310

Title: First General Assembly and Celebration of the Independence of the Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise, 1957.
Description: M. le Pasteur Jean Keller, secretary of the Fédération des Eglises of Missions Evangélique du Cameroun et de d'Afrique Centrale addressing the assembly. 11 Dec. 1957 Elat, Ebolowa, Cameroon Français. At left, sitting, Dr. Blake and the Rev. François Alloa.
Date Created: 1957, December 11, 1957, December 11, 1957
Name Subject(s): Eglise presbytérienne camerounaise., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Cameroon--Ebolowa.
Geographic subjects: Ebolowa (Cameroon), Africa--Cameroon--Sud--Ebolowa
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 06-0902 SPP 67; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: David Georg Gelzer papers, 1957.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65738
Identifier (local): ds6028
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:112817

Title: Protestant churchmen in Moscow.
Description: Moscow--Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutitsky and Kolomna, second-ranking official of the Moscow patriarchate, greets Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches, on the arrival here of nine American church officials for a ten-day visit. Dr. Blake is head of the delegation. The trip was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of patriarch Alexei of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The American visit will be returned in June by a Russian Orthodox group. While in Moscow, the churchmen will confer and seek to establish continuing with Christian leaders of the Soviet Union. (Clergymen in background not identified.)
Creator Name(s): Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer), Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Date Created: 1956, March 13, 1956, March 13, 1956
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nikolaĭ, Metropolitan of Krutit︠s︡y and Kolomna, 1892-1961, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Soviet Union., Soviet Union., Asia--Russia--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 57, image no. 18875; 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): ds4586
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:11057

Title: Dr. Blake in Alaska.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-20060. DR. BLAKE IN ALASKA. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, President of the National Council of Churches, is fitted with arctic gear at Elmendorf Air Force Base here during his Christmas visit to American servicemen and chaplains of the Alaskan command. Assisting him is Chaplain (Col.) Martin C. Foch of the Alaskan Command. Dr. Blake made the journey as spiritual ambassador of the National Council's 30 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Communions and their 144,000 local churches. The visit marks the third consecutive year that he has spent the Christmas holidays with the men in the armed forces. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-12C-56-NAB-P)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1956, December 1956, December 1956
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Foch, Martin C., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): Christmas., Interdenominational cooperation., Military chaplains--Alaska--Anchorage.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Anchorage., Anchorage (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Anchorage--Anchorage
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 63, image no. P-20060; 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-20060
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288246

Title: Churchman gets ready for cold.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1956
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Foch, Martin C., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
Topical Subject(s): Christmas., Interdenominational cooperation., Military chaplains--Alaska--Anchorage.
Geographic subjects: Alaska, Anchorage., Anchorage (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Anchorage--Anchorage
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 63, image no. P-20060; 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-20060_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288247

Title: Rev. Bruce William Klunder memorial address by Eugene Carson Blake.
Description: Transcript of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake's memorial address for Rev. Bruce William Klunder, a white Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who died after he was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Blake delivered the eulogy at Klunder's funeral services at Church of the Covenant.
Creator Name(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (author)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964--Death and burial., Klunder, Bruce W., 1937-1964.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights workers--Ohio--Cleveland., Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Ohio--Cleveland., Funeral service--Ohio--Cleveland., Segregation in education--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RG 3, Box 17, Folder 20; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Eugene Carson Blake Papers, 1940-1966.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-3
Identifier (local): rg3_b17_f20_klunder_blake_address
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344177

Title: Letter from Rev. Thomas Kilgore to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, July 30, 1963.
Description: Letter written by Rev. Thomas Kilgore of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the UPCUSA. In the letter, Rev. Kilgore urgently asks for financial support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Creator Name(s): Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998. (author), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (addressee)
Date Created: 1963, July 30, 1963, July 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)--1960-1970., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Washington (D.C.), 1960-1970., North and Central America--United States
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_blake_kilgore
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:345245

Title: Eugene Carson Blake arrested.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., is shown as he enter[s] a police van after being arrested in an attempt to integrate [the Gwynn Oak] white-only amusement park just outside Baltimore. Dr. Blake and 35 other clergymen--Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, Negro and white--were among 283 persons arrested, jailed and then released on bond.
Creator Name(s): Curry, James E. (photographer), United Press International. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Maryland, Gwynn Oak, 20th century., Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.), North and Central America--United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Image no. 29572; 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): ds3157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:7398

Title: Pope Paul, United Presbyterian leaders meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31432 POPE PAUL, UNITED PRESBYTERIAN LEADERS MEET CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Leaders of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. became the first top officials of a U.S. Protestant denomination to have a private audience with Pope Paul VI. Meeting with the Roman Catholic pontiff for 20 minutes at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo were, from left to right: Dr. Edler G. Hawkins of New York, first Negro moderator of the 3.3 million member denomination; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrative officer, and Richard L. Davies of Washington, D.C., lay chairman of the denomination's Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-8D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, August 17, 1964, August 17, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Hawkins, Edler G., 1908-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Davies, Richard L., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., Catholic Church--Relations--Presbyterian Church., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Meetings--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., African American Presbyterians--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects: Italy, Castel Gandolfo., Italy, Castel Gandolfo., United States., Castel Gandolfo (Italy), Europe--Italy--Lazio--Roma--Castel Gandolfo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31432 ; 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-31432
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349197

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