Salem Lutheran Church

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1 Inventory of the Salem Lutheran Church Sycamore, Illinois Records in the Regional History Center RC 321

2 1 INTRODUCTION Reverend Robert C. Kinnear, church pastor, donated the Salem Lutheran Church Records to the Regional History Center in May, Additional items were donated later. Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public. There are no restrictions on access to this collection. Language note: Some early materials are written in Swedish. Linear feet of shelf space: 33.75; 17 digital files (1.22 GB) Number of containers: 51 and two drawers of oversize Northern Illinois Regional History Center Collection 321 SCOPE AND CONTENT Records from the Salem Lutheran Church date from its organization in 1870 to the present, although the bulk of the material dates from 1967 to The collection is divided into seven eight: Historical and Administrative Records, Membership, Committees, Financial Records, Building Fund / Construction, Church Organization, Audio-Visual, and Oversize. Series I, Historical and Administrative Records, consists of historical documentation, church registers, church correspondence ( ), congregational meeting records ( ), worship bulletins ( ), annual reports ( ), and pastor s sermon notes and records. All of the volumes in Boxes 1-6 of Series I are digitized. Disc 1 contains Church Register Book #1, , Original Constitution and First Minutes, , Minutes of Congregational Meetings, , History of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, April, 1895, New Members, 1896, Trustee Minutes , Trustee Minutes , Attendance Ledger, , Minutes of Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Translation, 1970, Minutes of Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Translation, 1970, Minutes, , and Records from Minutes, Disc 2 is made up of Membership Record Book #2, , Ministerial Records Book #4, , Record of Ministerial Acts, , and Parish Register, Ministerial Records Book #3, is on Disc 3. Series II, Membership, includes membership lists and directories, rolls and registers. Series III, Committees, is arranged alphabetically. It also includes library, Sunday School, and Vacation Church School records. Financial Records, in Series IV, includes financial ledgers and journals, treasurer s reports, pledge information, and church secretary minutes. Series V, Building Fund/Construction includes construction information for the church and parsonage, records from the second church building, Building Plan Committee records, materials on church interiors, fixtures, and furnishings, as well as architect s correspondence ( ).

3 2 Series VI, Church Organizations, includes records from Ladies Circle, Ladies Aid Society, Lutheran Church Women (LCW), and Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (WELCA) and consists of minutes and financial information which document their activities. DVDs and VHS tapes comprise Series VII. Salem Lutheran Church Ground Breaking Shovels (2) have been moved to UA 11 Audiovisual Collection (Subseries H, Box 9). Electronic records may be accessed in the Center s reading room. HISTORICAL SKETCH The Salem Lutheran Church was organized as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sycamore Illinois on April 14, 1870 by 50 charter members. Celebrated opera singer Christina Nilsson, The Swedish Nightingale, visited Sycamore on Christmas Day, The proceeds of her two concerts helped to fund the first church building, built in 1871, dedicated April , and used until The second church was built at Somonauk and Charles Street. The cornerstone was set July 9, The building, designed by architect E. J. Peterson of Englewood, IL, was dedicated on February 28, 1897 and was used until Salem Lutheran undertook a massive building project that culminated in the third, and current, church building. Designed by noted church architect Harold E. Wagoner ( ), the building, located at 1145 DeKalb Avenue, has been in use since SUBJECT TRACINGS Immigrants--Sweden. Immigrants--Sweden--Religious life. Lutherans. Lutherans, Swedish Salem Lutheran Church (Sycamore, Ill.) Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Sycamore, Ill.) Sycamore (Ill.) Sycamore (Ill.)--Genealogy. Sycamore (Ill.)--History. Wagoner, Harold E. (Harold Eugene),

