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:
Dr. Paul Hutchinson.
Description:
Portrait of Dr. Paul Hutchinson.
Subject names:
Hutchinson, Paul, 1890-1956., Religious News Service--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7181
Title:
Dr W. E. Garrison.
Description:
Dr W. E. Garrison.
Subject names:
Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1874-1969., Religious News Service--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7391
Title:
Dr. Harold Fey.
Description:
Portrait of Dr. Harold Fey.
Subject names:
Fey, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1898-1990., Religious News Service--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7476
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1946.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; and more. Begins with promotional material which introduces Dr. Niebuhr.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, United Nations., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Catholic Church--Relations., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History, Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., United States--Politics and government--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152491
Title:
Pius XII first pontiff to use a typewriter.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PIUS XII FIRST PONTIFF TO USE A TYPEWRITER #1789 ROME-- Pope Pius XII, first pontiff to use a typewriter, is shown working on his Italian-made machine in the library at the Vatican. A moderately speedy typist, he rarely makes a mistake. The machine is a portable model, lacquered white. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-20-6-C)
Creator:
Press Association, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
Topics:
Popes--Italy--Rome, Typewriters--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300787
Title:
Child Praying.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Deaf Kids
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Prayer., Deaf Children.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300788
Title:
Fire-fighting nuns.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FIRE-FIGHTING NUNS #c-1994 FREIBURG, Switzerland--Protected by fire helmets and goggles, these nuns of a nearby convent are participating in a hose drill as part of the training routine they go through in learned to combat fires. They also receive instruction in the basis principles of first aid. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TL-NY-MES-3B-6-C)
Creator:
Three Lions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Switzerland--Fribourg., Fire prevention--Switzerland--Fribourg.
Geographic subjects:
Fribourg (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300789
Title:
Adventist drive yields clothes for Europe.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ADVENTIST DRIVE YIELDS CLOTHES FOR EUROPE 1369 NEW YORK -- These clothes, ready to be baled at a warehouse here, will be shipped to Europe’s needy under the auspices of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Mrs. Jacqueline Dusing (left) manager of the warehouse, directs the sorting of the clothes by volunteer workers: Mrs. Pauline Lopez, Mrs. Anna Hassire, Mrs. Elizabeth Phleger and Mrs. Helen McKigney. Stenciling the finished bales is Michael Fabian. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-1-6-D-O)
Subject names:
United National Clothing Collection for War Relief (U.S.), General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists., Dusing, Jacqueline., Lopez, Pauline., Hassire, Anna., Phleger, Elizabeth., McKigney, Helen., Fabian, Michael., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Emergency clothing supply--Europe., Seventh-Day Adventists --New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356976
Title:
Mother church of Mother's Day.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MOTHER CHURCH OF MOTHER’S DAY 1389 GRAFTON, W. Va. -- The first Mother’s Day service was held in Andrew’s Church here in 1908, and from that service has grown a nation-wide institution. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AOA-WVA-MS-46)
Creator:
Aldrich, A.O. (photographer)
Subject names:
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church (Grafton, W. Va.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mother's Day., Church buildings--West Virginia--Grafton.
Geographic subjects:
Grafton (W. Va.), Grafton (W. Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356989
Title:
Japanese church educational leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHURCH EDUCATIONAL LEADER #1395 TOKYO -- Tsuraki Yano, president of Meiji Gakuin school here, was one of the staunch defenders of Christianity during the war. Through his efforts the Christian principles of his institutions were safeguarded against the demands of the militarists. He is chairman of the Christian Educators’ Association of Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-P-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Yano, Tsuraki, 1886-1975., Meiji Gakuin--Faculty., Meiji Gakuin., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
School administrators--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Church schools--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Minato-ku (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356990
Title:
Japanese chapel defaced during war.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHAPEL DEFACED DURING WAR #1397 TOKYO -- All Saints Chapel of St. Paul’s (Episcopal) University hero was untouched by the air raids, but was closed and used as a military storehouse, during which time the interior was defaced and an altar cross chiseled away. It is now being used after partial restoration of its fittings. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Rikkyō Daigaku--Buildings., Rikkyō Daigaku., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Chapels--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Church buildings--Vandalism--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan), Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan)--Buildings, structures, etc., Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356991
Title:
Tennis match.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Court tennis--Tournaments--Japan--Tokyo., Court tennis--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356992
Title:
Executive committee of United Church of Christ in Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN S-1392 TOKYO -- The executive committee of the United Church of Christ in Japan is at its first meeting since the end of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Congresses., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357023
Title:
Heads United Church of Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HEADS UNITED CHURCH OF JAPAN S-1393 TOKYO -- The Rev. Mitsuru Tomita is head of the United Church of Christ in Japan. He is expected to resign after the Church’s first general meeting in March. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Tomita, Mitsuru., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357024
Title:
New Catholic church to rise on Hiroshima's ruins.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Catholic Church--Missions--Japan--Hiroshima-shi., Enomiya-Lassalle, Hugo M. (Hugo Makibi), 1898-1990., Kleinsorge, Wilhelm., 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)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357213
Title:
British Columbia's picturesque colonies of Punjab Sikhs.
Creator:
Toronto Star (Firm) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Sikh diaspora., Sikhs--Canada., Religious life--Sikhism., Sikhism--Customs and practices., Culture and Sikhism--British Columbia--Vancouver., Sikh temples--British Columbia--Vancouver., Worship (Sikhism), Swords--Religious aspects--Sikhism.
Geographic subjects:
Vancouver (B.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357215
Title:
Interracial fellowship of New York.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Baptists.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357217
Title:
Sasebo cathedral.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (author)
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), Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357219
Title:
Mother of the Afflicted praesidium.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Haye, George J., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Church work with the deaf--New York (State)--New York., Church work with the deaf--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Astoria (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357221
Title:
Christ Church.
Creator:
Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Church (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Massachusetts--Boston., Anniversaries.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.), Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357224

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