COLL/046 Guide to the Frank De Jong Collection De Jong, Frank Collection

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Guide to the Frank De Jong Collection 1949/1980 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Frank De Jong Collection 1949-1980 COLL/046 De Jong, Frank, 1900-1993 1.00 0.50 cubic ft. Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes pamphlets, articles, correspondence, a report on the National Conference of Student Volunteers, a family story entitled "The Veldwachter of Drachten," and a scrapbook containing constitution, reports, programs, clippings, and photographs of the Southern California Mission and Bible Conference.

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Biographical Information:

Frank De Jong was born in Hull, Iowa on July 15, 1900. De Jong attended Calvin Seminary and graduated in 1930. In the same year, De Jong married Ruth Drukker. Together they had three children–Barbara, Benjamin, and Carolina. Also in 1930, De Jong received the call to serve the congregation in Lector, Kansas. The De Jong family then moved on to the congregation at First Church of Pella, Iowa.

In 1938, De Jong received the call from California to work with their home missions. De Jong accepted the call as it had been a desire of his to work in home missions. He worked throughout the state of California, working as a missionary for First Bellflower and a pastor of Second Bellflower; missionary work in Lakewood City; and missionary for southern California. In 1958, he worked as a home missionary for central California and Chaplain for V.A. Hospitals in Melo Park and Palo Alto until his retirement in 1966. De Jong passed away in 1993 in Ripon, California.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name: National Conference of Student Volunteers (Croton on Hudson, N.Y.) Southern California Mission and Bible Conference (Bellflower, Calif.) Genre/Form of Material: Albums (Books) Biographies
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Detailed List of Contents id10592 id10593 1 id10594 1 1 Announcements of first meeting of Christian Reformed Church in Hawaii June 9,1963 id10595 1 2 Articles in Religious Review October, November, and December 1951 id10596 1 3 Back to God Hour radio message, "God Reconciled to the World" August 7, 1949 id10597 1 4 Fiftieth anniversary brochure and letters, press report 1930-1980 id10598 1 5 First Presbyterian Church, St. Anne, Illinois, founded by Dr. Charles Chinequy in 1858, information letter 1960 id10599 1 6 Report on National Conference of Student Volunteers in Croton on the Hudson December 25, 1924 - January 3, 1925 id10600 1 7 The Rock Whence We Are Hewn, booklet on 100th anniversary of the Christian Reformed Church 1957 id10601 1 8 That You May Know Him, Introduction to the Christian doctrine [HERH BT77.3.D44] 1954 id10602 1 9 The Veld Wachter of Drachten, a genealogical record 1774- 1975; 1975 id10603 1 10 Thrice Told Tales of the CRC Clergy [undated] id10604 Photographs id10605 2 id10606 2 Scrapbook of Southern California Mission and Bible Conference 1942-1964