COLL/198 Guide to the E. R. Post Collection Post, E. R. Collection

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Guide to the E. R. Post Collection 1949/1982 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection E. R. Post Collection 1949-1982 COLL/198 Post, E. R., 1896-1993 1.50 3 Boxes 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
Principal of Grand Rapids Christian High School, field agent for the Historical Committee of the CRCNA, and translator. The collection includes records of the Christian Reformed Laymen's League of the 1960s, Synodical Study Committee material, articles published in The Banner, a speech, entitled "Christian Education in Grand Rapids," and many banquet speeches.
Biographical Information:

Son of Rev. John Post and Jessie Kuiper, Egbert R. Post was born in Almont, Michigan on August 28, 1896. Post began his teaching career in a one-room Christian School house in Baldwin, Wisconsin. After only a year of teaching Post enter the army at the end of World War I. When he returned, he enrolled at Calvin College and later transferred to the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan he received his BA and MA in economics.

Post accepted a teaching position at Grand Rapids Christian High School. There he taught the subjects of social science, commercial law, and governments. In 1932 Post became principal of the Grand Rapids Christian High School and remained principal until his retirement in 1965. Post became affectionately known as "Erpie" because of the way he signed slips.

Outside of the school, Post and his wife Catherine (Hennink) ran a summer youth camp called Camp Roger on Little Bostwick Lake. Once he retired, Post worked at Heritage Hall, Calvin College. He served as a field agent for the Christian Reformed Church, collecting material for the archives and microfilming them. Post also translated documents from Dutch to English for the archives.

On June 11, 1993 Egbert R. Post died from congestive heart failure. His wife preceded him in death in 1982. He is survived by his son, Jay Post and daughter, Eunice Hope.

Correspondence and Items Related to the CRC Layman's League

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id40961 Correspondence and Items Related to the CRC Layman’s League id40962 1 id40963 1 1 Correspondence 1963 id40964 1 2 Correspondence 1964 id40965 1 3 Correspondence 1965 id40966 1 4 Correspondence 1966-1967 id40967 1 5 Correspondence undated and 1976 id40968 1 6 CRC Layman's League Information id40969 1 7 Towlette Program id40970 1 8 Wayside Chapel id40971 1 9 Layman's League Projects id40972 1 10 Newspaper evangelism id40973 1 11 O'Hare Matter id40974 1 12 CRC Synod on Worldly Amusements id40975 Synod of 1971 id40976 2 id40977 2 1 Synod of 1971: Reports and letters 1971 id40978 2 2 Synod of 1971: Overtures 1971 id40979 2 3 Synod of 1971: Committee 1 1971 id40980 2 4 Synod of 1971: Committee 2 1971 id40981 2 5 Synod of 1971: Committee 3 1971 id40982 2 6 Synod of 1971: Committee 4 1971 id40983 2 7 Synod of 1971: Committee 5 1971 id40984 2 8 Synod of 1971: Committee 6 1971 id40985 2 9 Synod of 1971: Committee 7 1971 id40986 2 10 Synod of 1971: Committee 8 1971 id40987 2 11 Synod of 1971: Committee 9 1971 id40988 2 12 Synod of 1971: Committee 10 1971 id40989 2 13 Synod of 1971: Committee 11 1971 id40990 2 14 Synod of 1971: Committee 12 1971 id40991 2 15 Synod of 1971: Committee 13 1971 id40992 2 16 Synod of 1971: Committee 14 1971 id40993 2 17 Summary of Synodical Decisions of Doctrinal and Ethical Matters id40994 2 18 Committee on "Synodical Decisions . . ." - minutes, reports, drafts id40995 2 19 The Harold Dekker- Ann Arbor Chapel matter materials id41005 Miscellaneous Papers id40997 1 Correspondence 1982 id40998 2 Speech: Jamestown CRC 75th Anniversary id40999 3 Speech: "Christian Education in Grand Rapids" 1978 id41000 4 Banner article, "Calvin College: Recollections after Sixty Years" April 1976 id41001 5 "Echoes from the Early Twenties," seven manuscripts written in response to a request to send an autobiographical sketch covering the past fifty years or more. Contributors: Harry Abma, Matthys H. De Vroome, Garret E. Roelofs, Garret Kempers, Jacob G. Kooistra, Sheldon H. Sturrmans, and Gerben Zylstra id41002 6 Translation id41003 7 CRC Careers Tape #2 id41004 8 CRC Careers Tape #3