Correspondence Files, 1917-1946.

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Correspondence Files, 1917-1946.

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News Bureau files contain correspondence, reports, and publications regarding fund-raising campaigns; the advertisement of church happenings and special events; reference and statistical work; publicity overseas; and publicity for the Diet at Worms celebration (1921), Lutheran conferences and conventions, and the Lutheran World Convention assemblies of 1923 and 1929. Correspondents include Lutheran Bureau officials, NLC officials, Lutheran pastors and lay persons, and newspaper and magazine editors. Bureau directors O.H. Pannkoke (1919-19), Howard R. Gold (1921- 1923) and Reference Department Head George Linn Kieffer (1919-1937) are. Notable correspondents.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Gold, Howard R., 1878-1959.

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Pannkoke, O. H. 18??-1969.

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Holy Roman Empire. Reichstag (1521 : Worms, Germany)

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Kieffer, George L., 1883-1937.

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National Lutheran Council. Division of Public Relations. News Bureau.

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The Lutheran Bureau was formed in 1917 under the direction of O.H. Pannoke. In 1919, it came under the auspices of the newly formed National Lutheran Council where it served to gather and disseminate NLC and Lutheran church related news through news releases to Lutheran and secular papers. The Lutheran Bureau was later referred to as the NLC News Bureau. From the description of Correspondence Files, 1917-1946. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 3620...

Lutheran Bureau.

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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. ...