4 3 COLLECTION INVENTORY BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Series I. Historical and Administrative Records 1 1 Digitized Volumes of Historical Records, (3 discs) 1 volume Church Register Book #1, volume Ministerial Records Book #3, volume Membership Record Book #2, volume Ministerial Records Book #4, volume Record of Ministerial Acts, volume Parish Register, volume Original Constitution and First Minutes, (Swedish Language) 1 volume Minutes of Congregational Meetings, (Swedish Language) 1 volume History of S.E.L. Church, April, 1895 (Swedish Language) 1 volume New Members, volumes Trustee Minutes, volume Attendance Ledger, (Swedish Language) 2 volumes Minutes of Swedish Evangelical Lutheran, , Translated volume Minutes, volume Records from Minutes, volumes Salem Lutheran Treasurer s Account Book, volume Salem Lutheran Treasurer s Account Book, Titles, Deeds, and Records, , Release of Deed and Parsonage Subscriptions, Church Deed, Architect s Tentative Sketch, no date 6 Birthday Calendar, Church Budget: circa March 1908-June 1922

5 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION The Christmas Messenger, December First Church Photos, (4) 18 Second Church Images, (6) 19 Second Church, Interior and Classroom Photos, (14) 11 Second Church: 1 Photos, 1961 (27) 2 History Photos, (3) 3 Removal of Cornerstone Photos, 1969 (3) 4 Auction, Building Condition Photos, n.d (6) 6 Second and Third Church Mounted Photos, n.d (2) Third Church: 7 Photos, (78) 8 Construction Photos, (50) 9 Exterior Photos, 1970 (21) 10 Interior and Classrooms Photos, (5) 11 Ground Breaking Materials, Special Events and Dedication Photos, (7) 13 Special Events and Dedication Photos, (28) 14 Salem Parsonages, Jubilee Album Book, Reprints from Jubilee Album, Fiftieth Anniversary Program, Church History, n.d Diamond Anniversary Book, Song Festival Program, n.d 22 Jane Dutton Memorial, Upon this Rock Centennial Book, Memories Grace Welander, Centennial Book Manuscript, th Anniversary Yearbook, Stardust 125 th Anniversary, th Anniversary Buttons, Ann Hawkins Books of Church History, Boy Scout Charter Troop 45, Genealogy Information of Salem Members Photo, Family Information, Family Photo, n.d 34 Fifty Year Membership Certificate for Leonard L. Linden, n.d 35 Swedish Confirmation Certificate for Johannes Johnson, North Grove School Photo, 1978 (3)

6 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Centennial Pageant Photo Album, Confirmation Photos, (49) 39 Salem Confirmation Photo, Church Correspondence, ; Congregational Meeting, ; Funeral and Baptism Records, 1977; Marriage and Funeral Information, Funeral Information, Funeral and Baptism Records, Marriage, Baptism, and Funeral Information, Baptism and Funeral Information, Marriage Licenses, Letters of Transfer, , Alcoholics Anonymous, Cheese Distribution, Church and Community Self Study, PADS Program, Pageant Presented November 22, Refugee Family, 1979, That We May Speak Outreach, Confirmation of LLM Fundraising Presentation, Funding Campaign Materials, Funding Campaign, 1974, Cottage Meetings, Bequests, Frank & Kathryn Campbell Legacy, Ellen C. Carlson Estate, Jessie E. Carlson Estate, Rose V. Elmberg Estate Mauritz H. Johnson Estate, Victor C. Johnson Estate, Louise London Estate, Minnie E. Kenyon Estate, Mrs. Pearl F. Peterson Legacy, Seablom Piano Memorial, Singing Memorial, Memorials & Special Gifts, Memorials & Special Gifts,

