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Collection Overview
Title: Ralph Bolt Collection, 1905-1945
ID: COLL/014
Primary Creator: Bolt, Ralph (1873-1951)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Subjects: Christian Reformed Church. Board of Missions, Indians - Missions, Lucas Christian Reformed Church (Lucas, Mich.), Missions - China, Patterson Hebrew Mission Board, Sermons - Outlines, syllabi, etc, Sully Christian Reformed Church (Sully, Iowa), Whitinsville Christian Reformed Church (Whitinsville, Mass.)
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. Includes a call letter, bulletins, and church records of the church in Whitinsville, Massachusetts; Board of Missions minutes, and sermons. Also a notebook containing a listing of Bible texts sermonized during his ministry in the Lucas, Michigan, Christian Reformed Church, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding the congregations in Lucas, Michigan; Whitinsville, Massachusetts; and Sully, Iowa.
Biographical Note
Ralph Bolt was born 9 April 1873, in Groningen, the Netherlands. His parents were Roelf Bolt and Sjoukje Vander Molen. He came to Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the age of eighteen and worked in a furniture factory. He graduated from the Calvin Theological Seminary in 1903 and served churches in Luctor, Kansas; Lucas, Michigan; Fourth Paterson, New Jersey; Graafschap, Michigan; Sully, Iowa; Whitinsville, Massachusetts. In 1939 he began to assist the Neland Avenue Church and did so for 12 years. Bolt also served as a member on the Board of Missions. Bolt was married to Anna Vander West and they raised four children together Sophia, Delia, Ralph, and Marvin. He died 7 April 1951.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
1.0 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of the R. Bolt family
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 2: Sermon notes according to Bible books
- Box 2
- Item 1: Genesis to Deuteronomy
- Item 2: Joshua to Job
- Item 3: Psalms 1-73
- Item 4: Psalms 77-147
- Item 5: Proverbs to Isaiah
- Item 6: Jeremiah to Malachi
- Item 7: Matthew to Mark
- Item 8: Luke
- Item 9: John
- Item 10: Acts
- Item 11: Romans to II Corinthians
- Item 12: Ephesians to Philippians
- Item 13: Colossians to II Timothy
- Item 14: Hebrews
- Item 15: James to Jude
- Item 16: Revelation
- Item 17: Addresses - notes --- May 1908 - May 1944 and undated
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