Rudolph H. C. Meyer Papers

Rudolph Meyer was born on 3 April 1881. He graduated from Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) in 1904. He served parishes in Elmore, Ohio (1904 to 1909), Detroit, Michigan (1909-1925), and Saint Louis, Missouri (1925 to 1958). He served as the secretary of the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House from 1926 to 1950, chair of the Church Extension Board of Michigan from 1915 to 1925, chair of the Mission Board of the Western District from 1945 to 1951, and editor of the "Lutheran Witness" of the Western District from 1936 to 1956. He died on 8 February 1958.