7 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Memorial Fund Memorials, Memorial Fund, volumes Bulletins, Photos, News Clippings, volumes Bulletins, Reports, News, volumes Salem Lutheran Bulletins, volume Salem Lutheran Bulletins, Bulletins, Reports and Minutes: 1-28 January 1984-December December 1989-December December 1996-June Bulletins, Reports and Minutes: 1-6 July 2002-September October 2003-December January 2005-December Bulletins, Reports and Minutes, January 2008-June Bulletins, Reports and Minutes, July-December Town and Country, Volume III, Parent Link, August 2001-May Annual Reports, Sermon Notes, Sermon Notes, Minutes of the Meetings of the Pastors Cabinet, Pastor Donald E. Griffith Ordination, Pastor Kmet Day Napkins, 1981 (2) 12 Congregational Meeting for Call for Pastor, Sermons by Laypersons, 1978, Pastor Search Committee, Salem Pastors and Families, photos, (22) 16 Reverend Hawkins Call Information, Guest List from Farewell Open House for Pastor and Mrs. Hawkins, Pastor Hawkins Records,

8 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 7 Series II. Membership 33 1 Time and Ability Summary Book, Friendship Register, n.d 3 Delinquent Members, Church Roll, n.d 5 Membership Directories, , 1989, Church Directory, 1988, Panoramic and Event photos, no date (30) 9 Song Books, 1917, Praise and Victory Song Book, Triumphant Service Song Book, volume Service Book and Hymnal, 1958 Series III. Committees Alter Guild Minutes, Minutes of Confirmation Alumni Association Reunions, Alumni Association Confirmation Lists 35 (include complete lists), Alumni Association Accounts, Confirmation, Board of Administration, Board of Trustees Minutes, Church Council Minutes, Volume Church Council Minutes and Financial Reports, Church Committee Records, Board of Deacons, Meetings and Minutes, Deacon Contact Book, n.d Offerings Accounts, Offerings Accounts, Lutheran Brotherhood Student Fund Ledger, Lutheran Brotherhood Minutes, Salem Lutheran Brotherhood Secretary Minutes, Brotherhood Chorus Music 1, n.d 3 Brotherhood Chorus Music 2, 1906, 1913, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1931 Luther League:

9 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Materials, Minutes, Constitution and Membership, Bulletin, Hymn Book, Convention Hymnal, Salem Seniors Minutes, Salem Senior Records, Service Committee: 12 Photos, (59) Ridnour, Social Ministry, Fall Pledge Drive Ridnour, Financial Recovery Furnace Retirement, KLW Enterprises Stewardship Program, Stewardship Agreement, Salem Thespians, Salem Ways and Means Committee Minutes, Young People s Society Treasurer and Secretary s Report, Young People s Society Secretary s Book, Library Records, Minutes of Sunday School Meetings, Coloring Books, Minutes of Sunday School Teachers and Officers Meetings, Minutes of Treasurer s Reports of Sunday School Teachers Meetings 1, Minutes of Sunday School Teachers and Officers Meetings, Vacation Church School Card, Vacation Church School, Vacation Church School, Vacation Church School Photos (18), Vacation Church School, Vacation School Coordinator, Vacation Church School Program Records,

10 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 9 Series IV. Financial Records 41 1 Auditors Statement, Reports and Financial Statements, General Journal, Income and Expenses Ledger, Ledger, Pledge Ledger, Treasurer s Reports, volume Accounts Ledger, Income and Expenses Ledger, , 1918, 1919, Financial Records, volume Salem Lutheran Church Secretary s Book, volume Salem Lutheran Church Secretary s Minutes, Financial Statements, Ledgers, Series V. Building Fund/Construction 42 1 Bills and Financial Records, Subscription Notes, Subscriptions Received and Expenses in Building, Church Plans, Second Church, n.d; The Family of God Builds Program, Self Study, Consecration of Church Site Program, Building Plan Committee Materials Photos (20), Building Committee Report, 1955, Building Plan Committee Records, Building Plan Committee Funds, Bills Paid, Building Committee, Building Committee Secretary s Minutes, , Building Plan Committee Records, Church Plans, 3 rd Church, 1964, Construction Material Records, Building Construction Records, Warranty Deed, Architect s Correspondence, Architect s Correspondence Photos (4), Architect s Correspondence, New Construction and Building Budget,

