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:
Railroad engine pulpit.
Description:
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:
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:
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
Title:
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:
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:
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:
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
Title:
Alabama clergymen confer with president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29929 ALABAMA CLERGYMEN CONFER WITH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Alabama clergymen who conferred with President Kennedy on the racial strife in Birmingham are shown as they arrived at the White House. Left to right, they are: Father Joseph C. Allen of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese; The Rev. Earl Stallings, pastor of First Baptist church, Birmingham; Rabbi Milton L. Grafman of Temple Emanu-el, Birmingham; Bishop Coadjutor George M. Murray of the Alabama Protestant Episcopal diocese; Methodist Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, whose jurisdiction includes the North Alabama Conference; and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Durick of the Mobile-Birmingham Catholic diocese. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-Wn-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Allen, Joseph C., Catholic Church--Clergy., Stallings, Earl., Grafman, Milton L., 1907-1995., Murray, George M., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Durick, Joseph A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1914-1994., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.), Rabbis--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Alabama., Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Alabama--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358132
Title:
Lincoln spirit prevades Washington march.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29813 LINCOLN SPIRIT PREVADES [sic] WASHINGTON MARCH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Abraham Lincoln was present in spirit as more than 200,000 Americans gathered before the memorial to him in the nation’s capital in a moving mass effort for civil rights. Several speakers cited the 100-year lag in providing all citizens with equal rights and opportunities since Lincoln singed the Emancipation Proclamation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-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.), Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.), Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358124
Title:
National anthem opens Washington march program.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29811 NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENS WASHINGTON MARCH PROGRAM WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A young Negro usher, holding cap at right, stands solemnly with religious, civil rights and labor leaders on the platform in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the national anthem at the opening of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom program. Five of the 10 chairmen of the March also on the platform were, from left to right: Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers Union; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and acting chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; and, second from right, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-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.), 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:358097
Title:
Large NCC delegation marches in Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29808 LARGE NCC DELEGATION MARCHES IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the large Protestant contingents in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom moved under the banner of the National Council of Churches. The group was led by Dr. Robert W. Spike of New York, at left, executive director of the NCC’s Commission on Religion and Race, which played a key role in organizing the demonstration and stimulating participation by churchmen and women. With Dr. Spike is the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a leader of the National Baptist Convention of American and a vice president-at-large of the NCC. 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.), 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:358096
Title:
Episcopalians march in Washington.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPO-29810 EPISCOPALIANS MARCH IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation in the nation’s capital joined churchmen and women from across the nation in the Aug. 28 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Religious support for the civil rights effort was strikingly evident in the March -- observers estimated more than half of the identifying banners were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies and organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-9A-63-NBM)
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.), March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Picketing--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358075
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:
Arriving for march.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.), Washington National Airport., Newman, Paul, 1925-2008., Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Emerson, Faye.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Washington (D.C.), Actors--Washington (D.C.), Singers--Washington (D.C.), African American singers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357937
Title:
Pope salutes Georgetown U. anniversary.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978--Birth., Georgetown University--Anniversaries, etc., Georgetown University--Students., Georgetown University.
Topics:
Popes., Anniversaries., Project Telstar., Catholic universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.), Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357933

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