Financial reports pertaining to Mission Tidings were separated and placed with Mission Tidings material in AUG 40/10, Subject Files.

Forms part of: Subgroup AUG 40/5 Executive Board/Board of Directors.

See also AUG 40 Administrative History.

The constitution adopted at the Woman's Missionary Society's (WMS) first convention in 1893 provided for an administrative body to oversee business matters between conventions. This Executive Committee comprised five members who were elected annually and met monthly. It expanded to include, in addition to the society's national officers, department secretaries who were responsible for promoting the work of the society's various departments, and conference society presidents. In 1918 the name of the committee changed to Woman's Mission Board (WMB), and the society's elected officers became the board's Executive Committee, whose role it was to conduct the business of the society between WMB meetings. In the 1940s the frequency of regular WMB meetings changed from monthly to twice per year, and later three times per year. The Executive Committee met on a more frequent basis between the meetings of the WMB. In 1949 the name of the board changed to Executive Board. When the society underwent a significant reorganization in 1958, a Board of Directors took the place of the Executive Board and coordinated the work of the newly created Augustana Lutheran Church Women (ALCW) with that of the church-at-large.

The records comprise minutes from WMS/ALCW administrative bodies' meetings occurring from 1895-1962. They include primarily Executive Board and Executive Committee minutes, but in some instances were additional minutes from other WMS committees are included. Minutes from 1895-1904 are written in Swedish. Minutes after 1904 are written primarily in English. Until 1922 all minutes are handwritten in bound notebooks. From 1922-1962 minutes are typewritten on looseleaf pages originally kept in binders. Up until 1957 minutes are arranged in chronological order and Executive Board and Executive Committee minutes are filed together. Starting with 1957 minutes are separated into the different administrative bodies and then are arranged chronologically. In box 8 is a duplicate set of minutes from October 1958- December 1962. These appear to be the original copies and are arranged only in chronological order. Indexes are included for minutes from 1923, 1939-1945, and 1951-1954.

Examples of subjects contained in the minutes are, fundraising for construction of a hospital for women and children in Rajahmundry, India; discussions pertaining to the creation of the WMS missionary publication, Mission Tidings; and steps taken in the process of recruiting and supporting women to be missionaries. Minutes from the final years of the organization also include meetings regarding the reorganization of women's groups within the church and the creation of the new auxiliary, the Augustana Lutheran Church Women. The records are arranged chronologically.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church > Missions, Societies, etc.

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church > Missions.

Augustana Lutheran Church Women > Administration.

Lutheran Church > Missions.

Lutheran Church > Missions > Societies, etc.