Reports

Scope and Contents This series consists of reports, correspondence, agendas, minutes and other documents pertaining to nearly fifty years of work by the GBHM and its successor the Board for Home Missions. Subseries 1 includes minutes from the General Board for Home Missions and the General Synodical Committee. Subseries 2 includes about forty-five years of reports, as well as evaluation and informational documents sent to the WELS home missions, such as the Home Mission Handbook, the “New Mode” Evangelism...

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Series 8 contains files related to missions. These files are found in Box 8 and are numbered:

175. Reports, Albums, and Yearbooks

176. Miscellaneous

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The articles related to recruitment have been arranged primarily by topic. These articles include recruitment committee files (arranged chronologically), informational presentations to district conventions, “Northwestern Reports,” slide presentations, and various brochures.

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This series consists of correspondence and reports on veterans’ organizations, the creation of Columbus Day and the WELS’ position on the Americanization movement.

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence, surveys and reports produced during the decade leading up to the synod’s decision to move MLA to the Prairie du Chien campus. These documents reflect the strong desire and need to move the academy off of the DMLC campus and relocate to a new campus either locally or somewhere in the Midwest. This series also includes the 1975 MLA Self-Evaluation Report assembled by the faculty of MLA. The information contained in these documents played a major role in...

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...

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This series consists of reports, correspondence, notes and other documents collected by Louis Leitz, a laymember of the Michigan District Mission Board, during his years of service on the Board. Files associated with this series are file numbers 96-99.

Scope and Contents This series consists of correspondence, reports, articles, minutes and other documents from the life and dealings of the Joint Synod before and during the presidency of John Brenner. Most notably included are the documents from most, if not all, of the synod conventions during his presidency.Subseries 1: Board of Trustees minutes, correspondence and documents – 1933-48 Folders 109-111Subseries 2: Synod reports and memorials – 1944-53 Folders 112-115...

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This series consists of reports, correspondence and other documents regarding District Mission Stations, Evangelism & New Mission Ideas, Finances, Inservice Seminars, Lapeer Region Work, Metro-Detroit Outreach Work, Mission Counselors, Soul Conservation, Statistical Reports and other official business of the Michigan District Mission Board in conjunction with the General Board for Home Missions (WELS). Files associated with this series are file numbers 100-110.

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This series consists of correspondence, reports and other documents dealing with the financial plans and problems of the WELS in the immediate post-Depression era. The most notable portion of the series is two files on the debt retirement of the WELS between 1935 and 1943. Also included are files on the self-insurance plan and the pension plan.