Minutes, Correspondence, and Subject Files 1922-1959; 1924-1951.

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Minutes, Correspondence, and Subject Files 1922-1959; 1924-1951.

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The records are divided into minutes, correspondence, and subject files. The minutes are for the annual conferences held by the ALM in Shantung, as well as for Executive Committee meetings held between conferences. Early correspondence (1922-1930) relates mainly to the transfer of the property and jurisdiction from the Berlin Mission Society to the ULCA, with George Drach and L.B. Wolf the main correspondents. There is a gap in correspondence from 1931-1936. Correspondence of 1937 is initially between Paul Koller and missionaries on the field, with George Drach assuming Koller's duties upon Koller's death. (See ULCA 19/, Administrative History for information on Drach, Wolf, and Koller.) Most subsequent correspondence is to and from Drach, with Paul P. Anspach and L. Grady Cooper, ALM presidents, his two main correspondents. There is one file containing correspondence solely from missionary Elvira M. Strunk. Minutes and Correspondence are arranged chronologically. Subject files include reports, articles, and stories, with much pertaining to the beginning of the Communist regime in China and subsequent efforts to continue work with the Chinese people from outside the country of mainland China. The subject files are arranged alphabetically within boxes. A final folder of newsletters was produced, not by the ULCA, but by a returned China missionary, Thomas Lee. Lee refused to move his missionary service to Hong Kong. Instead he set himself the task of distributing information about what, as he saw it, was really happening in China, as opposed to what he considered to be misleading or incorrect reports coming from China itself, from visitors to China, and from ecumenical world leaders.

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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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Drach, George, 1873-

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Cooper, L. Grady.

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Koller, Paul

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United Lutheran Church in America

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Formed in 1918 by the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, and United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, including 45 synods in 26 states and Canada, in 3,747 congregations. From the description of Minutes, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924945 ...

Wolf, L. B.

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Berliner Missionsgesellschaft

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Strunk, Elvira.

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Anspach, Paul P.

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United Lutheran Church in America. Board of Foreign Missions

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The Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America (See ULCA 19 Administrative History) divided the oversight of its mission work among several secretaries. Paul P. Anspach was called as Secretary for Malaya and China in 1953. His title soon changed to Secretary for Malaya and Hong Kong. In 1958 he began teaching in the School of Missions, and Warren C. Johnson took over the Malaya and Hong Kong work, with Anspach serving as an advisor. Johnson had previously served as Secret...