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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End of Devil's Island his mission.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: END OF DEVIL’S ISLAND HIS MISSION #s-3279 NEW YORK -- Major Charles A. Pean (above) of the Salvation Army in France has arrived here enroute to French Guiana where he will aid in the liquidation of the century-old penal settlement more popularly known as Devil’s Island. Major Pean, who for 18 years has worked for the abolition of the colony, will organize and supervise the repatriation of some 5,100 prisoners and ‘liberes.’ Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-4C-6-W-D)
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Péan, Charles., Salvation Army., Salvation Army--Missions--French Guiana--Devil's Island.
Topics:
Penal colonies--French Guiana--Devil's Island., Church work with prisoners--French Guiana--Devil's Island., Church work with prisoners--Salvation Army., Prison abolition movements--France.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Devil’s Island (French Guiana)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359124
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Butchart, Franklin D.
Topics:
Clergy--Ohio--Cleveland., Biblical costume--Ohio--Cleveland., Performance--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359120
Title:
Starts crusade for 'United Church.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: STARTS CRUSADE FOR ‘UNITED CHURCH’ #S-3190 SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Dr. E. Stanley Jones, evangelist and author, began a series of national speaking campaigns here on behalf of “a crusade for a United Church of America.” Mass meetings are planned for 30 cities from coast to coast. Chairman of the sponsoring committee is Andrew Phelps, of Pittsburgh, vice president of the Westinghouse Electric Co. Other members are Herbert Hoover, Congressman Walter H. Judd, J. C. Penney, Lowell Thomas, Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl, of Minnesota, Kirtley Mather and Mrs. Harper Sibley. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (S.N.-N.Y.-9A-7-JOG-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973.
Topics:
Evangelists--New York (State)--Syracuse., Christian union--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Syracuse (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359118
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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:
Jesuit editor named to interfaith post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JESUIT EDITOR NAMED TO INTERFAITH POST #c-3073 NEW YORK -- The Rev. Allan P. Farrell, S.J., education director of America, Jesuit weekly, has been named Catholic co-chairman of the Commission of Religious Organizations of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Among the commission’s tasks is the holding of clergy conferences across the nation, which bring together priests, ministers, and rabbis for development of local interfaith goodwill programs. Accepting his new post, Father Farrell said: “For the sake of a decent world, Americans must learn to respect one another’s beliefs and cooperate for common civic and moral ends.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-TFD-4-C-6-C)
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Farrell, Allan P. (Allan Peter), 1896-1976., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Editors--New York (State)--New York., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359103
Title:
Hungarian bishop behind bars.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HUNGARIAN BISHOP BEHIND BARS #c-2076 BUDAPEST -- Imprisoned here as a “war criminal” Bishop Stefan Uzdoczy-Zadravetz (shown behind prison bars) has long been noted for his strong anti-Communistic attitude. He was “Army Bishop” of Admiral Nicholas Horthy’s forces after the last war. Although the bishop has been in retirement since 1928, most of the material for the accusations against him was gathered from his speeches and activities during World War I and in the “counter-revolutionary” period following it when Horthy’s regime superceded [sic] that of the Bolshevik Bela Kun. The 62-year-old prelate lives in a room with 30 other prisoners. Three times weekly he celebrates Mass in the prison chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-BUDA-MES-3C-6-C)
Creator:
Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zadravecz, István, 1884-1965., Catholic Church--Bishops., Hungary. Honvédség--Chaplains.
Topics:
Bishops--Hungary--Budapest., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Hungary., Counterrevolutionaries--Hungary--Budapest.
Geographic subjects:
Budapest (Hungary), Hungary--History--1918-1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359096
Title:
Archbishop John Murray.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Murray, John Gregory.
