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President's correspondence, executive committee minutes, and minutes of annual conventions; also files on individual churches in the Synod, including clippings, reports, church histories and programs; and photographs.

The records of the Michigan Synod of the Lutheran Church in America include president's correspondence; executive committee minutes; and minutes of annual conventions; files on individual churches in the Synod, including clippings, reports, church histories and programs; and photographs. The records have been arranged into the following series: Organizational and Administrative Records; Archivist's files; Organizational units and programs; Lutheran Church Women; Printed material; Church files; Topical files; and Visual Materials. Most of the records prior to 1962 originally came from the archives of United Lutheran Church in America.

Ethnic study program founded in part by Otto Feinstein of Wayne State University and concerned with making available and using ethnic materials in the classroom. Minutes, staff reports, and subject files; contain files relating to a survey in 1972 of ethnic radio programs, an ethnic survey of East Detroit School District residents in 1974, and materials relating to a teachers training program.

The records of the South East Michigan Regional Ethnic Heritage Study Center (1970-1976) measure three feet and are arranged alphabetically by subject or title. In addition to information about the body's goals and organization, found primarily in the minutes of the Board of Directors and the Executive Council as well as in the staff reports, there is detailed information about specific projects. Most interesting are a survey of ethnic radio programs (1972), an ethnic survey of East Detroit School District residents (1974) and manuscripts prepared for the TTT program (1972).