Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Personal papers

The Personal Papers Collection of the ELCA Archives comprises papers collected by the Churchwide Archives and its predecessors. Collections are from pastors of the ELCA and its predecessors, presidents of predecessor church bodies, lay Lutheran leaders, missionaries, authors, and women leaders. Individual collections vary in size (from one folder to more than 100 boxes) and scope (from a specific event to spanning a person’s life). Many are currently unprocessed but still accessible to researchers. Please contact  the ELCA Archives for additional information on these collections.

* Designates full finding aid available at the ELCA Churchwide Archives and cataloged in OCLC.

PA= ELCA Archives collection number


Abrahamson, Laurentius G. (1856-1946)

Papers, 1870s-1946, 5 boxes.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Altona and Wataga, Ill., 1880-1886; Chicago, (Salem) 1886-1909; Editor, Augustana, 1908-1939.

Box 1: letters to L. G. A.; his official documents; list of family register; box 2: copybook containing reproductions of letters written by Abrahamson; box 3: sermons bound in books; box 4: Sermons and addresses; box 5: newsclippings and photographs; Book memoirs

PA 01

Amble, Ole (1847-1934)

Papers, 1857-1927, 1 box (Accession 1985-0143)

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Montcalm County, Mich., 1874-1927; Iowa.

Letters and photographs. Artifact, Traveling Communion Set

PA 72

*Andersen, Rasmus (1847-1930)

Papers, 1865-1930 14 boxes (3.9 cubic ft.)

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC) – founder, pastor: Racine, Wis.; Brooklyn (Our Saviour’s), 1883-1924; Seaman's mission, 1881-1924, New York City; Historian, author

Letters and pictures.

PA 73/1

Andreen, Andreas (1827-1880)

Papers, 1860s-1880s,3 boxes.

Pioneer Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor: Attica, Ind. 1860-1863; Porter and LaPorte, Ind. 1860-1867; Swedona, Ill. 1867-1880; Rockford, Ill. 1855-1859.

Letters, papers, textbooks, class books, financial account books

PA 03

Andrén, Olof Christian Telemak (1824-1870)

Papers, 1856-1871, 3 boxes

Pioneer Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor: Moline, Ill. (First Lutheran), 1856-1860.

box 1: letters, notebooks, and clippings; box 2: letters, autobiographical material and personal correspondence; box 3: Letters, official documents.

PA 04

*Arbaugh, William G. (1902-1974)

Papers, 1926-1958 (bulk 1951-1958) 1 box, .4 cu. ft. (Accession 2001‑0010)

United Lutheran Church in America pastor in Indiana and missionary in Puerto Rico. Later served as secretary for Latin America and aided in publishing the Spanish hymnal.

PA 147/1

Arden, Gothard Everett (1905-1978)

Papers, 1940s-1960s, 3 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Granville-Utica-Putnam Ill., 1933-1940; Chicago (Augustana Lutheran Church), 1940-1945; professor, Augustana Seminary and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Historian

PA 101

Auslund, Jonas (1843-1878)

Papers, 1867-1873, 2 boxes (Accession 1987-0093)

Pioneer Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor: St. Paul, Minn. (First Lutheran), 1871-1877; California

box 1: letters and miscellaneous papers, translated summary: chronological order, 1867-1873, alphabetical; box 2: sermons

PA 05

Bachmann, E. Theodore (1911- 1995)

Papers, approximately 68 cu. ft.

United Lutheran Church in America/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor. deputy chief for Religious Affairs for military government in Germany; professor at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary; LCA executive secretary, Board of College Education and Church Vocation and Board of Theological Education,publications editor, Lutheran World Federation.

PA 214

Bacon, Esther (1916-1972)

Papers, 1941-1990s, 3 boxes (Accession 1996-0087)

Papers related to the Missionary and Nurse-Midwife to Liberia 1941-1972; from research conducted by Dr. Birney Dibble her biographer, Outlaw for God, 1992.

PA 06

*Baer, Mary (1863-1942)

Papers, 1891-1937, 1 box (.4 cubic ft.); 1 microfilm reel

General Synod, United Lutheran Church in America missionary to India.

PA 149/1

Baer, Emma and Mary Baer (1863-1942)

United Lutheran Church in America missionary in India, with sister Dr. Mary Baer. Some additional Mary Baer materials included.

PA 149 (Additions)

Becklund, Anders Svenson (1847-1937)

Papers, 1880s-1920s, 2 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Kewanee, Ill., 1886-1890; Chicago (Bethel) 1892-1899; Platte County, NE, 1899-1917; St. Cloud, Minn., 1917-1921; St. Edward, Minn. (Salem); Bock, Minn. (Emanuel), 1921-1925.

Sermons, notebooks, speeches.

