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Herman Ludwig August Lange Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0533

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a financial account notebook, tickets to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, correspondence and other material. A preliminary inventory is available at CHI.

Dates

  • Creation: 1878 - 1941

Biographical / Historical

August Lange was born on 5 January 1864 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He attended Concordia College, Fort Wayne before graduating from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis in 1886. He served as pastor in Freemont, Nebraska (1886 to 1891), assistant pastor in Chicago, (1891 to 1894), and pastor in Saint Louis (1894 to 1896). He then assumed pastoral charge of Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, organizing it as Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1900 to 1922. He died on 29 November 1938.

Extent

.43 Linear Feet (One 5" letter box;)

Language of Materials

English

German

Physical Location

3.15.1.1

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Anna and Hedwig Lange (July 1953) and Anna Lange (June 1983).

Title
Herman Ludwig August Lange Papers
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