Correspondence

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This series consists of reports, correspondence and other documents pertaining to campus ministry work, particularly on university and college campuses in the Michigan District. Files that are a part of this series are files 1-3.

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This series consists of correspondence and reports on a variety of world and home mission fields during Brenner’s presidency. Mission fields included are: Refugee mission in Germany; Polish mission; Norwayne, MI mission; Arizona mission; Apache Indian mission; and Africa mission. Also included are reports and documents from the General Board for Home Missions, mission administration and documents from the Arizona-Colorado survey.

Scope and Contents This series consists of agendas, correspondence, minutes and reports produced by the DMLHS/MLA Board of Control or in the case of the president’s reports, produced for the Board of Control. This series also includes correspondence and documents regarding calls issued for the dean of students and other faculty positions. This series offers a great deal of clarity to the historical picture of Martin Luther Academy and its inner workings. This series was added to the collection from the MLPS...

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence, agendas, minutes, reports and other documents created by or for the MLPS Board of Control. This series includes documents from the 1978-1979 MLPS Interim Committee that was in charge of the transition from Martin Luther Acadamy/Northwestern Lutheran Acadamy to MLPS. This series includes all of the president’s reports to the Board of Control, as well as the Board’s reports to the synod at-large. This series also includes documents regarding on-campus...

Scope and Contents This series consists of minutes, reports, correspondence and other documents regarding the administrative work of the NLA Board of Control during the entire period of its existence. The original minutes from the first meeting of the Board of Control in 1927 are included in this series. Included in the other Subseries are documents regarding: NLA enrollments, the first decade of the Executive Committee/Local Board of the NLA Board of Control, and the NLA Ladies’ Auxiliary. This series...

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This series consists of the earliest correspondence made by President Bergemann regarding operations of the synod at large. Bergemann attempted to group documents from major correspondents and kept a file for more than 100 individuals. Important cases were given their own file. Infrequent correspondence was arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence between President Nommensen and pastors and teachers in the Southeastern Wisconsin District. The collection includes correspondence pertaining to calls accepted, declined and deliberated, as well as retirements, anniversaries and congregational dedications.File folders in this series are: 1 Pastor Calls — Welcome to the District (July 1985-May 1989)2 Pastor Calls — Retirements (September 1983-October 1988)...

Scope and Contents This series contains documents that that pertain to the Revised Standard Version (RSV) translation of the Bible. Documents include Dahlke's personal thoughts on the issue (reflected in his correspondence), various pamphlets (mostly positive) and reports (mostly negative) regarding the translation, and newspaper articles. File folders found in Series 2 are: 59 Dahlke Correspondence (1953)60 Reports and Papers (undated)61 Reports and Papers...

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence from twelve cases that came to Brenner’s attention during his ministry and presidency. Included are: Bethlehem-St. James, Evanston, IL Case (1936-1938)Fort Atkinson Case (1933-1937)Ernest Gerdts Case (1954-1956)Grace Lutheran Church, Tucson, AZ Case (1934-1935)Carl Harman Case (1941)Leo Kerber Case (1948)A. Matzke Case (1938-1939)J.P. Meyer Case (1945)...

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This series consists of minutes and official correspondence from fifty years of Michigan District Mission Board meetings. The files are arranged chronologically. Files related to this series are files #4-8.