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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Railroad engine pulpit.
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Text transcribed from caption: #S-4386 RAILROAD ENGINE PULPIT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen cluster around an engine in the Union Station yard here while the Rev. Thomas H. Harrison preaches a sermon. A former engineer himself, Mr. Harrison has spoken in railroad yards and other public places throughout the country since he left the throttle for the pulpit in 1912. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FR-WASH-MES-9A-6-W)
Creator:
Rostt, Travis. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Union Station (Washington, D.C.), Harrison, Thomas H.
Topics:
Preaching--Washington (D.C.), Steam locomotives--Washington (D.C.), Railroads--Washington (D.C.), Railroads--Employees., Locomotive engineers--Washington (D.C.), Railroad conductors--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360325
Title:
Protestant leaders see Truman.
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Text transcribed from caption: 3824 PROTESTANT LEADERS SEE TRUMAN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A delegation of eleven Protestant church leaders representing a constituency of almost 30,000,000 church members visited the White House to protest continuance of diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The delegation is shown here (left to right, seated): Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the Federal Council of Churches, and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Standing are (left to right): Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches; Dr. Arthur Brunn of the Missouri Lutheran Synod; Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg, president of the Northern Baptist Convention; Dr. John A. MacLean of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern); Dr. W. H. Jernagin of the National Baptist Convention; Prof. Winfred E. Garrison, an editor of the Christian Century, Chicago; Dr. William B. Pugh, stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Dr. John W. Bradbury, editor of the Watchman-Examiner, New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LG-WASH-MES-6A-6-W)
Creator:
Swann Studio (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Foreign relations., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., United Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Oxnam, G. Bromley., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Brunn, Arthur., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Dahlberg, Edwin T. (Edwin Theodore), 1892-1986., Northern Baptist Convention., Presbyterian Church in the U.S., MacLean, John A., Jernagin, William Henry, 1869-1958., National Baptist Convention of the United States of America., Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1874-1969., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Bradbury, John W.
Topics:
Church public relations--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Petitions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), White House (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359718
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Attends World Alliance meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 3810 ATTENDS WORLD ALLIANCE MEETING WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Clifton D. Gray, of Lewiston, Me., honorary associate secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, participated in the meeting of the Alliance’s executive committee here. The committee decided to hold the next Congress of the Alliance July 29-August 3, 1947, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SWANN-WASH-MES-6A-6-B)
Creator:
Glicks. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gray, Clifton Daggett, 1874-1948., Baptist World Alliance--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Management committees--Washington (D.C.), Baptist associations--Washington (D.C.), Baptists--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359712
Title:
Dr. J.M. Dawson to direct Baptists' Washington Office.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dawson, Joseph Martin, 1879-1973., First Baptist Church Waco (Waco, Tex.), Southern Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Clergy--Appointment, call, and election.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359661
Title:
Washington listening post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: WASHINGTON LISTENING POST #S-3583 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Benson Y. Landis is the one-man listening post of the Federal Council of Churches in Washington, D.C. He furnishes information and advice on legislative matters of interest to the churches. Dr. Landis is on leave as associate director of the Federal Council’s Department of Research and Education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-MES-5C-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Landis, Benson Y. (Benson Young), 1897-1966., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Research and Education.
Topics:
Authors--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359596
Title:
Truman talks to Washington clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN TALKS TO WASHINGTON CLERGYMEN #s-3438 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Truman (extreme left) addresses 250 members of the Washington Ministerial Union in the Rose Garden of the White House. The President told the clergymen, “I need your prayers. No one has ever needed them more.” The ministers assured the Chief Executive that is constantly in the minds of the people. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (INP-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), White House Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359582
Title:
Benson Y. Landis.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Landis, Benson Y. (Benson Young), 1897-1966., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Research and Education.
