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Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). Office on Studies. Dialogue Files, 1962, 1967-1987.

Title: Dialogue Files, 1962, 1967-1987.

Dialogue files (1962, 1967-1987) contain minutes and agenda, correspondence, reports, articles and papers, participant lists, newsletters, news releases and publications regarding national and international Lutheran conversations with Episcopal, Jewish, Methodist, Orthodox, and Reformed theologians. Records include discussion of committee formation and appointments, dialogue meeting arrangements, Lutheran World Federation requests for resource material on charismatic and evangelistic movements, and distribution and discussion of dialogue papers. Files in the collection are primarily those of U.S.A. National. Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) Office of Studies Director Virgil R. Westlund; and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) Office on Studies Directors Eugene L. Brand (1978-1981) and David G. Burke (1983-1987). However, also included is a small amount of correspondence of USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973-1974), and USANC and LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986). Correspondents include USANC, LWM, and LWF officials, Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. officials, and dialogue participants.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511250 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation Subject Files, 1964-1986.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation Subject Files, 1964-1986.

Lutheran World Federation-Department of Church Cooperation (LWF- DCC) subject files (1964-1986) were created by the Executive Director of the National Lutheran Council (NLC), and the General Secretaries of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries. Files contain correspondence, reports, consultation minutes, studies, itineraries, and publications regarding mission and church relief efforts; LWF Youth Desk activities; and arrangements for and participation in consultations and meetings. Consultation topics include: the healing mission of the church. Evangelism, minority churches in Western Europe, mission efforts in Africa and China, and migration issues. Correspondents include officials from the LWF-DCC and its predessesor department LWF-Department of World Mission; officials from the USANC Office of Church Cooperation and its predecessor Office of World Mission and Service; consultation participants; other LWF, USANC, LWM staff; and consultation participants.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511132 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation Assemblies Files, 1966-1984.

Title: Lutheran World Federation Assemblies Files, 1966-1984.

Lutheran World Federation Assemblies files (1966-1984) regard the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) General Secretary's activities in planning programs and events and preparing U.S. participants for Assemblies held in Evain-les-Bains, France (1970); Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1977); and Budapest, Hungary (1984). Files include correspondence, reports, newsletter mailings, participant lists, questionnaires, studies, publicity material, and publications regarding participant appointments and travel arrangements, youth participation and attendance, participant insurance and accreditation, Assembly follow-up. Discussion and evaluation, and Assembly publicity in Lutheran and other religious publications. Correspondents include USANC General Secretaries Paul C. Empie (1967-72, 1974-1975) and Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973- 1974); USANC and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986); and LWM General Secretary Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987). Additional correspondents include USANC officials and staff, Assembly delegates and other participants; Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials; and Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. (LCUSA) officials.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505484 View

Lutheran World Federation. U.S.A. National Committee. General Secretary (1967-1972, 1974-1975 : Empie). Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation General Files, 1953-1984.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation General Files, 1953-1984.

Lutheran World Federation - Department of Church Cooperation files (1953-1984) were created by the Executive Director of the National Lutheran Council (NLC) and the General Secretaries of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM). Files contain correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, and publications regarding the USANC's cooperative efforts in carrying out the program of the Lutheran World Federation- Department of World Mission (LWF-DWM) and its successor body, the Department of Church Cooperation (LWF-DCC). Files regard activities, mail votes, and staff matters of the USANC's Advisory Committee on Church Cooperation and Service (1971-1976); funding for LWF-DWM and LWF-DCC programs, LWF and USANC staff matters and meetings, LWF and USANC sponsored consultations, and specific mission projects. Notable correspondents include LWF-DWM and LWF-DCC Directors Fridtjov Birkeli, Arne Sovik, Carl-Johann Hellberg, and Risto Lehtonen; and USANC Office of Church Cooperation and Service Director Levon H. Spath. General Secretaries of the USANC and LWM included Paul C. Empie (1967-72, 1974-1975); Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1972-1974); Paul A. Wee (1976-1986); and Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987).

