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Title: American Dominicans leave China.
Description: Crossing border are three priests (left to right) Italian Father Ambrose Poletti, Hong Kong priest meets Hyde, Joyce, and Gordon. With them on far right is Police Superintendent A. L. Gordon who has charge of the British side of border.
Date Created: 1955, ca. 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--Hong Kong., Poletti, Ambrose., Hyde, Joseph E., Joyce, James G., Gordon, Frederick A.
Topical Subject(s): Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China., Dominican Americans--Hong Kong.
Geographic subjects: Hong Kong., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , China., , , China., , , China., , , Hong Kong., , , , , , Hong Kong., China., , , Asia--China--------Hong Kong------, Asia--China----------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18157; 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-18157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148400

Title: American nun arrives in Hong Kong.
Description: Dressed in brown Carmelite robe and cloth Chinese shoes, both feet were bandaged. She was carried from her stateroom on back of Father Smith. She weighed less than 100 pounds. She tried to cover her face with handkerchiefs as photographers flashed away.
Creator Name(s): De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Daughters of Charity of Canossa., Carmelite Nuns.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--China., Women missionaries--China., Communism--China., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., Hong Kong., China., Asia--China--Hong Kong
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18182; 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-18182
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149859

Title: Chinese Reds free women missionaries.
Description: Dorothy May Middleton and Sarah Lee Perkins read letters and cables from friends after their release from Communist China.
Date Created: 1955, ca. 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., American Mission to Lepers., Middleton, Dorothy May., Perkins, Sarah Lee.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--China., Women missionaries--China., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Women political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , China., , , China., , , China., , , China., , , China., , China., , , , Hong Kong., China., , , Asia--China--------Hong Kong------, Asia--China----------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18162; 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-18162
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148328

Title: Reds free emancipated Italian Bishop.
Description: Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. is released after imprisonment in Communist China.
Date Created: 1955, ca. 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscans., Catholic Church--Bishops--China--Hubei Sheng., Ferroni, Alfonso Maria Corrado, 1892-1966.
Topical Subject(s): Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: , , China, Hubei Sheng., , , , , , , , , , , , China., , , China., , , China., , , , , , , , , Hong Kong., China., , , Asia--China--------Hong Kong------, Asia--China----------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18150; 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-18150
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148469

Title: American priest leaves China.
Description: Further information regarding a portrait of Father Armand Proulx, who was recently released by the Chinese Communists.
Creator Name(s): De Santerre, Daniele. (author)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--China., Proulx, Armand, 1904-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Hong Kong., China., Asia--China--Hong Kong, Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. C-18311; 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-18311_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150735

Title: Released Italian Bishop in hospital.
Description: Italian Bishop Alfonso Ferroni is shown in his hospital bed where he was taken from Red-China-Hong-Kong border after staggering up to barrier.
Date Created: 1955, ca. 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscans., Catholic Church--Bishops--China--Hubei Sheng., Ferroni, Alfonso Maria Corrado, 1892-1966.
Topical Subject(s): Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Political prisoners--Health and hygiene--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: , , China, Hubei Sheng., , , , , , , , , , , , China., , , China., , , China., , , China., , , , , , Hong Kong., China., , , Asia--China--------Hong Kong------, Asia--China----------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18151; 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-18151
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148520

Title: American priest leaves China.
Description: Portrait of Father Armand Proulx, who was recently released by the Chinese Communists.
Creator Name(s): De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--China., Proulx, Armand, 1904-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects: China., China., China., China., Hong Kong., China., Asia--China--Hong Kong, Asia--China
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. C-18311; 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-18311
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151570

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