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:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360415
Title:
Baptist World Alliance president.
Description:
Alternate RNS caption when photo file S-4919 was published as a portrait of C. Oscar Johnson.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, C. Oscar., Baptist World Alliance., Baptist World Alliance--Presidents., Baptist World Alliance--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Denmark--Copenhagen., Clergy--California--Oakland., Christian leadership--Baptists.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.), Copenhagen (Denmark)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360413
Title:
Adults go to school.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Literacy programs--India., Literacy--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360403
Title:
A scene on the Cauvery River sacred to the Hindus.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Hindus--India--Cauvery River., Rivers--India., Hinduism--India., Hinduism--Customs and practices.
Geographic subjects:
Cauvery River (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360391
Title:
Hutterite colony in Canada.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Hutterian Brethren--Alberta., Hutterite farmers--Alberta., Religious communities--Alberta., Societies living in common without vows., Collective settlements--Alberta.
Geographic subjects:
Alberta.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360373
Title:
Muslims at prayer at the Zaharia.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Muslims--India--Mumbai., Prayer--India--Mumbai., Prayer--Islam., Millers--India--Mumbai.
Geographic subjects:
Mumbai (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360355
Title:
Religious hobbies.
Description:
Alternate caption (photo series level information).
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360231
Title:
Nuns do many things.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Aeronautics--Study and teaching., Nuns., Nuns as teachers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360229
Title:
Nuns do many things.
Description:
Alternate caption (series-level photo information).
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--United States., Monasticism and religious orders for women--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360227
Title:
Religious hobbies.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Milwaukee Public Museum., Goessl, Elmer., Goessl, Ralph--Art collections., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Brasswork--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360215
Title:
Religious hobbies.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moyer, William H.
Topics:
Bookbinding--Repairing--New York (State)--Buffalo., Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity., Bible--Study and teaching--Nigeria., Religious literature--Distribution--Nigeria.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.), Nigeria--Civilization--British influences.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359693
Title:
Altars in miniature his hobby.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Burns, W. F.
Topics:
Diorama--Ohio--Akron., Miniature objects--Ohio--Akron., Models and modelmaking--Ohio--Akron., Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Akron (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359687
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
Description:
Caption for series of related images.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359681
Title:
The Annunciation.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Art., Mastroianni, D. (Domenico), 1876-1962., Jesus Christ--Chronology.
Topics:
Bible--Quotations., Wax-modeling., Portrait sculpture, Italian., Christian art and symbolism.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359677
Title:
Dr. J.M. Dawson to direct Baptists' Washington Office.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dawson, Joseph Martin, 1879-1973., First Baptist Church Waco (Waco, Tex.), Southern Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Clergy--Appointment, call, and election.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359661
Title:
German church official.
Description:
Draft of the RNS caption. Crossed out portion reads, "Recently Dr. Jensen revealed that an estimated 80 per cent of Germans are opposed to the declaration adopted by the church at Stuttgart last fall which acknowledged its share in Germany's war guilt."
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jensen, Hans Werner., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Germany., Guilt--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359310
Title:
Tokyo Evangelism meeting.
Description:
Draft of RNS caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topics:
Bible. New Testament., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359297
Title:
German church officials.
Description:
Includes reference to another, unidentified photograph.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jensen, Hans Werner., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359295
Title:
Spinach.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief., Emergency food supply., Canning and preserving--Florida--Jacksonville., Spinach--Preservation., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects:
Jacksonville (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359276
Title:
Eggs.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction., Landis, Moyne., Apple, Elsie., Church of the Brethren--Clergy.
Topics:
Agricultural development projects--Poland., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Poland., Clergy--Ohio--Dayton., Eggs--Ohio--Dayton.
Geographic subjects:
Dayton (Ohio), Poland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359265

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