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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960.

Title: Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960.

This series contains a variety of printed material pertaining to the mission work of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and its Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), as well as material pertaining to foreign mission work in general. These records are from 1883-1960 with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1960. Types of records include printed reports, background papers, press releases, promotional and outreach material, minutes, business correspondence, annual reports, essays, articles, circular letters, and mission bulletins and publications. A small amount of correspondence relates to global literacy efforts and mission work in Tanzania and Ethiopia. There are copies of BFM policies as they relate to specific topics, for example, the church's relationship with affiliate churches, and rules and regulations for candidates. Most material in this series either is promotional in nature or was used by the BFM while pursuing its mission efforts. It comprises the bulk of pre-1930 material. These records include missionary circular letters, essays pertaining to mission work and life in the field, a sample packet of information detailing the church's Foreign Mission Reconstruction and Development Campaign after World War II, and copies of updates from Dr. Theodore Fricke's 1944 Latin America Mission Tour. In particular, there are background papers related to mission work and Communism; a press release regarding the Lutheran church in Brazil; annual reports of the Lutheran missions in Tanzania; and several copies of German-language mission publications from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were originally in the possession of the Rev. Otto Proehl, an ALC pastor. This material, printed in German, includes publications related to the Gossner, Saxony, Basel, Berlin, Leipzig, and Neuendettelsau missions, as well as the Moravian Brethren Missions. Records are arranged alphabetically by subject.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Subject Files 1953-1974; 1960-1972.

Title: Subject Files 1953-1974; 1960-1972.

The records consist of administrative subject files kept by Theodore P. Fricke, executive director of the Division of World Missions of The American Lutheran Church, and Duane A. Olson, secretary for South Asia. They are separated into general files, institutions, publications, and South Andhra Lutheran Church (SALC, see TALC 14/8/2/2). The general files contain reports and information on related church bodies. The institution files include schools and hospitals. The publications include booklets and pamphlets published by TALC, and the SALC files include correspondence, board actions, reports, and property transactions.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Correspondence 1958-1985; 1973-1985.

Title: Correspondence 1958-1985; 1973-1985.

The records, collected by Area Secretaries Duane Olson and Jack F. Reents, consist of correspondence regarding the recruitment, financing, placement, and living arrangements of missionaries. The correspondence is arranged first by position title and then chronologically under each title. Administrative secretaries included are Rufus Pech, Raymond T. Blacklock, Rudolf Kronger, and Ron Schardt. ALC liaisons are Rufus Pech, Jack F. Reents, Rex S. Nerison, Sr., and Ron Schardt. There are also letters to and from the church bishops and secretaries. Bishops included are Bishop Zurewe K. Zurenuo and Bishop Getake S. Gam. Secretaries are Zurenuo and Reuben Kure.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Correspondence 1943-1970; 1960-1968.

Title: Correspondence 1943-1970; 1960-1968.

Box 1 contains Fricke's and Sorenson's correspondence with or about the following individuals: Dr. Edward Chan, a New Guinea doctor who studied in the United States; Sophie Lehner, wife of well-known New Guinea missionary Stephen Lehner; June Prange, the secretary of a meeting of Canadian and U.S. missionaries in New Guinea; Gerhard Reitz, a missionary principal; and the Neuendettelsau Mission. The files are arranged alphabetically. Box 2 contains correspondence between Fricke and the Superintendent (later President) of the Lutheran Mission New Guinea, John Kuder. The Fricke-Kuder correspondence is further divided into letters from Fricke to Kuder and letters from Kuder to Fricke. They are arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1920-1973. [microform].

Title: Minutes 1920-1973. [microform].

The records consist of the minutes of the India Conference from the time of its formation in 1920 until 1973. Also included are cover letters and correspondence related to the minutes. The correspondence is from the officers of the India Conference to the administrators of the home boards. These administrators include JSO BFM Secretary J.H. Schneider; ALC Executive Secretary of the India Section of the BFM C.V. Sheatsley; ALC Executive Secretary of the BFM Richard C. Taeuber; TALC Executive Director of the Division of World Missions Theodore P. Fricke; and TALC Associate Secretary Lester A. Dahlen. The files are arranged chronologically, and those from 1920-1935 are bound.

ArchivalResource: 8 microfiche.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Field Conference Minutes and Reports 1945-1976.

Title: Field Conference Minutes and Reports 1945-1976.

The records consist of minutes and reports of the field conferences of the LMNG and its Executive Committee. Conference reports include reports from stations, institutions, departments, and superintendents. The reports for 1974 and 1975 were listed as confidential missionary reports, but are in reality station reports, similar to prior station reports presented at field conferences and not listed as confidential. In 1976 the reports really are individual missionary reports and seem to have been requested by the bishop. It is unclear from these minutes and reports whether the LMNG continued holding field conferences separate from the ELCONG after 1974. Boxes 1 and 2 contain conference minutes. Box 2 also includes Executive Committee minutes. Boxes 3-7 contain conference reports. They are arranged chronologically within boxes. Conferences were numbered beginning with 1947 as number one. There are no reports for 1966 and 1970.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Publications 1911-1964. [microform].

Title: Publications 1911-1964. [microform].

The records consist of pamphlets, booklets, books, and manuscripts published about or for use in mission work in New Guinea by the American Lutheran Church and its predecessor church body, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States. Box 1 contains pamphlets and booklets written to promote the work. Many are in German. They are arranged by author (if known) and title. Although each file may contain several items by the same author, the individual titles are noted. Boxes 2 through 17 hold books printed in the New Guinea languages of Amele, Bogadjim, Graged, Jabêm, Kâte, Nobonob, Azira, Halis-Namatanai, Laewomba, Saga, Sialum, Sio, and Zia. They include hymnals, scriptures, catechisms, calendars, and textbooks. They are divided by language and arranged by author (if known) and title. A translation of the title is included if available. Boxes 18 and 19 contain manuscripts in Graged, Iwam, and Kuman.

