Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church : Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Minutes, 1892-1893, 1918-1946.

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Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church : Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Minutes, 1892-1893, 1918-1946.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church : Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Minutes, 1892-1893, 1918-1946.

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The proceedings from annual conventions of the Women's Missionary Society/Augustana Lutheran Church Women (WMS/ALCW) comprise the records in this series. They are primarily printed material in the form of published minutes and are from the initial organizing meeting in 1892, the first convention in 1893, and conventions from 1909 and 1918-1946. These convention proceedings were generated to present summary and progress reports for the previous year's work and to record what matters were discussed and what decisions were made at the convention. There are significant gaps in the records. Proceedings from 1894-1905 are not available in this collection. They are available in AUG 1/1 as supplements at the end of each set of minutes from Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church conventions. Conventions occurring from 1906-1917 and 1947-1958 have published proceedings in the WMS/ALCW publication Mission Tidings and are in AUG 40/8/3/2. Box 1 contains two bound copies of the first issue of the publication Calendar which has the proceedings from 1892 and 1893. The other bound copy and the three bound volumes contain minutes from 1909 and 1918-1946. These records were originally supplements found at the back of each year's convention minutes for the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, and at some point the minutes from 1918-1946 were separated and bound into volumes. These minutes typically include a president's report, officer's reports, committee reports, executive committee reports, resolutions considered and adopted, and a listing of delegates and officers present. They are written in Swedish and English. Earlier minutes are written almost entirely in Swedish, but more English is incorporated into individual reports over time. Starting with 1923 minutes, the entire record of proceedings is printed in English. In later years, these minutes become more abbreviated with the entire text of most reports omitted or reduced to a summary. Box 2 contains typewritten and handwritten convention minutes from 1932-1936. They are not a complete record of the proceedings and may have been used in creating the complete record that appears elsewhere. It is recommended to use these only as a supplement to the records available in Box 1 and convention issues of Mission Tidings (AUG 40/8/3/2). Also included with these records are minutes from pre-convention Woman's Mission Board meetings for 1933-1936, but it appears these are also available in AUG 40/5/1 Executive Board Minutes. See also AUG 40/4/2 for other convention materials. Records are arranged chronologically.

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