1 reel-to-reel tape approximately 70 minutes; covers time period of 1950-1988

This information is kept at the Billy Graham Center on the campus of Wheaton College. For more information on access to the collection, contact the Billy Graham Center.

4.1 cubic ft., 4 reels microfilm.

William C. Bouck participated on councils of the New York Ministerium. The portion of the collection relevant to this guide contains papers regarding Mr. Bouck's activities in the Lutheran Church including correspondence on domestic and foreign missions.

353 items: letters, photographs, memoir

Catherine Stirewalt served as a ULCA missionary to China from 1939-1949. This collection is kept at Duke University. A finding aid is available at the library and also on the World Wide Web. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library at Duke University, or visit their web site: www.duke.edu

Rev. Thorlaksson and his wife Caroline were missionaries to Japan from 1916 to 1941. The collection's primary focus is on the business aspect of their mission work. There is little personal material. 4.5 linear feet; 13 boxes

Box 1
5 in.: Correspondence, 1916-1947-chronological arrangement majority is incoming, some outgoing.
ff 1-17, English,(some Icelandic)
ff 18-19 Japanese

Box 2
2 in.: Correspondence
ff 1 Paul P. Anspach, 1917, 1932-40
ff 2 Board of Foreign Missions, 1923-28
ff 3 Personal, 1930-39
ff 4 n.d.
ff 5 envelopes

Box 3
1 ft:. Subject Files, 1917-1970; arranged alphabetically
ff1 American President Lines, 1941
ff 2-3 Annual Field Reports, 1917-1937
ff 4 Articles from periodicals, c. 1939
ff 5 Applications and Permits
ff 6 Baggage claims and shipping receipts, 1941
ff 7 Bank Accounts and General Receipts
ff 8 Japan Lutheran Theological College and Seminary, 1970
ff 9 Baptism Record Book, 1918-30
ff 10 Bills, receipts, financial statements, 1932-52
ff 11 Blueprints of a church n.d.
ff 12 Budgets, 1917-25
ff 13 Business cards
ff 14 Church matters (English language)
ff 15 Church matters (Japanese language)
ff 16 Conference of Fellowship of Christian Missionaries in Japan, 1940
ff 17 Convention of Japan Lutheran Church, 1937
ff 18 Steinun Johannesdottir Hayes Biography, c. 1950
ff 19 Inventory of House, 1938
ff 20 Japan Lutheran Church, Committee for Promotion of Self Support, c. 1935
ff 21 Japan Lutheran Church Rules and Regulations, n.d.
ff 22 Japanese Language documents, n.d.
ff 23 Japanese Language publications
ff 24 Japanese Language Service Book, 1929, 1940
ff 25 Japanese Students Christian Association in North America, 1937-39
ff 26 East Kobe Lutheran Church, c. 1930-35
ff 27 West Kobe Lutheran Church c. 1928-40
ff 28-30 Kobe Union Church Building Project, 1925-37
ff 31-40 Lake Nojiri Summer Resort, 1921-40
ff 41 Ledger Book, 1937-39
ff 42 Missionaries Mutual Aid Association of Japan, 1915, 1927
ff 43 National Christian Council Bulletin, 1938-40
ff 44 National Lutheran Council News Bureau, 1938-40
ff 45 Notes, handwritten or typed
ff 46 Newspaper articles (Japanese and English)
ff 47 Newspaper articles: Thorlaksson's return to Japan for Expo '70, 1970

Box 4
Subject files (contd.) 5 in.:
ff1 Pan-American Japanese Christian Congress, 1939
ff 2 Record Books on Church Members, c. 1919-20
ff 3-4 Sermons in Japanese, 1925-34
ff 5 Service Book, handwritten in Japanese, n.d.
ff 6 Stamps
ff 7 Student Volunteer Movement 11^th Convention, Buffalo, 1932
ff 8 Sunrays (Bible lesson cards), 1905
ff 9 Thorlaksson, Biographical Sketch, c. 1972
ff 10 Tsuboike (lawyer) n.d.
ff 11 J.M.T. Winther Memorial Service, 1970
ff 12 Writings, articles, addresses, 1917-40

Box 5 5 in.: Japan Lutheran Mission, 1916-21, 1929-37
Chronological arrangement: general reports, correspondence, mission information, work as treasurer of the mission; some personal material

Box 6
2 in.: Japan Lutheran Mission (con't), 1937-40

Box 7
5 in.: Books
ff 1 Japanese Language (the history a city?)
ff 2 New Testament (Icelandic), 1903
ff 3 Martin Luther (Icelandic), 188
ff 4 Prayer Book (Icelandic), 1918
ff 5 Service Book (Japanese), 1916
ff 6 Services of Song for Christmas and Flower Sunday n.d.
ff 7 Stanley's Expedition (2 in Icelandic), 1890, 1891
ff 8 Sumarian Tablets in the Imperial University, Kyoto, 1928

