Guide to the Religious News Service Subject Files

Descriptive Summary

Title

Religious News Service Subject Files

Inclusive Dates

circa 1930s-1983

Call Number

RNS RG 3

Creator(s)

Religious News Service

Quantity

300.58 cubic feet (302 boxes)

Language

Materials in English

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Administrative History

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). From the start, RNS was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. Its products included daily and domestic foreign news services, photographs, radio broadcast scripts, and features like "Week in Religion," "Religious Remarkables," and "Inspirational Editorials."

In 1983, RNS was acquired by the Dallas-based United Methodist Reporter and continued to operate as an independent news agency. RNS was purchased by Newhouse News Service in 1994, and its name was changed to Religion News Service. In 2011, RNS was sold to an affiliated nonprofit of the Religion Newswriters Association. Universal Press Syndicate, now known as Universal Uclick, distributes the service to daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.

Collection Overview

The Religious News Service records, circa 1930s-1983, includes news releases, photographic prints, photographic negatives, press clippings, articles, and other materials produced and/or disseminated by the Religious News Service (RNS). The records document the history of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Eastern Orthodox religion in the United States and around the world. The bulk of the materials pertain to Protestant and Catholic communities, although attention is also given to Jewish and Eastern Orthodox groups. The records chronicle the "purely religious" activities of religious groups and personalities—gatherings, conferences, public speaking engagements, mergers, programs, institutions, and the like—as well as the intersections of religion and politics, society, and culture, both in the United States and abroad. Additionally, the collection itself stands as a marker of the media's representation of twentieth century American religious beliefs, values, and practices. Thus, researchers interested in American religious history, the relationship between religion and politics/society/culture, and the media's representation of religion in the twentieth century will find this collection useful.

The Religious News Service records are divided into the following record groups:

RNS RG 1: Photographs, 1945-1982
RNS RG 2: News Releases, 1936-1981
RNS RG 3: Subject Files, circa 1930s-1983
RNS RG 4: Administrative Files, 1940s-1960s

Researchers should note that both RNS RG 2 and RNS RG 3 overlap significantly in content. Despite this overlap, the arrangement has a significant research benefit: researchers can access the information either by date in the "News Releases" record group or subject in the "Subject Files" record group. Please review the record group descriptions for more information.

RNS RG 3, Subject Files, circa 1930s-1983, consists of Religious News Service (RNS) publications, press clippings, letters, and printed matter. These materials document a wide range of topics related to Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Jewish groups.

The materials in this record group were part of the RNS collection of "dead files." The dead files originally belonged to a collection of active subject files that the organization maintained for reference. Although many RNS publications can be found in these files, they do not include all the publications that were produced between the 1930s and the early 1980s. RNS RG 3 consists of nine series: 94 0531e, RT 1045, RT 1046, RT 1047, RT 1048, RT 1049, RT 1050, RT 1051, and RT 1052. Earlier materials tend to be found within the series with lower numbers (e.g., RT 1045 largely has materials dating from the 1930s to the 1950s). However, the series do not reflect strict chronological divisions within the record group and files often contain materials that span many decades.

Within each series, subject files are arranged alphabetically by the titles originally assigned by RNS staff. Some topics (e.g., education, the Catholic Church, and youth groups) received more substantial coverage and appear in multiple series; other topics were of interest for a shorter period of time and are found in only one or two series. Within each subject file, materials are generally arranged into chronological order. Also, multiple copies of many items are found in several different subject files.

The subject files in series RT 1045, RT 1046, RT 1047, RT 1048, RT 1049, RT 1051, and RT 1052 fall into a number of thematic groupings. These groupings include U.S. domestic politics and social issues (e.g., abortion, anti-Semitism, busing, federal legislation, gambling, labor unions, liquor control, marriage, nuclear proliferation, racial segregation, religious education, religious freedom, secular education, television, taxation, and U.S. presidents), international affairs (e.g., World War II, the Holocaust, the United Nations, refugees, the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, religious persecution, and the Vietnam War), events and developments in various U.S. states, events and developments in particular countries, activities and internal organization of churches and religious congregations (e.g., the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches, Jewish congregations, and Protestant denominations), religious trends and movements (e.g., evangelism, ecumenicalism, interfaith dialogue, Pentecostalism, women in the clergy, Jesus People Movement), religious organizations and conferences (e.g., the World Council of Churches, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Second Vatican Council), religious cults and minor sects, religious observances and holidays, and significant religious figures (e.g., Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King Jr., Cardinal Francis Spellman, Daniel Berrigan, Philip Berrigan, and Carl McIntire). Series 94 0531e and RT 1050 are more narrowly focused than the other series.

