Subject Files 1898-1963

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Subject Files 1898-1963

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This series comprises records related to the training and preparation of deaconess students for the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's diaconate. The records date from 1898-1963 and include printed reports, news articles, correspondence, announcements, catalogs, topical papers, course outlines, student handbooks, record books, class schedules, yearbook, promotional material, and sample admission applications. Subject matter of these records includes investitures, consecrations, information for prospective students, Christian service training schools, the future of deaconess education and training, and training costs.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America

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Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church Immanuel Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School

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See also AUG 42 Administrative History. Until 1891 training for women entering the Immanuel Deaconess Association (IDA) took place in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses and at motherhouses in Sweden, but that year the IDA received its first candidate for training. On January 13, 1891, Tina Peterson, Elgin, Illinois, began deaconess studies at the Evangelical Immanuel Association for Works of Mercy. At the beginning, students were accepted through...

Immanuel Deaconess Institute (Omaha, Neb.)

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Immanuel Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School

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