Zion Lutheran Church Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials created by the Altar Guild of Zion Lutheran Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1966-2009. Handwritten and typed minutes of Altar Guild meetings along with attendance records, active member rosters, lists of guild officers, committee notes, correspondence, memos, color photographs and slides.
Collection includes Parish records, 1881-1889, from Zion Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan and Brady Township Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo County, Michigan as well as Parish records, 1890-1920, for Zion Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-2009
Creator
- Zion Lutheran Church (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Donor, Organization)
- Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brady (Kalamazoo County, Mich.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Parish records are in German.
Extent
4 boxes : 1.75 cubic feet and is contained in (3) full-legal-sized Hollinger boxes and (1) half-legal-sized Hollinger box
Physical Description
In this collection are the handwritten and typed minutes of Altar Guild meetings along with attendance records, active member rosters, lists of guild officers, committee notes, correspondence, photographs, and memos. The majority of this information is on loose paper and is in good condition. Also in this collection are several small booklets containing instructional material regarding Lutheran Church Altar Guilds and symbols used by the Lutheran Church. The last items in this collection are 3” x 5” photographs and 20 photographic slides taken by members of the Altar Guild to use for training and record-keeping purposes.
Provenance
These materials were donated by the Zion Lutheran Church and was received by the Archives and Regional History Collection on June 26, 2014.
- Title
- Zion Lutheran Church Collection Finding Aid
- Author
- Benedict Chatelain
- Date
- 1966-2009
- 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 Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu