COLL/139 Guide to the George Kamp Collection Kamp, George Collection

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Guide to the George Kamp Collection Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection George Kamp Collection 1904-1978 COLL/139 George Kamp, 1892-1981 5.00 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Hekman Library 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE Grand Rapids, MI, URL: http://archives.calvin.edu Email: crcarchives@calvin.edu Phone: 616-526-6913 Fax: 616-526-7689
Business manager for Standard Oil of Ohio, statistician in the business office of Calvin College, and translator in Heritage Hall. The collection includes: sermons for reading services, correspondence for Calvin College, committee papers on interchurch relations, mission reports, Synodical Youth Committee papers, numerous articles translated from Dutch, book reviews, poems, and personal material.
Biographical Information:

In 1904, George Kamp’s family moved from Almelo, Overijssel to Cleveland, Ohio. He was then a boy of twelve. Although he had almost completed his grade school education when he came to the United States, he had to begin again in order to learn the new language. However, he moved through the grades with rapidity and graduated from grammar school as the valedictorian of his class.

Although the Rev. J.R. Brink urged the family to direct George toward the ministry, family circumstances made the ministry an impossible goal. George worked for Standard Oil of Ohio for almost thirty years. For many of those years he was manager of cost and sales.

When George Kamp retired at sixty-three, he was asked to serve the college as a statistician in the business office. He was always keenly interested in the activities of the denomination and the school of the church. Next to his knowledge of the Bible, he knew the denominational Yearbook. He was a translator of many Dutch articles, an arranger of housing for Synodical delegates, an overseer of the flow of reports to the floor of Synods, a friend of ministers and always a willing servant in the church where he served as member. He served often as elder.

George Kamp passed away at the age of eighty-eight, March 14, 1981. His wife, Anna, passed away in 1988.