Box 8
5 in.: Periodicals
ff 1 Colegrove, Kenneth: reprints of articles, 1929-41
ff 2-5 Foreign Missions conference Journal, 1919 -22
ff 6 Handbook of Foreign Missions, Lutheran Church, 1921, 29 39, 40
ff 7 Japan Lutheran Bulletin, 1/31 (3 copies)
ff 8 Japanese language periodical
ff 9 Rules for Missionaries, Lutheran Church, Japan 1920, 23
ff 10 Selkirk Weekly Record, "Japan in Agony", 9/21/23

Box 9
2 in.: Periodicals (cont.)
ff 1 Single copies: Bjarmi, 1931; Buddhist Missionen, 1926; The Christian Graphic, 1934
ff 2 Tanker Tog Toner, 1932-37
ff 3 Tokyo Gazette; 8/37, 2/39, 5/40
Pamphlets:
ff 4 Jon Bjarnason academy, 1931
ff 5 Foreign Languages in Japan, 1929
ff 6 Freemasonry in Japan, 1941
ff 7 Grace cathedral, San Francisco (poems), n.d.
ff 8 The Icelandic Lutheran Synod, 1885-1935
ff 9 Japanese Language pamphlets

Box 10
5 in.: 1 plaster relief of Martin Luther
1 copper negative, Japanese women
1 box glass negatives: pictures of the life of Christ (some with Japanese captions)
1 printing block for a Japanese hymn

Box 11
2 in.: Card index, c. 1930
Names, addresses and other information, arranged geographically by city then alphabetically by name; Japanese language

Box 12
Photographs, c. 1920-40, in no particular order
ff 1 S.O. Thorlakkson (identified in small group shots), ca. 1926
ff 2 West Kobe Lutheran Church, 1935
ff 3 Groups of people, Meetings, identified, ca. 1919-40
ff 4 Places, Churches, identified, ca. 1920s
ff 5 Mounted photographs, identified, dated
ff 6 Individuals, small groups, unidentified, n.d.
ff 7 Groups, Mettings, unidentified, n.d.
ff 8 Places, Churches, unidentified, n.d.
ff 9 Rural and farm scenes, unidentified, n.d.
ff 10 Japanese Destroyer, caption in Japanese, n.d.
ff 11 Negatives, unidentified, n.d.
ff 12-13 Professional published sets: are broken and not in order though numbered. Sets are
accompanied by lists with numbered captions corresponding to numbered photographs. Color tinted.
ff 14 Professional published set: Yusaki and Shirahama Spa
Post cards, c.1920-40; Undated; ca. 1920-40. B&W unless otherwise indicated.
Received in no order, arrangement here done by processor. All have captions; those in English are grouped and filed according to geographic area; those in Japanese are not divided by area, grouped all together. All images are of Japan, except where otherwise indicated. Postcards are blank except for those in Box 13, ff 11 which contain correspondence.
ff 15 Lutheran Church, West Kobe, ca. 1935
ff 16 Kobe, color tined
ff 17 Kyushu Graukin (sp?)
ff 18 Janice James School
ff 19 Karuizawa
ff 20 Female missionaries and missions (Japan, Africa, India)
ff 21 Leper Hospital of the Resurrection of Hope
ff 22 Nagoya, some color tinted
ff 23 Tokyo, some color tinted
ff 24 Tokyo Higher Commericial School, color tinted
ff 25 Kamedo
ff 26 Kyoto
ff 27 Biwako, color tinted
ff 28 Various Japanese scenes, English captions, color tinted
ff 29 Hakone, color tinted
ff 30 Asuke
ff 31 Nara
ff 32 Mt. Fugi, [Fuji] some color tinted

Box 13
2 in.: Post cards (cont.)
ff 1 Koyasau
ff 2 Single cards of various places, some color tinted
ff 3 Churches, identified in Japanese
ff 4-5 Various scenes identified in Japanese, some color tinted
ff 6 Korea (Keijo), identified in English, color tinted
ff 7 Scenes of Korea with English captions
ff 8 C.P.S.S. empress of Asia
ff 9 Single cards: Chicago, Vancouver B.C. Iceland (?)
ff 10 Empty envelopes for photographs and postcards
ff 11 Postcards with correspondence, various scenes and dates, in Japanese and English

Withdrawn items:
Phonograph records:
Lutheran Blueprint for British Guiana
Argentine Lutheran Plan for Tomorrow
Double Discipleship
It's Just a Beginning
With the Friendliness of Jesus

.8 cu. ft. (2 boxes): Ackermann family letters

Martin Ackermann was an America Lutheran Church missionary in Papua New Guinea from 1940-1942. This collection is kept at the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information on this collection, contact the Minnesota Historical Society, or visit their web site.

