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Title: Virginia Salgado at 15 years old, 1927.
Description: By finding 15 Bible references in less than 15 minutes, Virginia Salgado, 15, of Toluca, Mexico, won the intermediate Christian Endeavor "sharpshooting contest," Virginia traveling all the way from Mexico to an Endeavor convention in Cleveland, O., to compete. She worked under the handicap of being unable to understand English, the announcer's words being translated. [Caption from Anaconda Standard Newspapers Archives, Anaconda, Montana, Tues., July 19, 1927, p. 2.]
Date Created: 1927
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Archives., United Society of Christian Endeavor., Salgado, Virginia--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Christian youth--Mexico., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Mexico.
Geographic subjects: Mexico., Mexico., Cleveland (Ohio), Mexico., North and Central America--Mexico, North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RG 2122; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6310-2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145291

Title: Virginia Salgado at 15 years old, 1927.
Description: By finding 15 Bible references in less than 15 minutes, Virginia Salgado, 15, of Toluca, Mexico, won the intermediate Christian Endeavor "sharpshooting contest," Virginia traveling all the way from Mexico to an Endeavor convention in Cleveland, O., to compete. She worked under the handicap of being unable to understand English, the announcer's words being translated. [Caption from Anaconda Standard Newspapers Archives, Anaconda, Montana, Tues., July 19, 1927, p. 2.]
Date Created: 1927
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Archives., United Society of Christian Endeavor., Salgado, Virginia--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Christian youth--Mexico., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Mexico.
Geographic subjects: Mexico., Mexico., Cleveland (Ohio), Mexico., North and Central America--Mexico, North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RG 2122; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6310-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145290

Title: Virginia Salgado at 15 years old, 1927.
Description: By finding 15 Bible references in less than 15 minutes, Virginia Salgado, 15, of Toluca, Mexico, won the intermediate Christian Endeavor "sharpshooting contest," Virginia traveling all the way from Mexico to an Endeavor convention in Cleveland, O., to compete. She worked under the handicap of being unable to understand English, the announcer's words being translated. [Caption from Anaconda Standard Newspapers Archives, Anaconda, Montana, Tues., July 19, 1927, p. 2.]
Date Created: 1927
Name Subject(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Archives., United Society of Christian Endeavor., Salgado, Virginia--Portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Christian youth--Mexico., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Mexico.
Geographic subjects: Mexico., Cleveland (Ohio), Mexico., North and Central America--Mexico, North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland, Mexico.
Physical Location: RG 2122; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Identifier (local): ds6310-1
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:145289

Title: United Presbyterian moderator.
Description: William Phelps Thompson, lawyer and ruling elder of First Presbyterian church in Wichita, Kan., was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at the 3.3 million member denomination's 177th General Assembly at Columbus, Ohio.
Creator Name(s): Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, ca. May 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Thompson, William P., -1918.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Government.
Geographic subjects: Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Ohio--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. P-32586; 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-32586a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151582

Title: United Presbyterian moderator.
Description: William Phelps Thompson, lawyer and ruling elder of First Presbyterian church in Wichita, Kan., was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at the 3.3 million member denomination's 177th General Assembly at Columbus, Ohio.
Creator Name(s): Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Date Created: 1965, ca. May 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Thompson, William P., -1918.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Government.
Geographic subjects: Columbus (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Ohio--Columbus
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109, image no. P-32586; 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-32586b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151549

Title: Close to his heart.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CLOSE TO HIS HEART #S-1610 PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Pvt. Orville Chatman, of Riverton, Ky., exhibits the punctured New Testament which stopped a piece of shrapnel from entering his heart. He is a patient at Crile Hospital here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JT-CL-MES-1-6-W-BI)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Crile General Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio), United States. Army., Chatman, Orville.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Veterans., Soldiers--Ohio--Cleveland., Soldiers--Religious life., Bible. New Testament.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Parma Heights (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Parma Heights
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1610; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-1610
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357459

Title: Recreates Old Testament personalities.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RECREATES NEW TESTAMENT PERSONALITIES #s-3195 CLEVELAND -- The Rev. Franklin D. Butchart believes that the best way to bring the Bible to his audiences is through a recreation of its great personalities. Garbed in costumes of the Biblical ages he gives vivid impersonations of John, Peter or Paul. Mr. Butchart, who is minister of the Glenville Christian church here, delivers his readings in many churches of Greater Cleveland. He credits his wife with much of the success of his presentations as she supervises his makeup and stage technique. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JT-CLEVE-MES-4B-6-W-B)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Butchart, Franklin D.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Ohio--Cleveland., Biblical costume--Ohio--Cleveland., Performance--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3195; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3195
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359120

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