Historical Files, 1892-1960.

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Augustana Lutheran Church Women. Historical Files, 1892-1960.

Historical Files, 1892-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49884230

This series contains material pertaining to the history of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's Women's Missionary Society/Augustana Lutheran Church Women (WMS/ALCW). It includes information from 1892-1960. The majority of records pertain to the history of the society itself, the history of conference societies of the WMS/ALCW, and the history of mission fields of the church-at-large. The records comprise typewritten, handwritten, and printed material, published booklets and pamphlets, and a record book in which handwritten notations are recorded. Particular items of interest include a comprehensive time line of pivotal events in the history of the WMS/ALCW. Also noteworthy is a leather-bound, handwritten notebook containing the membership lists for the WMS/ALCW from 1892-1896. In addition to the name and hometown of each member, a notation is present in this notebook recording the amount paid in membership dues. Unfortunately, it is not apparent when a particular woman joined. There is also information available relating to the history of conference societies. Societies included are California, Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New England, and New York. Several publications included in this series contain a comprehensive history of the WMS/ALCW. Two in particular are From Acorns Small ... by Ruth Benson, and What God Hath Wrought: These Fifty Years, 1892-1942. There is material in Swedish and English. It should be noted that the Swedish-language publications contain only a brief mention of the WMS/ALCW in the context of the history of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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