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National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1948-1966 : Empie). Files, 1941, 1946-1966.

Title: Files, 1941, 1946-1966.

Files of Executive Director Paul C. Empie contain correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, and official documents regarding activities of NLC divisions, departments, bureaus, committees, and commissions; activities of international, national, and Lutheran agencies; NLC cooperation with and programs of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF); Lutheran World Action; Lutheran World Relief, NLC personnel, property, and pension management; issues of the day including church and state; marriage and divorce; Catholicism and civil rights; ecumenicalism and inter-Lutheran cooperation; relations between the NLC and the Lutheran Church-Missouri. Synod (LC-MS); the trial of Hungarian Bishop Lajos Ordass; mergers of NLC participating church bodies; and formation of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. (LCUSA). Correspondents include NLC officials and members; Lutheran World Federation officials; international, national, ecumenical and Lutheran agencies and conference officials; U.S. govermenment officials; LC-MS members; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons. Those of note include: Franklin Clark Fry, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; Julius Bodensieck, Commissioner to Europe for LWF U.S.A. National Committee; S.C. Michelfelder, LWF Executive Secretary; Stewart. Herman, Executive Secretary of the NLC's Division of LWF Affairs; and Conrad Hoyer, Executive Secretary of the Division of American Missions.

ArchivalResource: 39 boxes.

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National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1948-1966 : Empie). Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation Files, 1945-1966.

Title: Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation Files, 1945-1966.

Files (1945-1966) contain correspondence, reports, and news releases produced during Paul C. Empie's tenure as NLC assistant executive director (1944-1948) and executive director (1948-1966). Lutheran World Convention (LWC) correspondence, contained in one folder, includes reports and papers from S.C. Michelfelder, American Section of the LWC representative, and Ralph H. Long, NLC executive director, regarding the condition and needs of German refugees, LWC finances and projects, relief cooperation with the World Council of Churches, and World War II developments. One file contains Empie's correspondence with American. Lutheran pastors and seminary professors concerning Lutherans' efforts in combatting the forces of communism. The remainder of the collection regards Lutheran World Federation activities, relief efforts, projects, and staff problems; and Lutheran bishops visits to the U.S. Correspondents include and regard Bishop Otto Dibelius of the Evangelical Church in Germany; Bishop Hanns Lilje of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover (Germany); Carl E. Lund-Quist, LWF Executive Secretary; Edwin Moll, LWF representative in Palestine; and Frederick M. Otto, LWF representative in Berlin, Germany. Correspondence with Franklin Clark Fry. President of the United Lutheran Church in America, and Fredrik A. Schiotz, President of the American Lutheran Church, regard mission work in Latin America, resettlement activities, and LWF-Commission on World Mission activities.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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National Lutheran Council. European Desk. Correspondence Files, 1948-1955.

Title: Correspondence Files, 1948-1955.

The NLC's European Desk files (1948-1955) contain correspondence and reports concerning the administration of U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation activities in aiding refugees, and in providing church reconstruction and relief abroad. Correspondents include U.S.A. National Committee members and representatives, NLC officials, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials, foreign and U.S. government officials, Lutheran World Action and Lutheran World Relief officials, international church and relief organization officials, Cultural Exchange Program participants, Lutheran churches' boards of foreign missions. Officials, and Lutheran pastors and lay persons. Notable correspondents include: John A. Scherzer, European Desk Secretary; Martin O. Dietrich, U.S.A. National Committee of the LWF representative in Geneva, Switzerland; and S.C. Michelfelder, LWF General Secretary.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes.

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National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1930-1948 : Long). Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation - U.S.A. Files, 1940-1948.

Title: Lutheran World Convention/Lutheran World Federation - U.S.A. Files, 1940-1948.

Files contain correspondence of NLC Executive Director Ralph H. Long, Assistant Director Paul C. Empie, and other NLC, Lutheran World Convention (LWC), and Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials. Files regard LWC convention arrangements, cooperative relief efforts with the Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction and the Council of Relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany (CRALOG); participation in the World Council of Churches' (WCC) and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.'s Church World Service child feeding programs; work of the Evangelisches Hilfswerk in Stuttgart, Germany; NLC. Relief efforts in Europe; and training theology students in Europe. Notable correspondents include: Martin Dietrich, U.S.A. National Committee of the LWF representative in Germany; Stewart Herman, deputy director of the WCC Department of Reconstruction and Relief; Alfred Th. Jorgensen, LWC executive committee member; S.C. Michelfelder, Commissioner of the American Section of the LWC to the WCC; Theodore Tappert, Commissioner of the LWC and LWF; Hanns Lilje, German Archbishop and LWC Executive Secretary; P.O. Bersell, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod; and Erling Eidem, Swedish Archbishop and LWC President.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

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National Lutheran Council. Division of Welfare. Lutheran Resettlement Service. Correspondence files, 1948-1964 (bulk 1948-1953).

