Title: American Lutheran Church Archives Selections
Inclusive Dates: 1854-1978

Call Number: Platteville Micro 16

Quantity: 15 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Positive microfilm copies of church records microfilmed by the American Lutheran Church Archives, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, including records of baptisms, marriages, and burials; minutes; constitutions; membership records; and other records of several southwestern Wisconsin Lutheran congregations and of a few in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

Language: English

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Positive copies of some of the same reels were purchased by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and are cataloged as "American Lutheran Churches in Wisconsin Collection" (Micro 1075).

Acquisition Information

These reels were purchased by the Karrmann Library, University of Wisconsin-Platteville from the American Lutheran Church Archives.

	Otter Creek Valley Norwegian Lutheran Church, Dodgeville, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 116A)
Reel   1	Ministerial record book, 1854-1859
	Blanchardville Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, Lafayette Co. (ALC Roll 391)
Reel   2	Historical sketch, 1958 September
Reel   2	Constitution [1884], Charter membership list
Reel   2	Congregational minutes book, 1884-1965
Reel   2	Trustees' minutes, 1940-1959
Reel   2	Ministerial record book, 1883-1965
Reel   ALC 391 Segment   8	Young People's Society record book Scope and Content Note: Includes organization papers and constitution, 1896, charter members, minutes and reports, 1896-1908.
	Peace Lutheran Church, Platteville, Grant Co. (also known as Evangelical Lutheran Free Church) (ALC Roll 513)
Reel   3	Membership record book I, 1859-1874 Scope and Content Note: Includes constitution; bylaws; ministerial records; Religionsunterricht, statement, April 16, 1865; Statuten der Missionsverein, January 1, 1861.
Reel   3	Membership record book II, 1871-1894 Scope and Content Note: Includes Entlassungs-Shein, etc.; membership records; ministerial records; special offerings, 1884-1902; and history, 1884-1893.
Reel   3	Membership record book No. 1a (loose), 1855-1861
Reel   3	Membership record book No. 2, 1894-1928 Scope and Content Note: Includes offerings, 1903-1908, 1916-1928; membership records, 1894-1899; ministerial records; and history, 1894-1910.
Reel   3	Membership record book No. 3, 1929-1966 Scope and Content Note: Includes lists of officers, 1932-1953; history, 1929-1951; ministerial records; and offerings, 1929-1951.
	Peace Lutheran Church, Cobb, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 572)
Reel   4	Minute books, 1891-1971
Reel   4	Membership record books, 1890-1971 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records, membership records, offerings, and history.
	Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Edmund, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 574)
Reel   5	Membership record books, 1915-1971 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records, membership records, and a pastoral journal, 1922-1926.
Reel   5	Minute books, 1900-1971
Reel   5	Ladies Aid History
Reel   5	Legal papers
	Avoca Lutheran Church, Avoca, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 594)
Reel   6	Membership record book, 1917-1934 Scope and Content Note: Includes records of baptisms, 1918-1931, confirmations, 1931, marriages, 1917-1922, funerals, 1919-1926, and communions, 1922-1934, and history, 1917-1927.
	Fairview Lutheran Church, Avoca, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 594)
Reel   6	Membership record book, 1918-1943 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records and history, 1918-1930.
	Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa (ALC Roll 448)
Reel   7	Parish register, 1942-1966 Scope and Content Note: Includes a constitution, 1944 articles of incorporation, records of pastors, officers, and members, ministerial records, and history, 1939-1962.
Reel   7	Minute books, 1939-1958
	Dodgeville Lutheran Church, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, including records of Otter Creek Church, Highland; Mill Creek Church, Barneveld; and congregations at North Otter Creek, Bethlehem, Clyde, Tislo, and Big Hollow churches (ALC Roll 594)
Reel   8	Membership record books, 1875-1943 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records and pastoral journals.
	Albany Lutheran Church, Albany, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 712)
Reel   9	Membership record books, 1889-1976, containing ministerial records
Reel   9	Minute book Scope and Content Note: Includes a constitution, mission festival records, 1915-1933, and minutes, 1862-1934, 1938-1940.
