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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Mickey's grand-slam for research.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31288 MICKEY’S GRAND-SLAM FOR RESEARCH NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, congratulates Mickey Mantle upon establishment of the Mickey Mantle Foundation for Hodgkin’s Disease Research at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Looking on are Mayor Robert F. Wagner, left, and Whitey Ford, the Yankees’ star pitcher-coach. The great outfielder’s father died of Hodgkin’s disease 13 years ago, and for the past 10 years he has been making contributions to the Catholic hospital’s research program on that disease. Idea for the project began a decade ago at a meeting between the cardinal and the baseball star. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-7C-64-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995., St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York., Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991., Ford, Whitey, 1928-, Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Catholic hospitals--New York (State)--New York., Baseball players--New York (State)--New York., Mayors--New York (State)--New York., Bishops--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350174

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