Title: Farland (N.D.) Lutheran Church
Dates: 1909-1996
Collection Number: MSS 11261
Quantity: .75 ft.
Abstract: Records consist of founding documents, membership information, lists of baptisms and marriages, minutes, annual meeting information, correspondence, pastor's reports, church histories, records relating to the dissolution of the church, programs, bulletins, financial records, a photograph, and records of the Farland Ladies' Aid, Young People's meetings, and Farland Lutheran League.
Provenance: The Farland Lutheran Church (Farland, McKenzie County, N.D.) records were donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Daniel Stenberg on June 3, 2015.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
On January 23, 1909, a meeting was held at the Jens G. Walla home to organize a Norwegian Lutheran congregation. The original congregation consisted of 28 members. The church was originally called the Norsk Evangelisk Luthersk Menighed. The Farland Ladies Aid was organized on January 20, 1909, with five members, with the goal of raising money for the church. The parish joined with the Spring Creek and Watford City congregations in 1933, and with the Banks Parish (Garden Valley, Banks and Garden Churches) in 1942. Church members voted to dissolve the Farland Norwegian Evangelical Church (Farland Lutheran Church) in the spring of 1996.
BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Constitution, ca. 1909
2 Minutes, 1909-1942
3 Account book with membership information, 1911-1959
4 Minutes, 1943-1996
5 Financial Ledger, 1949-1966
6 Dissolution of the church, 1996
7 Miscellaneous: lists of baptisms and marriages, bulletins, photograph, annual meeting information, correspondence, pastors reports, histories, and programs, ca. 1930s-1990s
Box 2:
1 Farland Ladies' Aid records, 1909-1913
2 Farland Ladies' Aid records, 1920-1959
3 Farland Ladies' Aid records, 1943-1967
4 Young People's meetings/Farland Lutheran League records, 1927-1951
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