Lutheran Church in America.  Red River Valley Synod.  Annual Convention Minutes and Reports of the Red River Valley Synod, 1962-1987.LCA Collection 199

Lutheran Church in America.  Red River Valley Synod.  Annual Convention Minutes and Reports of the Red River Valley Synod, 1962-1987.  LCA Collection 199.  2 ½ Hollinger boxes.


ABSTRACT:
The Red River Valley Synod Minutes and Reports collection contains the published minutes and reports from the Synod’s annual conventions.  Included in the minutes books and bulletins of reports are directories, convention agendas and programs, financial reports, elections, reports from various committees, affiliated church bodies, and congregations, and statistics.


HISTORICAL NOTE:
The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was created in 1962 by the merging of the United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA), the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Suomi Synod), the American Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC), and the Augustana Lutheran Church.  The Red River Valley Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church then became the Red River Valley Synod of the Lutheran Church in America including districts in northwestern Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.  The Lutheran Church in America existed until 1987 when the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) was created.


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 Church in America.  Red River Valley Synod.  Annual Convention Minutes and Reports of the Red River Valley Synod, 1962-1987. LCA Collection 199.  Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Adrianna Darden processed this collection and developed the finding aid during April 2014.


RELATED COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES:
Augustana Lutheran Church.  Red River Valley Conference.  Annual Convention Minutes and Reports of the Red River Valley Conference, 1913-1962.  LCA Collection 198.

Lutheran Church in America.  Biennial Convention Minutes, Reports, and Related Papers of the Lutheran Church in America, 1962-1987.  LCA Collection 196.

Lutheran Church in America.  Red River Valley Synod.  Manuscript Minutes of the Annual Conventions of the Red River Valley Synod, 1964-1966 and 1968. LCA Collection 202.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Lutheran Church in America.  Red River Valley Synod.