Summary Information
Ezekiel Lutheran Church (River Falls, Wis.) Records 1890-1997
- Ezekiel Lutheran Church (River Falls, Wis.)
River Falls Mss Y
7.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes, 18 volumes)
UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records of a church founded in 1890. The records consist of papers of the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit; and congregation records including correspondence and business papers, minutes, financial records, bulletins, sermons, records of marriages, baptisms, and confirmations, 1901-1930, and records of several church-sponsored. There are also histories of some of these groups as well as photographs of church buildings, pastors, and older members of the congregation. Also included are pictorial church directories from 1993 and 1997. The records concerned with the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit, include correspondence and business papers, minutes of the board, minutes of the annual conventions, and folders relating to church and ladies aid history for thirty of the churches in the Hudson Circuit. Records also document committee work that went into planning and implementing centennial celebrations in 1990. English
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Biography/History
As Norwegian Lutheran settlers began to populate the rural districts surrounding River Falls, Wisconsin, the Lutheran Church continued to send circuit riders, such as Claus Lauritz Clausen and Marcus Thorson, into the area. Reverend Thorson was instrumental in organizing the Lutheran Ladies Aid in 1881, a society which preceded the organizing of the Ezekiel Lutheran Church by nine years.
In 1890, the Ezekiel Lutheran Church was organized and the Reverend P. K. Mellang was called as the first regular pastor, a post he held for two years. He was succeeded by the Reverend N. L. Blomholm, who served the congregation from 1892 through 1923. In 1895, the Ezekiel Lutheran Church purchased the old River Falls Catholic church property, renovated the building, and moved it to a new location. A new church building was consecrated in November, 1926, just after English services were started under the pastor, the Reverend Arthur L. Rustad.
Scope and Content Note
The Ezekiel Lutheran Church Records consist of records of the congregation; and records of the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit, which was organized in April, 1925, for the purpose of carrying on general missionary work in foreign countries, as well as supporting foreign seminary students studying in the United States.
The congregation records include correspondence and business papers, minutes of the board of trustees, membership lists, sermons, bulletins, financial records, records of marriages, baptisms, and confirmations, and minutes and financial accounts for such church-sponsored groups as the Luther League, Lutheran Mission Circle, Ezekiel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid, the Kinnickinnic Lutheran Ladies Aid, Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation, and numerous other groups, many no longer in existence. There are also histories of some of these groups as well as numerous photographs of church buildings, pastors, and members of the congregation. Box 14 contains records related to the church's centennial in 1990 when numerous special worship and music events were organized in celebration.
The records concerned with the Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit, include correspondence and business papers, 1925-1953; minutes of the board of the Hudson Circuit, 1955-1960; minutes of the annual conventions, 1957-1960; and numerous folders relating to church and ladies aid history for most of the churches in the Hudson Circuit. These individual church histories are arranged alphabetically by the name of the church.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by the Church, 1964, 1991, by Alise Jensen, 1980-1987, the Reverend Jule F. Berndt, 1991, Cheryl Hoffman, 1997, and Kay Montgomery, 1997. Accession Number: M64-226, M80-492, M80-510, M80-513, M81-542, M81-543, M82-139, M87-233
Processed by Jack T. Ericson, May 5, 1965; additions processed by Tom Conrad and Sue Steinwall, 1987, and by Stephanie Zeman, 1991 and 1997.
Contents List
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Series: Congregation Records
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Subseries: Correspondence and Business Papers
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Box
1
Folder
1
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General, 1935-1963
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Annual Reports, 1975-1979
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Box
10
Folder
1-12
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Bulletins, 1926-27, 1945-46, 1948-1954, 1956-1960, 1980-81
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Constitution of the Ezekiel Lutheran Church
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Histories, etc.
