Correspondence

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This series contains minutes and reports from the various committees involved in doctrinal studies both within and without the Wisconsin Synod. A large amount of detailed information is available, especially focusing on issues pertaining to the split between the Wisconsin and Missouri synods. Folders 41-47 are found in Box 2. Folders 48-69 are found in Box 3. Folders 70-83 are found in Box 4.

Scope and Contents This series consists of documents regarding the campus of Martin Luther Preparatory School and the staff that maintained that campus. This series includes photographs, postcards, booklets and documents regarding the original owner of the campus – Campion Jesuit High School. It is believed these documents were used in the decision for purchasing the campus from the Jesuits, since they come from the files of Board of Control chairman, Rev. Edmund Schulz. This series includes photographs from...

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This series contains documents related to the meetings of the faculty. The majority of the material is minutes from both the plenary faculty and college faculty meetings. Included also are agendas, reports, and miscellaneous correspondence related to the meetings.

Scope and Contents In late 1914, Bergemann seems to abandon his personal filing system in favor of a system that strictly alphabetical. This series consists of all correspondence made by President Bergemann prior to the merger of 1917 and general correspondence of a non-district nature up to the end of his presidency. Sub-series a, b, and c are annual series for the years 1915, 1916, and 1917, respectively. They contain the entirety of Bergemann’s correspondence. Sub-series d, e, f, and g contain...

Scope and Contents This series contains documents pertaining to each of the congregations which received subsidy from the GBHM and the BHM from 1977-1996. Included are correspondence, monthly and annual reports, demographic studies, and reports from meetings of individual congregations with the SEW DMB. Some of the congregations represented in this series continue to this day, others had been closed, and still others were never granted manpower. Although the majority of these congregations were mission...

Scope and Contents This series contains extensive correspondence relating to the founding and initial conventions of the CELC. The majority of the correspondence in this series was written by or addressed to Professor Wilbert Gawrisch, the first president of the CELC. File folders in this series are: 18 CELC Correspondence: 1986 – February 199319 CELC Correspondence: March 1993 – July 199420 CELC Correspondence: August 1994 – October 199521 CELC Correspondence:...

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence pertaining to the work of the Central Africa Medical Mission. Included is general correspondence, copies of the annual Christmas letter written by expatriate nurses in Africa, various reports, and information and contact lists pertaining to CAMM contact women scattered throughout the WELS.Files included in Series 3 are: 16 General Correspondence17 Christmas Letters Written from the Field18 Various Reports...

Scope and Contents This series contains hymnal-related correspondence. The first subseries is devoted to official correspondence and reports, in the following order: Joint Hymnal Committee, Liturgy Committee, Hymn Committee, Tune Committee, Committee Reports. The second subseries contains non-official correspondence, sorted as follows: Addressed to Kurt Eggert, Alphabetically Arranged, General Correspondence (not arranged), Comments on Liturgies, From Werner Franzmann, From Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel....

Scope and Contents In late 1917, the newly merged synod organized into six districts. By 1920, the synod had grown from six districts to eight with the inclusion of the Pacific Northwest District and the Dakota Montana District.* Bergemann used this district structure to organize the greatest share of his correspondence from 1918 until the end of his presidency. Correspondence with individuals and congregations was reckoned according to the district where the pastor or congregation was located. Synodical...

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This series consists of reports, agendas, correspondence, essays and other items from over fifty years of Michigan District Mission Board meetings. There are also some minutes from the late 1970s to the late 1980s intermingled with the reports. The files are arranged chronologically. Files associated with this series are File numbers9-25. Files 20-25 are found in Box 3.