Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Japanese choir members.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: WPA-45-64013 Part of the mixed choir of Japanese girls who sang with GI’s in Christmas Day program at Radio Tokyo. Eiko Kuwabara, Micky Vemura, Sueko, Hirahara. Photographer-Von Stroheim
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rajio Tōkyō., Kuwabara, Eiko., Vemura, Micky., Hirahara, Sueko.
Topics:
Singers--Japan--Tokyo., Women singers--Japan--Tokyo., Choirs (Music)--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357454
Title:
Correspondent and priest.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CORRESPONDENT AND PRIEST #1585 TOKYO -- Religious News Service correspondent Richard T. Baker and Father Francis Shimura are shown in front of the ruined Roman Catholic convent of St. Maur here. Father Shimura, head of the general affairs section of the National Catholic Council, also is active in cooperation movements with Buddhists, Protestants and Shintoists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981., Religious News Service., Catholic Church--Clergy., Shimura, Francis.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Convents--Japan--Tokyo., Ecumenical movement--Japan., Journalists--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357361
Title:
Helen Topping.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1490 2. Mrs. Henry Topping, 83, veteran Baptist missionary in Japan. She and her husband, who died three years ago, were permitted to live in their own house in the suburbs of Tokyo throughout the period of Japanese-American enmity.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Topping, Helen, 1889-1981.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan--Tokyo., Women missionaries--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Baptists., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357317
Title:
Baptist missionary at work again in Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST MISSIONARY AT WORK AGAIN IN JAPAN #1489 TOKYO -- Miss Ruth Ward, independent Baptist missionary who was interned during the war, is one of many who have returned to their posts. More than 500 Japanese children, like those shown above, study English and music in her classes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B-DENOM.)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ward, Ruth.
Topics:
Missionaries--Japan--Tokyo., Women missionaries--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Baptists., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., Children--Japan--Tokyo., Teachers--Japan--Tokyo., Women teachers--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357316
Title:
Tokyo church memorial scarred by fire.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHURCH MEMORIAL SCARRED BY FIRE 1437 TOKYO -- This memorial plaque, erected in honor of A.D. Weld French, one of the first American merchants to come to Japan, now rests in a corner, its face warped by heat and colored with rust. The plaque once hung in the narthex of Holy Trinity (Episcopal) Church, which is now in ruins. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-BO)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), French, A. D. Weld (Aaron Davis Weld), 1835-1896--Monuments.
Topics:
Plaques, plaquettes--Japan--Tokyo., Historical markers--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357286
Title:
Leader of Japanese peace society.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: LEADER OF JAPANESE PEACE SOCIETY 1436 TOKYO -- Tsunetaro Miyakoda, former general secretary of the National Christian Council in Japan, is general secretary of the International Peace Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Miyakoda, Tsunetarō, 1897-1983.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357285
Title:
Episcopal Bishop of Tokyo.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF TOKYO 1435 A TOKYO -- A former professor of theology, Dr. Paul C. Sasaki, is Episcopal bishop of Tokyo. He studied abroad in England, and has been bishop for ten years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sasaki, Paul Shinji., Nihon Seikōkai--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357284
Title:
Congregation at Tokyo communion service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONGREGATION AT TOKYO COMMUNION SERVICE #1434 TOKYO -- With the gaunt walls of Holy Trinity (Episcopal) Church here forming the background, the congregation of the Episcopal edifice pose for a group picture after a recent Holy Communion service. Middle figure of three seated clergymen is Bishop Paul C. Sasaki, Episcopal bishop of Tokyo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Takamatsu, Takaharu., Nihon Seikōkai--Clergy., Rikkyō Daigaku--Faculty., Rikkyō Daigaku--Students.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., Sacrilege--Japan--Tokyo., College students--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan), Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357283
Title:
Ruins fail to halt Tokyo services.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: RUINS FAIL TO HALT TOKYO SERVIES #1425 TOKYO -- With a warm sun a symbol of the light from above, members of the congregation of Episcopal Holy Trinity Church here leave the battered ruin after regular Sunday service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Seikōkai--Buildings.
Topics:
Church attendance--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357282
Title:
Rector of Tokyo university chapel.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: RECTOR OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY CHAPEL 1424 TOKYO -- Chaplain Takaharu Takamatsu, rector of All Saints Chapel of St. Paul’s University here, was removed from his post during the war, but he conducted Bible classes in his own home. The chapel was desecrated and used as a storehouse for the Japanese Army. He is surrounded by students who now attend his daily chapel services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rikkyō Daigaku--Chaplains., Rikkyō Daigaku., Rikkyō Daigaku--Students.
