Theodore R. Schmale Papers 1918-1961 1929-1961

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Theodore R. Schmale Papers 1918-1961 1929-1961

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Papers,1918-1961,of Theodore R. Schmale, pastor of Bethlehem Evangelical Church [now Bethlehem United Church of Christ]; includes manuscripts of sermons (partially in German); and autobiography,1895,of father-in-law, Johann H. Dinkmeier, describing life in Germany, his immigration to the United States, and his experiences as a teacher and Evangelical pastor. [original and typescript of translation]

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Bethlehem United Church of Christ (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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The Bethlehem United Church of Christ was originally organized in 1833 as the First German Evangelical Society of Scio. Its first members were Wuerttemberger and Prussian immigrants who had come to Michigan in 1829, and who now organized themselves as the first German Protestant congregation in Michigan. Friedrich Schmid was pastor of this congregation. Under his leadership, the members built a sanctuary which they referred to as Zion Church. Located one mile west of Ann...

United Church of Christ

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Dinkmeier, Johann Heinrich, b. 1849.

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Schmale, Theodore R., d. 1969

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Theodore R. Schmale, son-in-law of German immigrant Johann H. Dinkmeier, received his A.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and B.D. from the Western Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). He served for twenty years as pastor of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church in the same city before moving to Ann Arbor, where he served as the sixth pastor of the Bethlehem Evangelical Church (now Bethlehem United Church of Christ) from 1928 to 1951. Theodore...