Scope and Contents Materials in the collection cover a majority of Athens Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church's 300 year plus history. These are a diverse set of materials incorporating church records, books, historic materials, correspondnece, publications, maps and legal papers. Of particular note are the 113 Glebe Deed documents from the 1780's through the 1820's and other Deeds from 1744 through 1966. There is also a nearly complete run of Church Bulletins from 1929-1974 and 1977-1979 as well as the 1936-1940...

Scope and Contents Church Bulletins contain the nearly complete running of weekly bulletins produced by Zion Lutheran Church for the greater part of the 51 year stretch between 1929 and 1979. These bulletins informed the congregation on events and developments at the church as well as religious insturction and messages. Some bulletins also refer to nationally hisotric events such as Pearl Harbor, and the Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations. The scope of this series shows the large changes in style...

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains the papers which constitute the running and operating of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Materials include attendance records, council meeting minutes and agendas, reports, statistics and membership lists. Some of these include Rev. Luther S. Straley's organizational papers. The bulk of these materials are from 1964-1971. Of particular note is the 1834-1866 minute book.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains the papers which constitute the running and operating of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Materials include attendance records, council meeting minutes and agendas, reports, statistics and membership lists. Some of these include Rev. Luther S. Straley's organizational papers. The bulk of these materials are from 1964-1971. Of particular note is the 1834-1866 minute book.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains the papers which constitute the running and operating of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Materials include attendance records, council meeting minutes and agendas, reports, statistics and membership lists. Some of these include Rev. Luther S. Straley's organizational papers. The bulk of these materials are from 1964-1971. Of particular note is the 1834-1866 minute book.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains the papers which constitute the running and operating of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Materials include attendance records, council meeting minutes and agendas, reports, statistics and membership lists. Some of these include Rev. Luther S. Straley's organizational papers. The bulk of these materials are from 1964-1971. Of particular note is the 1834-1866 minute book.

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence from Zion's pastors and congregations. Of particular note here are the Rev. Witthoft farewell sermon, the Lutheran Brotherhood resignation letters and the Charles J. Hannann letters, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains correspondence from Zion's pastors and congregations. Of particular note here are the Rev. Witthoft farewell sermon, the Lutheran Brotherhood resignation letters and the Charles J. Hannann letters, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains correspondence from Zion's pastors and congregations. Of particular note here are the Rev. Witthoft farewell sermon, the Lutheran Brotherhood resignation letters and the Charles J. Hannann letters, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility.

Scope and Contents From the File: This series contains correspondence from Zion's pastors and congregations. Of particular note here are the Rev. Witthoft farewell sermon, the Lutheran Brotherhood resignation letters and the Charles J. Hannann letters, an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility.