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Meeting of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: A group seated around a table in the yard drinking coffee. Pastor Even Johnson Homme (1843-1903), the founder of the Wittenberg Orphan's Home, is on the le...
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Congregation of Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1877
Description: Group portrait in the yard of the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church parsonage. Pastor Even Johnson Homme and his wife Ingeborg and their child...
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner Meeting

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Guests at a Wisconsin Council of Churches dinner meeting.
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Methodist Church Meeting

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Three Methodist Bishops, honored guests at a national meeting to promote the program, "Advance for Christ and His Church". Shown in clergy robes: seated, H...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Annual Dinner

Date: 01 16 1951
Description: Three participants in the Wisconsin Council of Churches converse at the group's annual dinner. Pictured from left to right are: Rev. William D.F. Hayes, Ma...
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SCEF Conference

Date: 04 1962
Description: Bishop Edgar A Love, chairman of SCEF (Southern Conference Educational Fund) listens while Dorthy Vails, a leader of the Talladega College SNCC engages in ...
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SCEF Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: James Dombrowski, (left), executive director of SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and Bishop Edgar A. Love, SCEF chairman, during a meeting.
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Father Drinan

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Description: Father Robert Drinan, the first Catholic priest elected to the U.S. Congress and a strong opponent of the war in Vietnam, at a panel sponsored by the Insti...
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Lutheran Women's Meeting

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: Group portrait of attendees of a meeting for Lutheran women at St. John's American Lutheran Church. They include, from left to right: Mrs. C.O. Schwengel, ...
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Meeting the Pope

Date: 1982
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (in profile) meeting with Pope John Paul II. Obey was heading a congressional delegation that had visited Poland. Obey ...
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State Commission on Human Rights Officers

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev...
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Episcopal Churchwomen Convocation

Date: 09 17 1959
Description: Bishop Donald A.V. Hallock (right) of the Milwaukee diocese of the Episcopal church is shown with officers of the Episcopal Churchwomen of the Northwest Co...
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Episcopal Churchwomen Convocation

Date: 09 17 1959
Description: Shown at the conclave are, left to right: Rev. Andrew Laabs, rector of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Lake Delton; Gertrude Rellahan, chairman of hospitality...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches' Annual Business Meeting

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: Shown from left are: meeting principal speaker Dr. Douglas Horton, former dean of Harvard Divinity School; Rev. Carl Stromberg, new council president; and ...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Annual Business Meeting

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: The Rev. Marvin Schilling (left), Watertown Methodist Church district superintendent; the Rev. Clifford Fritz, Waukesha; the Rev. Charles Asher, Pewaukee; ...
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Area Episcopal Churchmen Convocation

Date: 04 20 1961
Description: Leaders of the Milwaukee Diocese of the Episcopal Church and the Madison Churchmen's organization are shown at the Northwest Convocation of the organizatio...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Two Lutheran pastors chat during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. The Madison pastors are Rev. William J. Rohlw...

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