Files, 1948-1953.

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Files, 1948-1953.

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Children's Service files (1948-1953) contain correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding procedures for processing orphaned children, adoption inquiries and placements, resettlement of Baltic orphanages, immigration legislation, and resettlement efforts in cooperation with the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, Inc.

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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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United States Committee for the Care of European Children

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National Lutheran Council. Division of Welfare. Children's Service.

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The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was founded on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. By the 1940s, the NLC expanded and reorganized its program through the creation of divisions, departments, commissions, and bureuas. Its Division of Welfare was first established as a Department in 1940 and as...