Summary Information

Title: Reverend Bernard J. Stecker Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1971

Creator:

• Stecker, Bernard J. (Bernard Joachim), 1892-1979

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DF

Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers, 1919-1971, of Rev. Bernard J. Stecker, a Lutheran minister who founded the Church of Our Saviour (currently a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a parish he led from 1925 until his retirement in 1966. The papers consist primarily of sermons, church bulletin writings and related material. Stecker's sermons are organized by the liturgical calendar; subject files include newspaper clippings, bulletins, correspondence, church and personal records, and six photographs of the church and Stecker. Restricted materials include correspondence and notes relating to his work with inmates at the women's prison, Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac (Wisconsin Home for Women).

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00df

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