COLL/556 Guide to the Gerrit B. Boerfyn Collection Boerfyn, Gerrit B. Collection Finding Aid Authors: Phil Eerfmeyer, 2016.

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Guide to the Gerrit B. Boerfyn Collection 1927/1999 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Gerrit B. Boerfyn Collection 1927-1999 COLL/556 Boerfyn, Gerrit B., 1911-2000 3.50 7 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister and Home Missionary of the Christian Reformed Church. This collection contains personal mementos, scrapbooks and photo albums, photographs, letters, and bulletins. He served as a minister or missionary in Flint, MI; San Diego, CA; Tucson, AZ; San Jose, CA; Palo Alto/Redwood City, CA; Gary, IN; Fort Collins, CO; Honolulu, HI; and Ripon, CA.
Biographical Information:

Gerrit Bastian Boerfyn was born in Peoria, Iowa, on 6 February 1911 to Gerrit and Jennie Boerfyn. He graduated from Calvin College in 1937 and Calvin Theological Seminary in 1940 and was ordained as a minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. His ministerial career was focused on missions and church planting in the United States.

Boerfyn married Nellie Ada Vanden Berg from Kalamazoo, Michigan. They adopted two daughters Mary Lou and Ruth Ann. After Nellie died, he married Agnes. He died 20 July 200 in Ripon, CA.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id49376 [General Materials] id49377 1 Various Bibles and Communion set id49378 Personal Material 1927-1940 id49379 2 id49380 2 1 Biographical Information id49381 2 2 Eighth Grade Graduation Pella Christian 1927 id49382 2 3 Grundy College 1932 id49383 2 4 Nellie Van Den Berge's Calvin Pennant and Kalamazoo Band Letter id49384 2 5 Nellie Van Den Berge's Diplomas id49385 2 5 Ebenezer Christian Kalamazoo Diploma 1930 id49386 2 5 Calvin College Diploma 1936 id49387 2 6 Diplomas id49388 2 6 Calvin College 1937 id49389 2 6 Calvin Seminary 1940 id49390 2 6 CRC Classical 1940 id49391 2 7 id49392 2 7 Selective Service Classification 1940 id49393 2 7 WWII Ration Cards id49394 Church and Home Missions 1940-1996 id49395 2 id49396 2 8 Pastor's Record Book 1943-1958 id49397 2 9 Pastor: Flint, MI 1940-1943 id49398 2 10 Home Missionary and Service Pastor: San Diego, CA 1943-1949 id49399 2 11 Home Missionary: Tucson, AZ 1949-1953 id49400 2 12 Home Missionary: San Jose, CA 1953-1957 id49401 2 13 Home Missionary: Palo Alto/Redwood City, CA 1957-1958 id49402 2 14 Missionary Pastor: Beacon Light Church, Gary, IN 1958-1964 id49403 2 15 Home Missionary: Fort Collins, CO 1964-1969 id49404 2 16 Retirement Letters 1976 id49405 2 17 Honolulu Hospitality House 1976-1981 id49406 2 18 Chaplaincy Bethany Home, Ripon, CA 1987-1996 id49407 2 19 Misc. Correspondence re: Nellie Boerfyn id49408 Scrapbooks and Photo Albums 1934-1965 id49409 3 id49410 3 1 Scrapbook: Calvin College and Seminary 1934-1940 id49411 3 2 Scrapbook: Calvin College years id49412 3 3 Photo Albums: Group Photos from Various Churches id49413 3 4 25th Marriage and Ministry Celebration - Photos of Immanuel Ft. Collins Members 1965 id49414 3 5 Misc. slides id49415 3 6 Service's Center WWII Flag 1943-1946 id49416 Articles, Bulletins, and Reports 1937-1999 id49417 4 id49418 4 1 Compositions and Articles id49419 4 2 Student Preaching Report 1937-1940 id49420 4 3 Banner article, "Who will Reach John?" 1958 id49421 4 4 Responses to Today Meditations Nov. 1988 id49422 4 5 Banner article, "You have Alzheimer's Disease" and responses 1987 id49423 4 6 Young Calvinist Easter article, Mrs. G. B. Boerfyn 1951 id49424 4 7 Autograph Book 1932 id49425 4 8 Bethany Fellowship Bulletins March 1986-December 1988 id49426 4 9 Bethany Fellowship Bulletins January 1989-December 1990 id49427 4 10 Bethany Fellowship Bulletins January 1991-December 1993 id49428 4 11 Bethany Fellowship Bulletins January 1994-August 1999 id49429 Scrapbooks and Photo Albums 1937-1964 id49430 5 id49431 5 1 Scrapbook: Summer in California 1939 id49432 5 2 Scrapbook: Nellie College 1940 id49433 5 3 Photo Album: Bethesda 1937-1938 id49434 5 4 Scrapbook: Flint & San Diego 1940-1947 id49435 6 id49436 6 1 Scrapbook: Miscellaneous 1940-1954 id49437 6 2 Scrapbook: San Diego, Tucson, San Jose 1943-1957 id49438 6 3 Scrapbook: Tucson, San Jose 1949-1956 id49439 6 4 Scrapbook: Gray (Beacon Light) 1958-1964 id49440 7 id49441 7 1 Photo Album: Grundy Center 1932-1933 id49442 7 2 Scrapbook: Nellie 1932-1935 id49443 7 3 Photo Album: Nellie 1932-1942