ArchivalResource: 4 microfiche.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. South Andhra Lutheran Church 1945-1968.

Title: South Andhra Lutheran Church 1945-1968.

Box 1 contains minutes of the annual conventions and executive committee meetings of the SALC. The minutes are both loose (usually carbon or duplicated copies) and printed booklets. The minutes contain official actions, reports of officers, committees, and institutions, and financial statements. They are divided into loose and printed, and are arranged chronologically within these divisions. There are no minutes from 1946-1947, nor from the organizing convention of January 1945. Box 2 contains correspondence between officers of the SALC and the Board of Foreign Missions. They are divided by office and arranged chronologically. Box 3 contains financial reports, station reports such as would have been presented at annual conventions, Rules of Association for the SALC, and the 12-year development plan worked out between the SALC and the Andhra Lutheran Conference.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States. Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes and Official Documents 1914-1935.

Title: Minutes and Official Documents 1914-1935.

The records include what seems to be a complete set of minutes for the Board of Foreign Missions (Komites für Heidenmission) of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States from 1919-1928. There are none available for 1929. There are also minutes for the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia, with which the Iowa Synod cooperated in the administration of the New Guinea field, and of the Board of Trustees for the German property. The major portion of the records is minutes that have been labeled District and Conference Minutes by a prior processor. Because the records are in German, the makeup of the conferences is unclear. They seem to be primarily conferences held in the Finschhafen area. They are arranged chronologically. In addition to minutes, these records contain correspondence with the British and Australian governments and official documents related to the legal right of the two Boards of Foreign Mission noted above to administer the work in New Guinea. The majority of the records is in German. The later records represent the work of the American Lutheran Church, the successor body to the Iowa Synod (see ALC 29 and ALC 29/8).

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Lutheran Mission Madang, and Lutheran Mission New Guinea Financial Records 1930-1961.

Title: Lutheran Mission Madang, and Lutheran Mission New Guinea Financial Records 1930-1961.

The collection includes financial records for New Guinea mission work for the American Lutheran Church (ALC). After several files of general financial information on such things as cost studies and inventories, the rest of the records are divided into budgets, correspondence, and financial statements. Both the budgets and the financial statements are separated chronologically by mission name current at the time of the records, including New Guinea Section (1931-1944, but only 1931-1932 on the field), Lutheran Mission Madang (LMM, 1933-1942), and Lutheran Mission New Guinea (LMNG, 1945-1960). The earliest of the LMNG records indicate that immediately following World War II all monies had to be routed through an account in Brisbane, Australia. There are also separate files for Finschhafen, which related to the Lutheran World Federation as well as to the ALC. The correspondence files include account statements as well as correspondence. There are two separate series covering the same time period and correspondents. There may be some overlapping of these records, but it was not apparent whether the two series served different functions or were kept by two different offices. Main correspondents in both are Ann (also listed as Anne and Annie) Wenz, field treasurer; H.F. Schuh and George S. Schultz, directors of Stewardship and Finance of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), ; and Esther Barber, mission bookkeeper for the BFM. There are also two files of correspondence between Ann Wenz and Theodore Fricke, Executive Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Reports 1930-1940.

Title: Reports 1930-1940.

The records consist of annual reports made by Executive Secretary C.V. Sheatsley and reports from the field. The latter are labeled Station Reports, but they also include reports from institutions such as schools and the Katharine Lehmann Hospital. They are arranged chronologically. The records were collected by Sheatsley.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Theology and Theological Education Committees 1953-1972; 1963-1972.

Title: Theology and Theological Education Committees 1953-1972; 1963-1972.

The records contain the proceedings of the three committees noted above. They are separated by committee, and records pertaining to each committee are arranged chronologically. The records of the Theological Committee contain minutes, correspondence, and doctrinal statements prepared for study. The CSTE files also contain a few minutes but are mostly composed of papers debating the issues of forms of theological education. The CSTE was disbanded in 1967. The CTICR papers include minutes, correspondence, several drafts of a confession of faith, and many doctrinal papers as well as the study documents used by the committee in preparing the papers. The papers are filed by the name of the doctrine unless written in Pidgin without translation. A new correspondence file was started at the close of each committee meeting. Hence the date on a file indicates it contains all correspondence from the time of the last meeting until the date on the folder. There is one additional file for the United Church of Melanesia Committee on Church Union, an ecumenical attempt to establish a united church.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1932-1960.

Title: Minutes 1932-1960.

The records contain the minutes of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the American Lutheran Church (initially called the Joint Board of Foreign Missions) and the Executive Committee (incomplete). There are also cover letters sent with the minutes, minutes of special meetings, and, in later years, exhibits from meetings. Until 1943 separate minutes were kept for the New Guinea Section and the India Section, which were sub-committees of the BFM. These section committee minutes are kept with records from each country, although reports are included from each field with the BFM minutes. The minutes are loose mimeographed copies. An index of the minutes from 1932-1949 is included at the beginning of the first box. These minutes were microfilmed in 1973. There are no minutes for 1930-1932, 1935, and 1937. Based upon the numbering system, there are a few missing from later years as well. The numbering of the meetings jumps from 15 for the July 1940 meeting to 5 for the July 1941 meeting, with no reason given for the change in numbering.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Statistics 1916-1970.

