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Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Fonds 100, S100.0, Tube 2 Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Fonds 100, S100.0, Tube 2 Extent: 79.61 m of textual records 123 microfilm reels 2340 photographs 66 audio reels 12 CD ROMs 7 videocassettes Date: 1770-2015, predominant 1862-2015 1 Historical documents 1.0 Background 1.1 Central Canada Synod : incorporation file, 1911 Consists of Letters Patent and Correspondence between lawyers, Province of Ontario Department of the Secretary and Registrar, Synod secretary, and the Constitution and bylaws of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Central Canada 1.2 Canada Synod : amendments to Synodical Charter, 1922-1924 Consists of correspondence between church officials and lawyers, documentation pertaining to church property, background information 1.3 Canada Synod : Amendment to Charter; Auxiliary Acts of incorporation in several provinces of the Dominion 1.3.1 Manitoba, 1923-1924 Consists mainly of correspondence 1.3.2 Ontario : Amendment to Charter; Ontario Lutheran Church Act, 1923 Consists of correspondence, petitions, Bill 6, Bill 43 1.4 Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada : file on the Act to amend the Act to Incorporate the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada, 1926-1927 Consists of Incorporation bills and amendments, 1913, 1923, 1927, correspondence, lawyers, Province of Ontario Legislative Assembly See also : Bill 4 : an act to incorporate Evangelical Seminary of Canada (WLU Archives, U142 F3) See also : Bill 10 : an act respecting the Evangelical Seminary of Canada (WLU Archives, U142 F4) 1.5 Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada, Quebec : incorporation file concerning possibility of Quebec incorporation Consists of correspondence, 1925-1926 1.6 United Lutheran Synod of Canada, Special Committee to Review a German translation of the Model Constitution, 1956 : Vorgeschlagene verfassund und nebengesetze fuer gemeinden. Committee members : Pastors J. Rebel, O.T.C. Stockmann, and A. Little 1.7 Canadian Lutheran Immigrant Aid Society Bylaws, correspondence, minutes : 1928- 1935 1.8 Sketches for a Canadian church history (Dr. Veidt) De historische idée (Johan Huizinga) 1.9 Amalgamation of Central Canada Synod and Canada Synod, 1923-1925 : minutes of the Joint Merger Committee, Sept. 1922-May 1925 1.10 Rally 1.10.1 Centennial rally of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada, 1961 1.10.2 Constituting convention of Eastern Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 1962 1.11 Amendment to the charter of the Lutheran Church in America, Eastern Canada Synod, 1974 1.12 Commemorative services, installations, retirement, in memory service, anniversary 1.13 German Independent Support Organization of Widows and Orphans Fund : ledger book, December 1864-1869 1.14 Call to full communion (The Waterloo declaration) : proposed text to be considered by the National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, Draft, June 27, 1997 / The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, The Anglican Church of Canada 1.15 Notes from the 50th Jubilee booklet, Canada Synod. Includes 3 pages of handwritten translation. 1.16 The enduring relevance of Martin Luther : 500 years after his birth / Jaroslav Pelikan. The New York times magazine, September 18, 1983 1.17 Lutheran Church in America – Canada Section. Incorporation papers. Act assented to July 11, 1966 1.18 Revocation of registry of a charity. Pertains to Lutheran Church in America – Canada Section, April 26, 1986 1.19 “German missionary founded many Lutheran congregations”, Eganville leader, April 2, 1975, p.2 1.20 Letter outlining the establishment and early history of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary by E. Bockelmann, 1935 1.21 Historical material prepared by Sam Weicker: Plattsville church records; Hymns of the new Lutheran hymnal; St. John Lutheran Church, Kitchener; Lutherans in Waterloo and Wellington Counties; Maintain the archives; Lutheranism in Kitchener-Waterloo 1.22 Feasability study report, 1984? / Canada Merger Campaign 1.23 Agreement of consolidation / Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Nova Scotia and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada, August 31, 1962 (original and copy) 1.24 Queen Elizabeth II coronation, 1953: letter of loyalty, acknowledgement from Government House, Coronation Service – Service of intercession for Trinity Sunday 31 May 1953 1.25 Early historical documents (originally located in tin box addressed to Rev. H. Petschke, Heidelberg, via Waterloo, Ont. From Rev. E. Irsim, Listowel, Ont.) 1.25.1 Documents with the Pittsburgh Synod regarding consultation with the Canada Conference with regard to the formation of a synod in Canada 1.25.2 Petition requesting the formation of an English Lutheran Synod 1.25.3 Petitions to join the new Synod 1.25.4 Certificate of delegates 1.25.4.1 1876 1.25.4.2 1877 1.25.4.3 1878 1.25.5 Jahrlicher parochial bericht, 1878 1.25.6 Reports, Dept. of the Interior land grants 1.25.7 Correspondence 1.25.7.1 1863-1887 1.25.7.2 1876-1878 1.25.7.3 1876-1884 1.25.7.4 1869-1880 1.25.7.5 1865 1.25.7.6 1864-1881 1.25.7.7 1867 1.25.7.8 1860-1887 1.25.7.9 1861-1880 1.25.8 Constitution of the Lutheran Synod of Canada 1.25.9 Constitution of the Home Missionary Society 1.26 Bill : an act respecting