Mission on Six Continents Correspondence Files, 1972-1979, 1984.

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Mission on Six Continents Correspondence Files, 1972-1979, 1984.

The Mission on Six Continents correspondence files (1972-1979, 1984) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and publicity and resource materials regarding the program. Files regard consulation planning and arrangements; participant selection and itineraries; publicity; production and distribution of program films, study guides, and the final report; and project follow-up activities. Included in the collection are participant reports; the Final Consultation report, We Declare Our Independence; and USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr.'s project resource notebook. Foreign correspondence files contain. Participant invitations as well as consulation arrangement discussion with LWF Commission on Church Cooperation Director Carl J. Hellburg. Regional correspondence with individuals in U.S. meeting areas regards arrangement activities and evaluation of the consultations. Project visitor files contain correspondence with participants concerning participant invitations, travel arrangements, and thank yous. Prominent correspondents include USANC General Secretary Carl H. Mau, Jr. and Director of the USANC Office of Church Cooperation and Service Levon H. Spath.

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