Lutheran Minnesota Conference. Big Stone District. Records of the Big Stone District, 1923-1962.LCA Collection 145

Lutheran Minnesota Conference.  Big Stone District.  Records of the Big Stone District, 1923-1962.  LCA Collection 145.  ½ Hollinger box.


ABSTRACT:
The Big Stone District collection contains minutes from district meetings and treasurer’s books detailing district finances.  The Big Stone District of the Lutheran Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Synod was located in West Central Minnesota, Northeastern South Dakota, and Southeastern North Dakota.  The District included parts of Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Lac Qui Parle, Renville, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine counties in Minnesota; Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Grant, Marshall, and Roberts counties in South Dakota; and Richland County in North Dakota.  A small amount of the minutes are in Swedish.

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:
Lutheran Minnesota Conference.  Big Stone District.  Records of the Big Stone District, 1923-1962. LCA Collection 145.  Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Adrianna Darden processed this collection and developed the finding aid during January 2013.


RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES:
(For information about specific congregations within the district)

Augustana Synod, Minnesota Conference Congregations.  Microfilm Reels of Minnesota Conference Congregations, Augustana Synod, Various Dates.  LCA Collection 14.

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.  Big Stone District.