Religious News Service Photographs

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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46065 MAP SHOWS ‘UNCHURCHED’ POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This map of the continental United States shows, on a county-by-county basis, the percentage of the “unchurched" population as of 1971. The term “unchurched" in this case refers to all those persons who are not on the church rolls of any Christian denomination. The dark grey areas on the map indicate counties where more than 60 percent of the population are not on Christian church membership rolls, while the light grey areas are counties where 40 to 60 percent can be considered unchurched. The white areas have been, according to the data available, up to 40 percent of the population belonging to a Christian denomination. The map was prepared by the Glenmary Research Center, Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic agency, and is based on data on church membership rolls found in “Churches and Church Membership in the United States: 1971" issued earlier this year. The study was compiled by Douglas W. Johnson, staff associate at the National Council of Churches’ Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, New York; Paul R. Picard, director of research, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, St. Louis; and Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center. While the data contained in the report encompasses just 80.9 percent of Christian church members, on the map county percentages of the unchurched were adjusted downwards to compensate for the unreported 19.2 percent. Also, since some denominations counted all baptized persons, including infants, and others did not, for the purposes of the map, membership statistics have been adjusted so that children of members in denominations that do not count infants are not included among the unchurched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9D-74-DS)
Creator:
Glenmary Research Center. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Glenmary Research Center., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Johnson, Douglas W., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Picard, Paul R., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Quinn, Bernard Donald.
Topics:
Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361521
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46065 MAP SHOWS ‘UNCHURCHED’ POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This map of the continental United States shows, on a county-by-county basis, the percentage of the “unchurched" population as of 1971. The term “unchurched" in this case refers to all those persons who are not on the church rolls of any Christian denomination. The dark grey areas on the map indicate counties where more than 60 percent of the population are not on Christian church membership rolls, while the light grey areas are counties where 40 to 60 percent can be considered unchurched. The white areas have been, according to the data available, up to 40 percent of the population belonging to a Christian denomination. The map was prepared by the Glenmary Research Center, Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic agency, and is based on data on church membership rolls found in “Churches and Church Membership in the United States: 1971" issued earlier this year. The study was compiled by Douglas W. Johnson, staff associate at the National Council of Churches’ Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, New York; Paul R. Picard, director of research, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, St. Louis; and Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center. While the data contained in the report encompasses just 80.9 percent of Christian church members, on the map county percentages of the unchurched were adjusted downwards to compensate for the unreported 19.2 percent. Also, since some denominations counted all baptized persons, including infants, and others did not, for the purposes of the map, membership statistics have been adjusted so that children of members in denominations that do not count infants are not included among the unchurched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9D-74-DS)
Creator:
Glenmary Research Center. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Glenmary Research Center., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Johnson, Douglas W., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Picard, Paul R., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Quinn, Bernard Donald.
Topics:
Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361520
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Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Glenmary Research Center., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Johnson, Douglas W., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Picard, Paul R., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Quinn, Bernard Donald.