Title: Statistics 1916-1970.

The records consist of statistics compiled for Lutheran Mission New Guinea and its predecessors. The documents include, among others, figures for number of missionaries, national workers, baptisms, stations, students, and congregations. It is not until 1965 that the statistics are labeled as Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea (ELCONG), although the ELCONG was established in 1956. They are arranged chronologically and include the early years of the German Neuendettelsau Mission Society work, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, and the American Lutheran Church. Early records are in German.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1920-1973.

Title: Minutes 1920-1973.

The records consist of the minutes of the India Conference from the time of its formation in 1920 until 1973. Also included are cover letters and correspondence related to the minutes. The correspondence is from the officers of the India Conference to the administrators of the home boards. These administrators include JSO BFM Secretary J.H. Schneider; ALC Executive Secretary of the India Section of the BFM C.V. Sheatsley; ALC Executive Secretary of the BFM Richard C. Taeuber; TALC Executive Director of the Division of World Missions Theodore P. Fricke; and TALC Associate Secretary Lester A. Dahlen. The files are arranged chronologically, and those from 1920-1935 are bound.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Minutes 1956-1985.

Title: Minutes 1956-1985.

The collection consists of minutes of the biennial (later triennial) annual synod meetings and the more frequent Church Council meetings. The Church Council files include correspondence related to the minutes. They are arranged chronologically. There is an index to the Church Council minutes from 1959-1977. The early minutes are rather sketchy and may not be complete. Later minutes are more detailed. Early minutes are in both Pidgin and English, although later minutes are often only in Pidgin, the official language used by the synod. There is one file of minutes of the Bishop's Council. Although the records do not indicate the exact makeup of this committee, those in attendance included bishops, district presidents, the church secretary, and an advisor from among the missionaries. The records were collected by either the directors of the Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation or the area secretaries responsible for work in Papua New Guinea.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Records of the American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions, 1936-1945, n.d.

Title: Records of the American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions, 1936-1945, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Lutheran Mission New Guinea Files 1924-1929; 1931-1934.

Title: Lutheran Mission New Guinea Files 1924-1929; 1931-1934.

This series comprises material pertaining to the New Guinea mission field during the period of time in which the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Iowa Synod), and later the American Lutheran Church (ALC), worked with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia to administer orphaned German mission fields in New Guinea. The mission at this time was referred to as Lutheran Mission New Guinea (LMNG). Records are from 1924-1949 with the majority dating from 1931-1934. It is unclear if the records were kept by the LMNG itself and then later sent to the ALC's Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), or if the board itself generated the majority of the records. The series contains primarily reports, articles, newsletters, essays, and promotional materials pertaining to either the New Guinea mission field, or general work of the Neuendettelsau Mission, Germany. It does not contain business records for the mission field. Several of the reports are in German. One item that may provide further information as to the transfer of the Madang field to the ALC from Neuendettelsau is titled "Die Neuordnung in Newguinea," or "The Realignment in New Guinea." This series of reports contains information relating to the field from 1926-1932 and its eventual transfer to the ALC. The "unidentified" reports referred to in the container list pertain mostly to general New Guinea mission work and issues regarding foreign mission work in general. Records are arranged alphabetically by subject.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960.

Title: Program Files 1883-1960; 1944-1960.

This series contains a variety of printed material pertaining to the mission work of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and its Board of Foreign Missions (BFM), as well as material pertaining to foreign mission work in general. These records are from 1883-1960 with the bulk of the material dating from 1944-1960. Types of records include printed reports, background papers, press releases, promotional and outreach material, minutes, business correspondence, annual reports, essays, articles, circular letters, and mission bulletins and publications. A small amount of correspondence relates to global literacy efforts and mission work in Tanzania and Ethiopia. There are copies of BFM policies as they relate to specific topics, for example, the church's relationship with affiliate churches, and rules and regulations for candidates. Most of the material pertaining to Indonesia was generated and retained as a result of the involvement of ALC missionary the Rev. Gerhard O. Reitz as the LWF Liaison Officer to Indonesia. The ALC had loaned his services to the LWF and he served in Indonesia from 1957-1961. Most material in this series either is promotional in nature or was used by the BFM while pursuing its mission efforts. It comprises the bulk of pre-1930 material. These records include missionary circular letters, essays pertaining to mission work and life in the field, a sample packet of information detailing the church's Foreign Mission Reconstruction and Development Campaign after World War II, and copies of updates from Dr. Theodore Fricke's 1944 Latin America Mission Tour. In particular, there are background papers related to mission work and Communism; a press release regarding the Lutheran church in Brazil; annual reports of the Lutheran missions in Tanzania; and several copies of German-language mission publications from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were originally in the possession of the Rev. Otto Proehl, an ALC pastor. This material, printed in German, includes publications related to the Gossner, Saxony, Basel, Berlin, Leipzig, and Neuendettelsau missions, as well as the Moravian Brethren Missions. Records are arranged alphabetically by subject.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Deeds 1868-1936.

Title: Deeds 1868-1936.

The records consist of early deeds to the India mission property, purchased by the Hermannsburg Mission Society and later purchased by or turned over to the Joint Synod of Ohio. These properties in turn became the property of the American Lutheran Church. The deeds were inventoried in 1912 and in 1936, and the inventories are included with the records. They are arranged alphabetically by station name.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Reports 1946-1976.

Title: Reports 1946-1976.

