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:
First Negro Smith College chaplain.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31327 FIRST NEGRO SMITH COLLEGE CHAPLAIN NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Dr. Benjamin J. Anderson, a United Presbyterian pastor at Princeton, N.J., since 1948 has been named Chaplain of Smith College at Northampton, Mass. Assuming the post after Labor Day, he will be the first Negro to serve in the post at the noted women’s school. Dr. Anderson has been active in both religious and civic circles, spearheading integration of his own congregation and working with neighborhood integration and human rights groups. Earlier this year he was named as the first chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race of the Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MV-New-7E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Vance, Margaret A. (contributor), Steltzer, Ulli. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Anderson, Benjamin Johnson., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Smith College--Chaplains.
Topics:
African American clergy--Massachusetts--Northampton., College chaplains--Massachusetts--Northampton., Women's colleges--Massachusetts--Northampton., African American clergy--New Jersey--Princeton.
Geographic subjects:
Northampton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350264
Title:
Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Diplomats--United States., Protestant authors--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349036
Title:
Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Diplomats--United States., Protestant authors--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349035
Title:
Calvin Laufer.
Creator:
Hymn Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Laufer, Calvin Weiss, 1874-1938., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Composers--United States., Hymn writers--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349028

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