Keywords: Shelby County, Iowa. "The church is the most important institution in Irwin today. Were it not for t . . . - NARA - 522062.tif Scope and content Full caption reads as follows Shelby County Iowa The church is the most important institution in Irwin today Were it not for the church the community would not be a desirable place in which to live This is the traditional way of thinking about the church and the statement was made by a non-church-goer These pictures were taken in the Norwegian Lutheran Church south of the village of Irwin Its pastor is a farmer on the side and a man respected by everyone His church is generally well-filled An interesting thing about this church is that once every month a Norwegian service is held for the benefit of the older people who like to hear their native language upon occasion This image shows part of the Sunday school class which meets just before the regular service General notes 522062 Local identifier 83-G-41864 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 NARA-Author Rusinow Irving Photographer 5307166 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1941 05 02 - 1941 05 07 Record group Record Group 83 Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1876 - 1959 Record group ARC 412 Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies compiled ca 1922 - ca 1947 documenting the period ca 1911 - ca 1947 Series ARC 521048 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-83-G-41864 yes Other versions <gallery> File Shelby_County _Iowa _ The_church_is_the_most_important_institution_in_Irwin_today _Were_it_not_for_t_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522062 tif tif File Shelby_County _Iowa _ The_church_is_the_most_important_institution_in_Irwin_today _Were_it_not_for_t_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522062 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Irving Rusinow Shelby County Iowa NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs |