Christenson, Fred G. and Henrietta Papers

File — Oversize_Box: OS1, Folder: Six oversized photographs, 1950s India, Folder: Fred's 1920s diploma

Identifier: MP-118

Staff Only

Content Description

Personal papers, correspondence and artifacts for the Christensons.

Dates

Creation: 1930-2010

Language of Materials

Materials in the collection are in English and Telugu

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Mr. Fred Gerhard Christenson, an agricultural missionary, served as a missionary of the ABFMS from 1920 to retirement in 1962. He served at Nellore, Ongole, Kurnool, Cumbum, Bapatla, Kanigiri, Nandyal, Mahbubnagar, and other areas in South India. His activities included supervising training schools and high schools, teaching agriculture and directing educational and evangelical work in rural areas. He served for a time as principal of Ongole High School and Coles Memorial High School in Kurnool.

Henrietta V. Hale, R.N., went to South India in 1937 under the appointment of the Church of the Nazarene, Rocky Ford, Colorado. She was married to Rev. Fred Christenson April 1941 at Cumbum, South India. In March 1946 the ABFMS appointed her as a missionary. Mrs. Christenson supervised children at the boarding school in Cumbum, supervised a daily dispensary for Christian and Hindu patients, toured the field with her husband, organized women’s societies and did general medical work throughout a large area.