Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1164-1170
Description: Seven (7) BW prints, photographs of the 1953 JMS Annual Luncheon; stamped on back, "Wide Works Photos, Inc."; .1164: left to right, Dr. Samuel McCrao Cavert, Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Dr. Dwight C. Smith, Dr. Richard Vanden Berg, Machiko Toi, Catherine Po Cho; .1165: Dr. Dwight C. Smith speaking at the microphone; .1166: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake speaking; .1167: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake speaking; .1168: Machiko Toi speaking; .1169: Left to right, Cavert, Blake, Smith, Berg, at head table; .1170: Machiko Toi speaking.
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 25-Feb-53
Photographer: Wide World Photos, Inc.
History/Provenance: Dr. Cavert was the American Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Dr. Blake was President of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. Dr. Smith was the General Secretary of the John Milton Society. Dr. Berg was Executive Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions and Vice President of the John Milton Society. Machiko Toi was the first Japanese woman who was blind or visually impaired to earn B.A. and M.A. degrees. Catherine Po Cho was headmistress of St. Michael's School for the Blind in Rangoon, Burma. Toi and Cho had received scholarships from JMS to training at the Perkins School.
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Banquets
