Missions -- Lutheran Church

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The collection focuses mainly on Rev. Fey's work in African-American missions. It includes books, manuscripts, papers, and photos. The books include "Piney Woods and Its Story" and "The Spirit of Piney Woods", both by Laurence C. Jones; "History of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" by Robert L. Jack; and "Social Conditions of the Negro in the Hill District of Pittsburgh" compiled by Ira De A. Reid.

Scope and Contents The Frankenmuth Historical Association donated this collection to Concordia Historical Institute in 1983. It includes an array of photocopied letters (1840-1920) of early residents of Frankenmuth, Michigan, as well as an assortment of transcribed letters from Friedrich August Craemer (1812-1891), the founder of the mission colony in Frankenmuth. There are various church registers, bylaws, and congregational records, mainly from Saint Lorenz Lutheran Church. The photographs available are a...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of personal records and correspondence, a diary and documents from a mission trip to India and synodical director of missions, mementoes from his seminary experiences and a history of the Friedrich family dating from 1735. Folder List 1. Biographical 2. Correspondence 1857–1952 3. Transcribed interview with August Suelflow, 1955–1956 4. Diary, trip to India, August 1912 to March...

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Fritze's story and reminiscence regarding his mission experience.

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The collection covers the lives of Rev. Arnold and Mrs. Marie Gebhardt, missionaries to China. There is also materials relating to Rev. and Frieda Thode (nee Oelschlaeger) who also served in China.

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The collection contains the correspondence of Albert and Lillie while in Madagascar.

Scope and Contents One item is correspondence from Heerboth to O. H. Schmidt (May 23, 1949) Another folder holds a 1967 Guild Diary (bound). The diary appears to have been used as a "Today in History" to identify certain events which had occurred in LCMS Missions each day of the year. The notations appear to have been made by Dr. Herman Koppelmann and eventually given to Paul Heerboth. Paul Heerboth then appears to have added an additional listing or summary handwritten on yellow...

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This collection contains items from Harold Heinlein's life including photos and diplomas from his mission time in India and his time at Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri).