General Administration Files, 1960-1987.

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General Administration Files, 1960-1987.

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General Administration files (1960-1987) contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes and agenda, financial documents, reports, resumes, statements and resolutions, studies and surveys, position and policy papers, publications, notes, news clippings, and articles concerning program and administrative activities of the Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA). Topics include LCUSA participation in the U.S. Bicentennial celebration (1976); business and finance issues; central records and services activities and policy; commission and committee work; consultations regarding Lutheran unity, inter-Lutheran cooperation, and the evaluation of the LCUSA's program; LCUSA council-wide review (1980s); activities of LCUSA divisions, departments, and offices; personnel policy; job and program descriptions; grants; legal issues; activities of the Lutheran. Immigration and Refugee Service and the Lutheran Selective Services Information; LCUSA program planning and budgeting system; LCUSA social statements; staff notices; studies and surveys; the termination of LCUSA in 1987 and transition activities to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA); and the activities of welfare agencies and institutions. Files are those of General Secretaries C. Thomas Spitz, George F. Harkins, and John R. Houck. Other correspondents include LCUSA Director of Business and Finance; Donald H. Larsen, Executive Director of the LCUSA's Office of Research, Planning, and Development (1973-1977); Paul F. Goetting, Assistant to the LCUSA General Secretary; and Robert E.A. Lee, LCUSA Director of the Office of Communication and Interpretation.

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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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