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:
Wilbur and Pete.
Description:
"Wilbur and Pete" pamphlet published by the American Mission to Lepers in support of their fundraising campaign, "Pete the Pig."
Creator:
American Mission to Lepers. (publisher)
Subject names:
Chapman, Wilbur., Religious News Service--Archives., American Mission to Lepers.
Topics:
Missions to leprosy patients., Church work with leprosy patients.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147188
Title:
NAACP's Hooks and Theologian Marty Featured Speakers at RCC Meetings, press release.
Description:
Religious News Service press release.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Religious Communications Congress/1980., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010., Marty, Martin E., -1928.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Tennessee--Nashville., Mass media--Religious aspects., Mass media--Religious aspects., Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects--Tennessee--Nashville.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147185
Title:
Indian Chief Honored at Bible Fair Exhibit.
Description:
The Wycliffe Bible Translators' Pavilion of 2000 Tribes features the mural "SAVAGE TO CITIZEN" by Douglas Riseborough, depicting the story of the life of Chief Tariri. The name of the pavilion, in the form of a native hut, represents the number of tribes as yet without a written language or a Bible in their own tongue.
Creator:
Wycliffe Bible Translators. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Wycliffe Bible Translators., Tariri., Riseborough, Douglas.
Topics:
Shapra Indians., Evangelistic work--Peru., Evangelistic work--Peru.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147182
Title:
Abortion: pro.
Description:
Women carry a banner as they march down Pennsylvania Avenue to a pro-abortion rally. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Abortion: pro" (PC-42317) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: con." (PC-42318[b])]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Pro-choice movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147173
Title:
Religious leader hears university plan.
Description:
Miss Ruth Miller, administrative assistant of the Committee for a Christian University in Japan, discusses plans with Rev. Kozaki.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōkai., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Kozaki, Michio, 1888-1973., Miller, Ruth.
Topics:
Religious leaders--New York (State)--New York., Christian universities and colleges--Japan., Christian universities and colleges--Japan., Universities and colleges--Planning--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147170
Title:
Bishop gets French Legion of Honor.
Description:
Sergeant K. M. Meland (second from right) of St. Paul, Minn., holds high French colors as fellow marines, PFC. Palmer Kline (partially hidden by flag) from Beverly Hills, Calif., and PFC. Thomas Ross (right) of Scranton, Pa., flank him during ceremonies in Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 5, in which the French Award of the Legion of Honor was awarded to Bishop Breton (standing in front of color guard) of Yokosuka. Bishop Breton has been in Japan for 43 years, after service \u2013 in the late 1890s \u2013 in Los Angeles, Calif. His hometown is Inglovert, Department of Pas de Calais, France.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Catholic Church--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Breton, J., Kline, Palmer., Meland, K.M., Ross, Thomas.
Topics:
Honor guards--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Rites and ceremonies--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., Rites and ceremonies--Japan--Yokosuka-shi., French--Japan--Yokosuka-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Yokosuka-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147167
Title:
ERA March in Chicago.
Description:
Part of a crowd of 25,000 marchers move along Chicago's lakefront in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Equal rights amendments--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147164
Title:
South Korean Students Demand End of Martial Law.
Description:
Riot police repel students who rallied near Yonsei University in Seoul on May 13 to demand an end to martial law in their country.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yŏnse Taehakkyo.
Topics:
Student movements--Korea (South)--Seoul., Student protesters--Korea (South)--Seoul., Student protesters--Korea (South)--Seoul., Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147161
Title:
Vietnamese Catholics flee Reds.
Description:
Here are some of the thousands of refugees of Northern Vietnam who left their homes after the communists took over the area under the terms of the Geneva Pact. Although the French sent all available shipping to help them, under international law the would-be refugees had to make their own way out. They did this, despite high seas and the frailest of craft, pushing their way to freedom in an evacuation that took several days. These refugees are shown after they were taken aboard the French ship "Jules Verne." Despite the hazardous voyage, one refugee was able to hold on to her belongings which she carried in baskets on her head.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Religious refugees--Vietnam., Refugees--Vietnam., Refugees--Vietnam., Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Refugees., Catholics--Vietnam.
Geographic subjects:
Vietnam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147158
Title:
Keeping his Bible dry.
Description:
Private First Class A.C. Maynard, on patrol near a rubber plantation about 40 miles north of Saigon, keeps his Bible dry by strapping it to his helmet with an elastic band.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Maynard, A. C.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Jungle warfare., Soldiers, Black--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147155
Title:
Concern for the Decline of the Family Farm is Expressed by Religious Leaders.
