Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles Minutes

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2019

Descriptive Summary

Title: Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles Minutes

Dates: 1913-1916

Collection Number: CFT00132

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 Box, 0.5 linear feet

Repository: Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Pasadena, California 91182

Abstract: Rev. Gotthold H. Smukal organized St. John’s Lutheran Church in 1906 at E. 2nd and Dacotah Los Angeles, CA. Meetings of the Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles were hosted at the church at least between 16 April 1913 to 14 December 1914. The material is Rev G.H Smukal’s logbook of the meetings.

Language of Material: English

Access

Supervised use only. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.

Preferred Citation

Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles Minutes. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Biography/Administrative History

Rev. Gotthold H. Smukal organized St. John’s Lutheran Church in 1906 at E. 2nd and Dacotah Los Angeles, CA. Meetings of the Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles were hosted at the church at least between 16 April 1913 to 14 December 1914. Rev. Smukal served as President in the Southern California District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, from 1930-1942. St. John’s Lutheran School, Los Angeles, CA was established in 1913. Teachers were Jesse R. Stenske and Miss Irene Matthews.

Scope and Content of Collection

The material is Rev G.H Smukal’s logbook of the meeting minutes of the Evangelical Lutheran School Association of Los Angeles that took place at St. John’s Lutheran church. Dates range from 16 April 1913 to 14 December 1914. A dozen handwritten notes (c.1916) were inserted between blank pages of the 8x12 bound journal.