Missions -- Lutheran Church

• N.A. [North American] Missions Today - Roger Leenerts
• Starting a New Congregation - Victor Fry (October 26, 1983)

The collection contains correspondence, reports, council minutes, proposals, clippings, maps, newsletters, historical information, addresses, and photographs from the New Guinea Mission. There are specific files regarding Martin Luther Seminary and Papua New Guinea Synodical conferences.

The collection contains mostly files concerning the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Nigeria, including addresses, reports, sermons, correspondence, books, bulletins, legal documents, financial records, board minutes, and photographs. There is also school and teaching materials, as well as files from the Lutheran Bible Institute. The Yala Translation of the New Testament is also a part of the collection.

Correspondence, diaries/mss, legal documents, photos, printed materials

The collection contains records and correspondence. It contains the minutes from the 1948 Pastoral Conference, the 1949 Lutheran Philippine Mission Conference, and the 1950 Executive Committee. The collection also contains correspondence between Buntrock and the Board for Mission Services concerning his work as a missionary in the Philippines and China. A preliminary inventory is in box 1.

This is an original artwork (19 1/4" x 25 1/4") of Rev. Hill seated by Freddie H. Larkin. Rev. Hill is possibly Rev. William O. Hill who served a parish in Yonkers, New York. There is an accompanying letter which offers some insight on the purpose for the artwork.