Apache language songbook, 1940-1960.

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Apache language songbook, 1940-1960.

Summary: The bulk of the collection is one booklet entitled "Red Man and White Man in Harmony" containing songs in Apache and English by Francis Uplegger of the Lutheran Indian Mission, San Carlos, Arizona, 1959. Contains a small amount of correspondence between Francis Uplegger's son, Alfred and the Arizona Historical Society.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

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Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Venturia, North Dakota. From the description of Records, 1912-1974. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732915 Formed in 1917 by synods with Norwegian/Danish background such as the Hauge Synod, the Norwegian Synod, and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church, with numerous districts in eastern, midwestern, and Pacific areas as well as Canada; offices in Minneapolis, Minn.; merger with American Lutheran Church (1930-1960) and United E...

Uplegger, Francis J., 1867-1964

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Biographical note: Missionary; Francis J. Uplegger was a Lutheran minister who arrived at San Carlos with his family in 1919 to establish a mission to the San Carlos Apache. He learned their language, then translated the Lutheran catechism, creed, liturgy and bible into Apache. Uplegger also wrote a four-volume Apache-English dictionary and assisted the Apache in writing their constitution. Uplegger was officially adopted into the San Carlos community in 1961. From the description of...