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Files, 1918-1922.

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Files of Executive Director Lauritz Larsen contain correspondence, speeches, commissioner credentials, reports, official documents and committee minutes regarding the National Lutheran Council's (NLC) organization and activities during Larsen's tenure (1918-1923). Files regard inter-Lutheran relations and cooperation, Larsen's efforts in promoting and representing Lutheran issues in Washington D.C., NLC publicity, formation of the Lutheran World Convention, work of the NLC's European Commission in providing aid to European Lutherans in areas devastated by World War I (WWI), and cooperation with American and European. Relief agencies and missions in providing overseas relief. Notable correspondents include: Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration; John Morehead, head of the NLC European Commissioners; Julius Bursche, General Superintendent of the Lutheran Churches in Poland; Carl Paul, Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Leipzig, Germany; J. Michael Reu, theologian and leader of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States; Gustav A. Brandelle, President of Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America; and Frederick Knubel, President of the United Lutheran Church in America.

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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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Reu, Johann Michael, 1869-1943

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Cannaday, Isaac.

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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...

Morehead, John A., 1867-1936.

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Knubel, Frederick Hermann

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Frederick Herman Knubel (May 22, 1870-Oct. 16, 1945). American Lutheran pastor. United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) president, 1918-1944. Born in New York City, N.Y. Graduated from Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. in 1895. Graduate work at the University of Leipzig, Germany, 1895-96. Ordained 1896. Founder and pastor of Church of the Atonement, New York City, 1896-1923. First president of the ULCA, 1918-1944. One of the early leaders in Lutheran World Convention and the Nationa...

Raffey, Alex.

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Stub, H. G. 1849-1931.

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National Lutheran Council. Executive Director (1918-1923 : Larsen)

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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 in the formation of the Lutheran World Convention and worked tirelessly to provide relief to European Lutherans living in areas devastated by WWI. ...

American Relief Administration.

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American relief agency operating in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385039 American relief agency operating in Europe from 1919 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration European operational records, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385037 ...

Lutheran Foreign Missions Conference of America

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Founded 1919 at initiative of National Lutheran Council. From the description of Records, 1919-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155503518 ...

Richter, Frederick, 1852-1934.

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Bursche, Julius, 1862-1942

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International Missionary Conference.

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Paul, Carl, 1857-1927

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Foreign missions conference of North America

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Founded in 1911 as a cooperative agency with 52 boards and societies participating in its origin. In 1950, the Foreign Missions Conference of North America became the Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. From the description of Records of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America, 1913-1950 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702151850 ...

Brandelle, Gustav A., 1861-1936.

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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. ...

Volga Relief Society

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