MANUSCRIPT
Christensen family : Papers
- Date
- 1882-1958
- By
- Christensen, Mads, 1856-1929; Christensen, Ansgar Christian, 1899-1958; Koch, Clemens I (Rev), 1923?-
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2243
- Description
Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand
Source of title - Supplied
Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years
Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
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- Format
- 56 folder(s), 0.50 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Diaries, Sermons, Serial publications, Minutes (Records), Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts, printed matter
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UnknownDiary
Date: 1952
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-43
Description: Entries re subscriptions to Lutheran Herald, visit of Pastor Reinfelds, Ministers Association meeting, Bible in Schools, Young People's social - speaker Mr Bjelke-Petersen, visit of Pastors Eckert, Fisher and Blaess Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1934
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-25
Description: Contents include entries re Sunday School picnic; Bible in Schools; orders books from USA; Ansgar Lutheran 1935 subscribers Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1942
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-33
Description: Contents include entries re confirmation classes; Dominion Evangelization Committee; Pastor Legarth's death 8 Oct 1942; records of cows Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1946
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-37
Description: Entries re Jubilee Social 16 Jul 1946; visit to Wellington; flooding 19 Aug 1946; parish visiting Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1931
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-22
Description: Entries re weather; services; meeting with Pastor Ries, Legarth and A Berntsen 23 Mar 1931; commencement of Saturday School; articles for church paper; snow on 3 Aug 1931; visits to Makaretu and Norsewood; Pastor Weinche from Auckland; car accounts; Bible Class programme for 1931 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1933
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-24
Description: Contents include entries re arrival of Pastor Lohe; Nicholson enthusiasts Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1949
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-40
Description: Entries re Young People's Association organised; contact with immigrants at Pahiatua; riddles and jokes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1935
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-26
Description: Contents include entries re Convention 8 Mar 1935; sales of produce; list of attendants at discussion meeting Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1950
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-41
Description: Entries re visit to Australia, visit of Pastor Heidrich, farming Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Diary
Date: 1955
From: Christensen family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2243-46
Description: Entries re Pastors Conference, Halcombe 19 Jan 1955; Danish gym team; Halcombe Mission Festival; Hamilton, Auckland and Taupo visits; visits of Pastor Koch, Enoch Hansen lantern lecture at Dannevirke, vegetable sales accounts; subscription lists to Standfast, Lutheran Herald, and Lutheran Youth Quantity: 1 folder(s).