Series 94 0531e primarily consists of subject files related to Israel and the Vatican. Series RT 1050 consists solely of subject files related to significant religious, political, and social figures. These individuals include Dr. John Baille, Archbishop William O. Brady, James Dahig, Dr. Kyle Haselden, Herbert Hoover, Metropolitan Gregory, Albert Schweitzer, and U Thant.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged as follows:

SERIES I: 94 0531e, circa 1930s-1970s

SERIES II: RT 1045, circa 1930s-1960s

SERIES III: RT 1046, circa 1930s-1970s

SERIES IV: RT 1047, circa 1930s-1970s

SERIES V: RT 1048, circa 1930s-1970s

SERIES VI: RT 1049, circa 1930s-1981

SERIES VII: RT 1050, circa 1940s-1970s

SERIES VIII: RT 1051, circa 1930s-1982

SERIES IX: RT 1052, circa 1930s-1983

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Received from the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1984 and from Gerald A. Renner in 1994.

Processing Information

Archivists used sampling to gather much of the information found in the notes of this finding aid. Between eight and ten files were reviewed from every record carton in the collection. The processing of this collection was made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. The collection was minimally processed to the box level and the finding aid was created in Archivists' Toolkit in April 2011 by Devin Manzullo-Thomas and Daniel Cavanaugh. This guide was revised in February 2012 by Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist.

Preferred Citation

Religious News Service Subject Files, RNS RG 3, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Catholic Church History 20th century.

National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Orthodox Eastern Church History 20th century.

Religious News Service.

Topical Subject

Catholics History 20th century.

Foreign news United States History 20th century.

Jews History 20th century.

Journalism, Religious History 20th century.

Judaism History 20th century.

Protestantism History 20th century.

Protestants History 20th century.

Religion and politics History 20th century.

Religion and sociology History 20th century.

Religion and international relations History 20th century.

Religious institutions History 20th century.

Religious leaders.

Social movements Religious aspects History 20th century.

Geographic Subject

United States Politics and government 20th century.

United States Religion 20th century.

United States Social conditions 20th century.

United States Social policy 20th century.

Genre-form

Subject files. local

Collection Inventory

Box		Description

		SERIES I: 94 0531e, circa 1930s-1970s

94 0531e-1		Israel, Palestinian Arabs, Pope Pius XII and the Vatican, circa 1930s-1970s
94 0531e-2		Second Vatican Council and Vatican foreign relations, circa 1960s-1970s
94 0531e-3		Israel, Second Vatican Council and Vatican-American relations, circa 1940s-1970s

