LibGuides: Wartburg College Archives: St. Paul, MN

Wartburg College Archives

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Wartburg History – St. Paul Luther College, St. Paul, MN

Preface

The Wartburg College Archives is responsible for the collection and preservation of records that document the college’s history, development, operation, policies, people, activities, and events.

The Archives is committed to providing access to holdings. However, access to some items may be restricted by their fragile condition or by contractual agreement with the donors, and it may not be possible at all times to provide appropriate machinery for reading, viewing or accessing non-print materials. In such circumstances arrangements may have to be made for digital duplication or transfer to occur before access can be provided.

Introduction

Abstract: Materials related to St. Paul Luther College, St. Paul, Minnesota (1884-1935).

Scope and Content Note

Extent: 15 boxes.

Physical Description: Paper.

Dates: 1884-1935

Subjects: History, Education, St. Paul Minnesota

Related Material: See other Wartburg–History collections, Photograph Collection.

Administrative Information

Restrictions: None.

Preferred Citation: [item title/description], [date]; Wartburg History – St. Paul Luther College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Wartburg College Archives, Waverly, Iowa.

Acquisition Information: Origin unknown.

Processing Information: Processing completed by EB and AMM on 2/28/2018.

Location History

History: The Ohio Synod moved its seminary program from Columbus, Ohio to Afton, Minnesota in 1884. The program flourished, and was moved to a new location in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1893. By 1927 the school, now called St. Paul Luther, consisted of three departments (an academy, a two-year college, and a three-year seminary). It was also coeducational. St. Paul Luther lost the seminary in 1932 when it was consolidated with the one in Dubuque. In 1933, the school took in students from the Eureka Lutheran College. In 1935, the Church decided to shut down St. Paul Luther in favor of the Wartburg campus in Waverly, Iowa. Eighteen students and four faculty members (John Chellevold, Jacob Cornils, Herman Kuhlmann, and Carl Muensch, along with the library holdings and the loyalty song made the move from St. Paul, MN to Waverly.

Bibliography:

Matthias, Ronald. Still on the Move: Wartburg College, 1852-2002. WDG Publishing: Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 2002. Pages 93-95.

Series Description

General
Administration
Academics
Faculty
Students
Finances
Publications

General:

Records of St. Paul Luther College, including yearbook, correspondence, music, scrapbooks, alumni celebrations, and publicity brochures, 1884-1942.
2 boxes and 10 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	2	General	Autobiographies
1	5	General	Bulletin in 1933	6/1933
1	11	General	Correspondence
1	12	General	Enrollment	1929-1934
1	17	General	Melodeon (Includes Loyalty Song)
1	18	General	Memoirs-1931 Yearbook	1931
1	19	General	Merger	5/7/1932
1	20	General	Orchestra Tour Program
1	22	General	Public Relations Brochures	6/1933
1	23	General	“St. Paul Luther Buildings Razed”	9/27/1942
3	1	General	50th Anniversary Celebration- Alumni (Afton)	1884-1894
3	2	General	50th Anniversary Celebration- Alumni	1894-1904
3	3	General	50th Anniversary Celebration- Alumni	1904-1913
3	4	General	50th Anniversary Celebration- Alumni	1914-1923
3	5	General	50th Anniversary Celebration- Alumni	1924-1933
3	6	General	50th Anniversary Celebration -“Ebenezer: A Pageant Drama”	1934
3	7	General	Luther Arrow 50^th Anniversary Founders Day Jubilee Edition	5/11/1934
12	1	General	Scrapbooks	1922-1932
12	2	General	Scrapbooks	1922-1932

Other Finding Aids

None.

Administration:

Records of the Board and the Office of President, 1931-1932.
4 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	3	Administration	Board of Regents	1932
1	4	Administration	Board of Trustees	2/10/1932
1	13	Administration	Executive Committee
1	21	Administration	President’s Report	11/1931

Academics:

Records related to academic programs and curriculum, 1923-1934.
5 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	1	Academics	Admissions
1	7	Academics	Catalog	1923-1924
1	8	Academics	Catalog	1932-1933
1	9	Academics	Catalog	1933-1934
1	10	Academics	Commencement Programs	6/11-6/11/1929

Faculty:

