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:
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
Title:
Friend of visitors to Cuba.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., McGowan, Felix., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Journalists--Washington (D.C.), Freedom of religion--Cuba.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990., United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357857
Title:
To the White House.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Civil rights workers--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Voter registration--Alabama--Selma., Vice presidents--United States., Suffrage--United States., Civil rights--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355792
Title:
Choir at the capitol.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Inauguration., Mormon Tabernacle Choir., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Inauguration Day., Presidents--Inauguration--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Choirs (Music)--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355707
Title:
Start of a busy day.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993., National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Presidents--United States., Vice presidents--United States., Prayer--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), African American clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355648
Title:
President at vesper services.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30620 PRESIDENT AT VESPER SERVICES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Johnson and his wife, accompanied by daughter Lynda Bird, leave St. John's Episcopal church in Washington after attending a vesper service. Their other daughter, Lucy [sic. Luci] Baines, 16, was at a weekend church youth conference in Buck Hill Falls, Pa. The President is a Disciples of Christ church member, while Mrs. Johnson is an Episcopalian. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (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:353810
Title:
Johnson meets with churchmen.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., White House (Washington, D.C.), Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.), Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Meetings--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352827
Title:
Johnsons leave worship service.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., Robb, Lynda Bird, 1944-, Rosenbach, Bernard H., Olson, Jack., Shirkey, Albert P., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.), Youngblood, Rufus Wayne.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--Washington (D.C.), Children of presidents--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Interfaith worship--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352799
Title:
On his birthday.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Topics:
Funeral service--Washington (D.C.), Funeral service--Catholic Church., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352755
Title:
First Family joins candlelight service.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352725
Title:
Predicts civil rights passage.
Description:
Alternate caption by Wide World Photos.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., White House (Washington, D.C.), O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Smith, Benjamin Julian, 1899-1977., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Weintraub, Lewis A., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348662

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