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Heritage Night: “90 Years of Faith” Program, 1980
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Correspondence re Ezekiel Lutheran History, 1980
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Box
11
Folder
4
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“History of Ezekiel Lutheran Church, 1890-1980”
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Box
11
Volume
50
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Historical album, compiled in 1985
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Membership lists
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Box
7
Volume
23
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Unidentified membership list
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Lists, 1947, 1950
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Lists, 1947 and 1953
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Lists, 1947, 1950
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Box
11
Volume
51-52
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Mother-Daughter Banquets and Teas: Programs, 1934-35, 1949-1960, 1969-1973, 1981
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Box
13
Folder
4
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“Parish News,” 1966-1972
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Programs, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950
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Box
10
Folder
17
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Sermons, 1940-1990, undated
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Subseries: Minutes of the Board of Trustees
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Box
5
Volume
1
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1939-1949
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Box
5
Volume
2
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1949-1955
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Subseries: Financial Records
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Financial statements, 1924-1956
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Treasurer's Records
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Volume
25
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1922-1930
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Volume
26
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1929-1930
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Box
8
Volume
27
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1929-1933
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Box
8
Volume
28
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1930-1931
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Box
8
Volume
29
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1931-1932
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Box
8
Volume
30
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1932-1933
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Box
8
Volume
31
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1933-1934
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Box
8
Volume
32
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1935-1936
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Volume
33
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1936-1937
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Volume
34
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1937-1938
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Volume
35
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1938-1939
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Volume
36
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1939-1940
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Volume
37
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1940-1941
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Volume
38
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1941-1942
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Box
8
Volume
39
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1941-1942
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Volume
40
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1942-1943
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Volume
41
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1943-1944
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Volume
42
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1944-1945
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Volume
43
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1945-1946
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Volume
44
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1946-1947
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Volume
45
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1947-1948
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Volume
46
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1948-1949
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Volume
47
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1955-1956
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Volume
48
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1957
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Box
9
Volume
49
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1962-1963
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Subseries: Records related to Sacraments
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Volume
24
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Minister's record of marriages, baptisms, and confirmations, 1901-1930
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Confirmation class rosters, 1902-1980
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Obituaries of church members
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Subseries: Church Groups
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Box
5
Volume
6
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American Lutheran Church Women: Minutes, 1960-1961 : Volume also contains minutes of the Ladies Aid, 1952-1959; listed below.
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Box
6
Volume
9
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Circle 7: Minutes, membership list, and financial records, 1957-1962
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Circle 8
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Box
6
Volume
10
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Minutes and membership list, 1949-1957
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Box
6
Volume
11
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Treasurer's accounts, 1949-1957
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Box
6
Volume
13
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Dorcas Society: Treasurer's accounts, 1911-1916
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Ezekiel Lutheran Brotherhood
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Box
10
Folder
15
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Minute book, 1946-1952
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Box
10
Folder
16
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Certificate of membership, 1959; Correspondence, , 1948-1951; membership lists, , undated
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Junior Mission Circle
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Box
1
Folder
6
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History
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Box
6
Volume
14
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History
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Box
7
Volume
15
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Treasurer's accounts, 1937-1949
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Kinnickinnic Ladies Aid: History
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Ladies Aid
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Box
1
Folder
8
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History
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Constitution/Treasurer's Book, 1890-1905 (Volume 53)
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Box
5
Volume
3
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Minutes, 1890-1927
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Box
5
Volume
4
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Minutes, 1928-1937
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Box
5
Volume
5
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Minutes, 1938-1952
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Box
5
Volume
6
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Minutes, 1952-1959 : Volume also contains minutes of the American Lutheran Church Women, 1960-1961; listed above
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Box
6
Volume
7
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Treasurer's accounts, 1906-1935
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Box
6
Volume
8
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Treasurer's accounts and membership lists, 1936-1952
