Administrative Files, 1966-1987.

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Administrative Files, 1966-1987.

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Administrative files (1966-1987) of the Office of Public Affairs and Governmental Relations, and its successor body, the Office for Governmental Affairs, contain correspondence, minutes, memoranda, statements and testimony, resolutions, reports, congressional membership lists, news releases, newsletters, news clippings, and Office mailings and publications concerning the Offices' efforts in voicing and promoting Lutheran stances and beliefs on policy issues to the U.S. government and in informing the Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA) and its consituency of government legislation, debate, and related activities. Correspondents include Office Executive Directors Robert E. Van Deusen, Robert L. Anderson, and Charles V. Bergstrom; other Office staff; LCUSA General Secretaries George F. Harkins and John R. Houck; LCUSA. Division executives and staff; LCUSA participating church body presidents and officials; U.S. government officials; Congressional members and their staffs; Lutheran organizations and agencies; other religious agencies; Washington Interreligious Staff Council members; and Lutheran pastors and lay persons.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Houck, John R., 1923-

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Bergstrom, Charles V., 1922-

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Van Deusen, Robert E., 1909-

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Lutheran Council in the USA. Office for Governmental Affairs

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(For history of the Lutheran Council in the USA (LCUSA), see OCLC #38922091.) LCUSA's Division of Public Relations' Office of Public Affairs was established in Washington, D.C. in 1967 at the Council's founding. In 1973, this Office, renamed and reorganized as the Office of Public Affairs and Governmental Relations became a separate unit under the Council. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Office lobbied Congress concerning specific issues, conducted studies, and coordinated the advocacy ef...

Anderson, George LaVerne, 1905-....

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Anderson received his B.A. from KU in 1926, his M.A. from KU in 1931 and his Ph.D. from Illinois in 1933. He joined the faculty of KU in 1945 in the Department of History, reaching full Professor status in 1949. He served as Chairman of the department from 1949-1968. He retired in 1968 and died in 1971. From the guide to the Personal Papers of George L. Anderson, 1945-1968, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives) From the guide to the Pape...

Washington Interreligious Staff Council.

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Harkins, George F., 1913-1991.

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