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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Records consist of a wide variety of records documenting the congregation’s 165-year history on Wayne Avenue in Dayton, Ohio. Records date from the congregation’s founding in 1852 through 2018, just after its closure, and include general history, vital records, administrative records, publications, and audiovisual materials. Early documents (prior to about 1920) are almost exclusively in German, the use of which was not discontinued entirely until...