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Collection Overview
Title: Frisian Information Bureau Collection, 1848-1986
ID: COLL/422
Extent: 19.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Frisian Information Bureau is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of a better knowledge of Greater Friesland. The collection consists of extensive correspondence with B. J. Fridsma, articles, scrapbook, clippings, notes, poems, pamphlets, plays, papers, and periodicals: Frisian News Items, (Louis P. De Boer, B. J. Fridsma, editors); Sljucht en Rjucht; Eachweid; fen Fryske groun.
Collection Historical Note
Lolle P. de Boer and Bernard J. originally organized the Frisian Information Bureau. Fridsma in 1943. De Boer was librarian, bibliographer, and genealogist, while Fridsma was a faculty member of Calvin College. The mission of the Frisian Information Bureau was to promote and support awareness of Frisian life and culture. The Bureau did this by having a monthly bulletin called, the Frisian News Items. They also offered a book service and a loan library, which supplied articles about Frisian culture. The Frisian Information Bureau was supported by contributions and was a nonprofit organization.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Miscellaneous, 1848-1976],
[Series 2: Bernard J. Fridsma Correspondence, 1919-1980],
[
Series 3: Correspondence of Lewis P. De Boer, 1923-1965],
[
Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1925-1986],
[
Series 5: Photographs],
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All]
- Series 2: Bernard J. Fridsma Correspondence --- 1919-1980
- Box 1
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Gerrit Droege --- 1950-1982
- Folder 9: Correspondence with Sipke Dykstra --- 1949-1955
- Folder 10: Correspondence with F. Feikema --- 1944-1967
- Folder 11: Correspondence with David Cornell De Jong and Meindert De Jong --- 1940-1972
- Folder 12: Correspondence with G.R. Groustra --- 1975-1982
- Folder 13: Correspondence with Teade Herder --- 1920-1945
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence with Martin ten Hoor --- 1957-1965
- Folder 2: Correspondence with J. J. Van Weringh --- 1953-1984
- Folder 3: Correspondence --- 1919-1943
- Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1944
- Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1945
- Folder 6: Correspondence --- 1946
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Correspondence --- 1947
- Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1948-1949
- Folder 3: Correspondence --- 1950-1954
- Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1955-1956
- Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1957-1959
- Folder 6: Correspondence --- 1960-1962
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Correspondence --- 1963-1964
- Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1965-June 1967
- Folder 3: Correspondence --- July 1967-1968
- Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1969
- Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1970-1971
- Folder 6: Correspondence --- 1972-1973
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Correspondence --- 1974-1975
- Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1976-1977
- Folder 3: Correspondence --- 1978-1979
- Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1980
- Folder 5: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- 1942-June 1943
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- July 1943-April 1944
- Folder 2: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- May 1944-December 1944
- Folder 3: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- 1945
- Folder 4: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- 1946-1947
- Folder 5: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- 1948-1952
- Folder 6: Correspondence with L. P. de Boer --- 1953-1959
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Miscellaneous, 1848-1976],
[Series 2: Bernard J. Fridsma Correspondence, 1919-1980],
[
Series 3: Correspondence of Lewis P. De Boer, 1923-1965],
[
Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1925-1986],
[
Series 5: Photographs],
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All]
