| Author | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
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| Title | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1843-1994 [microform].
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| Description | 24 reels of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Consists of church records, including the complete sacramental records; membership records, 1901-1993; minutes of the Voters' Assembly, 1878-1962; minutes of the Ladies' Aid Society, 1906-1950; financial accounts, 1896-1974; and church bulletins, 1958-1994. Also includes school records, including correspondence; minutes of the Zion Board of Education, 1916-1930; financial records, 1888-1970; student attendance records, 1855-1943; scattered gradebooks, 1919-1933; scattered yearbooks, 1952-1971; and Sunday School registrations, 1939-1950. Also includes miscellaneous historical documents, including a 1961 survey and address by Pastor C.T. Schuknecht on the transition from German to English language usage in Cleveland German Lutheran churches; and histories of Cleveland Evangelical Lutheran Churches. Also included are structural blueprints and architectural records for the church and school buildings.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1994. 24 microfilm reels : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Loc. Orig/Dup. | Holds originals: Original records owned by Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio.
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| Historical Note | Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized in 1843, was the first German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the "mother church" to other German Lutheran congregations in the metropolitan area. Congregants also took part in meetings at Zion, beginning in September 1845, which led to the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. Zion has been affiliated with the Missouri Synod since 1852. The congregation grew rapidly during the years of German immigration. Services were primarily in German until 1913, when Pasto T.F. Schurdel implemented greater use of English. In 1853, the Church began offering Lutheran education, and maintained an elementary school until 1971. After several moves, the current church, designed by architect Frank R. Walker, was dedicated in 1903 at East 30th Street and Prospect Avenue.
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| Language Note | With the exception of the church bulletins and historical publications, the majority of the records are in German.
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| Cum. Index Note | Finding aids: Register available in the library.
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| Subjects | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Church schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.
German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religious life.
Germans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Lutheran Church -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Lutheran church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.
Lutherans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Lutherans, German -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Garfield Heights, Ohio).
Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (South Euclid, Ohio).
Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Westlake, Ohio).
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Shaker Heights, Ohio).
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
Zion Lutheran School (Cleveland, Ohio).
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| Other Authors | Schwan, Henry C., 1818-1905.
Schuknecht, C.T.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: Microfilm (Cab. 54:2)
mq82737: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 48927] |
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