The first two boxes contain reports of the day-to-day administration of the mission land, buildings, and business. After several general files, these are divided into Buildings and Maintenance and Business and Supply. Buildings and Maintenance is further divided into builders, caretakers, guest houses, and joinery. Business and Supply, after some general files, is divided into plantations, sawmills, special projects, transport and communications, and workshops. Boxes 3-5 contain reports from districts, circuits, and stations. Each district has a general report, individual reports from its circuits and stations, and a report of its women's work. They are arranged alphabetically within districts. The districts included are Chimbu, Goroka, Hagen, Kâte, Lai, and Madang. Box 6 contains medical reports arranged alphabetically by name of town or institution. The remainder of Box 6 and all of Box 7 contain school reports. These are further divided into Area Schools, District Schools, English Schools, Girls Schools, High Schools, Teacher Training Schools, Vocational Schools, District Bible Schools, Church Middle Schools, Pastors Courses, and Seminaries.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Correspondence 1937-1968; 1946-1960.

Title: Correspondence 1937-1968; 1946-1960.

The records contain the correspondence of C.V. Sheatsley and Theodore P. Fricke. Sheatsley served as Executive Secretary of the India Section (1930-1943), and Fricke served first as commissioner and later as Executive Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions. Sheatsley's correspondence includes a file about a controversy that arose between missionaries F.B. Kantzer and Carl Schwan. The remainder of the records are files of correspondence from individual missionaries. Many include duplicated letters that the missionaries sent to friends and family. These are arranged alphabetically by missionary name.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Files 1957-1987; 1973-1985.

Title: Files 1957-1987; 1973-1985.

The records were collected by Morris A. Sorenson, Jr., and Mark W. Thomsen, directors of the Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation of The American Lutheran Church, and by Duane A. Olson and Jack F. Reents, the area secretaries who oversaw the administration of mission work in Papua New Guinea. The files are primarily subject files. Sometimes the only thing that distinguishes these files from the general subject files of the directors and area secretaries was the fact that the person responsible for maintaining the files had included the term ELC-PNG preceding the file title. The records contain an organization chart, constitution, correspondence of various departments, committees, and service agencies of the church, and reports of work and plans. There are several files in Box 2 that record the working relationship between the ELC-PNG and the LMNG.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Subject Files 1920-1968; 1930-1960.

Title: Subject Files 1920-1968; 1930-1960.

Box 1 comprises individual files on ecumenical bodies (Church of South India, Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Federation of Evangelical Churches in India), sister churches (Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church and Santal), institutions (hospitals and schools), rules, promotional plans, rosters, and statistics. They are arranged alphabetically by file folder title. Box 2 contains copies of material pertaining to the Hermannsburg Mission in India. These items were compiled by Hartwig Harms, a Hermannsburg missionary. The records, in German, are handwritten and typewritten histories, chronicles, and an index of items pertaining to the Hermannsburg India mission field, its stations and missionary Harms. These items were sent to the Rev. C.V. Sheatsley, Executive Secretary, India Section, 1930-1943.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Missionary Correspondence and Papers 1907-1960; 1930-1950.

Title: Missionary Correspondence and Papers 1907-1960; 1930-1950.

The records contain correspondence, manuscripts, and the occasional autobiography written by missionaries. They are divided first into area (Box 1 Highlands, Boxes 2 and 3 Finschhafen). They are further divided in these two areas by missionary name and arranged alphabetically. The Finschhafen records have one small section with files containing multiple names. It is not apparent why this set was not separated into individual files in the same manner as the rest. If a file contained only one document and it is titled, the title is included in the file folder name. If a folder name contains no title, the documents were either untitled (including correspondence), or there were multiple titles. Dates in brackets indicate that there are also documents in the file that are undated. The final two boxes contain mimeographed circular letters titled "A Message from Your Missionary" (1946-1954) and "Missionary Mail" (1955-1959). These two boxes are arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Correspondence 1919-1960; 1930-1960.

Title: Correspondence 1919-1960; 1930-1960.

The records consist of correspondence to and from the members and staff of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the American Lutheran Church (ALC). Some pre-date the ALC from the time when its predecessor church body, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Iowa Synod), was in charge of the New Guinea mission work. Most of the files are organized by the name of the person who created the file. Chief correspondent of Box 1 is F. Braun, who served both as the Chair of the New Guinea Section from 1931-1938 and as Finance Agent (later Financial Secretary) from 1940-1945. Box 2 contains correspondence of Braun as well as of Richard Taeuber, Executive Secretary of the New Guinea Section from 1931-1943 and of the BFM from 1944-1947. Box 4 and part of Box 5 are credited to Theodore Fricke, Commissioner from 1945-1947 and Executive Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions from 1948-1960. Fricke's files include correspondence with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia, Department of World Missions. The files for Braun, Taeuber, and Fricke are further titled by the name of the chief correspondent, though the one named may not be the only correspondent. The correspondents include individuals such as F. Otto Thiele, long-time mission official of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (UELCA) and director of the combined work of the Iowa Synod and the UELCA, and C.C. Hein, president of the American Lutheran Church. They also include the related mission groups, the Rheinische Missions Gesellschaft and the Neuendettelsau Mission Society, which founded and later handed over the fields in which the ALC was working. A large section of the Fricke records deal with the Commission on Younger Churches and Orphaned Missions of the National Lutheran Council and the Department of World Mission of the Lutheran World Federation. Box 4 also includes the New Guinea correspondence of Emmanuel Poppen, president of the ALC. Poppen's correspondence is arranged chronologically. Box 5 records, labeled internal, consist of correspondence among members of the Board of Foreign Missions. The remainder of Box 5 and all of Box 6 and Box 7 contain correspondence between the BFM and the New Guinea field superintendents (later called presidents) for the Lutheran Mission Madang (LMM) and the Lutheran Mission New Guinea (LMNG). These include J.F. Mager, 1932; F.E. Pietz, 1932-1938; Paul E. Fliehler, 1939-1942; and John Kuder, 1945-1960. Kuder's records contain letters to and from A.C. Frerichs, who acted as president in 1951-1952 and 1959-1960 when Kuder was on furlough. The Kuder records are further separated into letters from Kuder and letters to Kuder.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Conference Minutes 1958-1976.

