Montana Mission District, Augustana Synod, 1894-1935.LCA Collection 78

 

Montana Mission District, Augustana Synod, 1894-1935.  LCA Collection 78.  ½ Hollinger box and 1 small box.

ABSTRACT:
The Montana Home Mission District collection contains writings about the history of the district, pastors, and churches, the district’s Luther League, and a slide presentation about the district and local congregations.  Histories were written by Rev. Emeroy Johnson, who served parishes in Missoula, Montana from 1928-36.  The slides consist of 70 lantern slides showing members of local congregations and tourist locations in western Montana during the early 1930s.

    
 

ORGANIZATIONAL NOTE:
The Montana District was one of many home mission districts in the Augustana Synod.  These mission districts usually existed in parts of the United States that did not have a very large population of ethnic Swedes, so it was not considered large enough to constitute a conference.  Pastors were sent to these home mission districts to try and set up congregations and organize churches, mostly to those already identifying as Lutherans or as Swedish Americans.


RESTRICTIONS:
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Lutheran Church Archives, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, and Gustavus Adolphus College.


COLLECTION CITATION:
Montana Mission District, Augustana Synod, 1894-1935. LCA Collection 78.  Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Adrianna Darden processed this collection and developed the finding aid during March 2012.


RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES:
Records of Montana Congregations can be found in: Compilation Collections of Church Congregations in the Minnesota Synod, Red River Valley Synod, and Northwest Synod, 1842-2008. LCA Collection 16.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America. Montana Mission District.
Missions -- Montana.
Home Missions -- Montana.
Lutherans -- Montana.
Johnson, Emeroy.


LCA Collection 78

Box

Folder

History, Research Articles on Montana Lutheranism, Churches, and Individuals, 1920s-30s

1

1

History, Research Notes and Correspondence, 1930 and 1934

1

2

Home Mission Board, Excerpts from Reports Regarding Work in Montana, 1894-1922  (in Swedish)

1

3

Luther League, 1925-35

1

4

Miscellaneous, 1930-35

1

5

“Montanagrams,” 1931-34 and undated

1

6

Slides, 70 lantern slides and slideshow transcript, 1932

2

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