PA 96

Bengston, Carl Johan (1862-1937)

Papers, 1890-1936, 6 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Hartford, Conn., 1890-1893; New Sweden and Upland, Iowa, 1893-1900; Missoula, Mont; Knoxville, Ill., 1911-1914; editor, Lutheran Companion, 1915-1933.

box 1: letters, correspondence, indexed 1890-1912; box 2: letters, correspondence, indexed 1913-1936, manuscripts, hymnals, scrapbook (newspaper clippings); box 3: sermons, newspaper clippings (contributor Dr. Bengston); box 4: sermons, miscellaneous papers; box 5: hymnals, photographs; box 6: personal record book.

PA 08

*Benson, John Leonard (1884-1973)

Papers, 1940s-1960s, 1 box; 1 microfilm reel

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Church in America missionary to China, Hsucow, Honan, Taiwan; 1914-1956; president, Augustana China Mission

Correspondence 1916-1960 (includes microfilm of family correspondence, 1942-1946)

PA 132/1

*Benson, Oscar Algot (1891-1972)

Papers, 1923-1960s, 3 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Church in America pastor: Albert City, Iowa, 1915-1920; Montclair, N.J., 1920-1927; Ridgeway, Pa., 1927-1931; Chicago (Salem), 1931-1951; Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (Immanuel); Omaha, Neb. (Salem); Worcester, Mass. (Trinity); President, Illinois Conference, 1940-1949; president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1951-1959

Dissertation, photographs, sermons.

PA 105/1

Bergin, Alfred (1866-1944)

Papers, 1896-1944, 2 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Sanborn, N.D., 1894-1895; Cambridge, Minn., 1897-1904; Warren, Minn., 1895-1897; Lindsborg, Kans. (Bethany), 1904-1942; president, Kansas Conference; Editor, author, historian

box 1: letters, indexed 1896-1944; box 2: news clippings, sermons, manuscripts.

PA 12

Bergstrom, Amandus Fridolph (1875-1945)

Papers, 1889-1912

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Chicago (Tabor Church), 1902-1911; Moline, Ill. (First Church), 1911-1918; Denver, Colo. (Augustana Church), 1918-1924; Chicago (St. Matthew’s), 1924-1944; organizer, Chicago Inner Mission Society; founder, Lutheran hospital at Moline, Ill.

Miscellaneous papers, correspondence.

PA 13

Bergstrom, Lawrence Petrus (1858-1937)

PA 71

Papers, 1890s-1920s, 8 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Winthrop, Minn., 1887-1909; Manitoba; Augustana superintendent, Canada Missions; president, Canada Conference, 1914-1916

Photographs, correspondence, ledgers, record books, newspaper clippings.

Bersell, Petrus Olof Immanuel (1882-1967)

Papers, 1899-1966, 20 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Church in America pastor:  Chicago Heights, Ill., 1906-1911; Chicago (Grace), 1911-1913; Ottumwa, Iowa, 1913-1935; president, Iowa Conference, 1915-1919; president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1935-1951

Sermons, bulletins, World Council papers, speech notes, record books, books, newspaper clippings, manuscript and notes, scrapbook, letters of congratulations on retirement, 1951, slides of world trip, 1961, first sermon, 1899, diploma from Augustana Seminary, 1906, correspondence, 1951-1966, newspaper clippings.

PA 70

Bodholdt, Knud Clausen (1855-1931)

Papers, 1880s-1931, 3 boxes

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Marquette, Neb., 1882-1887; Omaha, Neb., 1887-1894; Manistee and Big Rapids, Mich., 1895-1900; Marinette, Wis. and Menominee, Mich. 1900-1905; Dwight, Ill., 1905-1909; Racine, Wis.; 1909-1921; president, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1894-1895, 1903-1911, 1918-1919; secretary, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1893-1989; 1900-1902; author, translator

PA 74

Bohman, Oscar Fredrick (1896-1979)

Papers 1923-1942, 3 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois

Correspondence, sermon notes, biblical reference cards.

PA 135

Bossard, Matilda (1918-1983)

Missionary to India.

PA 219

Bramkamp, John Milton (1867-1963)

Papers, 1890s-1950s, 1 box

General Synod, United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church in America, pastor: New Castle, Ind., 1893-1896; Bellevue, Ky. (Trinity), 1896-1906; Chicago (Calvary), 1906-1921; president, ULCA Illinois Synod, 1921-1931 (1921-1963?)

Sermon notes.

PA 99

*Brandelle, Gustaf Albert (1861-1936)

Papers, 1881-1936, 28 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Denver, Colo., 1884-1918; Rock Island, Ill., 1918-1921; president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1918-1935; editor, Lutheran Companion, 1897-1905

PA 14/1

Bretscher, Paul M. (1894-1974) 

Papers, 1940s-1960s, 9 boxes (Accession 1983-0088)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, pastor; professor, Concordia College, River Forest, Ill. and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; author

PA 7 

*Brosius, Charles Henry (1871-1931)

Papers, 1914-1921, 1 box

Pastor: Sunbury, PA (Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church), 1898-1907; Williamsport (Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer), 1922-1929; Missionary to Liberia, 1907-1922

PA 150/1

Brosy, Paul M. (1896-1974)

Papers, 1921-1965

United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Ohio, Indiana

Notebook of catechetical lectures

PA 126

Burrall, Elmer (1928-    )

Papers 1 box, (Accession 2004-0214)

Missionary to India for United Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church in America, 1951-1966.