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., College chaplains--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357281
Title:
Blasted Tokyo church stands amid ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BLASTED TOKYO CHURCH STANDS AMID RUINS #1423 TOKYO -- The tower and walls are all that remain of once fashionable Holy Trinity (Episcopal) Church here. Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew read the lesson from the lectern in this church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Seikōkai--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan), Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357280
Title:
Communion service in wrecked Tokyo church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: COMMUNION SERVICE IN WRECKED TOKYO CHURCH #1422 TOKYO -- American and Japanese Christians participate in the Holy Communion ceremonies in fire-gutted Holy Trinity Church here. Episcopal Bishop Paul C. Sasaki (left) is administering the sacrament assisted by the rector. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Seikōkai--Bishops., Sasaki, Paul Shinji., Nihon Seikōkai--Liturgy.
Topics:
Bishops--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Lord's Supper (Liturgy), World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357279
Title:
Tokyo's Holy Trinity grim monument to war.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO’S HOLY TRINITY GRIM MONUMENT TO WAR #1421 TOKYO -- Once the most fashionable Episcopal church here, Holy Trinity now is only a battered shell, standing among the fire-swept ruins of the Aoyama district. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E-D-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Seikōkai--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan), Aoyama (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357278
Title:
Tokyo Episcopal cafeteria.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO EPISCOPAL CAFETERIA #1420 TOKYO -- The refectory of St. Paul’s University (Episcopal) here sells 300 lunches a day. Run by a student cooperative, the meals cost about seven cents. The university was converted to military uses during the war but has undergone shakeups under Gen. MacArthur’s command. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rikkyō Daigaku--Students., Rikkyō Daigaku.
Topics:
Cafeterias--Japan--Tokyo., Food service--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan), Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357277
Title:
Priest surveys damaged Tokyo school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PRIEST SURVEYS DAMAGED TOKYO SCHOOL #1418 TOKYO -- Father Francis Shimira [Shimura], head of the general affairs section of Sophia University here, stands among the rubble and shattered walls of the war-damaged school. This wing, and that of another building, however, were the only sections destroyed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C-D)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jōchi Daigaku--Buildings., Jōchi Daigaku., Catholic Church--Clergy., Shimura, Francis.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Catholic universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., Clergy--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357276
Title:
University convent escapes Tokyo damage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: UNIVERSITY CONVENT ESCAPES TOKYO DAMAGE #1416 TOKYO -- The Jochi Gakuin convent of Sophia University here, stands undamaged after the fire raids on the capital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jōchi Daigaku--Buildings., Jōchi Daigaku.
Topics:
Convents--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Catholic universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357274
Title:
Mrs. Tamaki Uemura.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-1414 9. Mrs. Tamaki Uemura, one of Tokyo’s best pastors. Hers is the Kashiwagi Church of Yodobashi ward. She is the daughter of Masahisa Uemura, the nestor of Japanese Presbyterianism. Trained at Wellesley and Edinburgh, she is head of the women’s section of the United Church of Christ in Japan.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Uemura, Tamaki, 1890-1982., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan.
Topics:
Women in church work--Japan--Tokyo., Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Women clergy--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Yodobashi-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357273
Title:
Heads Japanese Kindergarten School.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HEADS JAPANESE KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL #1413 TOKYO -- Miss Kiku Ishihara is head of the Tokyo Kindergarten School, which before the war was sponsored by the Lake Avenue Baptist Church of Rochester, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B-O-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ishihara, Kiku.
Topics:
Kindergarten teachers--Japan--Tokyo., Women kindergarten teachers--Japan--Tokyo., School administrators--Japan--Tokyo., Women school administrators--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357272
Title:
Tokyo Kindergarten School.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL #1411 TOKYO -- Surrounded by wreckage, the Tokyo Kindergarten School is sponsored by the Lake Avenue Baptist Church of Rochester, N.Y. Students have to cross the rubble ever day to get to classes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B-DEN-RO)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Kindergarten facilities--Japan--Tokyo., Rubble--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357270
Title:
Jesuit university in Tokyo still operating.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JESUIT UNIVERSITY IN TOKYO STILL OPERATING #1410 TOKYO -- One of the few buildings still left standing in the Kojimachi-ku district of this blitzed city is the Roman Catholic Sophia University. The Jesuit school is operating today with its normal complement of about 1,000 students. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jōchi Daigaku--Buildings., Jōchi Daigaku.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Catholic universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Jesuit universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Kōjimachi-ku (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357269

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