Resigned/Withdrawn Personnel Files 1884-2002

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Deaconess Community of the ELCA. Resigned/Withdrawn Personnel Files 1884-2002

Resigned/Withdrawn Personnel Files 1884-2002

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This series comprises personnel files for consecrated deaconesses who resigned from the diaconate; persons who were invested as deaconesses, but not yet consecrated, who resigned; and persons enrolled in the deaconess training program, but were not yet invested, who withdrew from the program. Deaconess communities whose records are included in this series are The Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses, the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School, Baltimore, Maryland, the Immanuel Deaconess Motherhouse and Training School, and the Deaconess Community of the Lutheran Church in America. These files date from approximately 1884-2002. This series does not include students who withdrew from the deaconess training program after 1985. Record include completed application forms, letters of recommendation, biographical sketches, educational transcripts, handwritten and typewritten correspondence, medical forms, news clippings, and orders of service for investitures and consecrations. It is important to note that there are no files in this series for women who entered the deaconess program after 1987. Where it was not clear, the archivist determined whether the deaconess student was invested and resigned from the community, or was only a beginning student and therefore withdrew from the training program. The archivist notes on each folder the deaconess's status at the time she left the diaconate or training program as consecrated or invested. A deaconess student's status is noted as "not consecrated." In addition, many times the terms "resigned" and "withdrew" are used interchangeably, but for arrangement and description purposes, in this series, those deaconesses who could be referred to as sister, those who were consecrated or invested, resigned, and those who were beginning students withdrew from the program. The archivist also noted these terms on individual folders. Where it was evident a sister had been removed from the roster, a notation of withdrawn was recorded on her folder.

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