American Lutheran Church: from the ALC and Predecessor Bodies collection
Dates
- Existence: 1930 - 1960
Biographical / Historical
The American Lutheran Church (ALC or sometimes TALC) was a Christian Protestant denomination in the United States and Canada that existed from 1960 to 1987. Its headquarters were in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Upon its formation in 1960, the ALC designated Augsburg Publishing House, also located in Minneapolis, as the church publisher. The Lutheran Standard was the official magazine of the ALC. American Lutheran Church was the merger of: · The "Old" American Lutheran Church (1930-1960) · Lutheran Free Church (1897-1963) · The Evangelical Lutheran Church (formally Norwegian Lutheran Church in America) (1917-1960) · United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (1896-1963)
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Container List Created by Kristen Wall, June 2018. Updated by Sheila Joy, September 2019
Source
- American Lutheran Church (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- American Lutheran Church
- Author
- Kristen Wall
- Date
- 2018-06
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Lutheran Organizations Record Groups, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA Repository