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Lutheran World Convention. Minutes and reports, 1921-1947.

Title: Minutes and reports, 1921-1947.

Minutes of Lutheran World Convention (LWC) organizational, executive, American Section and special committees and of LWC conferences in: Eisenach, Germany (1923), Copenhagen, Denmark (1929), and Paris, France (1935). LWC financial reports are also included.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35663068 View

Lutheran World Convention. American Section. Minutes and Agenda, 1936-1947. [microform]

Title: Minutes and Agenda, 1936-1947. [microform]

Minutes of Lutheran World Convention (LWC) American Section meetings regarding the administration of LWC activities (1936-1947).

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels. 35mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37498777 View

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35663063 View

Lutheran World Convention. Correspondence, 1920-1935.

Title: Correspondence, 1920-1935.

Correspondence of John A. Morehead in his capacity as National Lutheran Council (NLC) European Commissioner (1919-1929), NLC Executive Director (1923-1930), Lutheran World Convention (LWC) executive committee chairman (1923-1929), and LWC president (1929-1935). Files relate to the founding of the LWC, executive committee activities, mission and relief work for Lutheran refugees, financial and logistical concerns, convention arrangements, orphaned missions, dissemination of church news and statistics, aid to the Lutheran church in Soviet Russia, and Lutheran ecumenical and unity issues. Correspondents include LWC executive committee members, general convention members, American and foreign church leaders, and foreign dignitaries.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35663061 View

National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1923-1930 : Morehead). Files, 1923-1930.

Title: Files, 1923-1930.

Files from John A. Morehead's tenure as Executive Director of the National Lutheran Council include correspondence with NLC councillors, commissioners, and publicity bureau officials; U.S. state and government relief organization officials; American and foreign Lutheran ministers and lay persons; American and foreign church body presidents; foreign mission directors; missionaries and officials; foreign seminary students; international and Lutheran relief and missionary conference officials; and relief and conference officials from other denominations. Topics include criticisms of the NLC, Lutheran inner missions, interdenominational cooperation, inter-Lutheran relations, the death of former executive director Lauritz Larsen, NLC organization and policy, publicity and reference, relief appeals, work with refugees, NLC assistance to missions and churches around the world, and international, national and Lutheran missionary conferences and conventions.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36206208 View

National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1930-1948 : Long). General Files, 1930-1947.

Title: General Files, 1930-1947.

Correspondence, addresses and speeches, reports, articles, histories, and resolutions from Ralph H. Long's tenure as NLC Executive Director (1930-1948). Files relate to NLC activities and focus on the American Lutheran Church, American Lutheran Conference, Lutheran World Action Appeal, Lutheran World Relief, NLC publicity and public relations, Lutheran exhibits, radio ministry, Lutheran films and motion pictures, chaplaincy services, civil defense, finances, immigration, Lutheran anniversaries, Lutheran World Almanac production, Lutheran World Convention, Lutheran World Federation, NLC organizational structure and. Constitution, post-World War II relief, NLC's Social Trends Committee, student services, stewardship, unemployment relief, visual education, and the establishment of a Division of Welfare. Correspondents include NLC officials and members, Lutheran church body presidents, Lutheran pastors and lay persons, U.S. government officials, non-Lutheran ministers and agency officials, international and national relief and church agency officials, and publishing house editors.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36206302 View