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Carl Herbert Scaer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-2986

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a mimeographed copy of "Homiletik und Katechetik" with student notes and loose inserted notes from his time at Concordia Seminary. The book also bears the signature of his younger brother, Ernest F. Scaer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1917

Biographical / Historical

Scaer was born 26 October 1896 at Winfield, Kansas, the son of Prof. Charles and Hannah Mortock Scaer. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, in 1920 and served as pastor at Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Chicago, and as a professor at the Luther Institute, Chicago, and Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois, until 1970. He died 23 August 1983 at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is buried in Clearwater, Florida. He was survived by a son, Robert, and a daughter, Marguerite Pond.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

German

Physical Location

3.21.4.4

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to CHI by Walter H. Wente, May 1961.

Title
Carl Herbert Scaer 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