PA 209

Caemmerer, Richard R. Sr. (1905-1984) A20 R02 S01

Papers, 1929-1984, 57 boxes (Accession 1985-0084)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, pastor: Missouri; professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and Christ Seminary-Seminex.

PA 09

Carlfelt, Carl Gustav (1893-1954) A19 R05 S09

Papers, c.1916-1954, 19 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church , pastor: Detroit, Mich., 1925-1928; Chicago (Bethesda), 1928-1938; professor, Augustana Seminary, 1938-1954; author

Correspondence, class notes, Bethesda Beacon, notebooks, record books

PA 69

Carlsson, Erland (1822-1893) A19 R01 S08

Papers, 1849-1922, .5 boxes; 5 reels microfilm (Accessions 1984-0048, 1984-0087, 1993-0138) (originals at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.)

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church founder, pastor:  Chicago, (Immanuel - founded and served ), 1853-1875; Andover, Ill., 1875-1887; president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1881-1888; president, Board of Regents, Augustana College and Theological Seminary, 1860-1870, 1878-1882, 1884-1887

Correspondence and ordination certificate. Complete papers and letters on microfilm.

PA 15

Cervin, Anders R. (1823-1900) A19 R01 S08

Papers, 1859-1860, 2 Volumes (Accession 1987-0094)

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor; Editor, Hemlandet and Augustana, 1864-1868; professor, Augustana College and Seminary, Paxton, Ill., 1868-1879

Letters, books, and papers.

PA 18

*Chell, Erwin F. (1918- )

Papers, 1925-1957; 3 boxes, 1.8 cu. ft.

American Lutheran Church pastor and missionary to India.

PA 196/1

Constable, John W.

Papers c. 1958-1976, 2 boxes Accession 1983-0039

Professor, Wartburg Seminary Southwest, Austin, Texas; Retired 1987

PA 220

Dahlberg, Johan G. (1862-1933)

Papers, 1919-1922, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Galesburg, Ill. (First Lutheran), Salemsborg, Kans., Manitoba, and Indiana; professor, Augustana College

Letters and notes concerning revision of Luther’s Small Catechism, 1919-1922.

PA 19

Damm S. John, (1926- )

Papers, 1950-1980, 12 boxes (Accession 1983-0037)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Lutheran Church in America, and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor: New Jersey, New York

professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1966-1974; project director, president, academic dean, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1974-1981

PA 16

Dan, Adam (1848-1931)

Papers, 1872-1948, 1 box

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC) founder and first president, 1872-1874; pastor: Racine, Wis., 1871-1880; Salinas, Watsonville, and Chualar, Calif., 1880-1884; Minneapolis, 1884-1893; South Chicago, 1893-1896; Fredsville and Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1897-1900; Boston, 1900-1902; Chicago, 1902-1928; poet, author, editor

Sermon notes.

PA 75

Danielson, Elmer (1903-1994) & Lillian M. Larson (1899-1995)

Papers, 1927-1986, 5 boxes (Accession 1992-0156)

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor and wife, missionaries to Tanzania

PA 17/1

Danker, Frederick W. (1920- )

Papers, 1950s-1980s, 13 boxes (Accession 1985-0202)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of  Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor; professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Christ Seminary-Seminex, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; author

PA 26

Danker, William J. (1914 - )

Papers, 1969-1981, 3 boxes (Accession 1983-0040)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor: Illinois; missionary to Japan, 1948-1956; professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1956-1974, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1974-1983

See also: Collection at Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis.

PA 47

Day, David A. (1851-1897)

Papers, 1874-1897, 1 box, 1 microfilm reel

General Synod, pastor, missionary to Liberia

PA 137/1

Dolbeer, Martin L. (1897-1976)

United Lutheran Church in America/Lutheran Church in America pastor; missionary in India, 1921-1954; faculty of Thiel College, 1956-1967.

PA 199

Donmeyer, George  J.

Drach, George (1873-1957)

General Council and United Lutheran Church in America pastor; secretary, Board of Foreign Missions; author

Photocopies of photo album Drach, his family, friends, and work; Accession 2003-0173

PA 216

Edlund, Johan August (1861-1944)

Papers, 1887-1944, 3 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor:  Astoria, Ore, 1894-1900; Waukegan, Ill., 1900-1901; Los Angeles (Angelica Church), 1901-1905; Sparta, Mich., 1905-1907; Harcourt, Iowa, 1907-1908; Cannon Falls, Minn., 1908-1912; Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 1913-1914; Astoria OR, 1914-1917; Axtell, Neb., 1917-1920; Marshfield, Ore, 1920-1922, 1924-1939; Tacoma, Wash., 1922-1924; vice president, Columbia Conference

box 1: letters, 1887-1905; box 2: letters, 1906-1925; box 3: letters, 1926-1937.

