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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.

Church in Lansing, Michigan, founded in 1886 and dissolved in 1998. Record group includes the following series: history, membership, property, administration, bulletins and newsletters, women's organizations, Sunday School, and photographs.

The records of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Lansing, MI, consist of 6.2 linear feet and 1 oversize folder. The materials consist of administrative materials, publications, records of historic events, and several bound volumes of historic materials, including the church's constitution, council meeting minutes, meeting minutes and activities of various women's organizations, and photographs. Bound volumes through c.1920 are in German, reflecting the ethnic origins of the church. The records are arranged into eight series: History, Membership, Property, Administration, Bulletins and Newsletters, Women's Organizations, Sunday School, and Photographs. These materials reflect the evolution of the St. Paul's from a small, German church at the end of the 19th century into an urban church at the end of the 20th century. We know from historic accounts by members and from newsletters that a fire in 1978 destroyed some of the church's records, but there does not appear to be any documentation in the collection that details which records were destroyed.

Pastors of St. Paul United Church of Christ

Date	Event
1886-1888	C.C. Haag
1888-1889	F. Macer
1890-1890	Paul Grob
1890-1894	C. Spathelf
1896-1896	L. Gross
1898-1899	J. Lindenmeyer
1899-1903	C. Zimmerman
1903-1908	E.H. Spathelf
1908-1911	P. Gehle
1911-1917	E.F. Lawrenz
1919-1920	Edwin F. Macer
1920-1922	B.E. Schalow
1922-1928	G.E. Krause
1928-1940	Alfred P. Hardt
1941-1941	Wm. Carpenter
1941-1949	Frank Rupnow
1950-1953	Robert Baumann
1954-1963	R.E. Eshmeyer
1964-1966	David R. Fisher
1966-1978	Claude Kelley
1978-1981	Theodor Tuenge
1981-1990	Roger Stutesman
1990-1991	D. Wenstrom
1991-1993	Rose Hermonat
1993-1994	Ann Slade
1994-1994	Melodee Smith
1994-1998	Douglas Asamoa