Bible studies and essays on witness, by the General Secretary of the CSI (Church of South India?) Synod.

Heyer (1793-1873) served as a missionary in Guntur, India from 1841-1857 and 1869-1871.

Case study of the development of Gurukul Theological College as an example of Lutheran theological education in India.

Examination of forms of ministry introduced by Western missionaries and questions about their usefulness in independent Indian churches. Other models offered by indigenous religions in India.

"Published by authority of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church." Sheatsley is the author of the India section and Braun is the author of the New Guinea section.

Autobiography of Frank Chell, who served as a missionary in India from 1945 to 1957 along with his wife and family.

Narrator: Margaret Coleman, AUG/LCA missionary to India, 1939-1983.

Brief bibliographic information of hundreds of missionaries, where and when they served and in what capacities.

Location: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Chronology and brief biographical information from United Lutheran Church Mission and Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1906 - 1952.

"Containing a Biography of the Rev. Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D." The foreign mission effort of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Father Heyer, and the establishing of missions in Guntur and Rajahmundry, India. Also, history of Telugu Mission.

Location: Wartburg Seminary Archives; Also at Wartburg Archives: previous year’s report: 14th Annual Report and 97^th Annual Report - 1964.

Information about hymns published in the Santal Hymn Book.

Spiral bound; autobiography includes descriptions of missionary service in India, 1921-1946, executive with the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church, and Division of Foreign Missions of the National Council of Churches.

History and context of Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church of India. Changing patterns of missions in India. Author is both physician and pastor; served as missionary in India for 8½ years.

Photographs and descriptive captions of missionaries, mission projects and institutions, and Indian Christians.

History of The American Santal Mission, founded in 1891 to support Danish and Norwegian Lutheran mission work in India.

Narrator: Muriel Helland, Santal Mission/LFC missionary to India, 1926-1951.

Study of people in Tamilnadu who consider themselves Christians but have not been baptized and are not affiliated with a church body. Author served as Director of Gurukul Lutheran Theological College 1975-78 and Programme Secretary 1979-83 under the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Includes chapters on history of mission in India, church structures, education for mission. Authors are a mixture of Western and Indian.

Case study of the Church of South India as an example of ecumenical union; lessons to be learned by other churches.

Biography of the founder and president of Medical College for Women, Vellore, India.

Narrator: Gertruth Kettner, ALC missionary to India, 1937-1945.

Causes and effects of "abortion-seeking behavior" on the part of Indian women.

Arno was professor and dean of Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg. Translated by M. J. Lutz.

Story of the development and work of the United Mission to Nepal, founded 1954. Heyer, Becker, Schmidt, Paulson, Carlson, Artman, Dietrich, McCreedy, Groenning.

Novelized biography of H. P. Borresen.

"A study of the historical development, the contributions and the religious educational program of Mission Colleges in the Presidency."

Author served as missionary with the India Evangelical Lutheran Church beginning in 1948.

Gettysburg Theological Studies, II. Dr. John Aberly served as a missionary in India from 1890 to 1923. Book includes a brief biography of Aberly, various essays which reflect his influence at Gettysburg Seminary, and several essays on mission, including "Protestant Cooperation" by Aberly N. Gopal of Rajahmundry, India.

Narrator: Mildred Monke, ALC missionary to India, 1938 - 1945.

Henry Nau was a missionary in India 1904-1913, Nigeria 1936-1938, and later returned to India.

History of early missionaries in India. Brief mention of Lutherans.

Narrator: Theodora Neudoerffer, ULCA missionary to India, 1936-1977.

Theology of the "untouchables" in India.

Dr. K. Rajaratnam is a leader of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. The book includes a biographical sketch.

Accounts written by several missionaries of spiritual awakening among the Santals.
Location: Wartburg Archives.

Stories and essays about the Christian Medical College, Vellore, S. India, demonstrating issues and debates surrounding health care in the 1990s. Author is education secretary in the Churches’ Commission for Mission of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland.

First edition copyrighted 1929 by Fleming H. Revell Co. Second Edition 1938, Santal Mission. Classic missionary stories about the country, people, and mission work in India.

Narrator: Marinelle Peery, ULCA/LCA missionary to India, 1947-1987.

Foreword by John R. Mott, Chairman of International Missionary Council. First published in 1936. Distributed by Christian Board of Publication, St. Louis, Mo. Donald McGavran’s "people movement" principles. Includes chapter on "The Mehra People Movement -- Lutheran/Methodist" by Donald McGavran.

Essays on Self-reliance, God’s Mission, Global Partnership and Ecumenism by Asian authors along with a few U.S. authors.

Study sponsored by Lutheran World Federation. Description of local churches, their organization, how they function, outreach, etc.

Papers presented at the 14th triennial conference of the Federation of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. One of the papers is "The Stewardship of the Mission" and deals with the role of missionaries, past and present.

Biography of Lars O. Skrefsrud, 1840 - 1910. Photographs of mission work in Santal, India.

Essays on the history of the seminary and mission work.

Mrs. Schaefer and her husband, the Rev. John G. served as Ohio Synod and late American Lutheran Church missionaries to India from 1921-1957.

Four stories of mission in India showing the work and power of God. One story is dated 1927.

Narrator: Ruth Sigmon, ULCA/LCA missionary to India, 1945-1987.

Narrator: Ruth Slifer, ULCA/LCA missionary to India, 1948-1979.

Not focused on Lutherans, but on missionary work in general.

History of the South Andhra Lutheran Church, 1865 - 1990, along with numerous photographs. Bilingual, English and Telugu.

Text by Joel H. Mayer, One Hundred Years of Mission and Church. 33 pages of text plus photographs.

Written by an Indian woman who is an evangelist. "Dedicated to the Staff and the Members of the Division for World Missions and Ecumenism of Lutheran Church in America." Foreword by John Mangum. How the church has developed in India; indigenous culture and customs and how the church can relate to them. Focus on ashrams as an indigenous form which should be adopted by Christianity.

Protestant churches in Andhra Pradesh, with roots in Lutheran and other denominational missions. Issues of church growth, leadership, culture.

Chronology and brief biographical information from United Lutheran Church Mission and Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1906 - 1938.

Lutheran work beginning with Ziegenbalg and Plutschau (Danish-Halle) in 1706. Mission work of European and American Lutherans.

History of mission in India begun by John Christian Frederick Heyer in 1842. Details of many fields and institutions.

Rajahmundry Mission, "How It Became the Mission of the General Council," and missionaries.

Description of the UELCI, its organization and outreach, departments, publications, member churches, etc.

Reports of consultation in Mahabalipuram, October 4-9, 1973, which was an expression of unity among Lutheran churches in India.

First published 1959 as Dr. Ida: The Story of Dr. Ida S. Scudder of Vellore. Biography of Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder, missionary to India 1900 - 1959, and her work at Vellore Hospital in India.

Biography of first Danish missionary (1683-1719) to Tranquebar, S. India, arriving in 1706. Volume ten in series, "Men and Mission."

Location: no information available

Dolbeer spent his childhood and youth in India, son of missionaries.

Author was involved in a training program for Indian National clergymen in State of Andhra, especially in relation to community development.

Peery was a ULCA/LCA missionary in India 1945-1987.

Author, member of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Guntur, was sponsored for studies in agriculture by the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America.

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