		SERIES II: RT 1045, circa 1930s-1960s

RT 1045-1		Africa, Catholics - Africa, South, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-2		Africa, Protestants - Belgium, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-3		Barren, Archbishop Josef - Bombing of cities, Protestant attitude, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1045-4		Bombing of cities, Rome - Canada, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-5		Canada, Catholics - Chaplaincy, Army and Navy, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-6		Chaplaincy, Army and Navy - Christian Front, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-7		Christian Front - Civil liberties, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-8		Civil liberties - Communism, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-9		Communism, Catholic attitude - Coughlin, Charles E., circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-10		Council Against Intolerance - Denmark, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-11		Discrimination, Catholic - Discrimination in employment, racial and religious, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1045-12		Discrimination, racial and religious - Education, secular (religion in), circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-13		Education, secular (religion in) - England, Anglican Church, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-14		England, Anglican Church - Europe, churches, circa 1940s
RT 1045-15		Europe, general - Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-16		Family - Federal Council of Churches, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-17		Federal Council of Churches - France, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-18		France - France, Protestants, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-19		Gambling - Germany, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-20		Germany, Catholics - Germany, Evangelical Church of Germany, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-21		Germany, foreign relations - Greece, general, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-22		Greece, Orthodox Church - Human relations, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-23		Hungary - Illinois, Protestant, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-24		Illinois, Protestants - Inter-faith cooperation, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-25		Inter-faith cooperation - Inter-faith cooperation, U.S.A., circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-26		International church relations - Israel, Rabbi Edward L., circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-27		Italy - Japan, missions, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-28		Japan, Protestant - Korea, Protestant, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-29		Ku Klux Klan - Legislation, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-30		Legislation - Lindbergh, Charles A., circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-31		Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia - Michigan, Protestant, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-32		Military training - Missions, foreign, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-33		Missions, foreign (Catholic) - Motion pictures, Protestant, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-34		Motion pictures, religious - National Conference of Christians and Jews, Brotherhood Week (and Day), circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-35		National Conference of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Week (and Day) - Negroes, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-36		Negroes - New York State, Protestants, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-37		New York State, Protestants - Norway, Protestants, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-38		O'Connell, William Cardinal - Oxnam, G. Bromley, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-39		Oxnam, G. Bromley - Palestine, Anglo-American relations, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-40		Pennsylvania - Poland, Catholic, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-41		Poland, Catholic - Politics, religion in, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-42		Protestant denominations (P.D.), American Lutheran Church - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Congregational, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-43		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Congregational (including Congregational Christians) - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Methodist, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-44		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Methodist - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Methodist, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-45		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Methodist - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (Northern), circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-46		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Presbyterian Church U.S. (Southern) - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Protestant Episcopal, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-47		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Quakers - Post-war reconstruction, Catholic, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-48		Post-war reconstruction, education - Press, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-49		Press, Catholic - Protestant unity, U.S.A., circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-50		Protestant unity, U.S.A. - Ramsey, Dr. Arthur M., circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1045-51		Rationing - Relief, Protestant, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1045-52		Relief, Protestant - Rural church, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-53		Rural church, Protestant - Russia, Orthodox, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1045-54		Russia, Orthodox – Scotland, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-55		Scotland, Church of Scotland - Social action, Protestant, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-56		Social welfare, Catholic - Spellman, Francis Cardinal, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-57		Spellman, Francis Cardinal - Sweden, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-58		Switzerland - Totalitarianism, Catholic Church on, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-59		Truman, Harry S - Vatican, foreign relations, circa 1940s
RT 1045-60		Vatican, foreign relations - Virginia, Protestant, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1045-61		Visser 'T Hooft, W.A. - War, Protestant attitude (Methodist Church), circa
1930s-1940s
RT 1045-62		War, Protestant attitude (Methodist Church) - World Council, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1045-63		World Council of Churches - Youth, circa 1930s-1940s
RT 1045-64		Youth - Zionism, circa 1930s-1940s

		SERIES III: RT 1046, circa 1930s-1970s

RT 1046-1		Accidents - Alcoholism, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-2		"America" - Anti-Catholicism, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-3		Anti-Catholicism - Anti-religion, circa 1930s-1950s
RT 1046-4		Anti-religion - Anti-Semitism, Jewish attitude, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1046-5		Anti-Semitism, Protestant attitude - Athletics, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1046-6		Atomic weapons - Awards, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-7		Awards, inter-faith and inter-racial - Birth control, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-8		Birth control - Boy Scouts of America, circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1046-9		Brazil, Catholics - California, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-10		Camps, Protestant - Catholic Church, cardinals, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-11		Catholic Church, eastern Catholics - Catholics, Jewish relations, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-12		Catholics, Protestant relations - Christian unity, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1046-13		Christian unity - Clergy, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-14		Clergy - Connecticut, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-15		Conscientious objectors - Democracy, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1046-16		Communism, Catholic - Discrimination, inter-faith, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-17		Discrimination, Protestant - Displaced persons, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-18		Divorce - Education, Catholic parochial, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-19		Education, Catholic parochial schools (state aid for) - Education, parochial schools (state aid), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-20		Education, parochial schools (state aid) - Education, religious, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-21		Education, religious - Education, secular (religion in), circa 1940s-1950s
RT 1046-22		Education, secular (religion in) - England, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-23		Europe, post-war reconstruction - Finance, church (Protestant), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-24		Finance, church (Protestant) - Georgia, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-25		Georgia, Protestants - Germany, Evangelical Church, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-26		Germany, Protestants - Greece, Orthodox Church, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-27		Greece, Orthodox Church - Hospitals, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-28		Housing - Illinois, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-29		Illinois, Protestants - Ireland, Catholics, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-30		Ireland, Catholics - John XXIII, Pope, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-31		Jones, Lewis Webster - Latin America, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-32		Lay organizations, Catholic - Legal cases, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-33		Legislation - Literature, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-34		Literature - Maryknoll Fathers, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-35		Maryland - Masses, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-36		Masses - Military training, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-37		Mindszenty, Cardinal - Minnesota, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-38		Missionaries, Protestant - Mississippi, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-39		Missouri, Catholic - National Association of Evangelicals, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1046-40		National Catholic Conference on Family Life - National Council of Churches, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1046-41		National Council of Churches - Negroes, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-42		Negroes, Protestant - New York, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-43		New York State - Neimoller, Martin, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-44		North Carolina - Ohio, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-45		Ohio, Catholics - Oxnam, Bishop G. Bromley, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-46		Pacem in Terrus - Paul VI, Pope, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-47		Paul VI, Pope - Pennsylvania, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1046-48		Pennsylvania - Pilgrimages, Catholic, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1046-49		Pilgrimages, Catholic - Pius XII, Pope, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1046-50		Pius XII, Pope - Prayers, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-51		Prayer, Catholic - Press, secular (religion in), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-52		Protestant Council of the City of New York - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Disciples of Christ, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-53		Religion - Science and religion, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-54		Selective Service - South Africa, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-55		South Africa, Protestant - Statistics, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-56		Stewardship - Synagogue Council of America, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-57		Synagogue Council of America - Texas, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-58		Texas, Protestants - Union, church (Protestant), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-59		Union, church (Protestant) - University of Notre Dame, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-60		Van Kirk, Dr. Walter W. - Washington D.C., Catholics, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-61		Washington D.C., Protestant - Women, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1046-62		Women, Protestant - Year in Religion, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1046-63		Youth - Yugoslavia, religion in, circa 1940s-1960s

