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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Title:
To head Catholic relief in Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TO HEAD CATHOLIC RELIEF IN JAPAN #c-3246 MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- The Rev. Michael J. McKillop of Brooklyn, N.Y., will represent the Catholic hierarchy on the temporary mission to Japan of the American Council of Volunteer Services [sic] for Foreign Service. Father McKillop was stationed in a Maryknoll mission in Japan before the war and since repatriation has been rector of the Maryknoll College at Los Altos, Cal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-MES-4-B-6-C)
Creator:
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., McKillop, Michael J., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan., American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service.
Topics:
Clergy--California--Los Altos., Returned missionaries--Japan., Missions--Japan., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359107
Title:
Japanese Christian back at his post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHRISTIAN BACK AT HIS POST TOKYO -- Prof. Tadao Yanaihara (above) has resumed his post in the economic department of the Imperial University here after being ousted by the former Japanese government for his opposition to its foreign policies and because of his anti-war attitude. Prof. Yanaihara is a member of the Mukyokai, a society of Christian intellectual members of [sic] which do not attend church services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO RB-TOK-MES-3D-6
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yanaihara, Tadao, 1893-1961., Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku--Faculty.
Topics:
College teachers--Japan--Tokyo., Dissenters--Japan--Tokyo., Pacifists--Japan., Christian converts--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358989
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:
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:
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:
Principal of Tokyo girls' school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PRINCIPAL OF TOKYO GIRLS’ SCHOOL #S-1372 TOKYO -- One of the outstanding women in Japanese Christendom, Miss Michi Kawai is principal of the Keisen Girls’ School here. She believes that the only way Japan can achieve democracy is through the use of more women in the country’s school system. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-JAP-MS-12-5-W-D-O)
Subject names:
Kawai, Michi, 1877-1953., Keisen Jogakuen--Faculty., Keisen Jogakuen., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
School principals--Japan--Tokyo., Women school principals--Japan--Tokyo., Democratization--Japan., Church schools--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Setagaya-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357022
Title:
Japanese church educational leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHURCH EDUCATIONAL LEADER #1395 TOKYO -- Tsuraki Yano, president of Meiji Gakuin school here, was one of the staunch defenders of Christianity during the war. Through his efforts the Christian principles of his institutions were safeguarded against the demands of the militarists. He is chairman of the Christian Educators’ Association of Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-P-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Yano, Tsuraki, 1886-1975., Meiji Gakuin--Faculty., Meiji Gakuin., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
School administrators--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Church schools--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Minato-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356990
Title:
Japanese Sunday school official.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICIAL 1387 TOKYO -- The Rev. Isamu Chiba is secretary of the Board of Sunday Schools of the United Church of Christ in Japan. A Baptist, he is standing in front of the building which houses the offices of the United Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-JAP-MS-125-OB)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Chiba, Isamu., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Sunday school superintendents--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356988
Title:
Congregationalist in Japanese church post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONGREGATIONALIST IN JAPANESE CHURCH POST 1383 TOKYO -- A former Congregationalist pastor in Yokohama, the Rev. Tokuso Hiraga now heads the general affairs department of the United Church of Christ in Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hiraga, Tokuso., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Congregationalists--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356985
Title:
Japanese youth leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE YOUTH LEADER 1382 TOKYO -- Katsumi Nagamatsu is secretary of the student division of the Japanese YMCA and secretary of the Imperial University Y here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D-Y-Y)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Nihon Kirisutokyō Seinenkai Dōmei., Nagamatsu, Katsumi., Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church work with youth--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356984

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