The records contain the published Proceedings of each convention, together with any pre-convention documents that were prepared and/or published; correspondence; and occasional photos. From 1936-1940 the Proceedings were published in The Lutheran Messenger. The proceedings for 1948-1957 were published in The Lutheran Witness District Supplements. If no copies of the proceedings are included in the folders, references are given to the specific periodical issues in which the proceedings may be located. Convention essays and Presidential Reports, if not printed in the Proceedings, are sometimes included as separate documents.