		SERIES IV: RT 1047, circa 1930s-1970s

RT 1047-1		Alabama - Awards, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-2		Baptist World Alliance - California, Protestant, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1047-3		Canada - Catholic University of America, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-4		Catholics, Protestant relations - Church government and administration, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1047-5		Church government and administration - Congo (Belgian), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-6		Congress - Dialogues, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-7		Dialogues - Education, Protestant (parochial schools), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-8		Education, religious (Sunday schools) - Excommunication, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-9		Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - Germany, Catholic, circa
1930s-1970s
RT 1047-10		Germany, Catholic – Homosexuals, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1047-11		Hong Kong - Inter-racial relations, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-12		Iowa - Judaism, Reform, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-13		Legislation - Masses, circa 1940s to 1960s
RT 1047-14		King, Dr. Martin Luther Jr. - Legal cases, Protestant, circa 1940-1960s
RT 1047-15		Medicine, Catholic - Missions, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-16		Missions, Protestant - Negroes, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-17		Negroes, Protestant - Obituaries, Catholic, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-18		Obituaries, Protestant - Pennsylvania, Inter-faith, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-19		Peyton, Patrick C. - Protestant Council of the City of New York, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1047-20		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Baptist (American) - Protestants, Catholic relations, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-21		Protestants, Catholic relations - Ritter, Joseph E. Cardinal, circa 1940s-
RT 1047-22		Rosary - Social welfare, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-23		South Africa - Stuber, Stanley L., circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1047-24		Students - Teachers, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-25		Teachers - Theological students, Protestants, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1047-26		Theology, Catholic - United Nations, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1047-27		United Nations - Women, clergy, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1047-28		World Council of Churches Central Committee - Yugoslavia, Catholics, circa 1950s-1970s

		SERIES V: RT 1048, circa 1930s-1970s

RT 1048-1		Abortion - Argentina, Catholics, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1048-2		Argentina, Catholics - Birth control, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-3		Birth control - Canada, Catholics, circa 1930s-1960s
RT 1048-4		Canada, Catholics - Christian unity, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-5		Christian unity - Cofraternity of Christian Doctrine, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-6		Congress - Dearden, John Francis Archbishop, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-7		Defense, general civil - Education, college (Protestant), circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-8		Education, Catholic (parochial schools) - England, Methodist, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1048-9		England, Protestant - Graham, Billy, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1048-10		Graham, Billy - Interracial relations, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1048-11		Inter-racial relations, Protestant - Koenig, Franz Cardinal, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1048-12		Labor, Catholic - Massachusetts, circa 1950s-1960s
RT 1048-13		Massachusetts, Catholic - Missionaries, Protestant, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-14		Mississippi - New Jersey, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-15		New York - Ohio, circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1048-16		Ohio, Catholic - Peace, inter-faith, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-17		Pennsylvania, Catholic - Press, Protestant, circa 1960s
RT 1048-18		Press, Protestant - Protestant denominations (P.D.), Disciples of Christ, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1048-19		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Episcopal - Real estate, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1048-20		Refugees - Tanganyika, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1048-21		Taxation, Catholic - Vatican Council, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1048-22		Vatican Council - West Virginia, Protestants, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1048-23		Washington (state) - Youth for Christ, circa 1940s-1970s

