Martin Luther Preparatory School

Scope and Contents

This series contains documents relating the study of prep schools in the Synod, especially as it related to the Northwestern Campus. Included are reports, statistics, and correspondence related to the Prep School Study Committee, Northwestern Lutheran Academy in Mobridge, SD, and Martin Luther Preparatory School in Prairie du Chien, WI. The series also contains documents relating to amalgamation and the eventual closing of the college and move to Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of newspaper clippings from the local Prairie du Chein Courier Press regarding the purchase of the Campion campus, the creation and dedication of MLPS, various events that took place during MLPS’ history and the closing of the school in 1995.

File folder 41

Scope and Contents

This series consists of student handbooks, financial aid pamphlets, Campus Criers and other documents concerning the complex lives of preparatory school students.

File Folder 42

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence, reports and other documents regarding the synodical school structure issue that surfaced in the mid-1980s until its conclusion with the amalgamation decision of the 1995 WELS Convention. Included in this series are MLPS self-study reports from the mid-1980s, reports from the 1989-1990 Prep School Study Committee, responses from the faculties of all schools involved, responses and correspondence from concerned individuals and groups in the synod and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of yearbooks produced by the student bodies of Martin Luther Preparatory School. This series reflects the rise and growth of MLPS as it began as a new synodical preparatory school in the early 1980s. This series also reflects the decline of the school as amalgamation was about to cut short the brief history of MLPS.Yearbooks found in this series are from the following school years:19811982-19831983-1984...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the following series: Series 1: Documents regarding the MLPS Board of ControlSeries 2: Documents regarding the MLPS campusSeries 3: Documents regarding MLPS campus worshipSeries 4: Documents regarding the MLPS facultySeries 5: Documents regarding the MLPS Ladies’ AuxiliarySeries 6: MLPS publicationsSeries 7: Documents regarding MLPS recruitment Subseries 1: MLPS...