COLL/055 Guide to the Paul De Koekkoek Collection De Koekkoek, Paul Collection

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Guide to the Paul De Koekkoek Collection 1922/2000 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Paul De Koekkoek Collection 1922-2000 COLL/055 De Koekkoek, Paul, 1890-1982 11.00 5.0 cubic ft. Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes memoirs entitled "Recollections and Reflections of a Country Parson: Memoirs," also the new edition; files of the congregations in which De Koekkoek served; correspondence, reports, radio messages when serving as home missionary to British Columbia, Canada, 1949-1956 and the Okanagan Valley, Canada, 1953-1956; papers concerning the Christian Action Foundation and Committee for Justice and Liberty, Christian Labour Movement, and Christian Farmers' League; correspondence with R. Schipper in connection with the honorary degree for Martin Luther King, Jr., from the Free University of Amsterdam; Canadian Calvinist; and British Columbia League of Christian Reformed Immigration Society minutes, 1952-1957.
Biographical Information:

Paul De Koekkoek, born June 7, 1890, emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1909 where, at the age of twenty-four, he decided to go to school to enter the ministry. De Koekkoek graduated from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1923 and was called by the Comstock (MI) Christian Reformed Church; he subsequently served in Oskaloosa, IA; Otley, IA; Hills, MN; Edmonton, Alberta; and as Home Missionary to growing congregations in southwestern British Columbia and in the Okanagan Valley. He also was pastor to the Zillah Christian Reformed Church and the Seattle Christian Reformed Church in Washington. At the age of sixty-eight he retired from active ministry but continued ministerial and community activities especially in the Seattle area.

Aside from his particular pastoral activities, De Koekkoek was also involved in other pursuits. He was editor of the Canadian Calvinist for several years after 1945. He took an active role in ministering to the Dutch immigrants and promoted the cause of Christian education on both the lower and secondary levels. He helped to set up a Christian Civic League in Seattle as well as in Pella, IA, and was involved in politics, lodge matters, and other civic concerns. He served as chaplain on an immigrant ship in 1956. He also participated in a radio ministry in the Okanagan Valley.

This indefatigable worker was mentally alert and active until his tragic death on November 13, 1982. Paul De Koekkoek was married to Lena Wassen and they had one son named John William.