		SERIES VI: RT 1049, circa 1930s-1981

RT 1049-1		Abortion - Alaska, Protestants, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-2		Alcoholism - Arkansas, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-3		Art, Catholic - Baptism, Protestant, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1049-4		Berrigan, (Fathers) Daniel and Philip - Brazil, Protestants, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-5		Brown, Dr. Sterling W. - Canada, Education, circa 1960s-1981
RT 1049-6		Canada, Inter-faith - Catholic Church, shrines, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1049-7		Catholic Church, special observances - Celibacy, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1049-8		Celibacy - Children, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-9		Chile - Church demonstrations and "occupations," circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-10		Church government and administration - Colombia, Catholics, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-11		Colombia, Protestants - Council of Churches (general), circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-12		Crime, adult - Demonstrations, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-13		Demonstrations - Education, Catholic (parochial schools), circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-14		Education, Catholic (parochial schools) - Education, secular (racial issues), circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-15		Education, textbooks - England, Anglican, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-16		England, Catholic - Finances, church (Protestant), circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1049-17		Finances, Protestant - Germany, Catholic, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-18		Germany, evangelical - Holand, August Cardinal, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-19		Holy Year - Insurance, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-20		International Missionary Council - Jewish-Christian relations, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-21		John XXIII, Pope (biography) - Lambeth Conference, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-22		Languages - Mackay, Dr. John A., circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-23		Magisterium - Methodist Federation for Social Action, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1049-24		Michigan - Missions, Catholic, circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1049-25		Missions, Protestant - National Catholic Educational Association, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-26		National Catholic Resettlement Council - New Guinea, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-27		New Jersey, Catholic - Nixon, Richard, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-28		Nixon, Richard M. - Osservatore Romano, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-29		Our Lady of Fatima - Pennsylvania, Catholic, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-30		Pennsylvania, Protestant - Prayer, Catholic, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1049-31		Prayer, Protestant - Protestant denomination (P.D.), Jehovah's Witnesses, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1049-32		Protestant denominations (P.D.), Jehovah's Witnesses – Protestantism, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-33		Protestant Film Commission - Religion, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-34		Religious Heritage of America - Sheen, Monseigneur Fulton J., circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-35		Statistics, Protestant - "Silenced Priests" (suspended), circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-36		Sit-ins - Surveys, Catholic, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-37		Synod of Bishops - Texas, Protestant, circa 1950s-1981
RT 1049-38		Thanksgiving Day - United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-39		U.S. Bicentennial - Vietnam, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-40		Vietnam (1972) - Vietnam (June-December 1965), circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1049-41		Vietnam (1964-1965) - World Conference of Christian Youth, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-42		World Council of Churches - Youth, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1049-43		Yugoslavia - Zoning, circa 1940s-1970s

		SERIES VII: RT 1050, circa 1940s-1970s

RT 1050-1		Adam, Archbishop (Phillipovsky) - Dorotheos, Archbishop (Athens), circa
1940s-1970s
RT 1050-2		Dougherty, Dennis Cardinal - Julien, Andre Cardinal, circa 1940s-1960s
RT 1050-3		Kaczmarek, Bishop Czeslaw - Moldoban, Bishop Andrei, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1050-4		Mooney, Edward Cardinal - Schweitzer, Albert, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1050-5		Searley, Dr. Robert W. - Tittle, Ernest F., circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1050-6		Thant, U - Zanin, Archbishop Mario, circa 1940s-1970s

