Stirewalt family papers, 1830s-2002.

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Stirewalt family papers, 1830s-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34015044

The collection is comprised of the personal papers of individuals from four successive generations of the Stirewalt family. The correspondence, writings, diaries, legal/financial documents, photographs, and other miscellaneous papers found in this collection document the Stirewalt Family's personal lives and involvement in the Lutheran Church as ministers, educators and missionaries. The collection is divided into four primary series which reflect the individuals whose papers make up this collection: Jacob Stirewalt, Jerome Paul Stirewalt, Martin Luther Stirewalt, and Catherine A. Stirewalt. The collection includes sermons, journals, legal papers, correspondence, writings, printed materials, and clippings relating primarily to Jacob Stirewalt, his son Jerome Paul, and his grandson, Martin Luther Stirewalt. Topics covered include: the Lutheran Church in Newmarket, Va., South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee; the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C.; the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Chicago; biographical information about a minister from Newmarket, Samuel G. Henkel; and missionary work by the Lutherans in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana and Ohio (1869-1871). Includes material on the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod, and minutes of the United Evangelical Lutheran Ministers and Delegates in N.C. (1803-1816). Also included are parental letters to Martin Luther and William Jacob Stirewalt while they were attending Lenoir College in Hickory, N.C. The papers of Catherine A Stirewalt, Martin Luther Stirewalt's daughter, are primarily correspondence written while she was a Lutheran Missionary in China from 1939-1949. This correspondence provides documentation of the Lutheran Church's activities in China prior to and after World War II. Catherine Stirewalt's letters provide a great deal of detail about the daily lives of missionaries in China and some information about the lives of the Chinese people working as instructors or attending the mission school. There is no correspondence from the period of the first two years of World War II when she was interned in the Weihsien concentration camp near Tsingtao, China. Other miscellaneous clippings, photographs, and writings in this series provide further documentation of her experiences in China.

2850 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7352897

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina

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Stirewalt, Jerome Paul, 1850-1934.

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Stirewalt family.

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Family of Lutheran ministers from various Southern states. Includes Jacob Stirewalt (1805-1869); his son, Jerome Paul Stirewalt (1850-1934); Jerome's son, Martin Luther Stirewalt (1882-1960); and Martin's daughter, Catherine A. Stirewalt. From the description of Stirewalt family papers, 1830s-2002. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34015044 ...

Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, S.C.)

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Lutheran Theological Seminary (Chicago, Ill.)

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Stirewalt, Martin Luther, 1882-1961.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Venturia, North Dakota. From the description of Records, 1912-1974. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732915 Formed in 1917 by synods with Norwegian/Danish background such as the Hauge Synod, the Norwegian Synod, and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church, with numerous districts in eastern, midwestern, and Pacific areas as well as Canada; offices in Minneapolis, Minn.; merger with American Lutheran Church (1930-1960) and United E...

Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod.

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Stirewalt, Jacob, 1805-1869

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Jacob Stirewalt was born in Rowan County, N.C., in 1805. He was married to Henrietta Henkel in 1833 and ordained pastor in Lincoln County, N.C., in 1838. He died in Shenandoah County, Va., in 1869. From the description of Jacob Stirewalt license, 1818. WorldCat record id: 182827401 From the guide to the Jacob Stirewalt License, 1818, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Stirewalt, Catherine A.

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Henkel, Samuel Godfrey, 1807-1863

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Lenoir College (Hickory, N.C.)

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