Background
Crittenden, Christopher was born on December 1, 1902 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Christopher and Ethel (Taylor) Crittenden.
Crittenden, Christopher was born on December 1, 1902 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles Christopher and Ethel (Taylor) Crittenden.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest College, 1921, Master of Arts, 1922, Doctor of Letters, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1930. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University North Carolina, 1961, Wake Forest College.
Principal, Public school, Roxobel, North Carolina, 1922-1923. Instructor of history, Yale, 1924-1925. Instructor of history, University of North Carolina, 1926-1929, assistant professor, 1930-1935, director North Carolina State Department of Archives and History (formerly the North Carolina History Commission) since 1935 (on leave, 1946-1947, serving as assistant director World World World War II Records project National Archives, Washington).
State director, History Records Survey, 1936-1937.
Regional director Survey of Federal Archives, 1936-1937. Chairman Conference of History Societies, 1938-1940.
President American Association for State and Local History, 1940-1942. Member American, Southern history associations, North Carolina State Literature and History Association (secretary), society American Archivists (past president), North Carolina Folk-Lore Society, North Carolina State Art Society, North Carolina Archeological Society (past president), National Trust for Historic Preservation, Phi Beta Kappa (president county chapter 1958-1959).
Baptism is something you do in obedience to God, but it is not essential for salvation. In other words, salvation is something God does for us, while baptism is something we do for God.
Member American, Southern history associations, North Carolina State Literature and History Association (secretary), society American Archivists (past president), North Carolina Folk-Lore Society, North Carolina State Art Society, North Carolina Archeological Society (past president), National Trust for Historic Preservation, Phi Beta Kappa (president county chapter 1958-1959). Club: Watauga (president 1956-1958).
Married Janet Quinlan, September 1930. Children: Christopher, Robert Hinton, Ann Lane.