Title: Conference Minutes 1958-1976.

The records consist of minutes and agendas of the annual conferences held by the ALM. They include reports of stations and institutions, limited financial reports, and a small amount of correspondence related to the minutes. There are also minutes of the Executive Committee and the Missionary Committee and undated constitutions of the ALM.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Publications 1919-1958.

Title: Publications 1919-1958.

The records contain leaflets, booklets, and articles published by and about the India Mission. They are arranged alphabetically by author or by title if author is not known. They include three folders of newspaper and magazine articles, a series of booklets whose titles begin "A Glimpse of ...," and a set of filmstrip scripts.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Program Files 1956-1968; 1956-1960.

Title: Program Files 1956-1968; 1956-1960.

The records were collected by Theodore P. Fricke, executive secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the American Lutheran Church (ALC). They contain correspondence, board minutes, and written accounts that tell the history of the beginning of the ALC work in Ethiopia. The records also contain financial files, files of correspondence between Fricke and Director Herbert G. Schaefer, reports by Fricke and Schaefer, and promotional leaflets. For records of the continued work in Ethiopia, see TALC 14/6/4.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Missionary Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Reports 1933-1977.

Title: Missionary Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Reports 1933-1977.

The records, though collected by Fricke, represent as well the collection of his predecessor, Richard Taeuber and his successor, Morris A. Sorenson, Jr. Boxes 1-4 contain missionary correspondence, mostly circular letters written to keep in touch with mission, relatives, and friends, and sent out for them by the mission office. They are arranged alphabetically by missionary name. Boxes 5-6 contain reports and papers written by individual missionaries. When a file contains only one manuscript, the title is given. A folder with no title to accompany the name indicates that there are multiple items in the file or that a singular item has no title. Dates in brackets indicate that although there are items in the file with those dates, there are also undated items, making the date range uncertain. They are also arranged alphabetically by missionary name.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

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Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States. Board of Foreign Missions. Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States : Board of Foreign Missions. Reports 1867-1937; 1920-1929.

Title: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States : Board of Foreign Missions. Reports 1867-1937; 1920-1929.

The records consist of reports of the New Guinea mission work of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society of Germany, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Iowa Synod), and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (UELCA). They are separated into general reports, trip reports, field reports, school reports, station reports, and missionary reports. Most of the reports are in German. The general reports are records prepared by the administrative units and their directors. These include Richard Taeuber, secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions of the Iowa Synod; F. Otto Thiele, director of the combined Iowa Synod and UELCA work; and printed reports of mission workers (anstelt) and conferences of Neuendettelsau. Trip reports are arranged by the name of the executive making the trip. There are trip reports for Taeuber and Thiele as well as William Krausharr, first chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Iowa Synod, and a Dr. Eppelein. Field reports are further divided into general, schools, stations, and missionaries. General reports cover the physical operations of the mission, such as building, business, medical, and plantations. Station reports are divided into districts. Finally, the missionary reports are individual reports that each missionary was supposed to do annually, although there are only random reports from each.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Official Reports for Church Conventions 1932-1960.

Title: Official Reports for Church Conventions 1932-1960.

Contains printed books of the official reports of the president and the various boards and committees of the American Lutheran Church (ALC).

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Financial Records 1932-1960.

Title: Financial Records 1932-1960.

This series comprises financial records from 1932-1960 pertaining to the American Lutheran Church (ALC) Board of Foreign Missions (BFM). The bulk of these records are copies of applications for appropriation submitted by the BFM to the ALC Board of Trustees, through the Department of Stewardship and Finance. Copies of applications exist for BFM budgets from 1942-1960. Prior to that time, applications were filed for the separate India and New Guinea missions. These applications provide an overall picture of the BFM budget situation from 1942-1960. Any original applications are assumed to be filed with Board of Trustees records. In addition to the individual applications, for each year there is also accompanying material providing further explanation for various aspects of the budget request. As stated previously, prior to 1942 applications were filed for the separate mission fields in India and New Guinea. This series does not have copies of applications for 1932-1939. For these years, there are only budget sheets for the New Guinea Mission. Also, there is no copy of an application for 1952, only typewritten copies of the budget request. There are two applications for 1957. One is for the original budget request and the other is an additional budget request for new work, a mission field in Ethiopia. Other material in this series includes balance sheets for the close of each year from 1955-1960. For a more complete picture of BFM year-end balance sheets, refer to the series ALC 16/3/3 Correspondence and Financial Records, Board of Foreign Missions, 1931-1960. It also has this budget information, but includes balance sheets for 1944-1954.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Financial Records 1926-1970; 1930-1960.

Title: Financial Records 1926-1970; 1930-1960.