	West Blue Mounds Lutheran Church, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, and Barneveld Lutheran Church, Barneveld, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 719)
Reel   10	Membership record books, 1880-1957 (of West Blue Mounds Church which included Barneveld from 1914 to 1953) Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records, pastoral journals, membership records, a 1930 West Blue Mounds golden anniversary bulletin, and a 1940 Barneveld 25th anniversary festival program.
Reel   10	Membership books 4 and 5, 1955-1976 (of Barneveld) Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records and a pastoral journal.
Reel   10	Minute books, 1880-1976 (of West Blue Mounds which included Barneveld from 1914 to 1953)
Reel   10	Minute book, 1953-1976 (of Barneveld)
	St. Michael's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 712)
Reel   11	Articles of Incorporation, 1871
	Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cuba City, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 712)
Reel   11	Membership record book, 1939-1976 Scope and Content Note: Includes a history, membership records, ministerial records, and news clippings.
	St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, including records pertaining to congregations at German Ridge and McGregor, Iowa (ALC Roll 716)
Reel   12	Membership record books, 1862-1925 Scope and Content Note: Includes lists of pastors, membership records, and ministerial records.
Reel   12	Constitution, 1874?
Reel   12	Minute books, 1862-1954
	St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fennimore, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 727)
Reel   13	Membership record books, 1869-1976 Scope and Content Note: Includes historical notes, lists of pastors, ministerial records, and membership records.
	St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Oldham, South Dakota (ALC Roll 727)
Reel   13	Membership record book, 1883-1911, containing ministerial records
	First Lutheran Church (begun as the Otis Grove Lutheran Church), Dows, Iowa (ALC Roll 727)
Reel   13	Membership record books, 1893-1977 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial records, membership records, and lists of pastors and officers.
Reel   13	Minute books, 1956-1977
	Vernon Lutheran Church (begun as St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church), Dows (Vernon township, Wright County), Iowa (ALC Roll 727)
Reel   13	Membership record books, 1895-1977 Scope and Content Note: Contains ministerial records, a constitution, and a cemetery layout diagram.
	Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 775)
Reel   14	Membership record books, 1906-1977 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial and membership records, lists of pastors and officers, and pastoral journals.
	Luther Memorial Church, Gays Mills, Wisconsin (ALC Roll 775)
Reel   14	Membership record book, 1946-1977 Scope and Content Note: Includes a constitution, ministerial records, lists of pastors and officers, a pastoral journal, newsclippings, and printed historical documents.
	Grace Lutheran Church, Nerstrand, Minnesota (ALC Roll 775)
Reel   14	Membership record book, 1949-1976 Scope and Content Note: Includes lists of pastors and officers, ministerial records, and a pastoral journal.
	Hegre Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Minnesota (ALC Roll 775)
Reel   14	Membership record books, 1878-1977 Scope and Content Note: Includes ministerial and membership records and a pastoral journal.
Reel   14	Minute books, 1878-1921, 1968-1978
	Wiota Lutheran Church, Town of Wiota, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, including some information on congregations at Jordan, Yellowstone, Adams, and Apple Grove (ALC 20)
Reel   15	Ministerial records, 1855-1891
Reel   15	School Committee records, 1856-1860, and Communion records, , 1873-1894
Reel   15	Congregation history from booklet published in , 1937
	Jordan Lutheran Church, Town of Jordan, Green County, Wisconsin (ALC 20)
Reel   15	Financial records, 1860-1896
Reel   15	Congregation minutes, 1860-1908, including a constitution
Reel   15	Congregational membership records and a constitution, 1887
Reel   15	Communion records, 1871-1897
	Yellowstone Lutheran Church, Town of Fayette, Lafayette County, Wisconsin (ALC 20)
Reel   15	Ministerial records, 1874-1890
Reel   15	Typed history by Ole P. Kammerud, 1943
	Adams Lutheran Church, Town of Adams, Green County, Wisconsin (ALC 20)
Reel   15	Ministerial records, 1857-1873 (at end of roll)
Reel   15	Ministerial records, 1874-1890 Scope and Content Note: Includes the articles of incorporation, 1867, and a deed, 1873
Reel   15	Congregation minutes, 1892-1900 Scope and Content Note: Includes a 70th anniversary history clipped from Folkebladet