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Dorothy Degnitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-3054

Scope and Contents

Contains material of a general nature relating to the local cultures including the Enga people. There is a history of the Wabag Lutheran Church 1948-1978, a yearbook from Saint Paul Lutheran High School (Pausa Wapenamanda, PNG), and a rural development handbook.

  • Surgical Experience of Tribal Warfare in Papua New Guinea by C. E. Lennox and R. E. Pust (1979)
  • Brief Summary of New Guinea Lutheran Mission (1948-1971: 2 pages)
  • The Enga People by Mark Yapao (1979: 4 pages)
  • Wabag Lutheran Church (1948-1978: 7 pages)
  • Wokmisin: Long Taim Bilong Woa Na I Kam Inap Long 1919 by Helmut Horndasch. Niugini Luteran (1986)
  • Wok Misin I Kamap Long Madang Yia 1900-1914 by Walter Yalamu. Niugini Luteran (1986)
  • I Speak in the House of My Hosts - The Missionary's Integration into the Local Community by Bernard Joinet. Translated by Olga Pendergast. Reprinted from Lumen Vitae (1974)
  • Wokman - Wabag Luteran Sios - Evangelism Opis (January 1978)
  • Enga Niusi - Nius Bilong Enga Stret (January 1979)
  • Wantok (Namba 135: 1976)
  • Immanuel Lutheran Hospital Information Sheet (2 pages)
  • New Guinea Future: 'Stay Close to People'. Cross and Caduceus (February 1975)
  • Program: General Nurse Graduation - Lutheran School of Nursing (Madang: June 17, 1989)
  • Hospital: Source of Community Health Care. Cross and Caduceus (Spring 1982)
  • Ministry in Wanikande. Cross and Caduceus (Fall 1980)
  • Free to Serve: Story of Three Men by Sandra Rhodes. Cross and Caduceus (July 1976)
  • Focus: The Guatemala Earthquake. Cross and Caduceus (Easter 1976)
  • The Lutherans: A Word Publishing survey to celebrate 100 years of Lutheran involvement in PNG development (1885-1985: 20 pages)
  • Food, Sickness, and Death in Children in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea by C. W. Binns. (4 pages + addenda)
  • Gutnius Lutheran Church: Papua New Guinea - Sios Kaunsil Minits (December 10-14, 1984)
  • Gutnius Lutheran Church: Papua New Guinea - Church Council Minutes (March 25-29, 1985)
  • Booklet: The Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ, Wabag Lutheran Church (June 1975, translated October 1975: 19 pages)
  • Patagenya Mana Nyigirama - The Yearbook of Saint Paul Lutheran High School (Pausa, Wapenamanda: 1973)
  • Liklik Buk: Bilong Kain Kain Samting - A Rural Development Handbook / Catalogue for Papua New Guinea (January 1976)
  • The Healing Arts and the Church | Medical - Theological Retreat. Proceedings (Peaceful Valley, Colorado: September 23-27, 1968). Lutheran Medical Mission Association
    • The Christian Congregation as a Healing Community by W. F. Wolbrecht
    • The Lutheran Institute of Human Ecology by Frederic M. Norstad
    • The Therapy of The Good News and The People of God by William E. Hulme
    • The North American Congregation Involved in Healing by O. H. Reinboth
    • Integration of Chaplaincy and Medical Work by Kenneth J. Siess
    • Personal Reflections on the Conoor Conference - Where Do We Go from Here by Thomas A. Droege
    • Riverside (Detroit) Innercity Clinic by Marianne Denman
    • The Denver Clinic at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church by Leland Huhn and James Brockman
    • Vocation by Meinert Grumm
    • Christian Healing Through the Congregation (Diagram) by Paul T. Buerger
    • Proposed Credo for Christian Medical Workers by Paul T. Buerger
  • Bulle's Foibles: Personal Thoughts and Hopes for Discussion at the Conoor Study Retreat (March 1967)

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1948 - 1985

Language of Materials

English, Enga, Ipili

Biographical / Historical

Served as a missionary / nurse at Immanuel Lutheran Hospital (Mambisanda, Enga Province).

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (One 2" legal box)

Physical Location

3.8.3.6

Title
Dorothy Degnitz 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