Box 1 contains audits, budgets, and bound financial statements for the Andhra Lutheran Conference (originally called the India Conference) and the Katharine Lehmann Hospital, as well as a file on beneficiary work. J.H. Schneider, formerly secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Joint Synod of Ohio (see JSO 9/1), directed the beneficiary work, which was a system for providing scholarship and tuition help to Indian students. Boxes 2-4 contain financial statements, along with related correspondence, for the Andhra Lutheran Conference, called India Conference until 1948, with the two names used interchangeably thereafter. In the early days of the South Andhra Lutheran Church (SALC, see TALC 14/8/2/2), the treasurer of the SALC was the same as the treasurer of the Andhra Lutheran Conference. The statements for these early years (1945-1959), therefore, frequently contain SALC financial records as well. From 1947-1960, many times there are two sets of accounting statements and balance sheets. The apparent reason for this is that the ALC's Department of Stewardship and Finance was responsible for the Board of Foreign Missions financial matters pertaining to the different mission fields, and as such maintained copies of relevant records. The treasurer of the Andhra Lutheran Conference, the Rev. Joel Mayer would send Dr. Theodore Fricke, Executive Secretary, Board of Foreign Missions, two copies of the "Trial Balance of the Andhra Lutheran Conference." One of these copies would be earmarked for Dr. George Schultz, director, Department of Stewardship and Finance. In turn, Dr. Schulz would send Rev. Mayer a copy of the monthly "India Mission Accounting" statements showing that various charges and payments had been made. Many times Dr. Schulz would also send Dr. Fricke a copy. Only records from Box 1 were microfilmed.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Publications 1911-1964.

Title: Publications 1911-1964.

The records consist of pamphlets, booklets, books, and manuscripts published about or for use in mission work in New Guinea by the American Lutheran Church and its predecessor church body, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States. Box 1 contains pamphlets and booklets written to promote the work. Many are in German. They are arranged by author (if known) and title. Although each file may contain several items by the same author, the individual titles are noted. Boxes 2 through 17 hold books printed in the New Guinea languages of Amele, Bogadjim, Graged, Jabêm, Kâte, Nobonob, Azira, Halis-Namatanai, Laewomba, Saga, Sialum, Sio, and Zia. They include hymnals, scriptures, catechisms, calendars, and textbooks. They are divided by language and arranged by author (if known) and title. A translation of the title is included if available. Boxes 18 and 19 contain manuscripts in Graged, Iwam, and Kuman.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Photographs 1930-1960.

Title: Photographs 1930-1960.

This collection comprises approximately 2300 black and white photographs, several color photographs, and 283 negatives of missionary activities of the American Lutheran Church (ALC) in India during the 1930s-1960s. It is unknown through which activities or in what context these photographs were taken and retained. The photos are of various sizes. Most of the negatives are 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Subjects represented in this collection include: missionary communities, missionaries' families, missionary schools, hospital and leper communities, religious scenes, and scenes of everyday life in rural India. Most of the collection comprises candid photos, but there are some posed group photos of mission communities. The Education -- Adult Literacy folder contains 8 prints illustrations for use in instruction on not scratching and the use of the insecticide gamexane on clothing and beds. About half of the prints were labeled and organized in envelopes most likely by the donor. Those items were arranged by Archives staff according to the organizational scheme. Unorganized photos were either incorporated into the existing scheme or a new scheme was imposed on them. A few 8 1/2 x 11 inch color photographs have been interfiled with the bulk of the photos. The India - Missionary Portraits folder contains numbered half tones glued onto three-hole punched 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. It is unclear what the numbers correspond to. Box 10 includes cloth addresses of welcome and loose photo album photos. A label on the album cover reads: "These general pic's give a general background for Indian missions. 1910. They were not taken by a missionary." A folder of cut proofs are also included in this box. Negatives are housed in folders with corresponding labels to the prints. Some negatives may have prints, but the prints are not stored with the negatives--they are incorporated into the subject folders. Many of the negatives and prints are numbered with a letter and number. These may have been assigned by the donor. There may be matches between the negatives and prints, but they are not foldered together. Box 9 contains 21 rolled 35mm film identified only as "Herb Schaefer negatives." Photos are arranged by subject.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Missionary Correspondence and Papers 1907-1960; 1930-1950 [microform].

Title: Missionary Correspondence and Papers 1907-1960; 1930-1950 [microform].

The records contain correspondence, manuscripts, and the occasional autobiography written by missionaries. They are divided first into area (Box 1 Highlands, Boxes 2 and 3 Finschhafen). They are further divided in these two areas by missionary name and arranged alphabetically. The Finschhafen records have one small section with files containing multiple names. It is not apparent why this set was not separated into individual files in the same manner as the rest. If a file contained only one document and it is titled, the title is included in the file folder name. If a folder name contains no title, the documents were either untitled (including correspondence), or there were multiple titles. Dates in brackets indicate that there are also documents in the file that are undated. The final two boxes contain mimeographed circular letters titled "A Message from Your Missionary" (1946-1954) and "Missionary Mail" (1955-1959). Although the letters themselves were titled "Missionary Mail," they were published as a group under the name "Letters from Your Missionaries." These two boxes are arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfiche.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) : Division of World Missions. Financial Records, Publications, and Subject Files 1957-1975.

Title: American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) : Division of World Missions. Financial Records, Publications, and Subject Files 1957-1975.

The collection consists of financial records, publications, and subject files. The financial records include audits, budgets, and financial statements. Publications include stories (published and unpublished), leaflets, booklets (in Amharic and other unidentified Ethiopian languages), and periodical articles. The subject files include plans, reports, and correspondence related to special projects and institutions. Some of these are joint seminary and literature work done cooperatively with other missions, the Good Shepherd School for missionary children, the Ethiopian Evangelical College, and station reports. The records were collected by administrators of the Division of World Missions. These administrators were Executive Directors Theodore P. Fricke and Morris A. Sorenson, Jr., and Secretaries for Africa and Madagascar Lowell Hesterman and James L. Knutson.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Publications 1946-1978; 1961-1974.

