Northwest District (LCMS) Architectural Committee Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, documents on church building projects, and minutes of the Architectural Committee.
Dates
- 1922 - 1987
- Majority of material found within 1943 - 1987
Language of Materials
Materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
The Northwest District Archives is the owner of the materials in the Architectural Committee Collection and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Northwest District Archives before any reproduction use. Copyright resides with the creator of the documents or their heirs. The status of copyright is governed by the Copyright Law of the U. S. (Title 17, U.S.C.). In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Historical Note
The Architectural Committee was organized by resolution of the Northwest District Convention in June, 1945. The purposes of the committee were to advise congregations on the selection of building sites, to advise subsidized congregations on their building projects, and to supervise the building process.
A member of the committee almost from its inception was Kurt Schuette, a Portland, OR, architect. When the Commission on Architecture of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod was reorganized as the Synod's Standing Committee-Architecture, Schuette was appointed a regional advisor. In that capacity he was a liaison between the Northwest District's committee and the Synodical committee. Rev. D. C. Schroeder was chairman of the committee from 1950 to 1985.
The committee made regular reports to the Northwest District conventions until 1994 when the District was reorganized to eliminate standing committees in favor of task forces. The work of the committee was then absorbed by the Northwest District region of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund.
Extent
0.9 Linear Feet (in 2 boxes)
Abstract
The Northwest District (LCMS) Architectural Committee records describe the activities of the committee from 1943-1987.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged in three series: Series I: Basic documents and correspondence relating to the work of the committee arranged alphabetically by subject; Series II: Minutes of Committee meetings arranged chronologically; and Series III: Correspondence with individual churches concerning their building programs arranged by the location of the church.
- Architecture
- Church architecture
- Hillmer, Wm. H., Rev. (William H.) (Creator)
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Northwest District. Architectural Committee (Creator)
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Northwest District. Lutheran Church Extension Fund (Creator)
- Northwest, Pacific -- Church history
- Northwest, Pacific -- Lutheran Church
- Schroeder, D. C., Rev. (Delbert Carl) (Creator)
- Schuette, Kurt (Kurt Paul) (Creator)
- Title
- Guide to the Northwest District (LCMS) Architectural Committee Records An Inventory at the Northwest District Archives
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nolan R. Bremer
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding Aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Encoding of finding aid supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Repository Details
Part of the Northwest District (Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod) Archives Repository
Northwest District Archives
Concordia University
2811 NE Holman St.
Portland Oregon 97211-6099 USA
Archivist@nowlcms.org