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George J. Meyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0586

Scope and Contents

The collection contains essays, reports, minutes, and correspondence regarding doctrinal unity, fellowship, missions, councils, etc.

Box 1

  • Folder 1: Essays and reports concerning the Boy Scouts and the Chaplaincy
  • Folder 2: Doctrinal Unity Committee Minutes 1946-1957
  • Folder 3: Doctrinal Unity Committee Minutes 1958-1962
  • Folder 4: Texts and revisions of the Common Confession
  • Folder 5: Analysis, evaluation, and criticism of the Common Confession, including letters
  • Folder 6: Essays concerning the doctrine of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Box 2

  • Folder 1: Essays concerning the doctrine of the church
  • Folder 2: Various essays on doctrines of the church
  • Folder 3: Letters, reports, essays on church fellowship and union
  • Folder 4: Reports and essays on foreign missions and doctrinal unity in missions
  • Folder 5: Various letters from and to Dr. Meyer
  • Folder 6: Reports concerning Lutheran World Federation
  • Folder 7: Letters, reports, and essays concerning unity with American Lutheran Church and Missouri Synod membership in National Lutheran Council

Box 3

  • Folder 1: Doctrinal essays on the Means of Grace including the Word and Sacraments
  • Folder 2: Text and letters, reports, and essays concerning Statementarians, Statement of the 44
  • Folder 3: Essays, reports, and resolutions of the Synodical Conference 1946-1960
  • Folder 4: Letters, essays, and resolutions from various Missouri Synod Conventions
  • Folder 5: Reports, essays, and programs from the Theologians Conference at Thiensville Wisconsin in 1960
  • Folder 6: Texts and essays concerning united testimony on faith and life 1952
  • Folder 7: Essays, letters, and reports concerning doctrinal unity with the Wisconsin Synod and Norwegian Synod
  • Folder 8: Various essays, reports, and tracts on topics as Lodges, Confessional Lutheran, et cetera

Boxes 4 thru 6

  • Supplemental
  • Dates

    • Creation: 1946 - 1962

    Biographical / Historical

    George Meyer was born on 13 November 1880 in Modena, Wisconsin. He attended Concordia College (Saint Paul: 1896-1899), Concordia College (Milwaukee: 1899-1902), and Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis: 1902-1905). He served parishes in (Bismarck, Alberta, Canada); (Egypt Mills, Missouri); (Schumm, Ohio); (Sauers, Indiana); and (Bristol, Connecticut). He was appointed to the Committee for Doctrinal Unity for the Atlantic District in 1944. He retired in 1959. He died on 2 April 1968.

    Extent

    2.33 Linear Feet (Five 5" letter boxes; one 3" book box)

    Language of Materials

    English

    Physical Location

    3.18.1.7.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Donated by C.S. Meyer, July 1965 (CSM JUL 1965)

    Title
    George J. Meyer Papers
    Status
    In Progress
    Author
    Transcribed by kmz
    Date
    Transcribed May 27, 2021
    Language of description
    English
    Script of description
    Latin

    Repository Details

    Part of the Concordia Historical Institute Repository

    Contact:
    804 Seminary Place
    Saint Louis MO 63105 USA
    314-505-7935