Title: Publications 1946-1978; 1961-1974.

Box 1 contains books, booklets, magazines, and newsletters printed in New Guinea, most by the Luther Press or Kristen Pres, Inc. (KPI). In addition to English, there are items in German and Pidgin. Box 1 also contains literacy and translation reports, divided by language or institution. Box 2 contains pamphlets, including a promotional packet provided by the Division of World Missions. It also contains records of the Board of Publication, including reports, minutes, and correspondence. The director of the Board of Publication was appointed by the Executive Committee of the Lutheran Mission New Guinea. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by chief correspondent, and the position of the correspondent noted. Boxes 3-5 are records of Kristen Pres, Inc. These include minutes and reports (Box 3) and curriculum (Boxes 4-5). The minutes and reports are arranged chronologically. The curriculum is arranged by grade level, beginning with the youngest.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division of World Missions. Correspondence 1935-1973.

Title: Correspondence 1935-1973.

Except for a constitution of the Andhra Lutheran Conference, the records consist of correspondence between the executives of the Board of Foreign Missions (C.V. Sheatsley, Richard Taeuber, and Theodore P. Fricke) and the secretaries and treasurers of the Andhra Lutheran Conference (called India Conference until 1948). The secretaries included are C.W. Oberdorfer, 1955; S. Fritz, 1947-1949; L.H. Heyde, 1949- 1951; Leonard J. Schulz, 1951-1953, 1955-1957, 1963-1968 (secretary-treasurer beginning in 1968); E. Chell, 1953-1954; Gertruth Kettner, 1957-1960; Mildred Monke, 1960-1961; Dorothy Meyer, 1961; Raymond A. Martin, 1961-1962; William N. Weiss, 1968-1971; and Hilma Gjerde, 1973. The treasurers included are A. Wilch, 1936-1937; M.H. Schramm, 1932-1935; Carl M. Doermann, 1938-1945; H.W. Mayer, 1946-1951, 1953-1954, 1960-1963; Willis Nye, 1951- 1953; R.E. Behm, 1955-1958; Joel Mayer, 1960, 1971-1973; W.N. Weiss, 1963-1965, 1969- 1970; Leonard H. Schulz, 1968; and Hermina Meyer, 1973. The correspondence of the treasurers often includes financial statements.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1919-1944.

Title: Minutes 1919-1944.

The records consist of minutes of the New Guinea Section of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church. Box 1 contains bound copies from 1919-1940. Box 2 contains loose carbon or mimeographed copies for 1932-1944. Both boxes include the reports of the New Guinea Section that were prepared for and presented to the meetings of the Board of Foreign Missions as well as cover letters sent with the minutes. Those from 1919-1932 are in German. After 1944 the New Guinea Section and the India Section of the Board of Foreign Missions no longer operated independently. Later minutes, therefore, are part of the Board of Foreign Missions minutes (see ALC 29/1).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1932-1960 [microform].

Title: Minutes 1932-1960 [microform].

The records contain the minutes of the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the American Lutheran Church (initially called the Joint Board of Foreign Missions) and the Executive Committee (incomplete). There are also cover letters sent with the minutes, minutes of special meetings, and, in later years, exhibits from meetings. Until 1943 separate minutes were kept for the New Guinea Section and the India Section, which were sub-committees of the BFM. These section committee minutes are kept with records from each country, although reports are included from each field with the BFM minutes. The minutes are loose mimeographed copies. An index of the minutes from 1932-1949 is included at the beginning of the first box. These minutes were microfilmed in 1973. There are no minutes for 1930-1932, 1935, and 1937. Based upon the numbering system, there are a few missing from later years as well. The numbering of the meetings jumps from 15 for the July 1940 meeting to 5 for the July 1941 meeting, with no reason given for the change in numbering.

ArchivalResource: 74 microfiche.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. New Guinea Photograph Albums 1924-1932.

Title: New Guinea Photograph Albums 1924-1932.

This series contains approximately 580 black and white and sepia-toned images of the Papua New Guinea mission fields administered first by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (Iowa Synod) and later the American Lutheran Church. The photographs were originally in two albums, but for preservation purposes were removed and placed in folders. Photographs from the "Aloha" album are from approximately 1929-1932. Photographs from the second album are from approximately 1924. Both albums contain images of various aspects of life in the New Guinea mission field. The "Aloha" album was compiled by William Siemers, but the origin of the second album is unknown. Subject matter of the photographs includes church services, schools, dwellings, hospitals and medical work, missionaries and their families, baptisms, and weddings.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.4 cubic ft.)

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Board of World Missions Minutes 1959-1973. [microform].

Title: Board of World Missions Minutes 1959-1973. [microform].

The minutes are bound and include agendas and detailed exhibits. They are arranged in chronological order. There are three files of minutes from executive sessions (1970-1972), closed sessions held by the board to discuss matters of personnel and salaries. Executive sessions are not the same thing as the Executive Committee. A final box contains a card file kept as an inclusive index for the minutes from 1961-1972.

ArchivalResource: 102 microfiche.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Minutes 1930-1941 [microform].

Title: Minutes 1930-1941 [microform].

The records contain the minutes of the India Section of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church. They include minutes, reports of Executive Secretary C.V. Sheatsley, and correspondence sent as cover letters to accompany the minutes and reports and related materials.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel 35mm.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Lutheran Mission Finschhafen/Lutheran Mission Madang, Program Files 1922-1942.

