Correspondence, 1920-1935.

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Correspondence, 1920-1935.

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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.

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