May-August 2012 Newsletter Now Online

The May-August 2012 LHC Newsletter is now online in PDF format. This issue contains a book review of David Preus' new book, as well as the call for papers for the 2012 biennial conference.

New Publication

Lutheran Identity and Regional Distinctiveness

Volume 22 in the LHC Essays and Reports series is now available. The volume contains the papers presented at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the LHC, held at the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, S.C., on October 12-14, 2006.

The volume is available from Concordia Historical Institute, 804 Seminary Place, Saint Louis, MO 63105-3014. The cost is $20.00, plus $3.00 for postage and handling. Many earlier volumes, as well as other LHC publications, are also available.

Become a Member of the LHC

Lutheran archivists, librarians, historians and other interested individuals and institutions are invited to become members of the Lutheran Historical Conference, an interdisciplinary organization founded in 1962. Click here for membership information.

Looking for Resources

We offer a service for anyone seeking information on a topic related to Lutheranism in North America. If you need help finding resources, we will be happy to post the request here on our web site and also in our print newsletter. Send your request to luthhist@luthhist.org.

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Join our email discussion list!

This is a discussion list for members of the Lutheran Historical Conference (LHC) and others interested in discussing the history of Lutheranism in North America, asking questions and seeking resources for the study of the subject. Members of the LHC include archivists, historians and librarians of the various Lutheran church bodies, as well as anyone interested in the subject.

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General Information

The LHC holds biennial meetings at which papers on the history of Lutheranism are presented and discussed. These papers are published in a series called Essays and Reports. Monographs on American Lutheran history are also published by the conference.

Lutheran History Resources Online

Links to ebooks and other Lutheran history publications available on the Internet.

• George Wenner, The Lutherans of New York: Their Story and Their Problems (1918)
  (A Project Gutenberg EBook)

Things to Come

Watch this page for announcements of future developments and resources relating to the work of the LHC, including:

• Electronic versions of out-of-print LHC publications
• Descriptions of research in progress
• Additional links to sites with resources related to Lutheran history

Links

• Project Wittenberg
• Concordia Historical Institute
• ELCA Archives Home Page
• Evangelical Lutheran Synod Historical Society
• Georg Sverdrup Society
• Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection (Pitts Theological Library, Emory University)