Access Terms

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Corporate Name: British Columbia League of Christian Reformed Immigration Society, 1952-1957 Canadian Calvinist Christian Action Foundation Christian Farmers' League Christian Labour Movement Christian Reformed Church -- History -- Records and correspondence Committee for Justice and Liberty Topical Term: Clergy Missions Missions -- British Columbia
Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id11458 Papers 1922-1964 id11459 1 id11460 1 1 id11461 1 1 Grangeville, Idaho. Work done from June to August, Record booklet 1922 id11462 1 1 Correspondence 1922, 1923 id11463 1 2 id11464 1 2 Comstock, Michigan 1923-1926 id11465 1 2 Correspondence to 1938 1938 id11466 1 3 Oskaloosa, Iowa, call letter, correspondence, press clippings 1926-1928 id11467 1 4 Doon, Iowa. Controversy over call to the Protestant Reformed Church in Doon, Iowa 1928 id11468 1 5 Otley, Iowa, call letter, correspondence, press clippings 1928 id11469 1 6 Hamshire, Texas, correspondence 1929-1934 id11470 1 7 Hills, Minnesota, correspondence 1938-1945 id11471 1 8 id11472 1 8 Hills, Minnesota 1938-1945 id11473 1 8 Correspondence 1964 id11474 1 9 Edmonton, Alberta, correspondence to 1945 1945-1949 id11475 1 10 Edmonton, Alberta, correspondence to 1948-1949 1945-1949 id11476 2 id11477 2 1 id11478 2 1 Home Missionary in British Columbia, Canada 1949-1951 id11479 2 1 Correspondence 1947-1948 id11480 2 2 Home Missionary in British Columbia congregations; correspondence and reports 1949-1951 id11481 2 3 Home Missionary in British Columbia congregations; correspondence, reports, and bulletins 1952 id11482 2 4 Home Missionary to the Okanagan Valley congregations in British Columbia; correspondence, bulletins, and reports 1953-1954 id11483 2 5 Home Missionary to the Okanagan Valley congregations in British Columbia; correspondence, bulletins, and reports 1953-1954 id11484 3 id11485 3 1 Home Missionary to the Okanagan Valley congregations in British Columbia; correspondence, reports, and bulletins 1955 id11486 3 2 Home Missionary to the Okanagan Valley congregations in British Columbia; correspondence, reports, and bulletins 1956 id11487 3 3 Ship's Chaplain on De Groote Beer, June 1956 id11488 3 4 id11489 3 4 Zillah and Seattle 1956-1960 id11490 3 4 Correspondence, reports, and bulletins 1956-1958 id11491 3 5 id11492 3 5 Zillah and Seattle 1956-1960 id11493 3 5 Correspondence, reports, bulletins 1959-1960 id11494 3 6 Tacoma Christian Reformed Church, reports, correspondence, and bulletins 1958-1962 id11495 3 7 Seattle, minister emeritus; correspondence notes 1961-1962 id11496 3 8 Seattle, minister emeritus; correspondence reports 1963-1964 id11497 Topic Papers 1922-1970 id11498 4 id11499 4 1 Seattle ministry, emeritus; correspondence, press clippings, papers connected with "Memoirs" 1966-1968 id11500 4 2 Seattle ministry, emeritus, correspondence, reports, clippings, poetry 1969-1970 id11501 4 3 id11502 4 3 Association for Reformed Scientific Studies 1935 id11503 4 3 Association for Advancement of Christian Scholarship 1970 id11504 4 4 Back to God Hour, correspondence 1945-1960 id11505 4 5 The Banner and De Wachter; correspondence, articles id11506 4 6 Calvin College correspondence id11507 4 7 id11508 4 7 Canadian Calvinist issues February 1946-July 1950 id11509 4 7 Calvinist Contact issues October 15-December 1951 id11510 4 8 Canadian Calvinist and Calvinist Contact; correspondence, press clippings, and immigration matters 1946-1949 id11511 5 id11512 5 1 Canadian Calvinist and Calvinist Contact; correspondence, reports, and immigration matters 1946-1949 id11513 5 2 id11514 5 2 Christian Civic League, in Pella and in Seattle. 1934 id11515 5 2 Christian Action Foundation and Committee for Justice and Liberty, correspondence and press clippings 1968 id11516 5 3 Christian education addresses and articles 1928-1955 id11517 5 4 Christian education articles, papers, addresses, and press clippings 1927-1968 id11518 5 5 Christian education, Junior College of Pacific Northwest, correspondence on project 1967-1970 id11519 5 6 Christian Labor Movement and Christian Farmers' League addresses and correspondence 1932-1952 id11520 5 7 Common Grace issue correspondence 1928, 1936, 1940 id11521 5 8 Correspondence with immigrants 1946-1948 id11522 6 id11523 6 1 Correspondence with immigrants 1949-1952 id11524 6 2 Correspondence with immigrants 1954 id11525 6 3 Correspondence with immigrants 1955 id11526 6 4 Correspondence with immigrants 1956 id11527 6 5 Correspondence with Mark Fakkema of the NUCS 1929-1940 id11528 6 6 Deacons, status in the council 1937-1938 id11529 6 7 id11530 6 7 Janssen Case reports 1922 id11531 6 7 Classis Grand Rapids East reports 1925 id11532 6 8 Lodge issue; addresses, articles, brochure 1929, 1933 id11533 6 9 Martin Luther King, pamphlet, correspondence, press clippings 1965 id11534 6 10 Missions: Home and Foreign; correspondence, reports, press clippings 1944-1948 id11535 6 11 Missions: Home and Foreign; correspondence, press clippings 1965-1969 id11536 6 12 Oskaloosa Church building problem; correspondence and minutes 1927-1928 id11537 6 13 Pine Rest Christian Hospital correspondence 1946, 1958 id11538 6 14 Politics: articles, speeches, correspondence 1934-1970 id11539 Memoirs id11540 7 id11541 7 Volume 1, pages 1-171 id11542 7 Volume 2, pages 172-305 id11543 7 1 Holland Reminiscences-Memoirs, pages 1-101 id11544 7 2 Memoirs, pages 102-202 id11545 7 3 Memoirs, pages 203-305 id11546 7 4 Memoirs: excerpts of memoirs written by Paul De Koekkoek, edited by Elaine Smit 2000 id11547 7 5 Recollections and Reflections of a County Parson: Memoirs of Paul De Koekkoek; pages i -75 id11548 7 6 Recollections and Reflections of a County Parson: Memoirs of Paul De Koekkoek; pages 76-153 id11549 7 7 Recollections and Reflections of a County Parson: Memoirs of Paul De Koekkoek; pages 154-225 id11550 7 8 Recollections and Reflections of a County Parson: Memoirs of Paul De Koekkoek; pages 226-264 id11551 7 9 Recollections and Reflections of a County Parson: Memoirs of Paul De Koekkoek; pages 265-314 id11552 7 10 Memoirs: Excerpts of Memoirs edited by Elaine Smit 2000 id11553 Miscellaneous Duplicates of the Canadian Calvinist id11554 8 id11555 8 Miscellaneous Duplicates of the Canadian Calvinist id11556 Topic Papers 1922-1970 id11557 9 id11558 9 1 Speeches. notes of 1927-1948 on home, school and community issues id11559 9 2 Radio messages in Dutch in Okanagan Valley 1954-1955 id11560 9 3 Radio messages in Dutch in Okanagan Valley 1955-1956 id11561 9 4 "Readers Alert," bulletin inserts 1965-1970 id11562 9 5 Reformed Bible Institute; Correspondence, article in the Reformed Bible Institute 1942-1946 id11563 9 6 Report: Indigenous mission policy; co-authored 1950 id11564 9 7 Report: Unordained Co-workers on Indian Mission Field; Proposed Liturgical Formulation on Nigerian Field 1950 id11565 9 8 Statistics on visits in Vancouver, BC 1958 id11566 Topic Papers 1922-1970 id11567 9 id11568 9 9 Treasurer of Canadian Christian Reformed Churches; correspondence 1946, 1947 id11569 9 10 Treasurer of Canadian Christian Reformed Churches, records 1945-1947 id11570 Topic Papers, Memoirs 1927-1955 id11571 10 id11572 10 1 Verbeek and Port Alberni case 1955 id11573 10 2 World War II correspondence with soldiers id11574 10 3 Young People: Articles, speeches, programs 1927-1947 id11575 10 4 Young People: The League Echo, Bible Study Guide for young people by P.D.K. 1939-1941 id11576 10 5 Memoirs: beginning of memoirs, typed pages 1-24 id11577 10 6 Memoirs: typed copy, pages 1-169 id11578 10 7 Memoirs: typed copy, pages 170-296c id11579 10 8 Memoirs: bound copy in three volumes id11580 Varia 1952-57 id11581 11 id11582 11 1 British Columbia League of Christian Reformed Immigration Society -minutes 1952-1957