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505609 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Subject Files, 1958-1986.

Title: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Subject Files, 1958-1986.

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCCCUSA) subject files (1958-1986) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, news releases, news clippings, and publications regarding the National Lutheran Council (NLC), the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC), and Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) involvement in the NCCCUSA program. Files were maintained by NLC Executive Director Paul C. Empie; USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr., and USANC and LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee. Topics of discussion include nuclear disarmament, religious dialogues, issues of church and state. Overseas ministry and mission, religious liberty, and social justice, Church World Service (CWS) program, and Division of Overseas Ministry activities. Correspondents include NLC, USANC, and LWM officials; NCCCUSA Division of Overseas Ministry Associate General Secretaries David M. Stowe and James A. Cogswell; CWS Executive Director James MacCracken; U.S. Lutheran church body leaders; and U.S. government officials.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511157 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service Consultation and Program Files, 1975-1987.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service Consultation and Program Files, 1975-1987.

Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service consultation and program files (1960-1987) contain correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, financial statements, consultation itineraries and programs, program evaluations, and publications regarding the Department's activities in countries around the world, including Haiti, Tanzania, the Middle East, Jerusalem, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, El Salvador, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. The Department provided emergency relief to victims suffering from natural disasters and lack of food. In order to determine needs, the Department held Related Agencies meetings and. Consultations in which relief agencies provided their counsel and guidance in outlining needed programs and monies. Files also regard visitations to countries by Department of World Service and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) staff; meetings and consulation with Commission on World Service members regarding the Department's program; cooperation with non- Lutheran agencies in providing relief; and evaluations of the Department's overall program and its specific projects. Files are those of U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986) and Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987).

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511127 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Church Body Correspondence Files, 1967-1987.

Title: Church Body Correspondence Files, 1967-1987.

Church body correspondence files (1967-1987) regard the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), The American Lutheran Church (TALC), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches' (AELC) involvement in and financial support of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and in its successor body, Lutheran World Ministries (LWM). Correspondents include USANC and LWM General Secretaries Paul C. Empie, Carl H. Mau, Jr., Paul A. Wee, and Harold T. Hanson; other USANC and LWM officials; and church body presidents, officials, and staff including AELC Presidents William H. Kohn and Will L. Herzfeld; LCA Presidents Robert. J. Marshall and James R. Crumley; and TALC Presidents Kent S. Knutson and David W. Preus.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511103 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Korea Correspondence Files, 1950-1987.

Title: Korea Correspondence Files, 1950-1987.

Korea correspondence files (1950-1987) of the National Lutheran Council's (NLC) Executive Director and of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) General Secretaries contain correspondence, reports, visitation itineraries and participant lists, speeches, press releases, notes, and articles and publications regarding aid to Korean refugees and prisoners of war; issues concerning the reunification of Korea; and delegations, ecumenical visitations and student seminars to Korea. Correspondents include NLC Executive Director (1948-1966) and USANC General Secretary (1967-72, 1974- 1975) Paul C. Empie; USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1972-1974); USANC and LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986) and LWM General Secretary Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987); LWM Office on World Community Director Edward C. May; LWM member church officials; Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials; participants in ecumenical visitations and seminars; U.S. ecumenical and Lutheran organization leaders; and National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. and World Council of Churches officials.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service Community Development Service Files, 1964-1982.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service Community Development Service Files, 1964-1982.

Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service (LWF-DWS) Community Development Service (CDS) files (1964-1982) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, project requests and surveys, and financial statements regarding CDS projects, and specifically the U.S.A. National Committee (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) involvement in the program. Files are those of USANC and LWM General Secretaries Paul C. Empie (1967-1972, 1974-1975), Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973-1974), and Paul A. Wee (1976-1986). Files dating from 1964 through 1966 were maintained by Empie in his capacity as National Lutheran Council (NLC) Executive Director. (1948-1966). Correspondents include LWF-DWS Directors Bengt R. Hoffman and Bruno Muetzelfeldt; USANC and LWM officials and staff; and Lutheran World Action officials.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511123 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Country Files, 1945-1987.

