COLL/382 Guide to the Gerald Francis De Jong Collection De Jong, Gerald Francis Collection

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Guide to the Gerald Francis De Jong Collection 1968/1976 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Gerald Francis De Jong Collection 1968-1976 COLL/382 De Jong, Gerald Francis, 1921-2001 0.25 1 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Professor of history at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. The collection includes articles entitled "The Coming of the Dutch to the Dakotas," "Dutch Immigrants in New Jersey before World War I," "Dutch 'Utopias' that Failed," "The Formative Years of the Dutch Reformed Church on Long Island," "Dutch Settlement in Wisconsin," "Dutch in Emmons County," "Dominie Johannes Megapolensis," "Dutch Reformed Church and Negro Slavery," and "Dutch Clergyman's Library of the Early Nineteenth Century." [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Information:

Gerald Francis De Jong was born on November 16, 1921 in Carnes, Iowa. De Jong enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. For three years he served as a navigator's assistant on the USS G.O. Squire which brought and returned troops in both the Pacific and European Theaters. Once he returned to civilian life, he entered Northwestern Junior College, graduating in 1948. He went on to Morningside College in Sioux City graduating with high honors. He attended the University of Wisconsin to study European History. In 1952 he got the opportunity to study at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands on a Fulbright Scholarship. By 1955 De Jong once again received high honors as he graduated with his Ph.D.

De Jong taught European history at Indiana Central College, Emporia Kansas State College, and North Dakota State College. He also worked as Academic Dean at Northwestern College for five years and then returned to teaching at Midwest College. The last college he served was the University of South Dakota, Vermillion from which he retired from in 1988. During his career he wrote a number of articles and books, mostly on the subject of Dutch history. He spent his retirement days in Orange City, Iowa and was a member of the Frist Reformed Church. On October 30, 2001 Professor Gerald Francis De Jong passed away in Rock Rapids, Iowa. He was survived by his wife, Jeanette Masselink, and their six children.

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Detailed List of Contents id47481 [General Materials] id47482 1 id47483 1 1 Dominie Johannes Megapolensis 1968 id47484 1 2 Articles, "The Formative Years of the Dutch Reformed Church on Long Island," Part I and II 1968, 1969 id47485 1 3 Dutch Reformed Church and Negro Slavery in Colonial America [HERH E184.D9 D442] 1971 id47486 1 4 Article, "Dutch Settlement in Wisconsin" 1973 id47487 1 5 Article, "The Coming of the Dutch to the Dakotas" 1974 id47488 1 6 Paper, "Dutch 'Utopias' that Failed" 1975 id47489 1 7 Article, "Dutch Immigrants in New Jersey before World War I" 1976 id47490 1 8 Article, "Dutch Clergyman's Library of the Early Nineteenth Century" [undated] id47491 1 9 Article, 'Dutch in Emmons County" [undated]