Title: Correspondence files, 1948-1964 (bulk 1948-1953).

Lutheran Resettlement Service (LRS) correspondence files (1948- 1964) contain correspondence, agreements, reports, and studies concerning LRS activities to aid refugees in the U.S. and abroad. Files specifically relate to cooperative efforts with Church World Service, International Refugee Organization, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LC-MS), Lutheran World Federation (LWF), and the U.S. Government. The NLC's efforts to lobby for better immigration legislation are also reflected in the correspondence. Correspondents include NLC officials and members; LRS officials and committee members; international, national, and Lutheran. Immigration agencies; Lutheran World Federation officials; and U.S. Government officials. Prominent correspondents include Cordelia Cox, the Division's immigration director; S.C. Michelfelder, LWF general secretary; Stewart W. Herman, director of the LWF Resettlement Division; Howard Hong, Senior Field Representative of the LWF's Service to Refugees; and Henry J. Whiting, director of the LWF's Department of World Service.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

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Lutheran World Convention. American Section. Correspondence, 1936-1947.

Title: Correspondence, 1936-1947.

Correspondence of the American Section of the Lutheran World Convention's executive committee relates to efforts to oversee and support orphaned Lutheran missions around the world. Other issues include executive committee meetings, 1940 Philadelphia Convention arrangements, Lutheran representation in the World Council of Churches by confessional rather than geographical criteria, and Executive Secretary Hanns Lilje's trip to the United States to survey Lutheran churches. American Section reports to Lilje regarding activities and budget, financial reports, and newsletters and reports from the field director in Chunking, China are included.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee. Minutes and Agenda, 1947-1955. [microform]

Title: Minutes and Agenda, 1947-1955. [microform]

Minutes and agenda (1947-1955) of the U.S.A. National Committee for the Lutheran World Federation are from NLC Executive and Administrative Committees as well as appointed special committees. Included are reports from Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials, such as LWF General Secretary S.C. Michelfelder, and NLC staff, such NLC European Desk Secretary John A. Scherzer, regarding LWF activities. Discussion items regard the appointment of special commissioners and LWF staff; allocation commissioners and LWF staff; allocation. Of funds for resettlement, relief, and reconstruction efforts; requests for aid to specific areas, countries, or institutions; study projects and exchange students; conferences; and cooperation with international and national relief organizations. Minutes and agenda of the Committee on Theological Cooperation (1954-1955), a committee appointed by the Executive Committee to cooperate with the LWF's Department of Theology in administering the American part of the exchange and scholarship program, are also included.

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm reels.

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Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee. Minutes and Agenda, 1947-1955.

Title: Minutes and Agenda, 1947-1955.

Minutes and agenda (1947-1955) of the U.S.A. National Committee for the Lutheran World Federation are the protocol copy set in that they contain executive session minutes, exhibits, and reports which were not widely distributed. Minutes are from NLC Executive and Administrative Committees as well as appointed special committees. Included are reports from Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials, such as LWF General Secretary S.C. Michelfelder, and NLC staff, such NLC European Desk Secretary John A. Scherzer, regarding LWF activities. Discussion items regard the appointment of special commissioners and LWF staff; allocation. Of funds for resettlement, relief, and reconstruction efforts; requests for aid to specific areas, countries, or institutions; study projects and exchange students; conferences; and cooperation with international and national relief organizations. Minutes and agenda of the Committee on Theological Cooperation (1954-1955), a committee appointed by the Executive Committee to cooperate with the LWF's Department of Theology in administering the American part of the exchange and scholarship program, are also included.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1930-1948 : Long). Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War Files, 1940-1947.

Title: Lutheran Commission for Prisoners of War Files, 1940-1947.

Files contain correpondence, reports, minutes and news bulletins regarding the formation of the Commission, appeals and activities of the Young Men's Christian Association and the World Council of Churches, Commission finance, hymn book and reading material requests for German prisoners of war, a correspondence course offered by Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for theology student prisoners, and the return of prisoners to Europe. Also included is a photocopy of a German hymn and prayer book published by the Commission for distribution to prisoners. Correspondents include S.C. Michelfelder, Commission secretary and later chairman (early 1945); Charles L. Ramme, district pastor of German prisoners in South Carolina; Louis Sanjek, manager of the Commission's book depository; W.L. Scheding, NLC field secretary; K. Walter Schmitt, NLC field secretary, and T.W. Strieter, Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod field secretary and later Commission Director (April 1945).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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