Title: Country Files, 1945-1987.

Country files (1945-1987) of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) contain correspondence; memoranda; Lutheran World Federation-Department of World Service (LWF-DWS) representatives'reports; country fact sheets; addresses and sermons; United Nations resolutions and reports; news clippings; visitation notes and itineraries; news releases; newsletters and publications; Lutheran World Federation (LWF) news service bulletins; Lutheran World Service annual reports on specific countries; scholarship applications; financial statements; and conference and consultation. Reports. Topics of discussion concern situations in countries around the world; allocations to LWF-DWS appeals for specific countries; church renovations; provision of medical, educational, and food supplies; aid and resettlement of refugees; scholarships; country visits by LWF-DWS staff; and LWF-DWS financial matters. Correspondents include USANC, LWM, National Lutheran Council (NLC), LWF-DWS and Department of Church Cooperation, and Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. officials; Lutheran church officials in individual countries; and National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., World Council of Churches, and United Nations staff.

ArchivalResource: 58 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505608 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service General Correspondence, 1952-1984.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service General Correspondence, 1952-1984.

Lutheran World Federation - Department of World Service (LWF-DWS) general correspondence files (1952-1984) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, project lists, financial statements, and publications regarding Department activities in providing for mission needs throughout the world, and specifically pertaining to the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) support of and cooperation with the Department's program. Correspondence is that of the USANC and LWM General Secretaries Paul C. Empie (1967-1972, 1974-1975), Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973-1974), and Paul A. Wee (1976-1986). Correspondents include LWF-DWS Directors Henry J. Whiting, Reuben Baetz, Bengt R. Hoffman, and Bruno Muetzelfeldt. Files dating from 1952-1966 were maintained by Paul C. Empie in his capacity as National Lutheran Council (NLC) Executive Director.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511134 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Peace Issues Subject Files, 1975-1987.

Title: Peace Issues Subject Files, 1975-1987.

Peace Issues subject files (1975-1987) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, news releases, and publications regarding the Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) involvement in peace and human rights related activities. Topics of interest include nuclear disarmament, children of war, Helsinki (Finland) Peace Accords, and peace study missions. Files are those of LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986) and Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987). Correspondents include LWM officials, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) officials, Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. (LCUSA) leaders, U.S. Government officials, National Council of the Churches of Christ in. The U.S.A. leaders, World Council of Churches (WCC) leaders, and U.S. Lutheran church body leaders and lay persons.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511159 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Ecumenical Delegations Files, 1981-1988.

Title: Ecumenical Delegations Files, 1981-1988.

Ecumenical Delegations files (1981-1988) contain correspondence, participant reports, participant lists and biographical information, itineraires, seminar proposals, resource materials and handbooks, questionnaire responses, and newsclippings regarding study seminars and visitations to and from the U.S., U.S.S.R., Germany, and other Eastern Europe. Correspondence regards arrangement activities for the seminars and visitations. Correspondents include Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) General Secretaries Paul A. Wee and Harold T. Hanson; Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and LWM officials and staff; LWM church member leaders. Eastern European Lutheran church officials, and seminar participants. One file contains information regarding a 1988 German Democratic Republic delegation trip to the U.S. which was coordinated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Office of Ecumenical Affairs. This body assumed U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation responsibilities after the establishment of the ELCA and the termination of LWM in 1987.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505469 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Central America Subject Files, 1976-1987.

Title: Central America Subject Files, 1976-1987.

