Records, 1920-1947.

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Records, 1920-1947.

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Correspondence, 1920-1947; minutes of Executive and other committees, 1920-1947, and American Section of the Executive Committee publications and studies, 1927-1945; material concerning conventions, 1923, 1929, 1935, including reports, publicity, and financial records; speeches by John Morehead, chair of Convention; articles concerning Lutheranism in Russia and other countries, as well as on Catholicism; material concerning 400th anniversary of Lutheranism, refugees in Harbin, and other matters. Correspondents include Lauritz Larsen, Charles Jacobs, John Morehead, H.A. Weller, K. Proehle, Ludwig Ihmels, Wilhelm von Pechmann, Nathan Soderblom, Alfred Th. Jorgensen, and other members of the Executive Committee and American Section, and bishops and leaders of the church and missionary societies in various countries. Organizations represented include Allgemeine Evangelisch-Lutherischer Konferenz, Lutherische Bund, and others.

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Proehle, K.

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Jørgensen, Alfred Th. (Alfred Theodor), 1874-1953

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Söderblom, Nathan, 1866-1931

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Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was born Jan.15, 1866 in Trönö, Sweden. He was educated at the University of Uppsala and while a student attended an American Christian Student Federation meeting in Northfield, Massachusetts in 1890. He was ordained as a minister of the Church of Sweden in 1893 and served as pastor of the Swedish church in Paris and as seaman's pastor at Calais and Dunkerque from 1894 to 1901. While he was in France he received the degree of doctor of Theology from t...

Larsen, Lauritz, 1882-1923.

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Executive Secretary of National Lutheran Council. From the description of Diary, 1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155503426 Lauritz Larsen (1882-1923) served as the NLC's first executive director from 1918 until his death in 1923. The son of well-known educational writer Peter L. Larsen, Larsen previously worked as the Washington office head of the National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare. As NLC Executive Director, he played an instrumental role i...

Lutheran World Convention. Executive Committee

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Lutheran World Convention

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The Lutheran World Convention (LWC) was founded by the National Lutheran Council and the Allgemeine Evangelisch-lutherische Konferenz to coordinate international Lutheran relief efforts after World War II and to promote Lutheran fellowship and cooperation throughout the world. John A. Morehead (1867-1936) was instrumental in its organization and served as executive committee chair (1923-1929) and president (1929-1935). The LWC's successor, the Lutheran World Federation, was established in 1947. ...

Allgemeine Evangelisch-Lutherischer Konferenz.

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Weller, H.A.J.M.

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Pechmann, Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1859-1948

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Lutherische Bund.

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Ihmels, Ludwig, 1858-1933

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Jacobs, Charles M. (Charles Michael), 1875-1938

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Lutheran Church

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Morehead, John A., 1867-1936.

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Lutheran World Convention. Executive Committee. American Section.

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