COLL/346 Guide to the Marten Hendrik Woudstra Collection Woudstra, Marten Hendrik Collection

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Guide to the Marten Hendrik Woudstra Collection 1952/1991 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Marten Hendrik Woudstra Collection 1952-1991 COLL/346 Woudstra, Marten Hendrik, 1922-1991 6.75 14 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and professor of Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. The collection includes: lectures; addresses; notebooks; correspondence; photographs; thesis; and class notes on the Arabic language, Bible school, Ethiopian language, Old and New Testaments.
Biographical Information:

Marten Hendrik Woudstra was born on July 23, 1922 in Bergum, Friesland, Netherlands. Growing up in the Netherlands, Woudstra attended Gereformeerd Gymnasium in Leeuwarden. He went to Theologische Hogeschool van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Kampen, where he earned his diploma in 1946. By 1947 Woudstra decided to immigrate to the United States, where he attended Westminster Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. He went on to study at Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Languages in 1952. In November of 1953 Woudstra was ordained at the Third CRC of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

In 1955 Woudstra was called upon by the Synod to teach Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. Woudstra received the opportunity to teach at the Reformed Theological College in Geelong, Australia on two different occasions. He also delivered speeches at the Institut Farel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Not only was Woudstra known as a scholar and minister, but also as an avid writer. He wrote numerous articles for a variety of magazines like the Banner, de Wachter, and Calvin Theological Journal. He also served as the editor for the Church and Nation as well as Reformed Review and The Guardian. He made contributions to Baker's Dictionary of Theology and The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Woudstra was involved in Bible translation, including for the New International Version of the Bible.

Woudstra retired as emeritus professor in 1985. On October 3, 1991 Marten Hendrik Woudstra passed away. He was never married, but was survived by two sisters.

