Missions -- Lutheran Church

Interviewers: Rev. Walt and Helena De Moss; Subject: Ghana Missions; Tape 00:26; Broadcast date 25 August 1978.

27 cubic foot boxes; 3 - 5" document boxes; 3 flat boxes; 50 general artifacts; 10 framed objects;

The majority of this collection focuses on post-World War 2 Asia (especially Japan) Missions. There are photos, films, artifacts, papers, and reports. Includes a Concordia Triglotta with marginalia. The photos are generally Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri: circa. 1937). There is also some correspondence, manuscripts and printed material from a separate accessioning.

Contains material of a general nature relating to the local cultures including the Enga people. There is a history of the Wabag Lutheran Church 1948-1978, a yearbook from Saint Paul Lutheran High School (Pausa Wapenamanda, PNG), and a rural development handbook.

The collection contains the original diary of Doederlein's travels, transcriptions and translations, notes, and photographs. Two memory books contain entries dated 1857-1859 by his parents and siblings and by people at Neuendettelsau, including Gottfried Fritschel and Wilhelm Loehe, prior to his coming to the U.S.

Correspondence, diaries/mss, legal documents, minutes/agenda, reports

The collection focuses mainly on Rev. Fey's work in African-American missions. It includes books, manuscripts, papers, and photos. The books include "Piney Woods and Its Story" and "The Spirit of Piney Woods", both by Laurence C. Jones; "History of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" by Robert L. Jack; and "Social Conditions of the Negro in the Hill District of Pittsburgh" compiled by Ira De A. Reid.