LCA Collection 249. Rubrecht, George Keller. Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht, 1900-1934: Overview

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Rubrecht, George Keller.  Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht, 1900-1934.  LCA Collection 249.  2 Hollinger boxes and ½ legal Hollinger box.

ABSTRACT:
The Papers of Rev. George Keller Rubrecht collection contains correspondence which encompasses contact with ministers involved in the Northwest Synod as well as individuals beyond the synod jurisdiction and several personal letters.  Also included are committee materials and reports from his career in the ministry, as well as his service as President of the Northwest Synod from 1917-1927.   

Reverend George Keller Rubrecht was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 December, 1877 to John Adam and Sarah Catherine (Keller).  He graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1901 and completed graduate work at Columbia University in 1902 before attending Philadelphia Seminary and becoming ordained in 1905, and received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1922 from Carthage College.  Rubrecht married Nora H. Brobst on 26 October 1905 in Allentown, and his son Kenneth Rubrecht was born in 1909.  Rubrecht served as President of the Northwest Synod from 1917-1927, following the term of Rev. A.F. Elmquist and preceding Rev. R.H. Gerberding.

Biographical information obtained on 11/17/2014 from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brobst&id=I12827

This collection has been divided into three series: Correspondence with Pastors of the Synod of the Northwest, Correspondence outside the Synod of the Northwest, and Committees, Reports, and Miscellaneous Materials.

Correspondence with Pastors of the Synod the Northwest, 1903-1930 contains communications with clergy within the Synod of the Northwest.

Correspondence outside the Synod of the Northwest, 1912-1928 includes letters and correspondence with individuals and organizations beyond the organization of the Synod of the Northwest.

Committees, Reports, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1900-1930 holds a variety of materials from involved committees in the Synod of the Northwest, in addition to reports and miscellaneous materials.