PA 20

Edwins, August William (1871-1942)

Papers, 1909-1940, 1 box, 1 microfilm reel

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Stillwater, Minn., 1902-1905; first Augustana foreign missionary in China, 1905-1916; professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary in China, 1916-1942

PA 21/1

Erb, Earl S. (1899-1993)

Papers, 19511967, 1 box (.4 cubic ft.)

United Lutheran Church in America/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Pennsylvania; executive, Pennsylvania Ministerium; executive secretary, Board of Foreign Missions, United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church in America, 1953-1967

PA 52/1

Erickson, Peter (1835-1876)

Papers, 1845-1872, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Chicago (Immanuel - assistant pastor), 1866-1869; Chicago (Salem - founded and first pastor), 1868; Chicago (Gethsemane - organized), 1871

Sermons

PA 22

Ermisch, Karl Wilhelm Fredrich (1878-1954)

Papers, 1878-1954, 3 boxes (Accession 1988-0921)

Iowa Synod, American Lutheran Church, pastor: Texas and Minnesota; professor, Augsburg Seminary, 1928-1952

PA 53

Esbjorn, Lars Paul (1808-1870)

Papers, 1850s-1860s, microfilm only, 2 rolls (Original on indefinite loan to Augustana College, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center)

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church – founder, pastor: Sweden, Ill.; professor, Illinois State University at Springfield (later Carthage College); founder, professor, and first president, Augustana Seminary (Chicago), 1860-1863

Pa 23

Erickson, Robert A. and Betty

Papers, .5 box 1978-1995, Accession 2000-0070.

The American Lutheran Church/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America missionaries to Australia, 1982-1987, 1989-1993

PA 221

*Evald, Emmy Carlsson (1857-1946) and Carl Anderson Evald (1849-1909)

Papers, 1870-1946, 1957-1959, 3 boxes

Emmy: Founder and president Augustana Church Women's Missionary Society, Chicago, Ill., 1888-1910; Carl: Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church,  pastor, Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-1875; Chicago, 1875-1909

PA 25/1

Evjen, Victor H. ( ? - c. 1988)

Papers, 1920-1970, 2 boxes (Accession 1988-0700)

United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church in America layperson

PA 151

Faber, August (1869-1937)

Papers, 1903-1913, 1 box

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Hetland, S.D., 1894-1896; Marinette, Wis., 1896-1900; Clinton, Iowa, 1900-1908; Newell, Iowa, 1908-1921; editor, Kirkelig Samler, 1898-1914 (1904?)

Correspondence

PA 76

Fahs, Katherine (c. 1857-1942)

Papers, 1907, 1923

General Synod/United Lutheran Church in America missionary to India, 1894-1928

PA 217

Fenner, Harlan K. (1850-1929)

Papers, 1872-1895, 1 box

General Synod, United Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Crestline, Ohio, 1872-1877; Louisville, Ky. (Second English - renamed Fenner Memorial), 1877-1929

Ministerial journal, 1872-1873, handbook No. 1 (Bible readings) 1882, scrapbook of published articles, sermon notebook

PA 129

*Fischer, Dr. Viola I. (1899- ? )

Papers, 1940-1965, 1 box; slides and photographs - processed

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church missionary to China, medical doctor

PA 139/6

Fisher, Robert H. 

Papers, 2 boxes,

Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor; professor, Lutheran School of Theology; author

PA 215

Flatt, Donald Cecil (1912- )

Papers, 1954-1960s

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Illinois, Iowa; missionary to Tanzania; professor in School of Missions, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary

Manuscript of Man of Four Worlds: a Story of Mission in Three Continents, correspondence.

PA 131

*Fogelstrom, Erik Alfred (1850-1909)

Papers, 1862-1910, 1930, 8 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Brooklyn (Bethlehem), 1877-1879; Omaha, Neb., 1879-1889; founder and director of Immanuel Deaconess Institute in Omaha, NE, 1889-1906

Letters, sermons, autobiography, addresses, new clippings, and books.

PA 27/1

Forsander, Nils (1846-1929)

Papers, c.1898-1926, 6 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor : Sagetown-Aledo, Ill., 1873-1875; Mediapolis, Iowa, 1875-1880; Hepburn, Iowa, 1880-1890; professor, Augustana Seminary

box 1: letters, 1898-1926, sermons, book of his poetry, record of pastoral acts; box 2: catalog of his personal library, statements from Augustana Book Concern showing his purchases; box 3: sermons and sermon notes; box 4: class and lecture notes; box 5: notes from the various speeches he made, news clippings, notes of his biographical sketches of L. P. Esbjorn, Erland Carlson, and T.N. Hasselquist; box 6: notes from speeches he made, also news clippings.