Title: Lutheran Mission Finschhafen/Lutheran Mission Madang, Program Files 1922-1942.

This series comprises records pertaining to the Lutheran missions at the Finschhafen and Madang fields in the New Guinea territory. These records were generated as a record of work completed in these fields during the time they were jointly administered by the Iowa Synod, later the American Lutheran Church (ALC), and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia. The records also include the period in time after 1932 when the ALC assumed sole administrative control of the Madang field. The records are from 1922-1942 and comprise meeting minutes, and draft copies of legal and incorporation documents. Records for the Lutheran Mission Finschhafen field comprise a small number of minutes from executive council meetings, its industrial committee, a school commission, the local conference, and a field conference, but are by no means complete. All minutes for Finschhafen meetings are written in German. The records for the Lutheran Mission Madang (LMM) are more extensive. These include minutes as well as a copy of the constitution and bylaws for the LMM. This is a good source for a general explanation of the Madang mission field and its organizational structure. The other LMM material is primarily meeting minutes. There are minutes for the LMM executive council, field conferences, ministerial conferences, and special conferences and meetings called. Almost all minutes for the LMM are written in English. There are minutes from every field conference meeting except 1930-1931 and any meetings occurring after 1941. Other LMM minutes in this series are not complete sets. In addition to minutes, there are also cover letters that accompanied most field conference minutes and some special meeting minutes. Records are arranged by subject.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Subject Files 1922-1968; 1934-1958.

Title: Subject Files 1922-1968; 1934-1958.

This series comprises records pertaining to the American Lutheran Church (ALC) mission field in New Guinea. It includes correspondence, articles, mission reports, financial reports, personnel lists, bibliographies, essays, and printed minutes from approximately 1922-1968 with the majority of material dating from 1934-1958. The records represent matters involving ALC work in New Guinea, in fields under its administration, and assistance provided to fields administered by the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (UELCA). Records created prior to 1930 are from when the New Guinea field was administered by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States (IOWA), a predecessor of the ALC. They were kept with ALC New Guinea records for continuity purposes. There is also material pertaining to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia and the work it did in concert with the Iowa Synod and ALC to administer mission fields in New Guinea, of which the Germans had to relinquish control. Subject matter of these records includes the issue of administrative control of the Finschhafen Mission field after World War II, memorial tablets for New Guinea missionaries, the Foreign Mission Builder and Missionary Aviation Fellowship Programs, the ALC's Mission Auxiliary and aspects of its work supporting the New Guinea mission, ALC relationships with partner churches in former mission fields, the Rhenish and Neuendettelsau mission fields, financial reports for the ALC mission at Madang, and documents pertaining to transfer of the Madang field to the ALC from the Rhenish Mission Society. Of note, there are extensive missionary personnel lists providing information as to those who served in the New Guinea field. These lists are from approximately 1920-1968 and include personnel serving in ALC fields, Australian missionaries, and those serving with the Rhenish Mission Society.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Subject Files 1933-1987; 1973-1985.

Title: Subject Files 1933-1987; 1973-1985.

The files were collected by Morris A. Sorenson, director of the Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation of The American Lutheran Church (TALC), and Duane Olson and Jack F. Reents, area secretaries. The records include correspondence with missionaries and with Bishop Zurewe Zurenuoc of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC-PNG). There are files that deal with ecumenical relations between TALC or ELC-PNG and other church bodies or ecumenical groups, including the Melanesian Council of Churches. Several files deal with social and technical agencies related to the ELC-PNG, such as Lutheran Medical Service and Lutheran Technical Services. There are sections of files dealing with the Joint Committee on New Guinea (JCNG, comprised of all Lutheran groups working in Papua New Guinea) and with NAMASU (Native Marketing and Supply Services), an indigenous business company. There are also files of reports, consultations, and projects, and papers on local traditions such as cargo cult (a philosophy based upon the desire to acquire great wealth along with Christianity) and payback (a local tradition of revenge).

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1961-1987). Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation. Subject Files 1955-1988; 1973-1987.

Title: Subject Files 1955-1988; 1973-1987.

The files are a collection of administrative files generated by several individuals. These include Theodore P. Fricke, executive director of the Division of World Missions; Morris A. Sorenson, Jr., and Mark Thomsen, directors of the Division for World Mission and Inter-Church Cooperation; and Lester A. Dahlen, Lowell Hesterman, James L. Knutson, Duane A. Olson, M. Douglas Swendseid, and Jack F. Reents, all of whom served as associate or assistant directors or area secretaries. Box 1 contains general correspondence and is separated alphabetically by name of correspondent or agency. The remainder of Box 1 and Boxes 2-10 contain files on individuals, agencies, projects, and other church bodies, arranged alphabetically. There are multiple files on the Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Ministries, Missionary Home Leave Housing, National Council of Churches of Christ, Task Forces, and World Council of Churches.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes.

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American Lutheran Church (1930-1960). Board of Foreign Missions. Reports 1910-1956.

Title: Reports 1910-1956.

Box 1 begins with some general reports of F. Otto Thiele (Director of the combined Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States and United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia work), and field trip reports of Theodore P. Fricke (Executive Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church) and others. The remainder of the reports are from the field. Box 1 contains individual missionary reports in German and reports from Lutheran Mission Finschhafen. The Finschhafen records are further divided into reports of specialized work such as building and printing, station reports, and school reports. Box 2 and 3 contain similar reports from Lutheran Mission Madang, with specialized work, superintendents, stations, and schools.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

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