Topics:
Bishops--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359090
Title:
YMCA leader in Europe.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YMCA LEADER IN EUROPE #3273 GENEVA -- Paul B. Anderson, senior secretary of the international committee of the YMCA, is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Anderson, who has his headquarters in Paris, served for 17 years with the Y in France before the war. An Episcopalian, he represented the organization on the Allied Repatriation Commission for Prisoners of War after spending 13 months in Paris when the Germans occupied the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Alliance of YMCAs., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Repatriations.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359083
Title:
Norwegian delegate at Geneva meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NORWEGIAN DELEGATE AT GENEVA MEETING #3271 GENEVA -- The Rev. Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen of the Norwegian Lutheran Church is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Svendsen is chairman of the reconstruction committee of the Norwegian church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L-Minn. Times)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Bonnevie-Svendsen, Conrad, 1898-1983.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359082
Title:
Finnish leader at reconstruction meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FINNISH LEADER AT RECONSTRUCTION MEETING #3270 GENEVA -- The Rev. Toivo Harjunpaa of Finland takes time out for tea during the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Harjunpaa is secretary of the Finnish reconstruction committee and assistant to Archbishop Aleksi E. Lehtonen, Primate of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Harjunpää, Toivo.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359081
Title:
British reconstruction leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BRITISH RECONSTRUCTION LEADER #3268 LONDON -- Miss Eleanora Iredale is secretary of the British Committee for Christian Reconstruction in Europe which was set up in 1943 by the British Council of Churches to cope with problems in the post-war period. Miss Iredale’s committee has worked closely with the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Last year the group raised 1,000,000 pounds ($4,000,000) for reconstruction purposes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iredale, Eleanora., British Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid.
Topics:
Women in church work--England--London., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359080
Title:
Rev. Loy L. Long.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3266 Rev. Loy L. Long formerly of Calcutta, India now candidate Secy. of the American Board of Foreign Missions, Boston Mac
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Long, Loy Lewis, 1903-, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Topics:
Returned missionaries--India--Kolkata., Missionaries--India--Kolkata.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Kolkata (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359078
Title:
Right Reverend Angus B. Dun, Bishop of Washington.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dun, Angus, 1892-1971., Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359075
Title:
Suffragan bishop-elect of Michigan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SUFFRAGAN BISHOP-ELECT OF MICHIGAN #3103 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Rev. Richard Stanley Merrill Emrich, assistant professor of Christian social ethics at the Episcopal Theological School here and minister-in-charge of St. Gabriel’s church, Marion, Mass., reads the letter notifying him of his election as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Michigan. The son of Episcopal missionaries, Mr. Emrich was born in Mardin, Turkey. He studied at Brown University, the Theological School here, Union Seminary, New York, and the University of Marburg, Germany. He formerly was curate of St. John’s church, Waterbury, Conn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-4A-6-A-E)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Emrich, Richard S. M. (Richard Stanley Merrill), 1910-, Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge, Mass.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Bishops--Michigan., Bishops--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Theologians--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.), Michigan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359026
Title:
Cardinal Eugene Tisserant.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tisserant, Eugène, 1884-1972., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359016
Title:
Cardinal Clement Emile Roques.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Roques, Clément Émile., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--France--Rennes.
Geographic subjects:
Rennes (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359015
Title:
Dr. Cavert resumes duties.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: DR. CAVERT RESUMES DUTIES #S-3019 [sic] NEW YORK -- Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, is shown at his desk here as he resumed his duties after a six-month’s stay in Europe. Dr. Cavert took a prominent part in the organization of the first post-war meeting of the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches held recently in Geneva, Switzerland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-3C-6-W)
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., World Council of Churches. Provisional Committee.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--United States., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358993
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:
The simple joys of youth.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #939 THE SIMPLE JOYS OF YOUTH. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CE-NY-MES-1-6-C-O-Y)
Creator:
Erger. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children., Ice cream cones.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358908
Title:
All dressed up.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #937 ALL DRESSED UP. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (IW-NY-MES-1-6-C-O-Y)
Creator:
Wynman, Ida. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children., Winter.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358907

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