Files, 1941, 1946-1966.

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Files, 1941, 1946-1966.

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Files of Executive Director Paul C. Empie contain correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, and official documents regarding activities of NLC divisions, departments, bureaus, committees, and commissions; activities of international, national, and Lutheran agencies; NLC cooperation with and programs of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF); Lutheran World Action; Lutheran World Relief, NLC personnel, property, and pension management; issues of the day including church and state; marriage and divorce; Catholicism and civil rights; ecumenicalism and inter-Lutheran cooperation; relations between the NLC and the Lutheran Church-Missouri. Synod (LC-MS); the trial of Hungarian Bishop Lajos Ordass; mergers of NLC participating church bodies; and formation of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. (LCUSA). Correspondents include NLC officials and members; Lutheran World Federation officials; international, national, ecumenical and Lutheran agencies and conference officials; U.S. govermenment officials; LC-MS members; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons. Those of note include: Franklin Clark Fry, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; Julius Bodensieck, Commissioner to Europe for LWF U.S.A. National Committee; S.C. Michelfelder, LWF Executive Secretary; Stewart. Herman, Executive Secretary of the NLC's Division of LWF Affairs; and Conrad Hoyer, Executive Secretary of the Division of American Missions.

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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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