Oliver R. Harms (1901-1980) Collection

Collection

Identifier: Collection ID-0062

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Box 1

f.01 Personal Matters: O. H. Harms
f.02 Mail: Meetings, Special Events, Personal, etc.
f.03 Church Government
f.04 Addresses: O. H. Harms
f.05 Speaking: O. H. Harms
f.06 Articles, Reports, etc.: O. H. Harms
f.07 Sermons: O. H. Harms
f.08 Sermons [2]: O. H. Harms
f.09 Sermons, Radio: O. H. Harms
f.10 Occasional Sermons
f.11 Reports and Addresses
f.12 Addresses and Reports as LC-MS President
f.13 Talks and Articles
f.14 Soc 332: Criminology (1940)
f.15 Southeast Texas Pastoral Conference
f.16 Congratulations to Presidency (1962)
f.17 Congratulations to Presidency [2] (1962)

Box 2

f.01 Correspondence: General A-J
f.02 Correspondence: General K-Z
f.03 Personal Correspondence: A-M
f.04 Personal Correspondence: N-Z
f.05 Correspondence: A-G
f.06 Correspondence: I-J
f.07 Correspondence: K
f.08 Correspondence: L
f.09 Correspondence: M-Z
f.10 Correspondence: Re: Synodical Matters
f.11 125th Anniversary Thank Offering and Misc. Correspondence
f.12 Speaking 1972
f.13 Speaking Requests 1973
f.15 Correspondence: “Statement on Reconciliation”
f.16 Commission on Theology and Church Relations: 1963-65 Discussions
f.17 CTCR: Discussions re: Fellowship (1964-65)
f.18 CTCR: Hermeneutics Committee #1
f.19 CTCR: “Theology of Fellowship” (1965) and “Toward Fellowship (1969)
f.20 CTCR: Formulation of Document on Authority, Inerrancy of Scripture
f.21 CTCR: “A Lutheran Stance Toward Contemporary Biblical Studies”
f.22 Trinity Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas (Personal Correspondence)
f.23 Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, MO

Box 3

f.01 Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois
f.02 Concordia Teachers’ College, Seward, Nebraska
f.03 Concordia, Seward, NE Lectures #1-7 and Notes
f.04 Concordia, Seward, NE Lectures #8-14
f.05 [Concordia, Seward, NE Lectures] Duplicates
f.06 Stewardship
f.07 Statistical Department
f.08 Synodical Administration
f.09 Fellowship I
f.10 Fellowship II
f.11 The Lutheran Union: Reports, Letters, and Other Materials
f.12 Miscellaneous [I]
f.13 Miscellaneous [II]
f.14 Correspondence
f.15 Correspondence after 1969 Election – Regrets
f.16 Regrets about non-election
f.17 Correspondence: Post-1969 Convention
f.18 Red Binder Folder
f.19 Grey Binder Folder: Manual of Instructions for The President’s Fellowship
f.20 LC-MS 125th Anniversary and Various Letters
f.21 Regional, District Convention, American Lutheran Church
f.22 Miscellaneous
f.23 President’s Invitation Meeting: April 4, 1963

Supplemental Collections

Box 1

Item #1: Folder of items removed from General Biographical Files on 1/25/1999
Item #2: Valparaiso Centennial Commencement Program, 1959
Item #3: Texas District Commemoration
Item #4: Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Valparaiso 1963
Item #5: Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Concordia, Saint Paul, MN, 1965
Item #6: Texas Commemoration of 50th Ordination Anniversary
Item #7: Distinguished Visiting Professor, Concordia, Seward, NE, 1971
Item #8: Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from The ELT Seminary, Columbus, OH, 1966
Items #9-11: Scrapbooks on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of service for Oliver Harms, 1976

Box 2

f.1 Sermons and Addresses
f.2 Telephone Messages, 1967-1968
f.3 Photographs
f.4 Newsletters, Memo to My Brethren, 1963-1969
f.5 Biographical Info: Anniversaries and Awards
f.6 45th Ordination Anniversary

Box 3

f.1 Addresses 1965-1967
f.2 Addresses 1967-1974, Correspondence
f.3 Missouri Will Survive
f.4 (2012-02-06) Biographical Materials
f.5 Sermons and Addresses

Box 4

f.1 Doctrinal Papers [A Partial List]