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id18380 Annual Notebooks 1973-1989 id18381 1 Annual Notebooks 1973-1989 id18382 Classroom Notebooks id18383 2 Classroom Notebooks id18384 Correspondence 1952-1991 id18385 3 id18386 3 1 General correspondence 1952 id18387 3 2 General correspondence 1954 id18388 3 3 General correspondence 1955 id18389 3 4 General correspondence 1956 id18390 3 5 Family correspondence 1956 id18391 3 6 Correspondence 1957 id18392 3 7 Correspondence 1958 id18393 3 8 Correspondence 1958 id18394 3 9 Correspondence 1959 id18395 4 id18396 4 1 Correspondence 1959 id18397 4 2 Correspondence 1960 id18398 4 3 Correspondence 1961 id18399 4 4 Correspondence 1962 id18400 4 5 Family correspondence 1957-1962 id18401 4 6 Correspondence 1963 id18402 5 id18403 5 1 Correspondence 1964 id18404 5 2 Correspondence 1965 id18405 5 3 Correspondence 1969 id18406 5 4 Family correspondence 1963-1969 id18407 5 5 Correspondence 1970 id18408 5 6 Correspondence 1971 id18409 5 7 Correspondence 1972 id18410 6 id18411 6 1 Family correspondence 1972 id18412 6 2 Correspondence 1973 id18413 6 3 Correspondence 1974 id18414 6 4 Family correspondence 1975 id18415 6 5 Correspondence 1975 id18416 6 6 Correspondence 1976 id18417 7 id18418 7 1 Correspondence 1977 id18419 7 2 Family correspondence 1977 id18420 7 3 Correspondence 1978 id18421 7 4 Correspondence 1979 id18422 7 5 Correspondence 1980 id18423 8 id18424 8 1 Correspondence 1981 id18425 8 2 Correspondence 1982 id18426 8 3 Correspondence 1983 id18427 8 4 Correspondence 1984 id18428 8 5 Correspondence 1985 id18429 9 id18430 9 1 Family correspondence 1986 id18431 9 2 Correspondence 1986 id18432 9 3 Correspondence 1986 id18433 9 4 Correspondence 1987 id18434 9 5 Correspondence 1987 id18435 10 id18436 10 1 General correspondence 1988 id18437 10 2 Family correspondence 1989 id18438 10 3 Family correspondence 1989 id18439 10 4 General correspondence 1989 id18440 10 5 General correspondence 1989 id18441 11 id18442 11 1 General correspondence 1990 id18443 11 2 General correspondence 1991 id18444 11 3 Family correspondence 1991 id18445 11 4 Final correspondence and papers 1991 id18446 11 5 Personal papers id18447 11 6 Genealogical record id18448 11 7 "In Dedication of 30 Years," Stromata id18449 Papers Alphabetically Arranged id18450 12 id18451 12 1 "Against the World Alliance of Reformed Churches . . . for Biblical Ecumenism" id18452 12 2 "De Amerikaanse Bisschoppen, Thomas Aquinas, en Aids: Van Twee Kwaden Het Beste?" id18453 12 3 "The Ark of the Covenant in Jeremiah 3: 16-18" id18454 12 4 Call letter from Third Christian Reformed Church, Edmonton, Alberta 1953 id18455 12 5 Calvin's Dying Bequest to the Church id18456 12 6 "The Continued Recognition of the Old Testament as Part of the Canon," inaugural address November 1963 id18457 12 7 "Er Wordt Ook Gebeden in Washington" id18458 12 8 "Earth is the Lord's: Some Impressions of a Recent World Trip" id18459 12 9 Farewell to the Seminary Graduates May 18, 1985 id18460 12 10 "The French Revolution Two Hundred Years Later" id18461 12 11 "Friese Kerkdienst in Michigan" id18462 12 12 "God with Us: On the Nature of the Authority of Scripture," General Synod of Delft 1979 id18463 12 13 "Helping the Reformed Church in America Become Reformed Again" id18464 12 14 "Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version" id18465 12 15 "Isaiah's Message of the Birth of the Miracle Child," sermon in The Living Word id18466 12 16 "Jood Zijn en Jood blijven in Amerika" and "De Joden in 'Christelijk' Amerika" id18467 12 17 "The Christian Reformed Church Synod in Retrospect" 1987 id18468 12 18 "Nostalgie bij een Amerikaanse Boekenplank" id18469 12 19 "Old Testament Exegesis, Course #123" id18470 12 20 "Old Testament Prophecy in the New Testament" id18471 12 21 "The Past as Prologue to the Present [sic] Future. Farewell to Seminary Graduates" 1985 id18472 12 22 "President Ford en het Calvnisme in Grand Rapids" id18473 12 23 The Prophets by Abraham J. Heschel. Book review 1962 id18474 12 24 "Reading and Understanding the Infallible Word. An Analysis and Appraisal of the Views of Dr. Hendrik Hart" id18475 12 25 "The Religious Problem: Complex of Prophet and Priest in Contemporary Thought," 89th Convocation of Calvin Theological Seminary 1965 id18476 12 26 "Singing to the Lord with Understanding. A Brief Appraisal of the New Song Book of the Christian Reformed Church" id18477 12 27 "The Synod and Bible Translation" id18478 12 28 "The Tabernacle in Biblical Theological Perspectives" id18479 12 29 "Toledots of Genesis" id18480 12 30 "Twee Dominees in de Amerikaanse Politiek" October 1987 id18481 12 31 "Twenty-five Years of Closer Christian Reformed Church/RCA Relations . . . And Not One Issue Resolved!" id18482 12 32 Vijftien jaren universiteits - gedachte 1943-1958 id18483 Publications, Final Items id18484 13 id18485 13 1 Church/Nation material id18486 13 2 Church/Nation correspondence 1957 id18487 13 3 Church/Nation correspondence 1956-1957 id18488 13 4 "Homophila" id18489 13 5 New York International Bible Society correspondence 1978 id18490 13 6 Revised Standard Version material 1962 id18491 13 7 Revised Standard Version notes 1962 id18492 13 8 Education of M. H. Woudstra id18493 13 9 Genealogical material: Goodijk id18494 13 10 Graduate Student Recommendations 1966, 1968 id18495 13 11 Mustache Masterpieces id18496 13 12 Summary of major dates in the life of M.H. Woudstra id18497 13 13 Addresses to contact in case of emergencies id18498 Photographs id18499 14 Photo Collection: Marten, family, Netherlands early life