Topics:
Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361487
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29791 LUNCHES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS NEW YORK -- Interracial and interreligious -- that was the theme of a giant sandwich packaging program carried on by the National Council of Churches, which prepared 80,000 box lunches for participants in the civil rights march on Washington. Roman Catholic nuns joined Protestant and Orthodox volunteers in a 13-hour project carried out in the hall of Riverside Church in New York City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8E-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Luncheons--Washington (D.C.), Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Sandwiches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358119
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Text transcribed from caption: P-29808 LARGE NCC DELEGATION MARCHES IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the large Protestant contingents in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom moved under the banner of the National Council of Churches. The group was led by Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, at left, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race, which played a key role in organizing the demonstration and stimulating participation by churchmen and women. With Dr. Spike is the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a leader of the National Baptist Convention of American and a vice president-at-large of the NCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358096
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Text transcribed from caption: P-29805 LINCOLN WATCHES OVER MARCH ON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The spirit of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, was felt throughout the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than 200,000 demonstrated for civil rights in the nation’s capital, marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where a program highlighting demands for human equality was held. Beneath the famed statue of Lincoln here are, at left, the Rev. John W. Williams, a leader of the National Baptist Convention of America, and Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord of Washington, D.C. Both are vice presidents-at-large of the National Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-DC-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues., Williams, John W., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358095
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Text transcribed from caption: P-29748 NCC CHORUS REHEARSES FOR WASHINGTON MARCH NEW YORK -- “Freedom Songs,” which have become increasingly familiar across the nation with the accelerating pace of demonstrations for racial justice, were to have a place in the massive civil rights march on Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28. One musical group scheduled to take part in the demonstration was comprised of volunteers from the National Council of Churches staff in New York City. The chorus shown rehearsing above is lead [sic] by Merrill [Merritt] Hedgeman well-known concert artist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8D-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Hedgeman, Merritt., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Singing--New York (State)--New York., Music rehearsals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358089
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Text transcribed from caption: P-29681 AT NCC ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- A migrant ministry exhibit is viewed by four participants of the National Council of Churches; eight annual Ecumenical Institute at Black Mountain, N.C., attended by some 100 leaders of 17 church bodies. Left to right: Mrs. Ann Warner of Memphis, Tenn., secretary of the Southern Field Office, NCC’s migrant ministry; Mrs. A. Beatrice Williams of Jacksonville, Fla., editor, Women’s Missionary magazine, African Methodist Episcopal Church; Prof. Ralph L. Williamson of Atlanta, Ga., instructor in town and country work, Interdenominational Theological Seminary; and Dr. Henry C. McCanna of New York, executive director, NCC’s Department of Town and Country Churches. Sponsored by the NCC’s Southern Office, the interdenominational and interracial institute was designed to promote understanding and cooperation among southern Christians. Dr. McCanna was one of the principal speakers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-7E-63-NAB)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Warner, Ann., Williams, A. Beatrice., Williamson, Ralph L., McCanna, Henry C.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Home missions--United States., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Ecumenical movement--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Church and social problems--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Black Mountain (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358079
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357965
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Warner, Ann., Williams, A. Beatrice., Williamson, Ralph L., McCanna, Henry C.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Home missions--United States., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Ecumenical movement--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Church and social problems--Congresses.
Geographic subjects:
Black Mountain (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357772
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Hedgeman, Merritt., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Singing--New York (State)--New York., Music rehearsals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357748
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Text transcribed from caption: P-31839 APPALACHIA SCENE OF POVERTY FILM NEW YORK -- The clapboard shack of a poverty-stricken miner starkly emphasizes the plight of thousands of Appalachia residents. The scene is from a new documentary film, “The Captive,” produced through the National Council of Churches under the sponsorship of eight member denominations. Tracing the plight of an actual man whose one skill, digging coal, is now obsolete, the documentary calls attention to pockets of poverty throughout the country and seeks to stimulate concern over ways to free the nation’s “captive poor.” The Council on International Nontheatrical Events gave “The Captive” one of its 1964 Golden Eagle Film Awards and included it among films chosen to represent the U.S. at major overseas film festivals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11C-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Council on International Nontheatrical Events.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356642
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Text transcribed from caption: P-31838 POCKETS OF POVERTY EMPHASIZED IN NEW FILM NEW YORK -- The effect of poverty on the spirit as well as the body is seen in the faces of residents of Appalachia. This family is among those seen in a new film, “The Captive,” produced through the National Council of Churches under the sponsorship of eight member denominations. The film, which won a 1964 Golden Eagle Film Award from the Council on International Nontheatrical Events and was being shown at overseas film festivals, seeks to stimulate concern over ways to free the “captive poor” in many American pockets of poverty. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11C-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region., Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356641
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Text transcribed from caption: P-31794 DANCE DEPICTS CHRISTIAN LIFE TOKYO -- One of Japan’s leading classical dancers, Mrs. Futaba Hanayagi (center), has used the medium of which she is a master to express what Christianity has meant in her life. Accompanied by five dancers, she portrays her spiritual journey -- from the despair when illness threatened to end her career at the age of nineteen -- to the vigor, joy and gratitude that came when she became a Christian. Christian hymns, sung by a 20-voice choir and accompanied by classical Japanese instruments, provide background. The unique performance has been recorded on a 20-minute color film by the National Christian Council of Japan. It is available in the United Sates, with an English soundtrack, through the Radio, Visual Education and Mass Communication Committee (RAVEMCCO) of the National Council of Churches in New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (IBC-11A-64-MH)
Creator:
Japan IRC (Tokyo, Japan) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hanayagi, Futaba., Nihon Kirisutokyō Kyōgikai., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Performing arts--Japan--Tokyo., Dance--Japan--Tokyo., Culture--Japan--Tokyo., Hymns--Japan--Tokyo., Christian women--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356629
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Text transcribed from caption: P-31787 UGANDA OFFICIAL HONORED BY NCC NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Green Katongole (left), Permanent Secretary of Uganda’s Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism, was honored in New York at a luncheon given by the National Council of Churches’ Radio, Visual Education and Mass Communication Committee. He is shown here with Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary. From 1951 to 1953 Dr. Katongole studied in the United States on a scholarship awarded by the Council’s Department of World Literacy and Christian Literature. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11A-64-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Katongole, Richard Green., Uganda. Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin.