Records of faculty committees, contracts, and speeches, 1894-1935.
6 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
2	1	Faculty	Faculty Committee	2/28/1934
2	2	Faculty	Council of Administration	1932-1934
2	3	Faculty	Faculty Contracts	1933-1934, 1934-1935
2	4	Faculty	Faculty Minutes	1894-1918
2	7	Faculty	Faculty Minutes	1927-1934
2	8	Faculty	“Sermon on Higher Christian Education” by Rev. C.T. Langholz

Students:

Records of students in attendance at St. Paul Luther, including grade reports, honor societies, accounts, and student council materials, 1885-1935.
2 boxes and 2 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
2	5	Students	Student Register and Grades	1893-1912
2	6	Students	List of Graduates	1885-1912
11	1	Students	Phi Theta Kappa- Bulletin	1931, 1935
11	2	Students	Phi Theta Kappa- Constitution
11	3	Students	Phi Theta Kappa- Installation and Initiation Service
11	4	Students	Phi Theta Kappa- Minutes	1931-1933
11	5	Students	Phi Theta Kappa- Programs	1933-1934, 1935
13	1	Students	Student Accounts	1915-1933
13	2	Students	Boarding Club- Minutes	1906-1911
13	3	Students	Drama ‘Die Journalisten” “Jitney Along”	1923
13	4	Students	Records of candidates in Theology	1927-1932
13	5	Students	Student Council
13	6	Students	Grades (Teacher Reports)	1930-1931
13	7	Students	Students Grades	1931, 1934-1935
13	8	Students	Students Records Entrance Registration	1909-1917
13	9	Students	Student Records	1911-1915
13	10	Students	Peterson, Walter “ A History and Biography”

Finances:

Financial records of St. Paul Luther, including endowments, audit records, financial ledgers and student account ledgers.
6 boxes and 2 folders.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically by date.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	14	Finances	Final Audit	7/16/1935
1	15	Finances	Finance
4	1	Finances	Endowments	10/29/1937
4	2	Finances	Finances	6/1/1929- 3/30/1935
5	1	Finances	Finances Athletic Association
5	2	Finances	Building and Improvement Fund
6	1	Finances	Boarding Club	1918-1920
6	2	Finances	Boarding Club	1918-1922
7	1	Finances	Finances, Ledgers	1893-1909
7	2	Finances	Finances, Ledgers	1908-1912
7	3	Finances	Finances, Ledgers	1915-1920
8	1	Finances	Finances, Ledgers	1926-1927
8	2	Finances	Finances, Ledgers
9	1	Finances	Finances, Student Ledgers	1911-1912
9	2	Finances	Finances, Student Ledgers	1920-1922
9	3	Finances	Finances, Student Ledgers	1923-1926

Publications:

Publications created at St. Paul Luther College, 1910-1935.
4 boxes.
Arranged alphabetically by title of publication.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	6	Publications	Campus Spectator	8/1934
1	16	Publications	Luther Arrow	5/24/1935
10	1	Publications	Luther Echo (magazine) Volume 6, No. 1	10/1924
10	2	Publications	Luther Echo (magazine) Volume 1, No. 2	6/1928
10	3	Publications	Luther Echo (magazine) Volume 2, No. 17	6/1929
10	4	Publications	Luther Echo (magazine) Volume 3, No. 18	6/1930
14	1	Publications	The Martin Luther College. A record of credit points earned by students	1910-1920
14	2	Publications	St. Paul Luther seminary student ledger	1930-1933
15	1	Publications	Luther Echo (Newspaper) v. 1 no. 1-17, v. 2 no. 1-18, v. 3 no. 1-17, v. 4 no. 1-17, v. 5 no. 1-13, v. 6 no. 1-3	9/28/1927-11/4/1932
15	2	Publications	Luther Echo (Newspaper) v. 1 no. 1-18, v. 2 no. 1-18, v. 3 no. 1-16, v. 4 no. 1-17, v. 5 no. 1-14, v. 6 no. 2, v. 8 no. 5	9/28/1927-11/4/1932
		Publications	Luther Echo (Yearbook)	1918
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v.1 no. 1-4, v.2 no. 1-4, v.3 no.1	1920-1922
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v. 3 no. 2-4, v.4 no. 1	1922-1923
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v. 4 no. 2-5	1923-1924
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v.6 no. 1-4	1924-1925
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v. 7 no. 1-4	1925-1926
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v. 7 no. 1-4	1925-1926
		Publications	Luther Echo (Magazine) v. 8 no. 1-4	1926-1927