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Anniversary Medallions

The ELS Historical Society has produced commemorative medallions for the dual anniversaries of 2017 (quincentennial of the Lutheran Reformation) and 2018 (reorganization of the ELS). The medallions are just over 2 inches in diameter with a wider ribbon at the bottom, as shown in the picture.

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Cost is $10 for Historical Society members. To order, send a check to "ELS Historical Society, 6 Browns Court, Mankato, MN 56001." Please include $2 more per medallion for shipping and handling. Medallions will also be available for purchase at the ELS Synod Convention in June 2018.

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Our staff would be delighted to assist you. Please select one of the following options, depending upon the nature of your inquiry.

Click here to contact Rebecca DeGarmeaux, ELS Ottesen Museum Director, for information concerning:
- The ELS Ottesen Museum
- Purchase of ELS Historical Society Publications
- Museum programs and presentations

Click here to contact the Ted Gullixson, Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archivist, for information concerning:
- ELS pastors and congregations
- Books and pamphlets in our collection
- The ELS photo collection

Click here to contact the Erling Teigen, Bethany Lutheran College Archivist and Oak Leaves Editor, for information concerning:
- Oak Leaves—ELS Historical Society Quarterly
- History of Bethany Ladies College (1911–1926) and Bethany Lutheran College (1926–)
- Specific archival questions relating to Bethany documents, photographs, and publications

For all other questions, please complete the form below to contact the ELS Historical Society President.
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The current issue of Oak Leaves is available here for free download. The spring issue, published in May will also be available when it is published.

Oak Leaves is the publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod Historical Society.

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—Erling T. Teigen, editor