Correspondence Files, 1939-1978, 1980.

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Correspondence Files, 1939-1978, 1980.

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Lutheran World Action (LWA) correspondence files (1939-1978, 1980) contain correspondence, reports, addresses, and publicity materials (including film strips, posters, testimonials, pamphlets and booklets, articles, news clippings, and Director's Bulletins and Mailings), publications, and form letters regarding LWA appeals; finances; requests for aid; exchange students; cooperation with NLC divisions and departments, foreign missions, international, national, and Lutheran relief agencies; relief in individual foreign countries; immigration work; Lutheran World Federation; Lutheran World Relief; rallies; and conferences and. Workshops. Correspondents include: LWA officials, NLC division and department officials; Lutheran magazine editors; church body presidents, officials and members; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons. Included are materials created during the LWA's operation under the U.S.A. National Committee, Lutheran World Federation (1966-1977).

21 boxes.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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