Correspondence 1948-1967; 1953-1962.

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Correspondence 1948-1967; 1953-1962.

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This series contains general correspondence regarding the United Lutheran Church in America's (ULCA) involvement in the theological education of international students. It is from 1948-1967 with the bulk of the material generated from 1953-1962. These records represent a portion of the ULCA's Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) correspondence about financial matters related to scholarships, work of various ecumenical committees related to theological education, international service, and higher education, in general, for international students. Primary authors of this correspondence are Earl S. Erb, Executive Secretary, BFM, and David L. Vikner, Secretary for East Asia, BFM. There is also a small amount of correspondence related to general issues regarding scholarship students. The bulk of information regarding individual students is found in the series ULCA 19/9/2 Scholarship Student Files, 1951-1964. There is one file pertaining to Mr. Lincoln Chao, a student educated at the Lutheran Bible Institute and Augustana Theological Seminary with the intention of returning to China to teach. The file contains a great deal of correspondence pertaining to the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. It initially sponsored his studies in the United States. It was decided that since the correspondence pertained to one person and a situation in which he was involved, it was best to keep all records related to him together instead of separating a portion of it to place in the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church collection.

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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...

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Erb, Earl S.

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