Central America Subject files (1976-1987) of Lutheran World Ministries' General Secretaries contain correspondence, reports, consultation minutes, memoranda, press releases, newsletters, and publications relating to the LWM's activities in Central America and its involvement in the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service's (LIRS) Central American Concerns program (CAC). Topics of discussion include the U.S. sanctuary movement, relief efforts for Central Americans in the U.S. and Central America, Lutheran World Relief funding, consultations regarding and visits to Central America, and U.S. military involvement in El. Salvador and Guatemala. Correspondents include LWM General Secretaries Paul A. Wee (1977-1986) and Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987); Edward C. May, LWM Office on World Community Director; Donald H. Larsen, LIRS Director; and Mary M. Solberg, CAC Coordinator and later Program officer for the LWF's Department of World Service.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505465 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation - Department of Studies Correspondence Files, 1971-1985.

Title: Lutheran World Federation - Department of Studies Correspondence Files, 1971-1985.

Lutheran World Federation - Department of Studies correspondence files (1971-1985) contain correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, financial statements, and project descriptions regarding the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) cooperation with and coordination of the Department's program. Files are those of USANC and LWM General Secreatries Paul C. Empie (1967-1972, 1974-75), Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973-1974), and Paul A. Wee (1976-1986). Correspondents include Ulrich Duchrow and Yoshiro Ishida, Lutheran World Federation-Department of Studies directors. Paul D. Opsahl, USANC Office of Theology and Worship; and Eugene L. Brand, Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) Office on Studies Director.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511122 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary (1977- 1986 : Wee). Biographical and Writings Files, 1963-1986 (bulk 1976-1986).

Title: Biographical and Writings Files, 1963-1986 (bulk 1976-1986).

Biographical and writings files (1963-1986) of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries (LWM) General Secretary Paul A. Wee contain curriculum vitae, biographical press releases, correspondence, speeches, papers, sermons, lectures, bible studies, letters to newspaper editors and government officials, and committee meeting and speech notes. Papers and addresses were given to Lutheran and ecumenical conferences; churches; and colleges regarding human rights; ecumenical issues; Martin Luther; 450th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession; the work of the Lutheran World. Federation (LWF) and LWM; biblical passages and topics; South Africa; and the German Democratic Republic. Files pre-dating 1976 contain doctrinal statements of U.S. Lutheran churches (1963-1969) and sermon notes for a baptism conducted in 1973.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505463 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Personnel Files, 1969-1988.

Title: Personnel Files, 1969-1988.

Personnel files (1969-1988) of the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and its successor organization, Lutheran World Ministries (LWM), contain correspondence, certificates of call, employee salary information, letters of recommendation, memoranda of understanding, employment contracts and agreements, resumes, job descriptions, job data questionnaires, and letters of resignation relating to the employment of individual staff members. Files have been weeded of sensitive material, therefore no access restrictions are necessary.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511165 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Lutheran World Federation Subject Files, 1945-1987.

Title: Lutheran World Federation Subject Files, 1945-1987.

Lutheran World Federation (LWF) subject files (1945-1987) contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes, constitutions and by-laws, reports, newsletters, and publications regarding the U.S.A. National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (USANC) and Lutheran World Ministries' (LWM) efforts in carrying out LWF programs. Files regard religious dialogues with Reformed and Roman Catholic churches; LWF radio broadcasts and publications; the operation of the Foundation for Inter-Confessional Research's Institute for Ecumencial Research; cooperation with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; and conference and study committee work. Files were. Maintained by National Lutheran Council (NLC) Executive Director (1948-1966) and USANC General Secretary (1967-1972, 1974-1975) Paul C. Empie; USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr. (1973-1974); USANC and LWM General Secretary Paul A. Wee (1976-1986); and LWM General Secretary Harold T. Hanson (1986-1987).

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37511142 View

Lutheran World Ministries (Agency). General Secretary. Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society Files, 1975-1987.

Title: Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society Files, 1975-1987.

Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society (EDCS) files (1975- 1987) contain minutes and agenda, correspondence, reports, newsletters, and publications regarding EDCS' incorporation, Board of Directors' and Annual General Meetings and activities, funding of specific projects, the Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF), and the North America Regional Working Consultation (NARWOC). Primary correspondents include EDCS officials, Board members, and other officials; LWM officials; and U.S. Lutheran leaders.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37505472 View