Rubrecht, George Keller. Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht, 1900-1934.LCA Collection 249

 

Rubrecht, George Keller.  Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht, 1900-1934.  LCA Collection 249.  2 Hollinger boxes and one legal ½ Hollinger box.


ABSTRACT:
The Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht collection contains correspondence which encompasses contact with ministers involved in the Northwest Synod as well as individuals beyond the synod jurisdiction and several personal letters.  Also included are committee materials and reports from his career in the ministry, as well as his service as President of the Northwest Synod from 1917-1927.   


HISTORICAL NOTE:
Reverend George Keller Rubrecht was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 December, 1877 to John Adam and Sarah Catherine (Keller).  He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1901 and completed graduate work at Columbia University in 1902 before attending Philadelphia Seminary and becoming ordained in 1905, and received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1922 from Carthage College.  Rubrecht married Nora H. Brobst on 26 October 1905 in Allentown, and his son Kenneth Rubrecht was born in 1909.  Rubrecht served as President of the Northwest Synod from 1917-1927, following the term of Rev. A.F. Elmquist and preceding Rev. R.H. Gerberding.

Biographical information obtained on 11/17/2014 from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brobst&id=I12827


SCOPE AND CONTENT:
This collection has been divided into three series: Correspondence with Pastors of the Synod of the Northwest, Correspondence outside the Synod of the Northwest, and Committees, Reports, and Miscellaneous Materials.

Correspondence with Pastors of the Synod the Northwest, 1903-1930 contains communications with clergy within the Synod of the Northwest.

Correspondence outside the Synod of the Northwest, 1912-1928 includes letters and correspondence with individuals and organizations beyond the organization of the Synod of the Northwest.

Committees, Reports, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1900-1930 holds a variety of materials from involved committees in the Synod of the Northwest, in addition to reports and miscellaneous materials.


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:
Rubrecht, George Keller.  Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht, 1900-1934. LCA Collection 249.  Gustavus Adolphus College, Lutheran Church Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.


PROCESSED BY:
Libby Larson, student worker, processed this collection and developed the finding aid during November 2014.


SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Rubrecht, George Keller (1877-.)
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest -- Northwest Synod -- President.

 

 