11 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Building Fund Reports, Building Fund, Building Program, Mural Brochure, n.d 8 Kitchen Plans, Construction Plans and Letters, Construction Materials and Records, Furniture Specifications, Interior Plans and Details, Plans Showing Future Additions, Foundation Boring Report and Correspondence, Plans as Approved by Pastor Kmet and A. R. Linden, Plat Survey, Test Boring Plans, Preliminary Mechanical Plans, Plans as Approve by Congregation, Background Data, Congregational Approvals, Plans, 3 rd, Proposed Blueprints for Third Church Not Approved, Plans, 2 nd, Model Photos, 1965 (4) 24 Plans, 1 st, Verne Solberg, Site Architect, Manuals for Equipment, n.d 27 Kodak Sound Projector, Monroe Table Company, New Holland Church Furniture, Parsonage Building Photos, (11) 31 Bell Materials, Bell Tower Plans, , Shulmerich Carillons Inc. Bells, Organ Plans, New Organ, 1968, 1971 Series VI: Church Organizations Circle #3 Treasurer s Report, Circle #4 Secretary and Treasurer s Report, Circle #5 Minutes, Circle #5 Treasurer s Report, Circle #8 Secretary and Treasurer s Report, Recipe Collection, Eunice Unit, Recipe Collection, Fran Nelson, n.d

12 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Ladies Aid Minutes, Ladies Aid Society Minutes, Ladies Aid Secretary Book, Ladies Aid Society Minutes, Ladies Aid History, Salem Circle Constitution and Meeting Minutes, Salem Circle Treasurer s Report, Minutes of the Fidelis Society, Favorite Recipes, Daughters of Salem, n.d. 2 Favorite Recipes and Menus, Fidelis Society, Luther-Anns Ledger, Ruth Circle Meetings, Tabitha Kumi Treasurer s Report, Women s Guild Minutes, Women s Missionary Society, Lutheran Church Women Education Committee Minutes, Lutheran Church Women Education Committee, Lutheran Church Women Ragdoll Project, 1973, Lutheran Church Women Program Ideas, Lutheran Church Women Day of Renewal Ideas, Lutheran Church Women Executive Board and General Meeting Minutes, Lutheran Church Women Advent Notes, Lutheran Church Women Dinner Committee, History of the Salem Lutheran Church Women Scholarship Fund, Lutheran Church Women Thank Offering Program, Lutheran Church Women World Mission Outreach, Lutheran Church Women and Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Song Sheets, n.d Lutheran Church Women Yearbooks, 1963, Lutheran Church Women and Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Yearbooks, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Yearbooks, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Records and Correspondence, Constitution, Minutes, Financial Reports, Scholarship Fund,

13 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Executive Board Records and Minutes, , Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Lutheran World Relief, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Northeast Conference Fall Assembly, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 8 th Annual Northern Illinois Synodical Convention, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Lutheran Resource Center, Clearlake, Iowa, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Christian Salvage Mission, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Possible Projects, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Spring Luncheon Report and Photos, 1995 (32) 11 Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Mother/Daughter Luncheon Style Show, Quilt Presented to Bishop Ron Hasley by the Synod Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Photos, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Survey Results and Photos, 1988 (22) 14 Circle Sign-In Sheets, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America The Northern Highlights , Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Interchange Publication, , Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Mother-Daughter Lunch, Church Construction slides, (38) 5 Photos, 1995 (7) 6 Photos Pictorial Directory, 1996 (8) 7 Photos, Fall 1997 (97) 8 Youthquake, Photos and Negatives, n.d (10) 9 Church School, Photos, n.d (15) 10 Photos, n.d (20) 11 Photos and Negatives, n.d (28) 12 Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Photos, circa 1988, n.d (14) 13 Photos and Negatives, n.d (6) 14 Photos, n.d (26)

