Minutes, Amended Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws 1962-1979

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Lutheran Church in America Deaconess Community of the Lutheran Church in America. Minutes, Amended Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws 1962-1979

Minutes, Amended Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws 1962-1979

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This series comprises records related to the Baltimore Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and School, Inc., a corporation created in 1962 to administer all matters related to the Lutheran Deaconess House and School's real property, endowments, and other funds. The records date from 1962-1979 and include photocopies of the corporation's original articles of incorporation and bylaws, a copy of the amended articles of incorporation, and meeting minutes of the board of directors. Even though the records appear to indicate that there is a copy of the amended bylaws, there are not. However, there are meeting minutes that include what changes the amended bylaws made. Meeting minutes include those from the corporation's organizational meeting in 1962 as well as its last meeting in 1979 to approve the articles of merger that merged the corporation into the Deaconess Community of the Lutheran Church in America. The bylaws stipulate that the board would meet once per year in March, but it appears that on occasion the board met twice per year. Generally, these meetings would include reports from board officers and motherhouse leadership. Additional matters discussed pertained primarily to financial matters concerning assets of the corporation, loans issued, elections held and votes taken on various matters. Even though some of these records predate the existence of the Deaconess Community of the LCA, the decision was made to place them in this subgroup because the bulk of the records are dated after the creation of the community in 1966. There are no meeting minutes for 1965, 1968, 1970-1971 as no meetings were held these years.

1 box (.2 cubic ft.)

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