Assignment Africa 1961 Missionary Memo Fox ABCFM Literacy Center Rhodesia

Description: Manually typed memorandum from Frederick FoxSubject: Assignment in Africa (Kitwe, N. Rhodesia)Purpose: To teach at Christian Writing Center Condition as shown in photo. Creased, aged and worn. Unrelated penciled notes on back. Undated. Based on research, appears to be from the 1950's. Some dates are mentioned regarding the term of the assignment, but no year. Mr. Fox mentions his home address in Maryland and churches around the Washington, D. C. area. Includes discussion of:Frank LaubachCommittee on World Literacy and Christian LiteratureCongregational ABCFMLiteracy and Writing Center in Kitwe, N. RhodesiaFinancial needs of his family while he is awayFinancial support provided by several churchesFrom Princetoniana: Frederick Fox (1917-1981) graduated from Princeton in 1939. He enlisted in the Army and won the Bronze Star as a signal officer during World War II. After the war, he studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York and earned his doctorate at Defiance College in Ohio in 1952. In 1961, Fox traveled to Northern Rhodesia as a missionary/teacher to instruct African church leaders in the fundamentals of journalism. From the Harvard archives of the American Board of Commissioner for Foreign Missions: Founded in 1810, The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was the first organized missionary society in the United States. The ABCFM posted missionaries throughout the globe into the mid-20th century, and its influence was immense. The primary objective of the ABCFM was to spread Western Protestant Christianity to various groups of peoples throughout the world. Beyond religious expansionism, mission work offered a thin veil for American cultural and political imperialism.

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