PA 28

Foss, C. W. (1855-1935)

Papers, 1899-1912, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (General Council), layperson; professor, Augustana College; member, boards for home and foreign missions and hymnal committees.

box 1: class book, 1910-1911, lists of publications and dates, hymns (cut-outs); box 2: letters/correspondence, Mission Board, Immigration Home, synodical reports; box 3: petitions for aid and admittance to seminary, 1880, 1886-1890, 1989, miscellaneous papers. (Note: boxes 1 and 3 are on deposit in the library of Augustana College, Rock Island.)

PA 32

Frederick, Paul William Herman (1873-1965)

Papers, c. 1940s-1960s, 3 boxes: class notes, bound letters, degrees, personal papers.

General Council and United Lutheran Church in America, pastor; first president, Pacific Lutheran Seminary, 1911-1931; professor, Western Seminary, 1931-1949, Central Seminary, 1949-1953

PA 34

Fremling, John (1842-1917)

Papers, 1842-1916, 2 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Säbylund and Stockholm, Wis., 1871-1882

Welch and Hastings, Minn., 1882-1886; Fish Lake Church, North Branch, Minn., 1886-1899; Vasa, Minn., 1899-1901; Afton, Minn., 1901-1902; West Union, Carver, Minn., 1903-1911; Scandia Grove, Minn., 1911-1917

Daybooks, 1901-1905 Box 1: Daybooks; Box 2: day boos, 1901-1905.

PA 31

Frerichs, Albert C. (1910-1984) 

Papers, 1944-1974, 1 box (Accession 1988-0873)

American Lutheran Church, Pastor: Nebraska, California, and North Dakota; missionary to Papua New Guinea

PA 98

Fretheim, Severt J. (1876-1953)

3 microfilm reels Filmed by University of Montana Archives, 1969.

Norwegian Synod/Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor in the area of Plentywood, Montana, 1919-1919.

Sermons, other writings, notebooks.

PA 212

Frey, Edward S. (1909-1974)

Papers, 1952-1974, 12 boxes

United Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church in America , pastor: Pennsylvania; executive director, Departments of Church Architecture, ULCA, 1952-1962; Commission for Church Architecture, LCA, 1962-1974

Papers donated by Mrs. Edward S. Frey, official correspondence with congregations in the U.S. and Canada re: church architecture, 1952-1974.

PA 108

Fricke, Theodore (1904-2004)

Papers, 1926-1966, 2 boxes, slides (Accession 2002‑0139)

PA 155

Frincke, Herman R. (1912-    )

Papers, 1970s, 1 box (Accession 1996-0051)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, pastor: New York; executive director for administration, Eastern District, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1963-1965; president, Eastern District, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1966-1978

PA 145

*Fry, Franklin Clark (1900-1968)

Papers, 1925-1972, 7 boxes; 1 microfilm reel

United Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Akron, OH (Trinity Lutheran Church), 1929-1944; New York; president, United Lutheran Church in America, 1944-1962; president, Lutheran Church in America, 1962-1968

PA 97/1

 

*Gable, John W. (1910-2003)

Papers, 1931-1947, 14 films (16mm) (Accession 1991-0047)

United Lutheran Church in America/ Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, layperson

PA 148

Gartelman, Mildred (1899-2001)

Papers, 1918, 1930s-1980s, 1 box (Accession 1989-0050)

United Lutheran Church in America,/Lutheran Church in America,/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, layperson; Active in United Lutheran Church in America Georgia-Alabama Synod and National Luther League

PA 94

*Gottneid, Allan J. (1921-2006)

Papers, 1955-1985;  6 boxes (3.2 cu. ft.)

Augustana Lutheran Church/Lutheran Church in America lay missionary to Tanzania; served as secretary for Christian Education, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.

PA 201

Gottwald Family Collection

Papers, 1833-2004, 5 boxes

Family with several pastors and others prominent in the church from the 19th-20th century. Donated by Luther A. Gottwald, Jr.

PA 211

Graebner, Alexander

Papers, 1970-1975 , .5 box (Accession 1986-0044)

Son/Grandson of Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod theologians; teacher in St. Louis who gathered these papers together 

PA 157

Graesser, Carl Jr. (1929-1989)

Papers, 36 boxes (Accessions 1990-0141, 1990-0142, 1993-0013)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor; professor, Concordia Seminaries, St. Louis and Ft. Wayne; professor, Christ Seminary-Seminex; professor, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley

PA 159

Greever, Walton Harlowe (1870-1965)  

Papers, 1921-1964, 1 box (Accession 1985-0141)

United Synod South/United Lutheran Church in America/Lutheran Church in America, pastor: West Virginia, South Carolina; editor, The Lutheran Visitor Church Visitor and American Lutheran Survey; professor, Southern Seminary; president, South Carolina Synod; secretary, United Lutheran Church in America, 1932-1946

PA 158 

Groh, John E. (1939-    )

