Bergen Lutheran Church.  Records of Bergen Lutheran Church, Bergen, North Dakota, 1905-1965.LCA Collection 240

 

Bergen Lutheran Church.  Records of Bergen Lutheran Church, Bergen, North Dakota, 1905-1965.  LCA Collection 240.  9 folders.


ABSTRACT:
The Bergen Lutheran Church collection contains minutes, deeds, certificates, photographs, and a register of members.  Bergen Lutheran Church was founded in 1905 as Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Elim Church, Odine, McHenry County, North Dakota.  Congregants officially changed the name to Bergen Lutheran Church during spring 1938.  The congregation voted to dissolve on 22 June 1965.  Bergen Lutheran Church was located in Bergen, McHenry County, North Dakota.


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:
Bergen Lutheran Church.  Records of Bergen Lutheran Church, Bergen, North Dakota, 1905-1965. LCA Collection 240. Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


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


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Bergen Lutheran Church (McHenry County, North Dakota).
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Elim Church (Odine, North Dakota).
Protestant Churches -- North Dakota -- McHenry County.
Swedish Americans -- North Dakota -- Bergen.
Protestant Churches -- United States.
Church records and registers -- North Dakota -- Bergen.


LCA Collection 240

Box

Folder

Certificate of Corporate Existence, 17 November 1905

1

8

Change to Corporation Certificate, 13 April 1938

1

8

Deeds, 1912, 1915, 1938, and 1943

1

6

Protokollbok (Minutes), 1905-33

1

1

Minutes, 1934-45

1

4

Minutes, Reports, and Church Directory, 1943

1

3

Minutes, 1946-65

1

2

Notes taken out of Register, 1960s and undated

1

5

Photographs of members and confirmation classes, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1923, 1965, and undated

1

7

Register of Members, 1905-62

1

9