COLL/364 Guide to the Bartel Zandstra Collection Zandstra, Bartel Collection Finding Aid Authors: Ed Gerritsen, October 1999.

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Guide to the Bartel Zandstra Collection 1896/1995 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Bartel Zandstra Collection 1896-1995 COLL/364 Zandstra, Bartel, 1907-2008 1.47 3 Boxes ; 1 microfilm reel Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Real estate agent, and politician, active in municipal affairs in Lake County and Highland, Indiana. The collection includes campaign material; election documents; correspondence; newspaper clippings; and also details the Dutch immigrant community south of Chicago, Illinois; the agricultural pursuit of some of those immigrants in northern Indiana; plus the minutes of the Farmers' Cooperative Association (Highland, Indiana); and information on a short-lived Dutch immigrant settlement in Kuner, Colorado.

Other Information:

Acc. No. 99.17

Biographical Information:

Bartel Zandstra Jr. was a real estate agent, local politician, and municipal official in the Highland, Indiana, area.

The son (one of sixteen children) of a truck farmer who had immigrated from the Netherlands, Zandstra married Gwendolyn Mae Jonkman. They had two children, Bartel Jay and Anne Kathie (Stoll). He served in the United States Army, 1943-1946, in the European theater.

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id17728 Family History, Speeches, and Election Material 1896-1975 id17729 1 id17730 1 1 Family history, geography 1896-1995 id17731 1 2 Newspaper clippings, Township Assessor 1938 id17732 1 3 Property deeds, plat maps, etc 1926-1942 id17733 1 4 Military service 1943-1945 id17734 1 5-6 Speeches, undated id17735 1 7 Awards, certificates, membership cards 1938-1975 id17736 1 8 Dealings with Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads 1949-1953 id17737 1 9 Liquidation of Merchants Savings Bank and other banks 1944 id17738 1 10 Farmers Cooperative Association of Highland, IN: translations of minutes 1915-1929 id17739 1 11 Farmers Cooperative Association of Highland, IN: minutes 1915-1929 id17740 1 12 Farmers Cooperative Association of Highland, IN: minutes 1930-1950 id17741 1 Vault (1 microfilm reel): Farmers Cooperative Association of Highland, IN: minutes 20 Jan 1915 - 26 Jan 1950 id17742 Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings 1930s-1960s id17743 2 id17744 2 1 Correspondence 1930s id17745 2 2 Correspondence 1940s id17746 2 3 Correspondence 1950-1955 id17747 2 4 Correspondence 1956-1957 id17748 2 5 Correspondence 1958-1959 id17749 2 6 Correspondence 1960s id17750 2 7 Correspondence, undated id17751 2 8 Newspaper clippings, Lake County Chairman 1942 id17752 2 9 Newspaper clippings, County Clerk Election 1946 id17753 2 10 Newspaper clippings, Klen Graft Probe 1947 id17754 2 11 Correspondence Re: Clerk, Lake County Court 1949 id17755 2 12 Newspaper clippings, Lt. Governor Election 1956 id17756 2 13 Newspaper clippings, US Senate Campaign 1957 id17757 2 14 Newspaper clippings, Lake County Auditor 1964 id17758 2 15 Newspaper clippings, miscellaneous activities id17759 2 16 Campaign literature 1938-1962 id17760 2 17 Campaign documents 1934-1966 id17761 2 18 Election results documents 1962-1964 id17762 2 19 Election material 1962-1963 id17763 2 20 Holiday greetings, undated id17764 Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook, Campaign Posters, and Diplomas 1919-1949 id17765 3 id17766 3 Scrapbook 1945-1949 id17767 3 Diplomas 1919, 1925 id17768 3 Campaign posters 1938-1946