Concordia College (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Records
Scope and Contents
Box 1
- f.1 Book One (German) Minutes 1903-1912
- f.2 Book Two (German) Minutes 1913-1915
- f.3 Book Three (most in German; 5 pages in English) Minutes, 1915-1919
- f.4 Book Four (German and English) Minutes 1920-1929
- f.5 Book Five (English and German) Minutes 1930-1932
- f.6 Book Six (English and German) Minutes and correspondence, miscellaneous records 1932-34
Box 2
- f.1 Book Seven (English) Minutes, correspondence and miscellaneous records 1935-36 (Minutes of 1936 missing)
- f.2 Book Eight, (English) Minutes, other miscellaneous correspondence 1941-1949
- f.3 Book Nine (a bound book and loose material) 1943-1944
- f.4 Part of Book Nine
- f.5 Book Ten (English) Minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1946
- f.6 Book Eleven (English) Minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1947
Box 3
- f.1 Book Twelve (English) miscellaneous papers 1948
- f.2 Book Thirteen (English) miscellaneous correspondence 1949-1959
- f.3 Book Fourteen (English) minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1949-1951
- f.4 Book Fifteen (English) Minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1950-1954
Box 4
- f.1 Book Sixteen (English) Minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1955-1959
- f.2 Book Seventeen (English) Minutes and miscellaneous correspondence 1960-1961
- f.3 Report by Henry W. Horst "Important Facts and Records 1931" of Concordia College: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Box 5
- Loose document "Concordia College, June 1940" by Martin Graebner
- f.1 Board of Control Minutes November 1962-June 1969
- f.2 Board of Control Minutes 1970-1977
- f.3 Alumni
- f.4 Buildings "New"
- f.5 Buildings "Old"
- f.6 Faculty
- f.7 Luther Statue
- f.8 News
- f.9 Programs
- f.10 Students
Minutes of the Board of Control of Concordia College, Saint Paul, Minnesota: 1903-1961 (missing the minutes of 1936 - Aug. 18, 1941) Early records are in German, later ones are in English.
Dates
- Creation: 1903 - 1961
Biographical / Historical
Concordia College is located in the Midway of metropolitan area of the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The 26-acre campus at Concordia Avenue and Syndicate Street, St. Paul, near the University of Minnesota which offers additional academic and cultural resources. The original site and four buildings were purchased from the State of Minnesota in 1894. Additions to the campus were purchased in 1902, 1917, and 1948. Five acres were added in 1960, and five acres in 1969, enlarging the campus to its present size of twenty-six acres. In close proximity apartments were purchased on Marshall Avenue, Dayton Avenue and Lexington Parkway and are serving adequately as residences for students. Concordia College is one of sixteen colleges and seminaries affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It was founded in 1893 with a three-year classical and normal preparatory course. A fourth year was added in 1902 and two years of college in 1905. The normal preparatory course was discontinued in 1903. The first two years of a teacher education program for college women were added in 1950. The college was expanded in 1962 to a four-year degree- granting institution for college women in teacher education. In 1965 the male teacher education program was expanded to four years. The first class graduated from the Junior College in 1907. The total number of graduates from 1907 to 1970 is 3200. The Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon the first graduates of the program in June 1964.
Extent
2.10 Linear Feet (Four 5" letter boxes; one 5" legal box)
2 Reels (Microfilm) : positive ; 35 mm
Language of Materials
German
English
Physical Location
1.14.4.3
Physical Location
Microfilm 0786-0787
Custodial History
Donated by Ellen Horst, December 1952; Board of Control, Concordia College, Saint Paul, August 1970.
Subject
- Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) (Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- Concordia College (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- WE / GEM
- Date
- March 1971
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- May 10, 2023: Revised by Mark J. Bliese
Repository Details
Part of the Concordia Historical Institute Repository
804 Seminary Place
Saint Louis MO 63105 USA
314-505-7935
reference@concordiahistoricalinstitute.org