Minutes, Reports, Background Materials 1951-1962; 1961-1962

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Minutes, Reports, Background Materials 1951-1962; 1961-1962

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This series comprises records related to the merger of the Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses and the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School, Baltimore, Maryland. These records were generated during the course of merger discussions. The records are from 1951-1962, but the bulk date from 1961-1962. Records include material related to meetings and seminars held prior to the merger, background material, and signed copies of the merger agreement reached between the two motherhouses which created the Lutheran Deaconess House and School. Record types include meeting minutes, reports, brief histories, news releases, circular letters, schedules, correspondence, and agreements. Records related to seminars are primarily informational material distributed prior to the seminars. There are no proceedings or minutes from the seminars themselves, however there is one summary report that incorporates findings from all the seminars. The financial correspondence is primarily concerned with transferring the accounts of the Baltimore motherhouse to a new corporation, Baltimore Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and School, Inc., which was formed in 1962 to manage the property and assets belonging to the former Baltimore motherhouse. The merger agreements are signed copies that include a background of events leading up to the merger, as well as enumerate the various facets of the merger including where retired deaconesses will reside, the location of the training school, retention of motherhouse facilities, leadership, oversight, budgetary matters, and governance. In addition to this agreement, this series also includes a photocopy of a 1962 agreement between the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses and the Lutheran Church in America's (LCA) Board of College Education and Church Vocation (BCECV). This agreement transfers the jurisdiction of the motherhouses to the LCA's BCECV. It replaced an agreement in place that had jurisdiction for the motherhouses with the LCA's predecessor the United Lutheran Church in America.

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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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Lutheran Church in America Deaconess Community of the Lutheran Church in America

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See LCA 108 Administrative History. From the description of Minutes, Reports, Program Files 1962-1963 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 70641563 See also LCA 108 Administrative History The retention of a sisters' council in the newly created Lutheran Deaconess House and School (LDHS) was a result of discussions at merger seminars. The consensus at these seminars was that it was advisable to retain the kind of advis...

Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses

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See ULCA 60 Administrative History. From the description of Building and Property Slides 1957-1962 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 58797103 From the description of Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses Deaconesses, Students, Community Life, Anniversary Photographs 1886-1961. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 57312502 From the description of Buildings and Property Subj...

United Lutheran Church in America

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Formed in 1918 by the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States, and United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, including 45 synods in 26 states and Canada, in 3,747 congregations. From the description of Minutes, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924945 ...

Lutheran Church in America

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Organized June 28, 1962, by consolidation of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran, and the United Lutheran Church in America; began to function formally on Jan. 1, 1963. From the description of Minutes, 1962-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70924950 ...

Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Deaconess House and School

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