the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada. LUTHERAN SYNOD KEO 831 .O5823 LS321 1.27 Bill : an act to amend the Ontario Lutheran Church Act, 1923. LUTHERAN SYNOD KEO 831 .O5825 LS320 2 Publications Monographs LS1 Eastern Canada Synod report to December 31, 1985 / Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Eastern Canada Synod LUTHERAN SYNOD BX 8063 C2E84 LS1 (2 copies) LS2 Mission and merger : wheels of change : a history of the Eastern Canada Synod / Roy N. Grosz, 1989 LUTHERAN SYNOD BX8063.C21 G76 LS2 LS3 Proceedings of the convention held by representatives from various Evangelical Lutheran Synods in the United States and Canada accepting the unaltered Augsburg Confession, at Reading, Pa., Dec.12, 13 and 14, 1866. Also the opening sermon LUTHERAN SYNOD BX8043.5 .C65 LS3 LS4 Verhandlungen der Kirchenversammlung bestehend aus Delegaten verschiedener Evangelisch Lutherischen Synoden, in den Vereinigten Staaten und Canada, welche sich zur Ungeänderten Augsburgischen Confession bekennen, Gehalten in Reading, Pa., vom 12. bis 14. Dec. 1866. Nebst der Eröffnungs - Preidigt .... (German version of LS3) LUTHERAN SYNOD BX8043.5 .C6515 LS4 LS5 Memorial history of the Pittsburgh Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1748 - 1845 - 1924 : together with a sketch of each of the 317 congregations found in the fellowship of the Synod in the year of the merger / Ellis Beaver Burgess, 1925 LUTHERAN SYNOD BX 8061 P6B8 LS5 LS6 Bulletin of reports, December 31, 1985 / Lutheran Church in America. Canada Section, 1985 LUTHERAN SYNOD BX 8063.C21 A252 LS6 LS7 Minutes of the special convention / Lutheran Church in America. Canada Section, 1984 LUTHERAN SYNOD BX 8063.C21 A25 LS7 LS8 Bulletin of reports, Constituting Convention, Eastern Synod, June 21 - 23, 1985, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada / Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, 1985 LUTHERAN SYNOD BX 8063.C21 A329 LS8 LS9 The marriage registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 9 : Wellington District, 1840 - 1852 LUTHERAN SYNOD CS 88 06W34 LS9 LS10 A history of the Lutheran Church in Canada : prepared at the request of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada to mark its centennial, July, 1961. Volume 1 / Carl Raymond Cronmiller LUTHERAN SYNOD BX8063.C21 C9 LS10 LS11 Wohlthun bringt Segen LUTHERAN SYNOD PT1340.C45 W6 LS11 LS12 Die drei Hääuser : Erzäählung / von Chr. G. Barth, LUTHERAN SYNOD PT1815.B8 D7 LS12 LS13 Das Rubinenkreuz ; Die Erscheinung ; Weg hat er allerwege : drei Erzäählungen füür Christenfinder / C.G. Barth LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 1815.B8 R8 LS13 LS14 Das Erdbeben von Lissabon : eine Geschichte / W.O. von Horn LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2443.O3 E7 LS14 LS15 Das Johanniskaferchen̈ ; Das Taubchen̈ ; Das Vergiβmeinnicht : und andere Erzahlungen̈ / Christoph von Schmid LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2504.S88 J6 LS15 LS16 Vom Neffen, der seinen Onkel sucht : eine Geschichte der Jugend und dem Volke erzäählt / W.O. von Horn LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2443.O3 V6 LS16 LS17 Die Zwillinge : Erzäählung : mit zwei Tondruckbildern / G.W. von Lose LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2633.O77 Z8 LS17 LS18 Die Boerenfamilie von Klaarfontein : eine Geschichte aus dem Boerenleben im Kaplande Süüdafrikas der Jugend und dem Volke erzäählt : mit Farbdruckbildern / W.O. von Horn LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2443.O3 B6 LS18 LS19 Die Gemsjääger : eine Geschichte aus den Alpen der Schweiz der Jugend und dem Volke erzäählt / W.O. von Horn LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2443.O3 G4 LS19 LS20 Der Trompeter van Sääkkingen : ein Sang vom Oberrhein / Joseph Viktor von Scheffel LUTHERAN SYOND PT2462.T3 1905 LS20 LS21 Erzäählungen füür die Jugend : mit Farbdruckbildern / Gotthif Heinrich von Schubert LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2510.S7 E7 LS21 LS22 Weihnachten in der Holzfäällershüütte : Erzäählung : mit zwei Tondruckbildern / G.W. Lose LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2623.O77 W4 LS22 LS23 Das Waldwaislein : Erzäählung füür die Jugend : mit Farbdruckbildern / Kathe Dorn LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2607.O77 W3 LS23 LS24 Brich an, du helles Weihnachtslicht : Erzäählungen und Gedichte füür die liebe Jugend LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 1340.C5 B7 LS24 LS25 Das Sorgenkind und die Segenskinder : eine Weihnachtsgeschichte / Ernst Evers LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 2609.V47 S6 LS25 LS26 Von Berg und Thal : ausgewahltë Erzahlungen̈ fur̈ jungerë Knaben und Madchen̈ : mit farbigem Titelbild LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 1340.C45 V6 LS26 LS27 50 Fabeln füür Kinder / Wilhelm Hey and Otto Speckter LUTHERAN SYNOD PT1231.C5 H49 LS27 LS28 Bergpsalmen : Dichtung / Joseph Viktor von Scheffel LUTHERAN SYNOD PT 1231.C5 H49 LS28 LS29 New Testament LUTHERAN SYNOD BS2085 .1800 U53 LS29 LS30 Lutheran prayer book, for the use of families and individuals : partly original but chiefly compiled, with introductory remarks on family prayer, together with a selection of hymns and music adapted to them / Benjamin Kurtz LUTHERAN SYNOD BX8067.F3 K87 LS30 LS31 Die Bibel, oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments nach der deutschen übersetzung d.
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