Papers 1960s-1970s, 5 boxes (Accession 1983-0041)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Illinois; professor, Concordia College, River Forest, 1970-1974; professor, Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1974-1978

PA 160

Gullander, Paul (1863-unknown)

Papers, 1896-1901, microfilm only, 1 reel

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Connecticut and Michigan; missionary, South Africa, 1896-1901; Augustana Book Concern; returned to Sweden 1914, dropped from roll 1922

Scrapbook (microfilm), book Tre ar i Afrika

PA 121

Gustafson, Martin W. (1912-1979)

Papers, 1952-1970, 4 boxes audio tapes (Accession 1987-843)

Augustana Church pastor in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Illinois, and Michigan

PA 191

Hall, George Fridolph (1908-2000)  

Papers, 1962-1963, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota; professor, Bethany College, Gustavus Adolphus College, De Paul University, Northwestern Lutheran Seminary, Marangu, Tanganyika, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; executive, National Lutheran Council

PA 107

Hansen, Andreas Skands (1859-1931)

Papers, 1882, 1 box

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin; demitted 1893; physician

Danish Bible with handwritten notations in margins and extra pages

PA 125 

Hansen, Niels M. (1866-1946)

Papers, 1888-1933, 1 box (Accession 1988-0012)

United Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor; secretary of mission board

PA 161

Hasselquist, Tuve Nilsson (1816-1891)

Papers, 1852-1891, microfilm only, 10 reels (Originals on indefinite loan to Augustana College) Letter Collection Indices, 1845-1872

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church – founder, pastor: Sweden; Galesburg, Ill. (First Lutheran), 1852-1863; Paxton, Ill., 1863-1875; Rock Island, Ill., 1875-1891; first president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1860-1870; president, Augustana College and Seminary, 1863-1870; author, editor and publisher of weekly Hemlandet 1855-1858

PA 24

Hecht, Harold L. (1923-1990)

Papers, 1974-1977, 1 box (Accession 1996-0050)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; pastor; president, English District, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; president, English District, Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches

PA 162

Helland, Andreas (1870-1951)

Papers, 1904-1999, 3 boxes

Pastor; missionary to India

Papers relating to Andreas Helland and family members, particularly Muriel and Bernhard Helland.

PA 153

Henningsen, Lorentz (1850-1927)

Papers, 1882-1926, 3 boxes

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Hetlands, S.D., 1898-1902; Diamond Lake, Minn., 1902-1905; Viborg, S.D., 1905-1909; Hutchinson, Minn., 1909-1917

Letters, lectures, sermons, photographs.

PA 77

*Herman, Stewart Winfield Jr.(1909-2006)

Papers, 1940s-1960s, 9 boxes

United Lutheran Church in America/Lutheran Church in America/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; pastor: American Church in Berlin, 1936-1941; world relief administrator, post-WWII; Lutheran World Federation, Latin America secretary; president, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1962-1971

Papers on international church agencies and Latin America, personal letters, World Council of Churches, National Lutheran Council.  See also: Collection at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.

PA 100/1

Hillman, Arthur (1909-1985)

Papers,  1950s-1960s, Manuscripts, articles, papers re: Lutheran World Conference on Social Responsibility, 1957.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America; professor of sociology, Roosevelt University, Chicago

PA 117

Hojbjerg, Carl Peter (Peder) (1873-1953)

Papers, n.d., 1 box

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), president and pastor, Nebraska Folk School at Nystead, Neb., 1907-1912; Steftsbjergby, Denmark, 1912-1914, president, Grand View College, 1915-1925; returned to Denmark, 1936

Letters re: Grand View College

PA 89

Holmes, Ludwig (1858-1910)  

Papers, 1870s-1880s, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Connecticut, New York, Iowa and Illinois; poet and writer

Notes, sermons, poetry, various papers, letters.

PA 35

Holmgren, C. J. A. (1859-1935)

PA 122

Papers, 1905-1920s, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire; demitted, 1911

Pamphlets, booklets, and writings.

PA 122

*Hult, Ralph Daniel (1888-1943)

Papers, 1914-1952;  1 box, 1 microfilm reel

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor, missionary to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Dar Es Salam

Biographical information and correspondence from 1919-1944

PA 124/1

Hultkrans, Carl August (1859-1915 )

Papers, 1870s-1880s, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church , pastor: Geneseo, Ill., 1889-1901; superintendent, Bethesda Hospital, Deaconess Institute, and Invalid Home, St. Paul, Minn.; superintendent, Home for the Aged, Chisago City, Minn.

Sermons, sermon drafts, letters, postcards from Germany and papers on Bethesda Hospital, Deaconess Home, the China Foreign Mission Board, and Old People’s Home.