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id33377 Sermon Collection 1939-1942 id33378 1 id33379 1 1 Sermons for reading services authorized by Synod, vol. I, section A 1939 id33380 1 2 Sermons for reading services, vol. I, section B 1940 id33381 1 3 Sermons for reading services, vol. I, section C 1940 id33382 1 4 Sermons for reading services, original copies, section A 1942 id33383 1 5 Sermons for reading services, vol. II, section B 1942 id33384 1 6 Sermons for reading services, vol. II, section C 1942 id33385 1 7 Sermons for reading services, original copies, section A id33386 1 8 Sermons for reading services, original copies, vol. III, section B id33387 1 9 Radio sermons on The Reformed Hour, Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. E. S. Holtrop 1939-1940 id33388 1 10 Radio sermons on The Family Altar, Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. D. J. Drost 1940-1941 id33389 1 11 id33390 1 11 Sermon of Dr. H. Stob, November 15, 1959 id33391 1 11 Two unidentified sermons id33392 1 12 Talks undated id33393 Calvin College Period 1944-1978 id33394 2 id33395 2 1 Personal papers 1961-1978 id33396 2 2 Descriptive poem on Rev. C. Boomsma, written by Kamp (?) id33397 2 3 Correspondence for President Spoelhof 1958-1970 id33398 2 4 Correspondence for Calvin College 1959-1963 id33399 2 5 Correspondence for Calvin College 1964-1974 id33400 2 6 Correspondence of Board of Trustees meeting 1977 id33401 2 7 Denominational Reference Service of Calvin College. Translated articles, first issue 1966 id33402 2 8 Today's student: statement and questionnaire undated id33403 2 9 World Council of Churches: constitution and publications id33404 2 10 World Council of Churches issue I: Evaluation by Gereformeerde Kerken 1965-1967 id33405 2 11 World Council of Churches issue II: Evaluation of Christian Reformed Church. Synodical report 1944 id33406 2 12 World Council of Churches issue III: Committee on Ecumenicity and World Council. Synodical committee 1965-1967 id33407 2 13 World Council of Churches issue IV: the nature of the church and its ecumenical calling. Two papers id33408 Denominational Material 1934-1977 id33409 3 id33410 3 1 Classical study on diaconate (Rocky Mountain). Constitution of the Holland-Zeeland Deacon's Conference 1949 id33411 3 2 id33412 3 2 Classis Pella reports on church visiting 1936 id33413 3 2 Synodical procedure 1936 id33414 3 2 Missions 1941 id33415 3 2 Evangelism 1944 id33416 3 3 Committee on Inter-church Relations: report and papers 1966 id33417 3 4 id33418 3 4 Heidelberg Catechism: A New Provisional Translation 1973 id33419 3 4 Harmony of the confessions id33420 3 5 Indigenous mission policy report, CRC Board of Missions 1950 id33421 3 6 Mission reports: id33422 3 6 Board report to Synod 1942-1945 id33423 3 6 Inspection Committee report 1946 id33424 3 6 Harry Dykstra report to Board 1947 id33425 3 6 Emergency Relief Committee for Korea letter 1951 id33426 3 7 Mission reports: from secretary and workers. Inspection Committee and Synodical 1944-1946 id33427 3 8 Navan case, Church in Ontario, Canada. On moving congregation 1965-1967 id33428 3 9 Reformed Ecumenical Synod Handbook. Sermon, membership, committees 1963 id33429 3 10 Reformed evangelism: method, report 1934 id33430 3 11 Synod: list of candidates 1974 id33431 3 12 Synod: correspondence 1975 id33432 3 13 Synod: correspondence and reports 1977 id33433 3 14 Synodical Youth Committee material 1943-1957 id33434 Articles Translated from the Dutch 1904-1975 id33435 4 id33436 4 1 Albeda, W. "The Diaconate," Zwolle October 10, 1973 id33437 4 2 Baayan, P. C. "Mathematical Language," Free University December 15, 1967 id33438 4 3 Bakker, G. "Ymedam: Past and. . . Future" undated id33439 4 4 Beets, H. "The CRC in North America: Sixty Years of Struggle and Blessing" 1968 id33440 4 5 Boerhorst, R. H. "A Talk About the States of America" 1935 id33441 4 6 Broene, Geert. Autobiography, translated by J. Broene id33442 4 7 Bucer's Idea of the Relation Between Philosophy and Theology id33443 4 8 Goudzwaard, B. "Modification of the Economy," from Kerkenformatie Feb-75 id33444 4 9 Hart, Klaas. Articles from the Wachter 1959-1965 id33445 4 9 "Unrest for the Church" id33446 4 9 "The General Synod" id33447 4 9 "Church of the Clergy" id33448 4 9 "A Prayer for Peace" id33449 4 10 Haverkamp, William. Editorials from the Wachter: 1962-1974 id33450 4 10 "Well-grounded Criticism" id33451 4 10 "At Last an Admission" id33452 4 10 "Playing Fast and Loose with the Truth" id33453 4 10 "A New Writer" id33454 4 10 "Responsible Separation?" id33455 4 11 "Homophilia," a report for discussion in the Gereformeerde Kerken 1972 id33456 4 12 id33457 4 12 Kaardingerbroek, J. "Old Testament Data" undated id33458 4 12 F. W. R. Polman, "New Testament Data" id33459 4 13 Kamp, H. T. "Emigration Trip From Almelo" 1904 id33460 4 14 id33461 4 14 Kuitert, H. "Without Faith No One Will Prosper," reviews and reactions id33462 4 14 Abraham Kuyper, "Sphere Sovereignty" October 20, 1880 id33463 4 15 id33464 4 15 Matse, J. "Significance of Mourning Process" id33465 4 15 H. Faber, "Role of Life in Mourning Process" undated id33466 4 16 Meuleman, G. E. Articles concerning scripture, from the Gereformeerde Weekblad July - August 1960 id33467 4 17 Meuleman, G. E. Articles on election and reprobation, in the Gereformeerde Weekblad October 1964 - January 1965 id33468 4 18 Noordewier, J. "An Octogenarian," an autobiography, mimeograph of translation id33469 4 19 Noordewier, J. "An Octogenarian," an autobiography, handwritten translation id33470 4 20 Report of Christian Reformed Synod, from an article in a Dutch magazine 1962 id33471 4 21 Ridderbos, H. N. Articles from Gereformeerde Weekblad 1959-1975 id33472 4 21 "Concerning the Authority of the Scriptures" id33473 4 21 "A Parting of the Way I - IV" id33474 4 21 "A Partial Report on Our Travels" id33475 4 21 "Family Visiting" id33476 4 22 Van Andel Genealogy, handwritten translation id33477 5 id33478 5 1 Vander Houde, C. Review of "The Heritage of John Calvin" in Gereformeerde Weekblad February 3, 1974 id33479 5 2 Van Harmelen, J. Articles in De Wachter 1962-1967 id33480 5 2 "A 'Quotum' Letter" id33481 5 2 "The ARSS" id33482 5 2 "Blauwkamp's Brochure" id33483 5 3 Van't Veer's article on Christological preaching 1968 id33484 5 4 Vos, Geerhardus. Letters to A. Kuyper on the translation of Kuyper's Encyclopedia 1886-1897 id33485 5 5 Verkuyl's "The Purpose and Aim of Mission," translated by F. Klunder id33486 5 6 Wierenga, H. "Gereformeerde Kerken Synodical Letter," Gereformeerde Weekblad 1974 id33487 5 7 Wind, A. "Report of Visit to Synod 1974," in Leidse Kerkbode October 25, 1974 id33488 5 8 Woltjer, H. R. "The Age of the Earth," from Christelijke Encyclopaedie id33489 5 9 Selected articles 1959-1960 id33490 5 10 Selected articles 1962-1964 id33491 5 11 Selected articles 1967-1978 id33492 5 12 Selected articles, handwritten translations. No authors or sources given undated id33493 5 13 Blacquiere, H. J. "Coronation Feast of Queen Wilhelmina, North Brabant 1898" id33494 5 14 Boerwinkle genealogy, first installment by Wilma Wierenga id33495 5 15 Infallibility issue. Articles, some translated from Dutch 1960 id33496 5 16 Nymeyer, F. "An Analysis of and a Counter Overture on Divorce" 1937 id33497 5 17 Spoelman, P. "What is Wrong with the ARSS?" id33498 5 18 Stek, John. Addresses to Synod of Haarlem, Gereformeerde Kerken 1974 id33499 5 19 Geestelijke Lieder uit den Schat Van de Kerk. Organ score id33500 5 20 Miscellaneous translations and articles