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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Addresses new Catholic theological society.
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Text transcribed from caption: 4022 ADDRESSES NEW CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK -- The Rev. William O’Connor, of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., is shown addressing the inaugural meeting here of the Catholic Theological Society of America -- first group of its kind in this country. The society is intended to promote theological discussion and research and will also seek “to relate the theology of the Church to current problems.” Inauguration of the society, of which Father O’Connor was elected a director, was preceded by a Pontifical Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral presided over by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-NY-TFD-6-D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O’Connor, William R., 1897-1974., St. Joseph's Seminary (Yonkers, N.Y.), Catholic Theological Society of America--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Catholic Church--Societies, etc., Theology--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York., Church and social problems--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359749
Title:
Dr. Mott addresses agricultural missions group.
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Text transcribed from caption: DR. MOTT ADDRESSES AGRICULTURAL MISSIONS GROUP #S-3609 NEW YORK -- Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the board of director of Agricultural Missions, Inc., addresses the annual luncheon of the group here. Others shown here are (left to right): Dr. Henry C. Taylor, Farm Foundation; Dr. A.R. Mann, director of the General Education Board; Dr. Channing H. Tobias, director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund; Dr. C.W. Chang, dean of the College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Nanking; Dr. Mott; Dr. Howard R. Tolley, head of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; John H. Reisner, executive secretary of Agricultural Missions, who will leave shortly for a six-month tour of India; the Rev. W. Don McClure, United Presbyterian Church missionary in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Dr. M.L. Wilson, director of extension service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Harold B. Allen, educational director of the Near East Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SS-NY-MES-5C-6-W-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)--Congresses., Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Agricultural assistance--Societies, etc., Agricultural development projects.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359597
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Dr. Earl F. Adams & Dr. Henry J. Carpenter.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3488 Dr. Earl F. Adams (left) Executive Secy - Protestant Council of the City of New York Dr. Henry J. Carpenter, Executive Secy of Brooklyn Church & Mission Federation
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Carpenter, J. Henry (Julius Henry), 1893-1954., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation., Adams, Earl F.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359445
Title:
Dr. J. Henry Carpenter, Executive Secretary of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carpenter, J. Henry (Julius Henry), 1893-1954., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359444
Title:
Dr. John Pearson, Chairman of Servicemen's Council.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Pearson, John.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359443
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses., Ethicists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359442
Title:
Dr. Robbin W. Barstow, Secretary for Reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Barstow, Robbins Wolcott., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359441
Title:
Reinhold Niebuhr.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses., Ethicists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359423
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359422
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359421
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359420
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359419
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359418
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses., Ethicists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359417
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359416
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359415
Title:
Conference discusses veteran and church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFERENCE DISCUSSES VETERAN AND CHURCH #3444 NEW YORK -- Veterans and church leaders are shown at the conference on The Veteran at Work in The Church sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Among those who took part in the program were Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity, Union Theological Seminary; the Rev. Reuben W. Coleman, executive secretary of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Robbins W. Barstow, secretary for reconstruction of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BH-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Congresses., Church work with veterans--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359414
Title:
Hoey Awards presented.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #926 HOEY AWARDS PRESENTED The James J. Hoey Awards for Interracial Justice for 1945 were presented to Paul D. Williams, vice president of the National Council of Catholic Men, and Richmond Barthe, Catholic Negro sculptor, at a ceremony in New York attended by 300 Negro and White Catholics. The awards are sponsored by the Catholic Interracial Council of New York and are given to the two Catholic laymen, Negro and White, who have done most during the year to promote interracial justice. Shown left to right are: A. Philip Randolph, international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Paul D. Williams; Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh, N.C., who presented the awards; Richmond Barthe; and the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J., chaplain of the Catholic Interracial Council.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Williams, Paul D., National Council of Catholic Men (U.S.), Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989., Catholic Interracial Council (New York, N.Y.), Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters., Williams, Paul D., Waters, Vincent Stanislaus., Catholic Church. Diocese of Raleigh (N.C.), Catholic Church--Bishops., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Congresses.
Topics:
Awards--New York (State)--New York., Award winners--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., African American sculptors--New York (State)--New York., African American Catholics--New York (State)--New York., Catholics--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358902
Title:
World Sunday school conference.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World’s Sunday School Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Sunday school--Congresses., Religious education--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357412
Title:
World Sunday school conference.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yuasa, Hachirō, 1890-1981., World’s Sunday School Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Sunday school--Congresses., Religious education--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357411

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