Topics:
Authors--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359515
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Army and Navy leaders honor chaplains.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ARMY AND NAVY LEADERS HONOR CHAPLAINS #3388 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bishop Henry K. Sherrill, chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, enjoys a joke with General of Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Admiral of Fleet Chester W. Nimitz at a luncheon here of the General Commission. Editors attending the annual meeting of the Associated Church Press here were guests at luncheon, and heard Gen. Eisenhower warn that “we’ll all disappear in the dust of an atomic explosion” unless there is “a moral regeneration throughout the world.” Both Eisenhower and Nimitz praised work of chaplains during war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-WA-LM-4D-6-P)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., General Commission on Chaplains and Armed Forces Personnel., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969., Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966., United States. Army., United States. Navy.
Topics:
Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Generals--Washington (D.C.), Admirals--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--Congresses., Nuclear nonproliferation.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359379
Title:
Right Reverend Angus B. Dun, Bishop of Washington.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dun, Angus, 1892-1971., Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359075
Title:
Washington slums in the shadow of the Capitol.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Slums--Washington (D.C.), Poverty--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358986
Title:
Washington city street.
Description:
Original title: Slums.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Slums--Washington (D.C.), Poverty--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.)--Economic conditions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358985
Title:
United Council of Church Women.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #883 UNITED COUNCIL OF CHURCH WOMEN United Council of Church Women in Washington.
Creator:
Ferras. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Council of Church Women--Congresses.
Topics:
Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Dinners and dining--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358889
Title:
Leader in inter-racial living.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #882 LEADER IN INTER-RACIAL LIVING Mrs. Harper Sibley, of Rochester, N.Y., president of the United Council of Church Women, who refuses to take part in any meeting of that group if it is held in cities where all facilities are not available to persons of all races and creeds. At the latest conference of the United Council of Church Women, just closed at Washington, D.C., Mrs. Sibley lived at the headquarters offices of the National Council of Negro Women. She is shown at a desk in the building making plans for the day’s sessions, which were held at the First Congregational Church in Washington.
Creator:
Ferras. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sibley, Georgiana Harper., United Council of Church Women--Congresses., National Council of Negro Women.
Topics:
Christian women--Washington (D.C.), Women religious leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358888
Title:
Chaplaincy leaders confer in Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #847 CHAPLAINCY LEADERS CONFER IN WASHINGTON Four of the leading chaplain figures in the country conferred in Washington on plans to maintain an adequate peacetime Protestant chaplaincy. (Left to Right) Rear Admiral William N. Thomas, Chief of Navy Chaplains; Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of Massachusetts, Chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains; Brig. Gen. Luther D. Miller, Chief of Chaplains of U.S. Army; and Bishop Edwin Lee, director of the General Commission. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-WA-LM-10235)
Creator:
Ferras. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971., United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of Massachusetts., Miller, Luther D., United States. Army. Chaplain Corps., Lee, Edwin Ferdinand., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topics:
Chaplains--Washington (D.C.), Clergy conferences--Washington (D.C.), Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358866
Title:
Catholic educator becomes first commodore chaplain.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1002 CATHOLIC EDUCATOR BECOMES FIRST COMMODORE CHAPLAIN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With his left hand on the Bible he used when a student for the priesthood at the Sulpician Seminary here, Capt. Robert J. White, dean of the School of Law, Catholic University of America, takes the oath which henceforth distinguishes him as the first commodore chaplain in the history of the American Navy. The precedent-setting ceremony took place in the office of Rear Admiral William N. Thomas (left), USN, who administered the oath in the presence of a number of Navy officials, Congressmen and high government officials. Former national chaplain of the American Legion and vice-president, 1934-36, of FIDAC, a world organization of World War I veterans, Father White was nominated for the commission by President Truman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LDF-WA-LDF-11-13-5)
Creator:
Ferras. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Theological College (Washington, D.C.), Catholic University of America. School of Law--Faculty., White, Robert J. (Robert James), 1893-1984., United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps., Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971., American Legion., Federation of Allied Legions., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Topics:
Oaths--Washington (D.C.), Military chaplains--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358790
Title:
