Paper by Walfred E. Nelson entitled An analysis of church membership in the Red River Valley Conference (Augustana Lutheran Church), submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the course of Special Problems 499 in the Department of Sociology of the North Dakota State University 1961. This paper (53 leaves) which covers 1930-1960 includes national, Minnesota, and North Dakota population trends and rural memberships, and also urban Lutheran churches. Membership of the Augustana Lutheran Church in the State of North Dakota (8 leaves) by Jean Anderson, includes tables on church memberships with special emphasis on North Dakota churches; membership figures are from 1955.