Title: Fountain Lutheran Church (Juneau County, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1878-1982

Creator:

• Fountain Lutheran Church (Juneau County, Wis.)

Call Number: Micro 524; Stevens Point Micro 20; PH Stevens Point Micro 20

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm) and 4 photographs

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Records of a church founded as a Norwegian Evangelical congregation in 1878 which at various dates shared a circuit with churches in the Town of Plymouth, Town of Greenwood, Mauston, and Hustler. Included are sacramental record books, and a photograph album and book of historical essays on the church Ladies Aid. Early records are in Norwegian. Photographs include images of the churches and parsonages, 1912-1937.

Language: English, Norwegian

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0524

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

The Fountain Lutheran Church was founded in 1878 as a Norwegian Evangelical congregation. Reverend J. E. Nord was installed as first pastor in 1880 and a church was built in 1881. This building was replaced by a new and larger church completed in 1901. At various time periods the Fountain Church was joined as a parish with churches in the Town of Plymouth (? -1948), Town of Greenwood (1929-1948), Mauston (1944-1948), and Hustler (1952- ?).

The records consist of two volumes of sacramental and other records, two volumes maintained by the Fountain Lutheran Church Ladies Aid, and four photographs. The sacramental record books document baptisms, confirmations, marriages, funerals, and communions, and include membership records, statistics, and annual reports. Early records are in Norwegian.

The Ladies Aid records consist of a history book and a photo album. The history book begins with 1936 essays on the beginnings of the group about 1880 and the beginnings of the Muskego Norwegian Lutheran Church (the first Norwegian congregation in Wisconsin); and continues with annual summaries of each year's activities through 1960. The photo album contains captioned photographs dated to 1957; included are pictures of pastors and their families, Ladies Aid officers, and members. Frequently the captions were fading and consequently did not reproduce well on the microfilm. Selected photos from this album showing churches and parsonages have also been copied for the Historical Society's Iconography collection.

Acquisition Information

Loaned for copying by the Church via Robert Ebbers, Elroy, Wisconsin, 1982. Accession Number: M82-515

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, March 26, 1983.

Stevens Point Micro 20/Micro 524	Record Books
Reel   1 Volume   1	1878-1921
Reel   1 Volume   2	1921-1982
	Ladies Aid Records
Reel   1 Volume   3	History Book, 1936-1960
Reel   1 Volume   4	Photo Album, ?-1957
PH Stevens Point Micro 20	Photographs