PA 37

 

Jacobs, Paul E. (1914-1977)

Papers, 1970-1977, 1 box (Accession 1996-0049)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod , pastor: California; district president, California and Nevada, 1964-1977

PA 163 

Jaech, Emil G. (1913-    )

Papers, 1974-1976, 1 box (Accession 1996-0047)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, pastor: Washington; president, Northwest District, 1970-1982

PA 164 

Jensen, Alfred (1893-1966)

Papers, 1910s-1965, 14 boxes

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Cordova, Neb., 1920-1923; Tyler, Minn., 1923-1930; Cordova and Davey, Neb., 1930-1932; Kimballton, Iowa, 1932-1942; president, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), 1936-1960

Appointment books, 1914-1965, items from student days, merger notes and speeches, congregational reports, exhibits from conventions 1945-1947, personal 1962-1964.

PA 78 

Jensen, Laust (1852-1906)

Papers, 1880s-1890s, 1 box

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Jamestown, Kans., 1888-1891; Nebraska City, Neb., 1891-1901; Brush, Colo., 1901-1902; Cozad, Neb., 1902-1906

Letters

PA 79

Jensen, Valdemar Sejr (1876-1974)

Papers, 1899-1950s, 3 boxes: manuscripts, translations.

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan and Connecticut; professor, Grand View College; president, Danish Young Peoples League President, 1916-1926, 1929-1936

Author

PA 114

Johnson, Hjalmar Wilhelm (1896-1983)

Papers, 1930s, 4 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Minnesota and South Dakota; professor, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1925-1932; professor, Augustana College, 1932-1934, 1936-1944; professor, Augustana Theological Seminary, 1944-1964; author

Papers re: Yale University Ph.D. dissertation, “The Religious Thoughts of George B. Foster”

PA 119

Johnson, John (1822-1882) and S. A. Johnson

Papers, n.d., microfilm only, 1 reel

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Princeton, Ill., 1860-1866; Attica, IN, 1866-1877

Letters from Sweden.

PA 38

Johnston, Lawrence (Laurentius) A. (1855-1918)

Papers, 1903-1918, 3 boxes (box 1-3: letters; Box 4: sermons, miscellaneous papers)

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Des Moines, Iowa (First Lutheran), 1881-1886; Rockford, Ill. (Immanuel), 1886-1894; St. Paul, Minn. (First Lutheran), 1894-1904, 1911-1918; Moline, Ill. (First Lutheran), 1904-1911; vice president, Iowa and Minnesota Conferences; president, Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1911-1918

PA 39

Jorgensen, Ottar Sejr (1892-1987)

Papers, 1950s-1960s, 1 box 

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Minneapolis, Minn. (St. Peder’s), 1921-1926; Cedar Falls, Iowa (Bethlehem), 1926-1943; Chicago (Trinity), 1943-1946

Minneapolis, Minn., 1946-1962; superintendent, Children's Home, Chicago, Ill.

Letters and sermon notes.

PA 80

 

Kildegaard, Axel Christensen, Sr. (1880-1947)

Papers, 1917-1984, 1 box (Accessions 1985-0133, 1985-0142)

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC); pastor: Grayling, Mich., 1905-1908; Muskegon, Mich., 1908-1913; New York, N.Y., 1913-1920; Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1920-1925; Los Angeles, Calif., 1925-1927; Greenville, Mich., 1927-1937; Clinton, Iowa, 1937-1942; New York and Newark, NJ, 1944-1947; commissioner, ULCA Mission Board, Virgin Islands

Sermons and diaries.

PA 81

Kjolhede, Peder (1884-1937)

Papers, 1895-1930s, 4 boxes

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), pastor: Muskegon, Mich., 1880-1884; Sheffield, Ill., 1884-1887; Rosenborg, Neb., 1887-1893; Alden, Minn., 1893-1899; Newell and Alta, Iowa, 1899-1906; Ashland, Mich., 1906-1908; Grayling, Mich., 1908-1931; Ashland, Mich., 1931-1937; president, Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC), 1895-1903; author, editor, Kirkelig Samler, 1888-1892

Personal letters, official letters.

PA 82

Klass, Walter K.

Papers, 1935-1938, 1 box (Accession 1989-0059)

Pastor: Ottawa, Ill. area

PA 165

Klotsch (Klotsche), E.H. (1875-1937)

Papers 1928, 1 box: lecture notes, manuscripts.

General Council, United Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Nebraska; missionary, India; professor, Martin Luther Seminary, Western Theological Seminary, Fremont, Neb., Chicago Lutheran Seminary

PA 111

* Knubel, Frederick Hermann (1870-1945)

Papers, 1890-1945, 6 boxes

General Synod, United Lutheran Church in America, pastor: New York, NY (Atonement - founder), 1896-1918; president, United Lutheran Church in America, 1918-1944

Correspondence, articles, sermons, notebooks.

PA 102/1 

Knudsen, Johannes (1902-1982)

Papers, 1960s, 2 boxes (Accession 1985-0193)

Professor, Grand View College; president, Grand View College, 1942-1951; professor and dean, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Ill.

