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Naomi Nelson Oral History
| dc.contributor.author | Nelson, Naomi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gadd-Nelson, Rachel | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Burdick (Kan.) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-07T17:21:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-07T17:21:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-09-18 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12670 | |
| dc.description | Oral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Oral history interview with Naomi Nelson conducted by Rachel Gadd-Nelson in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 18, 2009. In this interview, Naomi Nelson describes her early childhood experiences attending church in Wilsey, Kansas. After marriage, she became a member of the Hebron Lutheran Church in Burdick, Kansas, and remained a member of that church for over 60 years. She describes her activities as part of the church's women's group, teaching Sunday School, and the importance of missionaries to the church community. She describes the impact of mergers with other local congregations due to shortages of pastors. She discusses the importance of her faith in her everyday life. She discusses charitable efforts of the Hebron Lutheran Church, and the role of the church within the Burdick community. She describes the changing demographics and political affiliations of the congregation. She also discusses the relationship between the local Lutheran and Methodist congregations. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas course taught at the University of Kansas by Dr. Timothy Miller in the fall of 2009. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Friends of the Department of Religious Studies | |
| dc.publisher | Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://ksreligion.omeka.net/ | |
| dc.rights | All oral histories in the Religion in Kansas Project are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License. | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hebron Lutheran Church (Burdick, Kan.) | |
| dc.subject | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- Kansas. | |
| dc.title | Naomi Nelson Oral History | |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | |
| kusw.oastatus | na | |
| kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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Oral histories and interviews about religious groups in Kansas
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