Minutes and Agenda, 1954-1959.

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Minutes and Agenda, 1954-1959.

Minutes and agenda (1954-1959) of the Lutheran Refugee Service (LRS) contain the establishing agreement and outline of the program; discussion of election of officers; budget and assurance reports; reports from Lutheran World Federation's Department of World Service and Lutheran Refugee Service staff; lists of Area Committee officers, executives and directors; and summaries of activities. Minutes from a Study Committee, established to evaluate the LRS's operation and budget, are dated March 2, 1956.

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Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.

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National Lutheran Council. Division of Welfare. Lutheran Refugee Service.

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The National Lutheran Council (NLC) was established 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 bureaus. Its Division of Welfare was first established as a Department in 1940 an...