		SERIES VIII: RT 1051, circa 1930s-1982

RT 1051-1		Abortion - America, Catholics, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-2		American Bible Society - Arabs, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-3		Archaeology - Atomic weapons, energy and tests, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-4		Australia - Bibles, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-5		Bibles, Catholic - Business, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-6		Business, Protestant - Canada, United Church, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-7		Canon law - Catholic Hospital Association, circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1051-8		Catholic Press Association - Chile, Catholic, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1051-9		China - Church criticisms, circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1051-10		Church and state - Clergy, general, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-11		Clergy, interfaith - Concordia Theological Seminary, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-12		Confession - Constitution (church and secular/constitutional amendments), circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1051-13		Conversions - Demonstrations, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-14		Discrimination - Ecumenical movement, Protestant, circa 1940s-1980
RT 1051-15		Education, Catholic - Education, parochial schools (state aid), circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1051-16		Education, Protestant (parochial) - Endrst, Jeff, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-18		Evangelism - Fleming, Dr. Arthur S., circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-19		Floods - Georgia, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-20		Georgetown University - Greece, Orthodox, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1051-21		Greece, Protestant – Homosexuals, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-22		Homosexuals - Hymns and hymnals, circa 1950s-1970s
RT 1051-23		Illinois - Interfaith cooperation, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-24		Interfaith cooperation, Protestant attitude - Israel, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-25		Israel - "Jesus People" or "Jesus Movement," circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-26		Jewish and Christian Relations - Knights of Columbus, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-27		Korea - Lent, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-28		Libel and slander - Massachusetts, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-29		Massachusetts - Mexico, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-30		Mexico (Mexican-Americans) and American Relations - Minnesota, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-31		Mississippi - National Association of Evangelicals, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-32		National Catholic Education Association - Nazism, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-33		Nazism, Protestant attitude - New Jersey, Jews, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-34		New Jersey, Protestant - New York, Protestant, circa 1960s-1970s
RT 1051-35		New York, Protestant - Obituaries, general, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-36		Obituaries, Orthodox – Panama, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-37		Papacy - Pennsylvania, Catholic, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-38		Pennsylvania, Protestant - Portugal, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-39		Portugal, Catholic - Prisons, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-40		Prisons, Catholic - Protestant Denominations (P.D.), Congregational Christian Church, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1051-41		Protestant Denominations (P.D.), Disciples of Christ - Protestant Denominations (P.D.), Presbyterian Church in the United States, circa 1970s
RT 1051-42		Protestant Denominations (P.D.), Quakers - Psychiatry, Catholic, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-43		Psychiatry, Protestant - Relief, Catholic, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1051-44		Relief, interfaith - Riots, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-45		Rockefeller, Governor Nelson A. - Scotland, Protestant, circa 1930s-1970s
RT 1051-46		Secularism - South Africa, Catholics, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-47		South Africa, Namibia - Strikes, Protestant attitude, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-48		Stringfellow, William - Tanaka, Tammy, circa 1940s-1982
RT 1051-49		Taxation, Protestant - Theology and theologians, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-50		Tobin, Charles J. - Union church, Protestant, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-51		Union church, Protestant (Lutherans) - Washington D.C., Jews, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-52		Washington D.C., Protestant - Women: Equal Rights Amendment, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1051-53		Women's liberation - Year in Religion, circa 1940s-1970s

		SERIES IX: RT 1052, circa 1930s-1983

RT 1052-1		Abbies - American Legion, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1052-2		American Lutheran Conference - Bibletone Records, circa 1940s-1980
RT 1052-3		Big Four Conference - Catholic Church, special observances, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1052-4		Catholic Committee of the South - Church and state, Orthodox, circa 1930s-1980
RT 1052-5		Church Committee for Relief in Asia - Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1052-6		Communications (Media) - Death, circa 1940s-1982
RT 1052-7		Defense, Civilian Salvage - Elliott, Phillip P., circa 1930s-1981
RT 1052-8		England - Federal Communications Commission, Orthodox, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1052-9		Fellowships, Catholic - Good-will movement, Protestants, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1052-10		Government, Catholic relations - International Christian Leadership, circa 1940s-1982
RT 1052-11		International Church Relations - Jocists, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1052-12		John Paul II - Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis, circa 1930s-1981
RT 1052-13		Mexico, missions - National Laywomen's Retreat Movement, circa 1940s-1982
RT 1052-14		National Lutheran Educational Conference - Pennsylvania, Protestants, circa 1930s-1983
RT 1052-15		People's Business Commission - Russia, sphere of influence, circa 1940s-1981
RT 1052-16		Sabbath Recorder - Trading with the Enemy Act, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1052-17		Tuition and tax credits - United States territories and dependencies, circa 1940s-1982
RT 1052-18		University of Minnesota - Washington pilgrimage, circa 1940s-1970s
RT 1052-19		Willebrands, Johannes (Cardinal) - Zoot Suit Riots, circa 1940s-1981