Correspondence 1908-1930.

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Correspondence 1908-1930.

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This series comprises handwritten and typewritten correspondence from 1908-1930 for officers of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (JSO) Board of Foreign Missions (BFM). There is correspondence for the first president, the Rev. Edward Pfeiffer; secretary, the Rev. Joshua H. Schneider; and treasurers A.W. Werder, W. Altmann, and George L. Conrad. These records are business correspondence and were generated through the course of each officer fulfilling his job duties. Much of the early correspondence offers a glimpse into the difficulties the JSO had in establishing and then staffing its mission field in India. Several pieces are written in German. Subject matter is primarily administrative and concerns the India mission field. Much of the early correspondence pertains to arrangements to acquire two mission stations from the Hermannsburg Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Germany. After the acquisition of those properties, the BFM corresponded regularly with Hermannsburg missionaries administering the field until the JSO could send out its own missionaries. Another topic which generated a great deal of correspondence in this series is a problem during World War I involving the first two JSO missionaries deployed to India but stranded in Colombo, Ceylon, because the Indian government would not let them enter the country. There is a letter detailing a meeting at the White House between the Rev. J.E.A. Doermann and President Woodrow Wilson regarding this problem. The remainder of the correspondence pertains to financial matters involving the India mission field and its missionaries. There is correspondence related to salary and expense issues for missionaries, quarterly treasurers' reports from mission stations, and funds sent by the board to the mission field for operating and capital expenses. There is no financial correspondence for 1915-1921. Records are arranged chronologically.

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Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States

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Originally established as a special conference of the Pennsylvania Ministerium in 1812, the Joint Synod petitioned the ministerium to form an independent body in 1817, and in 1818 the first general conference of the synod was held in Somerset, Ohio. The Joint Synod merged with the Buffalo Synod, Iowa Synod and Texas Synod in 1930 to form the American Lutheran Church. See C.V. Sheatsley's History of the Joint Synod of Ohio for further background. From the description of Convention pro...

Pfeiffer, Edward, 1857-

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Conrad, George L.

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Schneider, J. H., fl. 1767

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Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States. Board of Foreign Missions

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See JSO 9 Administrative History. From the description of Minutes 1910-1929 [microform]. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 54087210 From the description of Program Files 1910-1930. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 48086350 From the description of Correspondence 1908-1930. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 51766793 From the description of Financial Re...

Werder, A. W.

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Altmann, Walter.

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