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Military Chaplains

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Johann Leonhard Daib Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-3182
Scope and Contents The Johann Leonhard Daib Family Collection spans several generations. The Daib family members described in the biographical notes are the ones for whom specific material can be found in this collection. There is a separate collection on Pastor Walter Daib that contains information about his service as military chaplain and European representative of the synodical mission board.Two separate genealogies are part of this collection, one starting in 1570 and the other in 1607 (f.2)....
Dates: 1830 - 1974

Fred T. Eggert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0869
Content Description

Four boxes - Files of Rev. Fred T. Eggert: class notes; correspondence from his parish ministry; files from Lutheran Service Centers with Armed Forces Commission in various US cities and Germany

Dates: 1945 - 1979

Harold G. Woodworth, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-3139
Scope and Contents

Autobiography and correspondence, some relating to his chaplaincy work in the Vietnam War.

Dates: 1933 - 1986

Milton S. Ernstmeyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0311
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Ernstmeyer's original orders for the military chaplaincy from 1943 to 1970 and several Armed Forces editions of the New Testament, Psalms, and the Book of Prayers. An additional folder of biographical information is also included which was moved from the CHI biographical files February 2016. A preliminary inventory is in Box 2.

Dates: 1941 - 1991

Oscar W. Schoech Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0731
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, articles, and booklets. Keywords: Chaplain, War Crimes, Japan Mission, Danker, Sugamo Prison

Dates: 1949 - 1976

Michael E. Ramming Writings

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0780
Content Description

  • Brief Biographical Summary
  • Words of Prespective, Encouragement and Guidance: For LCMS Military Chaplains by Capt. Michael E. Ramming (2017, 14 pages)
  • Fifty Years of Ministry Memories: Michael Evert Ramming (2019, 15 pages)

Dates: 1969 - 2019

Martin Henry Scharlemann (1910-1982) Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: M-0057
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Air Force chaplaincy files, files on various charities, files regarding "Parables", correspondence, awards and honors, postcards, photographs, yearbooks, manuals, minutes, and convention and conference proceedings. There is also a large collection of Scharlemann's teaching notes and files.

Dates: 1930 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1980

The Fred Richard Lammert Papers

 Series
Identifier: Collection ID-3170
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscripts of radio sermons delivered while he was in Brady, Texas.

Dates: 1936 - 1942

Theodore P. Bornhoeft Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-0926
Scope and Contents

The collection contains "Sunny: the Autobiography of [Lt. Col.] Theodore Bornhoeft"; photograph; materials from TPB Publications

Dates: 1915 - 1990

Alexander P. von Schlichten (1902-1951) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Collection ID-2195
Scope and Contents

Chaplain correspondence, photos, printed material

Dates: 1930 - 1951