Topics:
Church and mass media--New York (State)--New York., Public relations--Uganda.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356627
Title:
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region., Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356303
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Council on International Nontheatrical Events.
Topics:
Poverty--Appalachian Region., Poor--Appalachian Region., Documentary films--Appalachian Region., Miners--Appalachian Region.
Geographic subjects:
Appalachian Region.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356269
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Text transcribed from caption: P-32195 SENIOR AFRICAN PASTORS NEW YORK -- Certificates marking completion of a nine-month African Senior Pastors’ Institute in the U.S. were presented to 10 African clergymen at the National Council of Churches’ headquarters in New York. Jointly arranged by the NCC and the World Council of Churches, the institute included seminary study, conferences and three months of local parish work. From left to right are the Rev. Joseph Adeke of the Anglican Church in Uganda; the Rev. Geoffrey Ngare, Presbyterian pastor from Ghana; the Rev. David Gana, Presbyterian pastor from West Cameroon; the Rev. Kermit Overton, fraternal worker in Cameroon for the United Presbyterian Church and director of the Institute; the Rev. Charles Kittoe, principal of Freeman College in Ghana where Methodist lay workers and catechists are trained; the Rev. Emmanuel Agyako-Mensah, Presbyterian pastor in Ghana; the Rev. Daudi Udali, Anglican pastor in Kenya; the Rev. Wesley Manda, Presbyterian pastor in Malawi; the Rev. Hezron Rachier, Anglican pastor in Kenya, and the Rev. Laadan Kamau, Anglican pastor in Kenya. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2D-65-W)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Adeke, Joseph., Ngare, Geoffrey., Adiku, Ehrenfried Tongo., Gana, David., Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kittoe, Charles Dawson., Agyako-Mensah, Emmanuel., Udali, Daudi., Manda, Wesley., Rachier, Hezron., Kamau, Laadan.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy, Black--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Christian education--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355911
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32067 THE TOPIC: TV AND CHILDREN TORONTO, Ont. -- Some 75 Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox educators and audio-visual experts and TV network consultants explored in detail the effects of television on children during a first Consultation on Children and Television held at Toronto, Ont. The meeting was sponsored by the National Council of Churches through its Broadcasting and Film Commission and its Department of Audio-Visual and Broadcast Education. Participants in the consultation included Miss Mary Venable (left) and Mrs. Harry Poppe, both of New York, in charge, respectively, of children’s work and television for the Division of Christian Education of the NCC, and Dr. Lester Beck, behavioral psychologist and teaching research professor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1D-65-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Venable, Mary., Beck, Lester F. (Lester Fred), 1909-1977., Oregon State System of Higher Education--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ontario--Toronto., Church and mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Violence in mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Mass media and children--Ontario--Toronto.
Geographic subjects:
Toronto (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355902
Creator:
Coates, Fletcher. (author), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Venable, Mary., Beck, Lester F. (Lester Fred), 1909-1977., Oregon State System of Higher Education--Faculty.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ontario--Toronto., Church and mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Violence in mass media--Ontario--Toronto., Mass media and children--Ontario--Toronto.
Geographic subjects:
Toronto (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355781

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