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:
Lutheran Theological.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nihon Rūteru Shingaku Daigaku.
Topics:
College buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Lutheran universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358990
Title:
Japanese Christian back at his post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHRISTIAN BACK AT HIS POST TOKYO -- Prof. Tadao Yanaihara (above) has resumed his post in the economic department of the Imperial University here after being ousted by the former Japanese government for his opposition to its foreign policies and because of his anti-war attitude. Prof. Yanaihara is a member of the Mukyokai, a society of Christian intellectual members of [sic] which do not attend church services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO RB-TOK-MES-3D-6
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yanaihara, Tadao, 1893-1961., Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku--Faculty.
Topics:
College teachers--Japan--Tokyo., Dissenters--Japan--Tokyo., Pacifists--Japan., Christian converts--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358989
Title:
Korean Catholic priest.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: KOREAN CATHOLIC PRIEST #2037 SEOUL, Korea -- Father Peter Ryang, Korean Catholic priest, relaxes from his duties to enjoy the sun on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here. Father Ryang formerly was attached to the Maryknoll mission in northern Korea (now occupied by the Russians), but came south last December. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BAK-KOR-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ryang, Peter., Catholic Church--Clergy., Myŏngdong Sŏngdang (Seoul, Korea)
Topics:
Clergy--Korea--Seoul., World War, 1939-1945--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358709
Title:
Korean educator now in the U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: KOREAN EDUCATOR NOW IN THE U.S. #2035 NEW YORK -- Miss Helen Kim (above), first Korean woman to come to the United States since the end of the war with Japan, attended the recent meeting of the YWCA in Atlantic City, N.J., and is conferring with Methodist leaders here and throughout the country. She is president of Ewha College in Seoul, a women’s college sponsored by the Methodist Church and the United Church of Canada. Miss Kim is shown standing outside one of the college buildings prior to her departure for this country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BAK-KOR-MES-3B-6-O-UC)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ihwa Yŏja Chŏnmun Hakkyo--Administration., Ihwa Yŏja Chŏnmun Hakkyo., Young Women's Christian Association--Congresses., Methodist Church (U.S.), United Church of Canada., Kim, Hwal-lan, 1899-1970.
Topics:
College presidents--Korea--Seoul., Women college presidents--Korea--Seoul., Congresses and conventions--New Jersey--Atlantic City.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea), Atlantic City (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358708
Title:
Christian college in Korea flourishing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN KOREA FLOURISHING #2034 SEOUL, Korea -- One of the outstanding educational institutions in the country, Chosen Christian College now has a student enrollment of 800 men. Standing just outside this capital city, it was used as a Japanese barracks during the war. Photo shows Stimson Hall, one of the modern buildings on the campus. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BAK-KOR-MES-3B-6-MO)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo--Buildings., Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo.
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., Christian universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., College buildings--Korea--Seoul., World War, 1939-1945--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea), Seoul (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc., Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358707
Title:
Christian college in Korea flourishing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN KOREA FLOURISHING #2033 SEOUL, Korea -- One of the outstanding educational institutions in the country, Chosen Christian College now has a student enrollment of 800 men. Standing just outside this capital city, it was used as a Japanese barracks during the war. Photo shows Underwood Hall, main college building, named after a pioneer Christian missionary to Korea who founded the school. His statue, which stood on the pedestal in front of the building, was taken off its base and melted down for scrap during the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BAK-KOR-MES-3B-6-M-O)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo--Buildings., Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo.
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., Christian universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., College buildings--Korea--Seoul., World War, 1939-1945--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea), Seoul (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc., Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358706
Title:
Ewha College.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #2032 SEOUL, Korea -- Ewha College, Korean women’s institution sponsored by The Methodist Church and the United Church of Canada, has an enrollment of 900 students in its first post-war year. Korean-style building here is the only non-Gothic structure on the campus. Standing in front is Miss Emma Kim, acting president of the school during the absence of Miss Helen Kim, who is now in America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BAK-KOR-MES-3B-6-O-UCO)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ihwa Yŏja Chŏnmun Hakkyo--Administration., Ihwa Yŏja Chŏnmun Hakkyo--Buildings., Ihwa Yŏja Chŏnmun Hakkyo., Kim, Emma., Methodist Church (U.S.), United Church of Canada.
