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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1357 Collections and/or Records:

Series 16: Correspondence and Documents on Topical Issues, 1953 - 1976

 Series
Identifier: B010.16
Scope and Contents This series consists of documents and correspondence relating to specific topics dealt with during Naumann’s presidency. Included are:

Bible Translations

Boy Scouts

Education

Equal Pay Act

Federal Aid

Glossolalia

Lodges

Michigan Teacher Certification

Role of Women in the Church

Selective Service

Vietnam

Worship.
Dates: 1953 - 1976

Series 16: Music, 1865 - 1995

 Series
Identifier: S006.16
Scope and Contents Music was an important part of the history of Northwestern College. Performers represented in this section of the archives included the band, orchestra (early years), male choir, traveling choir, individual students, and visiting musicians. Much of the archives consist of programs for concerts and recitals given by these musicians. However, there are also tour advertisements and correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The music archives are divided into (a) visiting artist and (b) NWC...
Dates: 1865 - 1995

Series 17: Minnesota District President, 1945 - 1964

 Series
Identifier: B010.17
Abstract This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, district mission board materials, district convention materials and other items related to the Minnesota District.
Dates: 1945 - 1964

Series 17: Non-Lutheran Organizations Documents, 1945 - 1946

 Series
Identifier: B009.17
Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence from the Protestant Film Commission and documents on post-WWII Roman Catholicism.
Dates: 1945 - 1946

Series 18: Racial Integration, 1950

 Series
Identifier: B009.18
Scope and Contents This series consists of brief correspondence on an outside-WELS movement for racial integration in the congregations of larger urban areas.
Dates: 1950

Series 19: Correspondents

 Series
Identifier: B001.19
Scope and Contents Series 19 is found in Box 10 and contains correspondents information. Files found in this series are:

207. Correspondents (Gray Box)

208. German Correspondents

209. Map of Northwestern Campus
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928 - 1989

Series 19: Special Events, 1872 - 1995

 Series
Identifier: S006.19
Scope and Contents Major special events on campus were commencement and campus anniversaries. The articles related to commencement include announcements, programs, newspaper articles, speeches, honorary degrees, and diplomas. For each of these subgroups, the articles are arranged chronologically. The articles related to campus anniversaries are arranged chronologically as well. They include correspondence, programs, announcements, and newspaper clippings. The major campus anniversaries occurred in 1915 (50...
Dates: 1872 - 1995

Series 19: Synodical Conference Documents, 1936 - 1955

 Series
Identifier: B009.19
Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence between members of the Synodical Conference, reports and documents dealing with Synodical Conference conventions, missions and other inter-synodical matters.
Dates: 1936 - 1955

Series 21: Students and Alumni, 1872 - 2001

 Series
Identifier: S006.21
Scope and Contents This series includes items directly related to the NWC Alumni Society as well as general items from students and alumni. The Alumni Society materials include meeting agendas and reports, newsletters, alumni banquet items, planning materials for Northwestern Day and the Bell Tower in 1979, lists of all NWC graduates, and information about the Tau Delta Theta endowment. In 1940, a survey was sent to all of the alumni, requesting biographical information from them. These responses have been...
Dates: 1872 - 2001

Subseries 6: Correspondence, 1949 - 1973

 Sub-Series
Identifier: B003.01.06.0001
Scope and Contents The subseries includes several different varieties of correspondence regarding the issues in Missouri and the differences between the two synods. Along with the last subseries, this is a significant portion of this collection. These letters provide a very personal look at some of the difficulties that people had to deal with regarding this issue.Of course, Pastor Dahlke's correspondence here is very significant. Dahlke, as a WELS pastor, found himself in opposition to the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1973