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:
Church-aided Haitians build irrigation dam.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32078 CHURCH-AIDED HAITIANS BUILD IRRIGATION DAM HAITI -- Haitian women and children carry baskets of dirty and rock on their heads in a development project aided by Church World Service and CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program), the CWS community appeal. They received tools to build an irrigation dam and canals in parched farmlands and were paid in food and seeds, which will help them raise their own crops and eventually end the need for outside assistance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-1E-65-NBM)
Creator:
Christian Rural Overseas Program. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christian Rural Overseas Program., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service.
Topics:
Humanitarian assistance--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Infrastructure (Economics)--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Missions--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Rural development--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Irrigation canals and flumes--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est)
Geographic subjects:
Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est, Haiti)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355903
Title:
The lowly bean attains high esteem.
Description:
Includes a letter to the editor by Kathlyn Gay.
Creator:
Christian Rural Overseas Program. (author), Gay, Kathlyn. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christian Rural Overseas Program., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service.
Topics:
Humanitarian assistance--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Infrastructure (Economics)--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Missions--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Rural development--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Irrigation canals and flumes--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est), Beans--Haiti--Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est)
Geographic subjects:
Côtes-de-Fer (Sud-Est, Haiti)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355674

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