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:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360582
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360581
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360580
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360579
Title:
Historic American churches.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #531 HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- First of the nine missions founded by Padre Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California, was San Diego De Alcala, above. It was established in 1769, when San Diego was the first permanent settlement in California. Five years after its founding the mission was removed from its original location at Old San Diego to a new one six miles up the valley. It was abandoned in 1845, but the ruins of the old mission have since been restored, and in addition, a modern brick building has been erected as a school for Indian children. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAC-7-JOG-R)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., San Diego Mission., Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784.
Topics:
Historic buildings--California--San Diego., Church architecture--California--San Diego., Catholic church buildings--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
San Diego (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc., San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357604
Title:
A shady cathedral.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #490 A SHADY CATHEDRAL Formed by California redwood and bay trees along the trail in Muir Woods National Monument, California, is this “cathedral of trees.” Administered by the National Park Service, the park was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to preserve a virgin stand of coast redwoods just north of San Francisco. Credit Line Should Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. National Park Service.
Topics:
Wood--California--Marin., National monuments--California--Marin., National parks and reserves--California--Marin.
Geographic subjects:
Muir Woods National Monument (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357587
Title:
Historic American churches.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #22 HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES MONTEREY, Calif. -- San Carlos Borromeo, above, is known as the Father of the Missions and holds the greatest historical interest of all the missions founded by Padre Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California. It is here that Padre Junipero is buried. The walls of this old church are five feet thick and curve inward gradually to meet the ceiling. The parabolic arch thus formed makes San Carlos probably the only building of its kind. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AdD-d-7-JOG-R)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.), Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784., Catholic Church--Missions--California--Monterey.
Topics:
Church architecture--California--Monterey., Catholic church buildings--California--Monterey., Historic buildings--California--Monterey., Spanish mission buildings--California--Monterey., Missionary settlements--California--Monterey.
Geographic subjects:
Monterey (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357535
Title:
Crowd braves rain to hear Billy Graham.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30999 CROWD BRAVES RAIN TO HEAR BILLY GRAHAM SAN DIEGO, Cal. -- A crowd of some 19,000 huddled under umbrellas, newspapers and scarves in Balboa Stadium to hear Billy Graham’s fourth sermon during his San Diego (Cal.) County Crusade. Rain forced the evangelist to shorten his sermon but later the weather cleared and several hundred “inquirers” left the stands and gathered in front of the speaker’s platform. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BG-M-5C-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Topics:
Evangelists--United States., Revivals--California--San Diego., Evangelicalism--California--San Diego.
Geographic subjects:
Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.), San Diego (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348412
Title:
Indians walking across country to protest breaking of treaties.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Banks, Dennis, 1937-2017., Dellums, Ronald V., 1935-2018.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Political activity--United States--20th century., Indigenous peoples--Civil rights--United States--20th century., Civil rights demonstrations--United States--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Sacramento (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293374

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