PA 166

Kohls, George H. (1885-1986) and Charlotte

Scrapbooks, 1949-86, 4 boxes (Accession 1992-164)

United Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church in America missionaries to China; pastor of German services in California; campus ministry

PA 192

Krantz, Johan Ander (1857-1945)

Papers, 1942, 1 box

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Salt Lake City, Utah, 1885-1891; Minneapolis (Ebenezer and Zion Churches), 1892-1894; Duluth, Minn. (Gloria Dei), 1894-1902; Duluth, Minn. (Elim and Bethel), 1902-1916; Cloquet, Minn., 1924-1927; Meadowlands, Minn., 1928-1932; president, Minnesota Conference, 1905-1913.

Letters and papers.

PA 40

Krentz, Edgar (1928-    )

Papers, 1961-1982, 4.5 boxes (Accession 1990-0127)

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod/Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, pastor: Missouri; professor, Concordia Seminary; professor, Christ Seminary-Seminex; Professor, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

PA 167

Kretzmann, Martin Luther (1906-2000)

Papers, 1964-1988, 5.5 boxes (Accession 1990-0143)

Missionary to India (1930-1963); Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (1963-1973); staff, Lutheran World Federation (1963-1974); member of Standing Committee of Theological Studies of the LCUSA

PA 168

*Kuder, John Henry Fred (1906-1990)

Papers, 1935-1986, 2 boxes (Accession 1994-0055)

American Lutheran Church, missionary to Papua New Guinea (1934-1973); bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Guinea (1956-1973)

PA 169/1 

*Kugler, Anna (1856-1930)

Papers, 1868-1983, 5.5 boxes; 8 reels microfilm

General Council missionary to India as Medical Doctor.

Letters, diaries, mementos. 

PA 41/1

*Lankenau , John D. (1817-1901)

Papers, 1816-1984 (bulk 1883-1901); 16 boxes; 7.3 cu. ft.

President of the German Hospital of the City of Philadelphia; brought German deaconesses to work as nurses in the hospital; later founded the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses

PA 213/1

*Larsen, Lauritz (1882-1923)

Diary 1920, 1 box, 1 microfilm reel

Norwegian Synod, Norwegian Lutheran Church in America, pastor: North Dakota, Iowa, New York, 1883-1930; secretary, National Lutheran Commission on Soldier's and Sailors Welfare , National Lutheran Council; president, National Lutheran Council

PA 141/1

*Larson, Oscar Leonard (1876-1960)

Papers, 1899-1974, 1 box

Augustana Lutheran Church pastor and missionary to India

PA 02/1

*Lehmann, Katherine (1876-1960)

Papers, 1930-1950, 1 box (Accession 1989-0025)

Joint Synod of Ohio and American Lutheran Church Women's Missionary Society, president

PA 170/1

Lerager, Jens Jensen (1883-1955)

Papers, 1911-1955, 1 box 

Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (DELC); Pastor: Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Colorado; Editor, The Child’s Friend; Author

Correspondence, photographs.

Lincoln, Julius (1872-1954)

Papers, 1885-1945, 13 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Meriden, Conn. (Augustana), 1895-1896; Jamestown, N.Y. (First Lutheran), 1896-1918; Los Angeles, Calif. (Angelica), 1918-1922; Chicago (Trinity), 1939-1944; secretary, Lutheran Brotherhood

box 1-3: letters; box 4: letters, addresses, sermons; box 5: papers and addresses; box 6-8: papers and addresses; box 9: sermons; box 10: books and papers; box 11: biographical material; box 12: biographical material, news-clippings, miscellaneous programs; box 13: biographical material, news-clippings, miscellaneous papers, bulletins.

PA 42

Lindahl, Sven Peter August (1843-1908)

Papers, 1880s-1890s, 8 boxes (Accession 1993-0139)

Editor, Barnens Tidning, 1886-1888; editor, Augustana, 1891-1908; president, Augustana Synod, 1888-1891; pastor: Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Dakotas; Woodhull, Ill.; Chicago (Immanuel), 1872-1873 - home missionary; Galesburg, Ill., 1873-1885; Altona, Ill., 1885-1888

Letters.

PA 43

*Lindberg, Conrad Emil (1852-1930)  

Papers, 1880-1930, 5 boxes

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, pastor: Philadelphia, Pa. (Zion), 1876-1879; New York City (Gustavus Adolphus), 1879-1890; professor, Augustana Seminary, 1890-1930; dean, Augustana Seminary, 1919-1930; president, New York Conference; author

Sermons, addresses, proof sheets, manuscripts, diary, lecture notes.

PA 44/1

Lindstrom, Anders (Andrew) Johasson (1843-1872)  

Papers, 1860s, 1 box

Pastor; professor, Augustana College and Seminary, 1872

Sermons, notes, books, papers.

PA 45 

Ludwig, Frederick Richard (1906-1974)  

Papers, 1932-1972, 19 books 7 items (Accession 1985-0050)

United Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Church in America, pastor; president, Iowa Synod ULCA, 1951