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Board for Home Missions Collection
Records consist of documents produced and received by the offices of the Board for Home Missions. Correspondence and reports to and from various administrative bodies, District Mission Boards, congregations, missions and individuals make up the bulk of the collection. Due to the fact that the Board for Home Missions and the Board for World Missions (BWM) were under joint administration until 1957, the majority of BWM documents are housed in a separate collection.
Campus Ministry Collection
Carl J. Lawrenz Collection
Records consist of documents relating to the overall work and mission of the life and ministry of President Carl Lawrenz. The scope of the collection mainly consists of documents and reports collected over the years of Lawrenz's ministry. The specific areas covered are rather extensive, but overall are covered by the first four categories that form the series: Personal essay file, doctrinal matters, intersynodical matters, and correspondence.
Lutheran Women's Missionary Society (LWMS) Collection
Synod Convention Proceedings
The Apache Lutheran Mission Collection
Records consist of documents pertaining to WELS “world mission” work among the Apache nation. The information is in the form of letters to and from the called workers, as well as reports from meetings, advertisements and publications, as well as a number of photographs.
The Board for World Missions (BWM) Photo Collection
Records consist of photo albums pertaining to WELS world mission activities conducted in the 1990s. Various locations include Cameroon, India, Indonesia, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, and the Apache Reservation. Most of the pictures are labeled and sorted according to mission, though a number of various photos are also included in an envelope at the end of the collection.
The Bylas Arizona Collection
Records consist of monthly and annual statistical and financial reports from 1923-1973, correspondence from 1940-1972, and minutes of the meetings of various groups relating to the mission work in Bylas.
The Central Africa Medical Mission Collection
Records consist of documents relating to the overall work and mission of the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM). Included are historical documents, brochures and flyers, minutes from various groups, including the Central Africa Medical Mission Committee, guidelines and reports relating to CAMM, and general correspondence.