16 boxes (8 linear ft.) 1 oversize box: 1.) Personal Materials. 2.) Writings by Welmers; 3.) Notes and Research Material.

Rev. William Everett Welmers was a missionary to Liberia from 1946-1948 and 1954-1955.

This material is kept at the University of California at Los Angeles (ULCA). An unpublished finding aid is available with the collection. For more information about this collection, contact the University Research Library's Department of Special Collections at the University of California at Los Angeles.

2 linear ft. 1 linear ft. and 1 album, correspondence, photographs, reminiscences

Arthur E. Armstrong photograph series ca. 1900-1930

1 linear ft., 2 boxes – is part of the Arthur E. Armstrong papers collection photographs

Elsa Felland Armstrong was a United Norwegian Lutheran Church missionary to China from 1912-1915.

These collections are kept at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library. Finding aids for both are available at the library. For more information, contact the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library.

1 item: Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1893
Henry Charles Lea Papers, ca. 1830-1935, folder 388; location: Rare Book and Manuscript Library Manuscripts call number: Ms. Coll. 111

Records, 1838-1846-Foreign Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church of South Carolina and Adjacent States

Volume 7, July 1845 -23 September, 1860, October 1864, "Constitution and Proceedings of the Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Sandy Run."

Records from church founded in 1890. They contain papers of the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit. This portion of the collection includes correspondence and business papers, 1925-1953; minutes of the board of the Hudson Circuit, 1955-1960; minutes of the annual conventions, 1957-1960 and folders relating to church and ladies aid history for thirty of the churches in the Hudson Circuit.

Collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives Division but is kept at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Area Research Center.

5 volumes, A portion of these holdings contain records for Seneca congregation, 1835-1850, including records from the Missionary Society 1817-1824.

1 folder: manuscript.

Correspondence, diaries, printed material, and writings.

85 photocopies of mimeographed circular letters.

1 folder: Bulletins, newsletters, correspondence

Circular letters, manuscript, photograph album, Life Magazine articles, and posters

Items relevant for this listing pertain to the Student Volunteer Movement's dealings with Lutheran churches and mission agencies.:

Box 640
Folder 7312 American Lutheran Church
Folder 7316 Augustana Synod

Box 642
Folder 7364 Evangelical Lutheran Church
Folder 7365 Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states

Box 645
Folder 7411 General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the U.S.A.

Box 649
Folder 7451 Lutheran Free Church
Folder7452 Lutheran Orient Mission
Folder 7453 Lutheran Student Association of America

Box 659
Folder 7571 National Lutheran Council

Box 660
Folder 7589 Norwegian Lutheran Church of America

Box 661
Folder 7614 Santal Mission of the Northern Churches

Box 664
Folder 7662 United Lutheran Church in America

1 folder-report of work in Japan.

1 folder-Newsletter.

1 folder-Conference report; typescript news bulletins describing work in Indonesia.

6 folders-Reports, publications.

1 folder-Booklet describing work in Nigeria.

3 folders-Reports, brochures regarding mission work.

1 folder-Map, leaflet, letters.

3 folders-Missionary education material, reports.

1 folder-Minutes of the 13th Lutheran Foreign Missions Conference of America held in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 1931.

1 folder-Annual report.

1 folder-Report on foreign missions.

2 folders-Reports and pamphlets about work in China, Madagascar, South Africa and the United States.

Correspondence, reports on mission stations and villages, industrial and agricultural reports, and hospital and medical reports.

10 folders-General material, including women's work; material re. work at mission stations in China, India, Japan, Liberia, South America and West Indies.

1 folder-Publication-women missionaries and recruitment.

1 folder-Pamphlets documenting work in Africa, India and Puerto Rico.

1 folder-Sunday School Missionary Concert Service, work in India.

1 folder-Reports documenting work in New Guinea.

1 folder-First annual report of the Zenana conference.

Arrangement: Arranged in three sections: 1. Scraps by the Way: diary of Morris Officer, 1848-1852; 2. Western Africa: A Mission Field, 1856; 3. The Life of Rev. Morris Officer, by Alexander J. Imhoff.

1 folder-News Bulletins re: work in Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 folders

1 folder-Reports re. work in New Guinea.

1 folder-Reports, newsletters.

1 folder-Correspondence, mission statement.

pertains to church in Papua New Guinea

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