Financial Records 1914-1915, 1921-1930.

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Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States. Board of Foreign Missions. Financial Records 1914-1915, 1921-1930.

Financial Records 1914-1915, 1921-1930.

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Records in this series are primarily business correspondence of the treasurers for the Board of Foreign Missions (BFM) of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (JSO). They are from 1914-1915, 1921-1930 and are handwritten or typewritten, mostly in English, but with a small amount in German. The primary authors and recipients of this correspondence are the Rev. A.W. Werder, treasurer, 1912-1914; Mr. William Altman, treasurer, 1914-1924; the Rev. Otto George Gerbich, treasurer, 1924-1925; and Mr. George L. Conrad, treasurer, 1925-1930. Subject matter for correspondence in this series pertains to the transfer of funds to the mission field in India; financial arrangements for new missionaries departing for India; payments for BFM operating expenses; financial matters for missionaries deployed to India; and financial matters for the India mission field, handled first by persons involved with the Hermannsburg Mission, then with representatives acting on behalf of the JSO, and finally the Synod's own missionaries deployed in India. There are also communications from the mission stations that include quarterly treasurers' reports. In addition to correspondence related to the India mission field, there is also a small amount of correspondence from 1922-1924 pertaining to JSO efforts involving Mexican mission work. For a brief time, the BFM was responsible for this mission and there is correspondence between the BFM treasurer and mission field staff in Texas. For additional Mexican Mission records, see JSO 10 Board of Home Missions. Other records in this series include monthly listings of individual contributions to the foreign missions of the JSO and the Hermannsburg Mission in India from 1914-1915. These lists contain the name of the contributor, place of residence, and congregation. Some contributions were from individuals, while others were sent by congregation treasurers. Lists are missing for January, April, June, and August 1915, and January-September 1914. It is not known if they are only missing from this series or lists were never created for these months. This series contains no records for 1916-1920. Summary financial reports for the BFM can be found in JSO 0/1, Convention Proceedings and Minutes, Joint Synod of Ohio and Its Districts, 1812-1930. Records are arranged chronologically.

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