Topics:
Universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., College presidents--Korea--Seoul., Women college presidents--Korea--Seoul., Women's colleges--Korea--Seoul., Christian universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul., College buildings--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea), Seoul (Korea)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358705
Title:
But the cross still towers above.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BUT THE CROSS STILL TOWERS ABOVE #1728 NAGASAKI, Japan -- Although the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart here is but a barren space surrounded by four walls, the cross atop its steeple still towers over the ruins of the adjacent city, a symbol of the Material losses suffered and the hope of everlasting life. Ten thousand Catholics perished in the neighborhood of this church when the atom bomb fell. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus (Nagasaki-shi, Japan)
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Civilian war casualties--Japan--Nagasaki-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Casualties.
Geographic subjects:
Nagasaki-shi (Japan), Nagasaki-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357445
Title:
New Catholic church to rise on Hiroshima's ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH TO RISE ON HIROSHIMA’S RUINS #1727 HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Devastation such as this at the Roman Catholic missionaries’ residence followed the dropping of the atom bomb which levelled all buildings on the grounds. A new church will be built here, however, in commemoration of the 200,000 natives of the city who died in the disaster. Father Hugo Lassalle, S.J., was in the building which stood here when the bomb dropped, but escaped with serious cuts and bruises. He has erected a hut (right) where he lives and holds services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M. (Hugo Makibi), 1898-1990., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Atomic bomb--Blast effect., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Hiroshima-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Hiroshima-shi (Japan), Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357444
Title:
A rock of strength.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A ROCK OF STRENGTH #1726 SASEBO, Japan -- Towering over this busy seaport of western Japan is the Roman Catholic church, undamaged by the war and a beacon to the crowds ever passing below it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-2-B-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Miuracho Catholic Church (Sasebo-shi, Japan)
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Sasebo-shi., World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sasebo-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Sasebo-shi (Japan), Sasebo-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357443
Title:
Lunch on a rooftop.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: LUNCH ON A ROOFTOP #1590 YOKOHAMA -- These two Japanese girls are eating their lunch atop the one remaining building on the campus of Mabie College, Baptist institution here which was heavily damaged during the war. Because their entire school at Soshin, across the town, also was destroyed, the girls are now attending classes at Mabie. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., School children--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Schoolgirls--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Yokohama-shi (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357365
Title:
Surveying the ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SURVEYING THE RUINS #1589 YOKOHAMA -- The Rev. Nobuo Tokita, Baptist pastor, and Pfc Gale Orr, assistant to a U.S. Army chaplain, inspect the ruins of what once was the Kasumigaoka Baptist Church, house of worship here for Mabie College. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings., Tokita, Nobuo., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Orr, Gale., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Clergy--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Soldiers--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357364
Title:
Nothing left but the walls.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NOTHING LEFT BUT THE WALLS #1588 YOKOHAMA -- The walls of the administration building of Mabie College, Baptist school here, are still standing, but the building is entirely burnt out inside. All the other buildings were destroyed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357363
Title:
Tidying up the ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TIDYING UP THE RUINS #1586 YOKOHAMA -- The neat brick walls in the foreground are the tidied-up remains of what was once the college department of Baptist Mabie College. Administration headquarters in background is the only building standing after 500-bomb raid in May, 1945. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-B)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku., Kantō Gakuin Daigaku--Buildings.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Baptist universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi., Universities and colleges--Japan--Yokohama-shi.
Geographic subjects:
Yokohama-shi (Japan), Yokohama-shi (Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357362
Title:
She smiles in hope for the future.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SHE SMILES IN HOPE FOR THE FUTURE #1513 SENDAI, Japan -- Happy confidence and eagerness are reflected in the faces of these two Japanese orphans being cared for at the Dominican orphanage here. Getting proper rations, milk and nutritious foods for these youngsters is one of the hardest problems in Japan. The children are wards of the Japanese State. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Orphans--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Orphanages--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), World War, 1939-1945--Japan., Church work with orphans--Catholic Church., Dominican sisters--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Geographic subjects:
Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357327
Title:
Japanese convent razed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CONVENT RAZED #1512 SENDAI, Japan -- Levelled to the ground in a fire raid, only the snow-covered foundations remain of the Dominican Convent of Holy Mary of the Angels. The adjoining orphanage, however, was untouched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-C)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Convents--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Orphanages--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Church work with orphans--Catholic Church., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken), Dominican sisters--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Geographic subjects:
Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357326
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

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