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Luther League
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Box
7
Volume
18
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Minutes, 1946-1949
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Box
7
Volume
19
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Minutes, 1950-1952
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Box
7
Volume
20
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Minutes and membership list, 1956-1958
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Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation
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Box
12
Folder
2
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1929-1937
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Box
12
Folder
3
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1946-1948; undated
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Lutheran Mission Circle
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Box
7
Volume
16
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Minutes and membership lists, 1947-1949
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Box
1
Folder
4
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History of the Ezekiel Lutheran Church Mission Circle
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Box
1
Folder
5
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History of the First Lutheran Missionary Circle, River Falls
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Lutheran Student Pastors Association: Minutes, 1926-1935
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Box
7
Volume
22
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Lutheran Student's Association: Minutes and history, 1938-1949
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Box
7
Volume
17
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Young Peoples Lutheran League: Minutes, 1921-1926
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Box
7
Volume
21
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Young Peoples Society: Minutes and membership list, 1915-1919
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Subseries: Photographs
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Photographs and clippings re Ezekiel Lutheran Church
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Photographs re Ladies Aid of the Ezekiel Lutheran Church
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Confirmation Class Photographs, 1966-1968, 1971
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Confirmation Class Photographs, 1972-73, 1975, undated
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Pictorial church directories, 1993 and 1997
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Subseries: Miscellany
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Miscellaneous printed matter
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Miscellaneous unsorted clippings
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Subseries: Centennial Related Papers, 1990
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Centennial Committee, 1987-1990
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Joan Hyland's Master File, 1987-1990
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Centennial Worship and Music Committee, 1989-1990
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Centennial Service
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Festival Worship, 1990 January 7
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Kathryn Moen Recital, 1990 February 18
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Trudy Finden, Harpist, and Bell Choir, 1990 April 8
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Margaret L. Hammer, 1990 May 13
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Choir Ring and Sing/Choir Reunion, 1990 May 20
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Worship in the Park (Historical), 1990 July 17
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Confirmation Reunion, 1990 July 22
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Ray Christenson, 1990 August 19
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Box
14
Folder
12
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Thanksgiving and Cornerstone Ceremony, 1990 December 30
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Box
14
Folder
13
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Church Directory, 1989
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Box
14
Folder
14
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Church History, 1890-1980
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Series: Women's Missionary Federation, Hudson Circuit
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Subseries: Records of the Hudson Circuit
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Convention Records
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Convention programs, 1926-1960
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Minutes of the annual conventions, 1957-1960
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Correspondence and business papers, 1925-1953
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Histories
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Box
3
Folder
6
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History and photographs of the Hudson Circuit
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Historian's reports, 1943-1960
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Box
3
Folder
8
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History project information
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Minutes of the Board, 1955-1960
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Minutes of the Worker's Conference, 1950-1959
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Box
6
Volume
12
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Treasurer's accounts of the Mission Box secretary of the Women's Missionary Federation, 1925-1958
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Subseries: Individual Church Histories
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Baldwin Lutheran Church, Baldwin, Wis.
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Bethany Lutheran Church and the West
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Star Prairie, Wis.
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Bethany Lutheran Church, Grantsburg, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Bethel Lutheran Church, Hudson, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ellsworth, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Deronda Lutheran Church, Deronda, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
4
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East Immanuel Lutheran Church, Deer Park, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Eidsvold Lutheran Church, Esdaile, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
6
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English Lutheran Church, Ellsworth, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Ezekiel Lutheran Church, River Falls, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
8
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First Lutheran Church, New Richmond, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Gilman Lutheran Church, Spring Valley, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Laketown Lutheran Church, Cushing, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Little Falls, Lutheran Church, Little Falls, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Mann Valley Lutheran Church, Hudson, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
13
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North Rush River Lutheran Church, Baldwin, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
14
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North Valley Lutheran Church, Centuria, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Baldwin, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Beldenville, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Glenwood City, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Rush River Lutheran Church, River Falls, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Saint John's Lutheran Church, Spring Valley, Wis.
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, Dresser, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
1
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South Rush River Lutheran Church, Beldenville, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Spring Lake Lutheran Church, Spring Valley, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyceville, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Wilson Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wilson, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Zion Lutheran Church, Woodville, Wis.
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Zion Lutheran Church of Bone Lake, Clam Falls, Wis.
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