General Files, 1930-1947.

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General Files, 1930-1947.

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Correspondence, addresses and speeches, reports, articles, histories, and resolutions from Ralph H. Long's tenure as NLC Executive Director (1930-1948). Files relate to NLC activities and focus on the American Lutheran Church, American Lutheran Conference, Lutheran World Action Appeal, Lutheran World Relief, NLC publicity and public relations, Lutheran exhibits, radio ministry, Lutheran films and motion pictures, chaplaincy services, civil defense, finances, immigration, Lutheran anniversaries, Lutheran World Almanac production, Lutheran World Convention, Lutheran World Federation, NLC organizational structure and. Constitution, post-World War II relief, NLC's Social Trends Committee, student services, stewardship, unemployment relief, visual education, and the establishment of a Division of Welfare. Correspondents include NLC officials and members, Lutheran church body presidents, Lutheran pastors and lay persons, U.S. government officials, non-Lutheran ministers and agency officials, international and national relief and church agency officials, and publishing house editors.

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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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