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:
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:
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:
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:
Tokyo hospital now houses students.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO HOSPITAL NOW HOUSES STUDENTS #1409 TOKYO -- Formerly a private hospital, this building in the suburbs here is now a dormitory for students. A rear wing serves as office space for some of the activities of the Kagawa Fellowship, named after the noted Japanese Protestant leader, Toyohiko Kagawa. 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.
Topics:
Buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Student housing--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357268
Title:
Congregational church in Tokyo.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN TOKYO #1405 TOKYO -- The steeple of the Congregational Roinanzaka Church here rises above the houses in an almost undamaged section of this city. Proximity of the American Embassy may have caused American airmen to avoid this area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan Reinanzaka Kyōkai (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Tokyo., Spires--Japan--Tokyo., Church architecture--Details--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Minato-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Minato-ku (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357267
Title:
Heads United Church of Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HEADS UNITED CHURCH OF JAPAN S-1393 TOKYO -- The Rev. Mitsuru Tomita is head of the United Church of Christ in Japan. He is expected to resign after the Church’s first general meeting in March. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Tomita, Mitsuru., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357024
Title:
Executive committee of United Church of Christ in Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN S-1392 TOKYO -- The executive committee of the United Church of Christ in Japan is at its first meeting since the end of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Congresses., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357023
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:
Tennis match.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Court tennis--Tournaments--Japan--Tokyo., Court tennis--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356992

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