The eleventh annual meeting will take place on June 16, 2007 from 9:30 am to 3:45 pm at the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center at Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minnesota.

Meeting Agenda

9:00 am - Registration & Coffee

9:30 am - Opening Devotion

9:45 am - Preserving Our Heritage through

Correspondence:

I. Letters from Leipzig: The Correspondence of S. C. Ylvisaker, presented by Professor Erling T. Teigen

10:45 am - Break

11:00 am - II. Letters from World War II: Wartime Correspondence of N. A. Madson, presented by the Rev. Paul G. Madson

Noon - Lunch

(Reservations and advance payment required.)

1:15 pm -Business Meeting

1:30 pm - Preserving Our Heritage through Artifacts 

Presented by Shelley Harrison of the Blue Earth County Historical Society

2:30 pm - Preserving Artifacts. Shelley Harrison will

discuss, demonstrate, and answer questions about techniques for preserving textiles, paper, and other important artifacts.

3:30 pm - Closing Devotion and Coffee.

For further information: contact Robin Ouren, heyrab@hickorytech.net or 507-246-5309 or Elsa.Ferkenstad@blc.edu or 507-344-7354.

Voting Membership:$10/year-individual, $15/year- husband & wife. Associate Membership: $15/year- individual, $25/year-institutional, $5/year-student