California -- History

One folder contains Minute Book Contents 1933-1949; two folders contain membership record information; 50th anniversary booklet; bound Men's Club minutes from 1932-1933; two bound church record books, as well as The Practical Church Record (bound). The Practical Church Record includes the information from Church Record Books #1 and #2.

Church Record Book 1929-1979

• Baptisms 1930-1978
• Confirmations 1931-1979
• Marriages 1931-1978
• Burials 1929-1978

Church Record Book 1979-2006

• Confirmations 1979-2005
• Baptisms 1979-2006
• Marriages 1979-2003
• Funerals 1979-2005

The collection consists of a ledger containing the minutes of the congregation in handwritten German. The minutes are found on pages 8 through 54 of the ledger and cover the entire period of the congregation’s existence. There is also a membership list on page 1. The remainder of the 180 pages in the ledger are blank

Official acts

This collection contains council minutes, voter's meeting minutes, and financial records. There are also membership records, photos, blueprints, LWML materials, correspondence, anniversary materials, some legal documents, and constitutions.

Baptisms: 1958-205. Confirmations: 1959-2004. Marriages: 1960-1997. Funerals: 1959-1999.

Congregational history, correspondence, printed material, reports; official acts, 1955-2005. Hispanic Mission files (at Holy Cross) are also included.

Parish register; financial records; minutes

Bulletins and order of service

Mount Olive Lutheran Church

• Mount Olive Lutheran Church welcome brochure
• Service Bulletin: Services of Dedication (May 11, 1958)

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

• "Church to mark 50th year" by Mike Sprague Whittier Daily News, October 30, 2008

Correspondence, documents, orders of service