Correspondence Files, 1964-1987.

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Correspondence Files, 1964-1987.

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Department of National Youth Agency Relationships correspondence files (1964-1987) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, Department evaluations, award winner lists, brochures, newsletters, and publications regarding the activities of the Department, its predecessor Office, and its successor program Youth Agency Relationships (YAR), in administering religious emblem programs in civic youth-serving agencies and coordinating efforts between these agencies and the Lutheran Council in the USA's (LCUSA) church bodies. Civic youth-serving agencies in which the Department was involved included Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, 4-H clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Future Farmers and Future Homemakers of America, and the American Red Cross. Specific programs administered by the. Department included the God-Home-Country program, and the Pro Deo et Patria program for Lutheran Boy Scouts and Explorers (both replaced by a Lutheran Living Faith program in 1983), and the Lamb Award. Correspondents include Department Director Ralph E. Dinger; Secretary to the Director Edith Bayer; National Lutheran Association of Scouters officials; LCUSA and Division of Mission and Ministry staff; LCUSA church body youth boards and parish services departmens; Programs of Religious Activities with Youth (PRAY) leaders; civic youth-serving agency officials; Lutheran Brotherhood officials; and youth involved in the programs.

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