14 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 13 Series VII. Audio-Visual Subseries A. DVDs 49 1 Ruth, November 22, Chicago Folk Service, December 27, Church Picnics, July 2, 1988; July 22, Beautiful Savior, Adult Choir Cantata, January 14, Bradford Lyttle Speaking at Salem, November, NIC at Night, April 27, Church Slide Show, n.d 8 Happy Anniversary from Youth Quake Group, n.d Subseries B. VHS Tapes 49 9 Youth Service, January 29, Reach Out Singers, October 17, Dave Mayer Magic Show, May 18, The Floundering Spaceship, November 2, Fat, Fat Jehosephat Salem Teen & Chorister Choirs, March 22, Confirmation Service, Christmas Concert, December 13, Pastor Terry Salem Farewell, December 13, Youth Sunday, Church Picnics, July 2, 1988; July 22, Mark Knappe Ordination and Installation, August 14, Vinegar Boy, Musical, March 19, LOMC Swing Choir, August 9, Rooted in the Gospel & The Gift, The Living Church 1939, 1951," Rooted in the Gospel, Go, Go Jonah, April 30, Installation Service Carla Vanatta, August 27, Salem in Action, Salem in Action, 1997 (Master Copy) 29 Once upon a Time Shop, March 3, Easter Sunday, April 23, Fish Tales Musical, March 10, Happy Anniversary Salem from Youth Quake Group, n.d

15 DRAWER FOLDER DESCRIPTION 14 Series VIII. Oversize Oversize Drawer LCW Dinner Committee, Cake Instructions, n.d. Oversize 1 Church Plans (5), 1964, 1967 Drawer 34 Building Construction Records (2), 1968 Architect s Correspondence (5), Kitchen Layout Plans, 1967 Bell Tower Plans (2), , 1978 Interior Plans and Details, 1969 Plans Showing Future Additions, 1966 Site Plans Approved by Pastor Kmet and A.R. Linden, 1967 Plat Survey, 1964 Test Boring Plans, Preliminary Mechanical Plans, 1967 Plans Approved by Congregation (3), Plans, Third Church, Proposed Blueprints for Third Church (2), 1966 Plans, Second Church, 1965 Plans, First Church, Baptism Certificates (2), 1910, 1914 Marriage Certificate, 1919 Confirmation Certificates (5), 1894, 1906, 1917, 1918, 1929 Confirmation photo, Architect s Correspondence (6), , 1969 Building Program, Construction Plans and Letter (4), New Holland Church Furniture, Shulmerich Carillons, Inc.-Bells, Group Photos, 1918, n.d (2) 7 Lower and Upper Level Plans (2), 1987 Northern Illinois Synod Map, n.d Landscape Plan, January 1998 Sycamore City Map, n.d Sycamore Zoning Map (2), 1978, 1997

16 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 15 Oversize Drawer 34 7a Church at Sycamore, drawn by Fred Larson, 1972 Plat Survey, 1964 Sign Board, 1961 Site Plan, n.d Entry Floor Plan, February 1988 Lower Floor Plan, February Oversize Prints: Organ Plans, Second Church (3), 1959 Building Construction Records, 1968 Architect s Correspondence (3), Second Church Plans, n.d (9) 10 Full set of Building Plans (Mechanical Electrical, Sewer, Millwork), June 1968 Master Floor Plan, June 1968 Heating Plan, November Sign drawing by Fred O. Larson, January 1962 Plans, Upper and Lower Levels, July 1987 Site Plan drawn by Fred O. Larson, June 1961 Interior Plans, April Elevator and Remodeling Plans: Record Drawing (15), June 1990 Working Drawing (15), February Progress Prints (15), January 1989 Progress Prints (15), December 1988 ADDENDUM Altar Guild Agendas, October Altar Guild Meeting Minutes, April 1976-November Altar Guild Reports for Annual Meeting, , , Altar Guild Worship Information, Prayers, and Instruction, Altar Guild Schedules, November 1990-October Banners of Salem Information, n.d.

17 BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Worship Committee Meeting Minutes, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Annual Report of the Congregation, Church Bulletins, January 2011-December 2011