Truman confers with Baptist missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN CONFERS WITH BAPTIST MISSIONARIES #1896 WASHINGTON -- President Truman, a Baptist himself, is shown at the White House with some of the 31 Baptist missionaries who called on him during the observance of World Mission Week. Front row (left to right) are: Rev. H. C. Lacerda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian pastor; Mrs. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Louise N. Griffin, South China; Inabelle Coleman, China missionary from Durham, N.C.; Mrs. H. P. McCormick, Nigeria, Brookhaven, Miss.; Democratic Congressman A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield, Louisiana; President Truman; Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Luther J. Holcomb; Martha Franks, China, Richmond, Va.; Dr. E. H. Clayton, China, New York City, and Mrs. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Back row (left to right) are: Rev. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Rev. Howard Haworth, Washington, D.C.; H. Lee Addleman, Palestine, Louisville, Ky.; R. Dean Woodwin, New York City; Dr. Marian Criswell, West China, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China, Wake Forest, N.C.; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Richmond, Va.; Dr. S. F. Dowis, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alfred Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. M. Chandler Stith, Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Brown, Washington, D.C.; Earl Riley, president of Bacone Junior College, Bacone, Okla.; Rev. James Belote, Hawaii, Washington, D.C.; Rev. A. F. Merrill, Assam, Plainfield, N.J.; Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Lewis Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-WASH-MES-3A-46-B)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Missionaries--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Colonies--Religious aspects., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358672
Title:
Confer with Truman on vet housing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CONFER WITH TRUMAN ON VET HOUSING #S-1798 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious leaders representing eight church organizations confer with President Truman on plans to solve the housing shortage among returning servicemen. Left to right are: the Rev. Paul T. Tanner, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Rabbi Gustave Falk, director of the New York Federation of Reformed Synagogues; Dr. Earl Adams, executive director of the Protestant Council of New York; Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, president of the Synagogue Council of America; President Truman; Dr. Norman V. Peale, pastor of the Marble Collegiate Church, New York; Dr. Robert W. Searle, general secretary of the Greater New York Federation of Churches; Gordon Chamberlain of the Commission on the Church’s Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women of the Federal Council of Churches; Bishop W. R. Arnold, representing the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York; and the Rev. Frederick B. Harris, chaplain of the U.S. Senate. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RN-WA-MES-2C-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Tanner, Paul T., Catholic Church--Clergy., National Catholic Welfare Conference., Falk, Gustave., Federation of Reform Synagogues (New York, N.Y.), Protestant Council of the City of New York., Adams, Earl., Goldstein, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1890-1970., Synagogue Council of America., Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993., Greater New York Federation of Churches., Searle, Robert W. (Robert Wyckoff), 1894-1967., Chamberlain, Gordon., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on the Church's Ministry to Returning Servicemen and Women., Arnold, William Richard., Catholic Church--Bishops., Harris, Frederick Brown, 1883-1970., United States. Congress. Senate--Chaplains.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States., Veterans--Housing.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358635
Title:
Supreme Court Justices.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Supreme Court., Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946., Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965., Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
Topics:
Judges--United States., Judges--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358609
Title:
Poor People's leader jailed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-37336 POOR PEOPLE’S LEADER JAILED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Ralph Abernathy peers through the barred window of a bus taking him to jail in Washington, D.C. The head of the Southern Leadership Conference, with some 300 others, was arrested for attempting to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds. His arrest followed ouster of residents from Resurrection City by police. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-6E-68-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Poor People's Campaign., Civil rights leaders--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Race relations., Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358350
Title:
United Church sends large delegation to Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: UCC-29809 UNITED CHURCH SENDS LARGE DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the largest contingents among religious group sin the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was that of the United Church of Christ. The denominational banner was prominent among the thousands carried from the Washington Monument, in background, to the Lincoln Memorial during the March. Religious participation in the demonstration was vividly evident, with more than half of the banners identifying marching groups as those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8E-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), United Church of Christ.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ., Washington Monument (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:358139

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