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:
Large NCC delegation marches in Washington.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Williams, John Wesley., National Baptist Convention of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357965
Title:
National anthem opens Washington march program.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., National Urban League., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America., American Jewish Congress., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Labor movement--United States--20th century., National songs--United States., Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357927
Title:
The president and 'March' leaders.
Description:
Alternate caption when the photo was reissued in November 1963 on the occasion of President Kennedy's death.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Young, Whitney M., Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Ahmann, Mathew H., Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988., Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979., Lewis, John, 1940-2020., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Labor leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357746
Title:
Seventh-Day Adventist anti-smoking clinics busy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30536 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ANTI-SMOKING CLINICS BUSY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- People who would like to get rid of the cigarette habit were finding help -- in increasing numbers in the wake of the government report on the health hazards involved in smoking -- in special five-day clinics conducted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As pointed out (left point) by the Rev. Albert C. Marple, chaplain at the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital at Takoma Park, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., the key to eliminating the habit it [sic. is] to "choose" to quit. Chewing gum and other substitutes (right photo) help stave off the craving, determined prospective-nonsmokers find. Adventist clinics, held across the country, have had considerable success. Dr. Reuben R. Figuhr, world president of the denomination, reports that 70 percent of those who attended clinics have put cigarettes out of their lives. The clinic conducted in the sanitarium and hospital at Takoma Park was well attended, Chaplain Marple reported, with about 150 present nightly. The sessions, held in the sanitarium chapel (top center) included both formal and informal (bottom center) discussion sessions, with physicians present to outline the relation of smoking to lung cancer, heart disease and other ailments -- and to suggest diets to "help the victim throw off the habit." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-W-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists., Marple, Albert C., Washington Sanitarium and Hospital (Takoma Park, Md.)
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States., Seventh-Day Adventist health facilities--Washington (D.C.), Antismoking movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353791
Title:
Seventh-Day Adventist anti-smoking clinics busy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30536 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ANTI-SMOKING CLINICS BUSY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- People who would like to get rid of the cigarette habit were finding help -- in increasing numbers in the wake of the government report on the health hazards involved in smoking -- in special five-day clinics conducted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As pointed out (left point) by the Rev. Albert C. Marple, chaplain at the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital at Takoma Park, Md., just outside Washington, D.C., the key to eliminating the habit it [sic. is] to "choose" to quit. Chewing gum and other substitutes (right photo) help stave off the craving, determined prospective-nonsmokers find. Adventist clinics, held across the country, have had considerable success. Dr. Reuben R. Figuhr, world president of the denomination, reports that 70 percent of those who attended clinics have put cigarettes out of their lives. The clinic conducted in the sanitarium and hospital at Takoma Park was well attended, Chaplain Marple reported, with about 150 present nightly. The sessions, held in the sanitarium chapel (top center) included both formal and informal (bottom center) discussion sessions, with physicians present to outline the relation of smoking to lung cancer, heart disease and other ailments -- and to suggest diets to "help the victim throw off the habit." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-W-1E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists., Marple, Albert C., Washington Sanitarium and Hospital (Takoma Park, Md.)
Topics:
Church and social problems--United States., Seventh-Day Adventist health facilities--Washington (D.C.), Antismoking movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353790
Title:
After Vesper services.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-, St. John’s Church (Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Evening worship services--Washington (D.C.), Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353506
Title:
Capital controversy.
Description:
Photo and Religious News Service caption covering the Ellipse Christmas tree in 1962, duplicated from photo file PC-28627.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author), United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Christmas trees--Washington (D.C.), Christmas decorations--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352655
Title:
Testified on Katyn massacre.
Description:
Caption from the photo of Fr. Braun originally filed as photo number C-12599.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Braun, Leopold., United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances on the Katyn Forest Massacre., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Communist countries--Foreign relations--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Katynʹ (Russia)--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349868
Title:
Father LaFarge takes part in Washington March.
Description:
Alternate caption for image originally filed as C-29801.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., La Farge, John, 1880-1963., Jesuits--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Baber, George Wilbur., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Periodical editors--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348658

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