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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First sermon by first woman student.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4259 FIRST SERMON BY FIRST WOMAN STUDENT LANCASTER, Pa. -- Twenty-two-year-old Beatrice Weaver, of Bethlehem, Pa., first full-time woman student at the Evangelical and Reformed Church Theological Seminary here, preaches her first sermon in the seminary chapel before a congregation of her fellow students. Although she cannot become an ordained minister in the Church, she plans to enter one of the other fields open to ministerial graduates. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MLS-LAN-PA-MES-8B-6-M-W-R)
Creator:
Dare, Doug. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Evangelical and Reformed Church. Theological Seminary., McConnell, Beatrice Weaver., Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Topics:
Women seminarians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Seminarians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Women college students--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., College students--Pennsylvania--Lancaster.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360246
Title:
Mennonites food for Europe.
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356972
Title:
Canned chicken.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CANNED CHICKEN #1357 The Mennonites of Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Lancaster, are playing a prominent part in gathering relief supplies. Shown here is a small batch of the more than 20,000 cans of chicken already contributed by the denomination. Chickens are canned by volunteer workers, then stacked in a warehouse to await shipment overseas. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MLS-LA-LM-9B-6-R)
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356971

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