Fredrickson, Roger L.
Content Description
Record of speaking engagements and travel experiences over a twenty year period.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1987
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 Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.
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Biographical / Historical
Roger Fredrickson was among the most visible leaders within the American Baptist Churches during the last half of the twentieth century. He had three successful pastorates, served both as vice-president (1960-1961) and president (1970-1971) of the American Baptist Churches, and was active in renewal ministries and evangelism.
He is the author of three books, God Loves the Dandelions 1975; The Church That Refused to Die 1991 and The Communicator's Commentary 1985. Fredrickson also moderated a weekly televison show called A Cup of Coffee with Roger.
Extent
3.4 Linear Feet (9 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Roger L. Fredrickson, 1988 and 1996.
Appraisal
Acquired by James R. Lynch, Director of Library, 1996; Beverly Carlson, Director/Archivist, and Carl W. Tiller, Interim Director of the American Baptist-Samuel Colgate Library, 1988.
Processing Information
Processor not noted. The files have been refoldered in acid-free archival files, but the file structure, including the file names, has been kept essentially as Dr. Fredrickson created it. Some material among the papers (most notably the sermons of Boxes 8 and 9) were not originally in folders; these have been foldered and named. A few files contained only material such as airline tickets and other such travel information; these files have been deemed not archivally significant and have been removed. A few files have been rearranged in Box 1 to maintain the chronological order that prevails throughout the rest of the collection. One file (Box 2) bears two names.
Genre / Form
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Roger L. Fredrickson
- Author
- Jill Sweetapple
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the American Baptist Historical Society Repository
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