Collection: Paul Gustave Eckert Papers | Concordia Historical Institute

Scope and Contents

The collection contains files regarding the "Caste Controversy", correspondence, minutes from the 55th Trivandrum Conference, books, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, etc.

Dates

Creation: 1899 - 1960

Language of Materials

German; English;

Biographical / Historical

Paul Eckert was born on 21 July 1901 in Mulhouse, France. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, in 1925. He served parishes in Lester Prairie, Minnesota and Independence, Missouri as well as serving as a missionary in Trivandrum and Travancore, South India. Eckert died on 19 November 1984.