LCA Collection 249

Box

Folder

Correspondence with Pastors of the Synod of the Northwest, 1903-1930

Albert, J.A., 1917-22

1

1

Armbruster, Emert O., 1920-27

1

2

Bacher, John R., 1923-27

1

3

Bacher, William F., 1918-26

1

4

Baisler, P.E., 1904-06

1

5

Bakken, E.M., 1917-20

1

6

Bartsch, Carl H., 1917-18

1

7

Baughman, A.C., 1925-26

1

8

Beasom, James P., 1921-22

1

9

Beates, James F., 1911-23

1

10

Beck, Willis, 1911-27

1

11

Becker, Karl (Carl) W., 1917-19

1

12

Berg, C.J., 1926-27

1

13

Bieber, M.J., 1917-23

1

14

Bosserman, D.E., 1918

1

15

Bosserman, Homer L., 1920-27

1

16

Brandt, H.A., 1918-1919

1

17

Broesicke, Frank O., 1917-26

1

18

Bucks, David H., 1926-27

1

19

Christy, W.P., 1916-1925

1

20

Clemens, John J., 1917-1926

1

21

Clement, W.H., 1918-26

1

22

Deck, Luther B., 1917-26

1

23

Dornblaser, E.H., 1920-27

1

24

Drahn, Wm. C., 1916-27

1

25

Druckenmiller, David, 1921-23

1

26

Eckert, Wm, 1906-17

1

27

Eckhoff, Carl, 1906-27

1

28

Elmquist, A.F., 1912-18

1

29

Eshbaugh, J.F., 1921-27

1

30

Eyrich, George S.A., 1925-27

1

31

Fedders, John F., 1918-21

1

32

Fedderson, N.K., 1926

1

33

Fenstel, 1921-26

1

34

Finck, E.G., 1918

1

35

Fischer, Louis A, 1918-27

1

36

Frick, W.K., 1917-19

1

37

Fritz, Chas. E., 1922-28

1

38

Gable, Wm. H., 1911-26

1

39

Gebhart, H.K., 1918-26

1

40

Genszler, G.W., 1917-28

1

41

Gerberding, Geo. H. D.D., 1917-19

1

42

Gerberding, R.H., undated-1927

1

43

Gerberding, Wm. P., 1919-26

1

44

Gjevre, A.H.G., 1926-27

1

45

Goehring, N.D., 1919

1

46

Gold, H.R., 1915-21

1

47

Grant, Chas. L. 1918-undated

1

48

Groth, J.H., 1920

1

49

Gruber, L.F., 1920 and 1926

1

50

Gruhn, A., 1925-26

1

51

Haferman, M.D., 1920-27

1

52

Haker, M.A., 1924-27

1

53

Haupt, A.J.D., 1903-27

1

54

Haupt, A. James, 1920

1

55

Hayes, Arthur C.P., 1925-28

1

56

Hays, A.C.P., 1921-26

1

57

Heft, Ivan, 1919-21

1

58

Helms, R.A., 1919

1

59

Hoyer, A.J., 1921-23

1

60

Jackson, Jerome Case, Sr., 1921-24

1

61

Kennerly, W.W., 1919-26

1

62

Kipps, C.A., 1916-26

1

63

Klaus, W.E., 1918-20

1

64

Koehler, George C., 1921-27

1

65

Krauss, Elmer F., 1918

1

66

Kunsman, J.C., 1917-20

1

67

Kupfer, Benno F.P., 1925-30

1

68

Lee, A.P., 1921-27

1

69

Lindtwed, G.B., 1919

1

70

Lundeen, W.A., 1920-27

1

71

McConnell, C.L., 1920-28

1

72

Marker, E.F., 1918-20

1

73

Marlatte, J. Franklin, 1921

1

74

Moerke, Ewald, L., 1916-27

1

75

Mueller, G.J., 1918-24

1

76

Naumann, C.A., 1919-27

1

77

Niebling, Wm., 1921-48

1

78

Olson, J. Richard, 1917-27

1

79

Peterson, A. Edward, 1926

1

80

Piel, C.A., 1925-27

1

81

Qually, 1926-27

1

82

Ramsey, Alfred, 1918-26

1

83

Ramsey, Joseph, 1916-26

1

84

Reed, H.B., 1921

1

85

Reinhardt, H.E., 1921-22

1

86

Rex, H.C., 1918-24

1

87

Riggle, A.C., 1924-27

1

88

Rockey, A.J., undated, 1916-20

1

89

Roth, C.C., 1917-26

1

90

Roth, D. Luther, 1926

1

91

Roth, P.W., 1918-26

1

92

Roth, S.H., 1922-27

1

93

Rumbarger, J.J.S., 1918-22

1

94

Saeger, H.W., 1924-27

1

95

Sander, John, 1911-18

1

96

Schmid, H.J., 1927

1

97

Schmidt, J.H., 1919-20

1

98

Schneider, C.F., 1926-27

1

99

Schnur, George W., 1911

1

100

Scholz, Frederick, C.H., 1922

1

101

Schreckenberg, 1917-18

1

102

Seville, Chas. W., 1917-25

1

103

Sharritt, Walter, D., 1920

1

104

Shellhart, Dwight H., 1925-27

1

105

Shepfer, William H., 1919

1

106

Siebert, Paul R., 1921-25

1

107

Simmons, J.G., 1950

1

108

Smith, G. Cowles, 1916-25

2

1

Snyder, Howard E., 1916-19

2

2

Soholm, A.O., 1917-24

2

3

Soldan, A.J., 1919-27

2

4

Sommer, A.J., 1921-26

2

5

Sorenson, C.E., 1926

2

6

Stecker, B.J., 1917-24

2

7

Steckel, L.W., 1916-27

2

8

Stecker, Bernard J., 1916-27

2

9

Stock, Aug. C., 1919-26

2

10

Stoffel, H.N., 1925-27

2

11

Streich, A.G., 1926-27

2

12

Stromberg, Walter, 1918-27

2

13

Stump, Joseph (Jr.), 1916-27

2

14

Stump, W.C., 1917-27

2

15

Thornell, Joseph, 1922-27

2

16

Trabert, G.H., 1918-27

2

17

Ulrich, W.S., 1920-22

2

18

Wackernagel, E.J., 1917-27

2

19

Webber, F.R., 1916

2

20

Weiskotten, C.P., 1918-19

2

21

Wentzel, B.E., 1924-26

2

22

Wetzler, P.L., 1920-26

2

23

Wickey, N.J. Gould, 1926

2

24

Wicklund, E.R., 1918-23

2

25

Wickman, M.H., 1916-20

2

26

Zundel, W.A., 1916-19

2

27

Correspondence outside of the Synod of the Northwest, 1912-1928

Correspondence, A, 1918-27

2

28

Correspondence, B, 1918-27

2

29

Correspondence, William Baerenwald Case, 1927-28

2

30

Correspondence, C, 1921 and 1923

2

31

Correspondence, D, 1922-27

2

32

Correspondence, E, 1918-25

2

33

Correspondence, F, 1916 and 1917

2

34

Correspondence, G, 1918-24

2

35

Correspondence, H, 1917-27

2

36

Correspondence, J, 1922-27

2

37

Correspondence, J.K. Jensen, Treasurer, 1921-27

2

38

Correspondence, K, 1918-27

2

39

Correspondence, Kubel, 1920-26

2

40

Correspondence, L, 1917-27

2

41

Correspondence, M, 1918-27

2

42

Correspondence, N, 1918-27

2

43

Correspondence, P, 1925

2

44

Correspondence, R, 1918-27

2

45

Correspondence, S, 1917-27

2

46

Correspondence, T, 1919-27

2

47

Correspondence, U, 1927

2

48

Correspondence, W, 1918-27

2

49

Correspondence, Z, 1918, 1926, and 1927

2

50

Personal Correspondence, 1912-27 and undated

2

51

Committees, Reports, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1900-1930

Letters of Transfer and Dismissal, 1900-25

2

52

Board of Ministerial Pensions, 1902-27

2

53

Officers of ULCA and General Council, 1902, and 1917-26

2

54

Student Aid Committee, 1902-26

2

55

Communication, Lay Members of Executive Committee, 1903 and 1918-27

2

56

Discipline of Chas. W. Valentine, 1906-10

2

57

Arbitration Committee, 1917-18

2

58

Auxiliaries, 1918-27 and undated

2

59

Board of Inner Missions, 1918-27

2

60

Installations and Ordinations, 1918-29

2

61

Board of Education, 1919-27

2

62

Board of Immigrant Missions, 1919

2

63

Boys’ Work Committee, 1919-20

2

64

Dismissals and Transfers, 1921-30

2

65

Seminary Merger matters, 1922, 1934, and undated

2

66

Board of Foreign Missions, 1924-26

2

67

Resignations, 1925-26

2

68

Minnesota Survey for Church Mission Possibilities, after 1930

2

69

Examining Committee, undated, 1917-27

3

1

Miscellaneous, undated, 1916-27

3

2

Monthly Report, 1917

3

3

Monthly Report, 1918

3

4

Monthly Report, 1919

3

5