Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia Conference records, 1879-1954

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Columbia Conference
Title
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia Conference records
Dates
1879-1954 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.17 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Collection Number
0569 (Accession No. 0569-001)
Summary
Records created by the Conference of Swedish Lutheran Churches in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
Swedish, English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Conference of Swedish Lutheran Churches in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Collection consists primarily of minute books, membership lists, reports, ephemera, financial records and some miscellaneous correspondence. The Conference was established by the Swedish Lutherans in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. These papers, with the exception of those dealing with Coeur d'Alene College, concern Oregon and Washington. For a history of the Conference, see the two volumes at the beginning of the collection in Box 1.

The papers relate to the Conference as a whole, to the Women's Missionary Society, as a whole and to various districts, to the Bethel Church in Seattle, and to other units within the organization. Because of the Swedish origins, much of the material is in Swedish.

Includes the district records of Bethel Church, Seattle, the Tacoma District, and Coeur d'Alene College, Idaho.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Conference through R. D. Monroe, 8/31/1965.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 History of the conference: Fifty Years of the Columbia Conference, 1893-1943, by Rev. Carl J. Renhard and Carl H. Sandgren. undated
1 History of the conference: holograph and clippings
All appear to be from the same source, in Swedish, with illustrations.
1879-1903
1 Prast Sallskap, Seattle, Minute book
This appears to have been the Association of Priests for the Conference. Written in Swedish.
1912-1917
1 Women's Missionary Society (Regional): Membership book 1914-1924
1-2 Women's Missionary Society (Regional): Minutes of annual conventions
3 volumes
1915-1940
2 Women's Missionary Society (Regional): Minutes, Executive Board 1924-1943
2 Women's Missionary Society (Regional): Minutes, statistical (financial) reports
1 folder
1944-1946
3 Women's Missionary Society (Tacoma District): History 1916-1947
3 Women's Missionary Society (Tacoma District): Membership book 1913-1954
3 Women's Missionary Society (Tacoma District): Convention proceedings
2 volumes
1934-1954
3 Women's Missionary Society (Tacoma District): District reports
1 folder
1934-1938, 1952-1953
3 Women's Missionary Society (Seattle Mt. Rainier District): Children's Division
Reports, ephemera
1958
4 Tacoma District: Minute book
1 volume
Swedish
1895-1917
4 Tacoma District: Minute book
1 volume
Swedish and English
1918-1928
4 Coeur d'Alene College: Minute book, Board of Directors
1 volume
1906-1919
4 Coeur d'Alene College: Minute book, faculty
1 volume
1907-1917
5 Bethel Church, Seattle (Ballard): Women's Mission Society Treasurer's book 1919-1944
5 Bethel Church, Seattle (Ballard): Ladies' Aid Society Minute book 1939-1944
5 Bethel Church, Seattle (Ballard): Ladies' Aid Society Treasurer's book 1938-1944
5 Bethel Church, Seattle (Ballard): Priscilla Society Treasurer's report 1940-1944
5 Bethel Church, Seattle (Ballard): Sunday School [financial volume] 1938-1944
5 Junior Missionary Society. Tacoma District: Organizational materials undated
5 Junior Missionary Society. Tacoma District: Volume of minutes, ephemera, miscellany
Includes Tacoma and Mt. Rainier Districts materials
1936-1958
5 Salem Lutheran Church. Young People's Society: Minutes, financial reports, membership information
1 volume
1911-1936

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Lutherans--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--History
  • Lutherans--Oregon--History
  • Lutherans--Washington (State)--History
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Swedish American Lutherans--Idaho--Coeur d'Alene--History
  • Swedish American Lutherans--Oregon--History
  • Swedish American Lutherans--Washington (State)--History

Corporate Names

  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Columbia Conference--Archives
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Columbia Conference--History
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Columbia Conference--Membership
  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church. Woman's Missionary Society

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Renhard, Carl J (creator)
    • Sandgren, Carl H (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • Coeur D'Alene College (creator)
    • University of Washington. Libraries. Scandinavian Archives (creator)