Description:
In a joint statement, representatives of 13 church groups expressed their concern for the family farm, now increasingly threatened with extinction by powerful corporate interests.
Creator:
Wyman. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Baptist Convention. Christian Life Commission.
Topics:
Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States., Agriculture and politics--United States., Agriculture and politics--United States., Agriculture--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147149
Title:
Children flock to church in store.
Description:
Harlem youngsters listen to Peggy Ruth, field worker and Union Theological Seminary student, read Bible stories at a church set up in a vacant store in East Harlem. Standing behind the children are the co-pastors of the church, Rev. Don Benedict and Rev. J. Archie Hargraves.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie., Ruth, Peggy.
Topics:
Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)., Church facilities--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147146
Title:
Peace march spans the generations.
Description:
A mother and her child join a massive peace march in New York, part of a nationwide protest against the war in Vietnam.
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--New York (State)--New York., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--New York (State)--New York., Mothers and daughters--New York (State)--New York (State)., Anti-war demonstrations--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147143
Title:
Church Women United launch a spirit walk in Atlantic City.
Description:
Church Women United launches international "Spirit Walk" on the boardwalk of Atlantic City, led by national president, the Rev. Mary Louise Rowand.
Creator:
Charles, Janet. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church Women United., Rowand, Mary Louise.
Topics:
Religious gatherings--New Jersey--Atlantic City., Women and religion--New Jersey--Atlantic City., Women and religion--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
Geographic subjects:
Atlantic City (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147140
Title:
Catholic Scholar Addresses Chinese Cultural Conference.
Description:
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., editor of Homiletic and Pastoral Review, was among one of the speakers and China scholars who spoke at the 13th Annual Chinese Cultural Conference sponsored by the Institute of Chinese Culture on Saturday, May 3rd, at the Hotel Biltmore in NYC. Seated at far right is the Institute's Acting President, Rev. Paul Chan, who took this post when Rev. Raymond De Jaegher died in January. To the right of the podium is William A. Rusher, publisher of National Review and keynote speaker at the luncheon. The all-day conference attracted Chinese-Americans and Americans interested in the historical, political, and cultural dimensions of traditional Chinese culture in the context of realities in Mainland China and Taiwan, and the preservation of Chinese culture among Taiwanese and Chinese-Americans. An eyewitness assessment was given by Chinese-born Daniel Kelly (whose father had been a Presbyterian medical missionary in Mainland China) who had been held imprisoned for 20 years since age 17 by the Chinese communists and was released only in 1979.
Creator:
Lupis, Odette. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zhongguo wen hua yan jiu suo., Baker, Kenneth, -1929., Rusher, William A., 1923-2011., Chan, Paul.
Topics:
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147137
Title:
Two little "sisters."
Description:
Two little girls garbed as nuns kneel in prayer on Mission Sunday.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Catholic youth--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--Clothing--New York (State)--New York., Children--Prayers and devotions.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147134
Title:
Students picket Yugoslav Consulate.
Description:
Students picket outside of Yugoslav Consulate to mark the second anniversary of Archbishop Stepinac of Zagreb's imprisonment.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. John's University (New York, N.Y.), St. Francis College (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops--Yugoslavia., Catholic Church--Yugoslavia., Stepinac, Alojzije, 1898-1960--Imprisonment.
Topics:
Student protesters--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Diplomatic and consular service, Yugoslav--New York (State)--New York (State)., Political prisoners--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147131
Title:
Dale Carnegie makes Laymen's Sunday address.
Description:
Dale Carnegie, noted author and lecturer, delivers his address during services held on laymen's Sunday at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Marble Collegiate Church (New York, N.Y.), Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955.
Topics:
Laity--New York (State)--New York., Lay preaching--New York (State)--New York., Lay preaching--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147128
Title:
Children wear religious habits.
Description:
Father Jeffers (left) speaking to a group of children, garbed in miniature copies of the habits of various Catholic religious orders, as they gather around him at the services held on Missions Sunday, Oct. 24th, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
Creator:
Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops--New York (State)--New York., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Jeffers, Vincent.
Topics:
Catholic youth--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--Clothing--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147125
Title:
Hebron: Ancestral Shrine for Jews and Muslims Becomes a City of Terror.
Description:
Jews pray outside the walls of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ḥaram al-Ibrāhīmī (Hebron), Levinger, Moshe, 1935-2015.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1973-1983, Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict., Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Hebron., Ḳiryat Arbaʻ.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147122

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