World War, 1939-1945

• Liturgical Society of St. James
• Lutheran Chaplains Association I
• Lutheran Chaplains Association II
• Lutheran Liturgical Research Society

The majority of this collection focuses on post-World War 2 Asia (especially Japan) Missions. There are photos, films, artifacts, papers, and reports. Includes a Concordia Triglotta with marginalia. The photos are generally Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Missouri: circa. 1937). There is also some correspondence, manuscripts and printed material from a separate accessioning.

The collection consists of letters from Tschopp to his parents and siblings. The letters "reveal the importance of family relationships and a strong support system from family and friends, but also the paramount position that the church and religious background played during those troublesome times" (from the Foreword by his wife, Dorothy, to the published collection of letters, 2000.)

The collection contains the manuscript of an article he wrote for The Lutheran Witness and a letter of 18 November 1945 from Munich, Germany, to Rev. Alfred Doerffler describing post-war Germany, the Lutheran Church in Germany, and the Polish Lutheran Church in Exile in London.

The folder contains personal correspondence concerning work on the Lutheran Confessions. There is also a manuscript.

Pictures of Tokyo, appears to be before World War W2. Silent. Sakura Graph Imprint.

The collection contains two items from World War 1 that Chaplain Gerken received during his chaplaincy service during the war: a "Soldbuch" (payroll record) for a German noncommissioned officer and a First Army, AEF, situation map showing the German order of battle as of 3/4 November 1918.

The collection consists of a letter, 9 December 1945, to members of his McAllen, Texas, congregation who were serving or had served in the military during World War 2.