Principles of Biblical Interpretation in the Lutheran Confessions by Ralph A. Bohlmann
The Doctrine of the Church in the Lutheran Confessions
An Exegetical – Devotional Study on II Peter 1:16-18 by Paul E. Jacobs
Hexaemeron: Theology and Science with the Church Fathers by Herman Sasse
The Interpretation of Jonah and An Examination
Some Thoughts on the Theological Presuppositions for the Lutheran Approach to the Scriptures by Herbert J. A. Bouman
Memorial Wreaths: A Christian Practice?
Heavenly Forces and Beings
The Kingdom of Heaven
Lutheran Hermeneutics and Hermeneutics Today by John Warwick Montgomery
Lutheran and Jew: An Exchange of Viewpoints by John H. Elliott
The Antichrist by Frederick W. H. Janzow
A Theology of the Laity by Hendrick Kraemer
Requirements for Covenant Between God and Man
The Church’s Bureaucracy: Is It Really Necessary? by Herbert Stroup
Septicaemia: A reply to Bishop Robinson and to all new-rationalists by Gerhard Bergmann
The Introduction of the Historical-Critical Method and Its Relationship to Lutheran Hermeneutics by Fred Kramer
The Symphony of Creation
Concerning the Concept of Revelation by Herman Sasse
Assembling the Books of the OT
Altar Fellowship in the New Testament from the Third General Missionary Conference 1964
A Grammatical Study of Romans 16, 17 by Robert George Hoerber
Some Thoughts on Inter-Denominational Relations in the Light of the Bible by Herbert J. A. Bouman
Christ’s Use of the Old Testament in its Bearing upon Problems of Isagogics, Particularly the Pentateuch
What Total Commitment to the Sola Gratia of the Lutheran Confessions Involves
The Lutheran Confessions and Sola Scriptura

f.2 Ed. 436: Vocational and Educational Principles in Guidance
f.3 Psy. 666: Psychology of Individual Differences
f.4 Ed. 337: Child Psychology (through adolescence)
f.5 Personal Writings for LLL, New Year, Palm Sunday, and Pentecost
f.6 Sermons for Advent, Anniversaries, Ascension, Boards, and Christmas
f.7 Addresses
f.8 Theological Study Papers

Three Questions Raised by the Essay of Dr. Habel
Hermeneutical Pre-Suppositions of Modern Interpretation and their Implications for Biblical Inerrancy by Lorman Petersen
Ministry and Life in the Seven Churches by Arthur C. Repp
Evaluation of the Scientific Theory of the Origin and Preservation of the World in the Light of Scriptures by Raymond F. Surburg
Professional Evaluation of Dr. Surburg’s Evaluation of the Scientific Theory of the Origin and Preservation of the Word in Light of the Scriptures by Frede Mortensen
Truth in the New Testament by Martin H. Franzmann
The Concept of Truth in the Old Testament by Alfred von Rohr Sauer
Isagogical Problems: Source Hypotheses, Form Criticism, Pseudonymity by Lorman M. Petersen
Genesis Three in Light of Key Hermeneutical Considerations by Ralph D. Gehrke
The New Hermeneutic and Related Questions by Edgar Krentz

Loose Items

Pastoraltheologie by C. F. W. Walther (with marginalia)
Loose leaf booklet with handwritten notations
Doctor of Divinity Degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Gold Lamb Medal from the Lutheran Layman’s League
Loose items in one manila folder
Large Red Scrapbook for the 45th Ordination Anniversary of Dr. Oliver R. Harms, April 23, 1971

Dates

Creation: 1906 - 1981

Biographical / Historical

Oliver Harms was born on 11 December 1901 in Cole Camp, Missouri. He graduated from Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) in 1926. He served congregations throughout Texas, including Eden, San Angelo, Brownwood, Eola, and Houston. In 1939 he became the second vice-president of the Texas District, and in 1942 he became its first vice-president, which he was until 1948. His service to the Synod began in 1956 when he became the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's fourth vice-president. In 1959 he became the first vice-president. And in 1962 he became the president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, a position hw held until 1969 and during which he was instrumental in forming the Lutheran Council U.S.A. Harms died on 3 June 1980.

Extent

4.76 Linear Feet (Four cubic foot boxes; one 5" legal box; two 2" letter boxes; six loose items)

Language of Materials

English

German

Additional Description

Physical Location

A.03.10.01, A.03.10.02, A.03.10.03

Custodial History

Original collection ID: M-0062

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Oliver Harms, April 1980; anonymously, January 1985; Aden Holasek (granddaughter), 27 February 2012. BFH, October 1993; ORH, September 1992. Donated by Richard F. Wagner, March 1982;