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Collection Overview
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection details the ministry in Salt Lake City, Utah; Lansing, Illinois; Bellevue, Washington; work among the Native Americans and seafarers; outreach through Christ for Russia/International Theological Education Ministries (ITEM); correspondence; speaking engagements; sermon outlines; personal journal; poems; subject files: cremation, history of Ogden, Utah, CRC; family mementos; two issues of the periodical, Calvinism Now; and the Summer Workshop In Missions (SWIM) program.
Biographical Note
Nicholas Vogelzang was born in Holland, Michigan on February 13, 1919. Growing up he attended Christian schools. When World War II broke out, Vogelzang served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot. In 1948 he married, Katherine Ribbens. Vogelzang worked in his family's hardware store from 1947 to 1950. At the same time, he enrolled at Calvin College and Theological Seminary. He graduated from the Seminary in 1955. After graduation, Vogelzang accepted the call to become a Home Missionary in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served there until 1964 where he became pastor of First CRC in Lansing, Michigan. His other charges include Sheldon Iowa, 1970-76; Bellevue, Washington, 1976-81; and Newton, Iowa, 1981-84. Rev. Vogelzang reached retirement in 1984.
During retirement Rev. Vogelzang kept busy by organizing seminaries in parts of Russia and Eastern Europe. He also was involved with The World Home Bible League and Worldwide Christian School. Vogelzang was the founder of Summer Workshop in Missions (SWIM) program and International Theological Evangelical Ministries (Christ for Russia). On February 12, 2006 Nicholas Vogelzang passed away in Denver, Colorado.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: The Salt Lake City Period, 1955-1975],
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Series 2: Salt Lake City, Utah and Lansing, Illinois Periods, 1957-1969],
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Series 3: First Lansing and Bellevue, Washington Periods, 1957-1981],
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Series 4: Correspondence: Church and Personal, 1958-1967],
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Series 5: Correspondence: Church and Personal, 1965-1984. Public Speaker. SWIM Activities, 1960-1961],
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Series 6: SWIM Activities. The Writer, 1961-1984],
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Series 7: Sermon Material, 1959-1983],
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Series 8: Family Letters, 1960-1989],
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Series 9: Family Mementos, 1961-1977],
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Series 10: Miscellaneous, 1940-1993],
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Series 11: Christ for Russia Material, 1956-2002],
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Series 12: Miscellaneous, 1959-2004],
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- Series 1: The Salt Lake City Period --- 1955-1975
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Calvin College; hymn book compilation --- 1955
- Folder 2: Classical diploma --- 15 October 1955
- Folder 3: Summer Work in Salt Lake City --- 1955
- Folder 4: Call to Salt Lake City; Orientation --- 1955
- Folder 5: Bulletins of Salt Lake City Christian Reformed Church --- 1957 and 1958
- Folder 6: Bulletins of Salt Lake City Christian Reformed Church --- 1961 and 1962
- Folder 7: Consistory correspondence --- 1956-1960
- Folder 8: Correspondence --- 1955-1957
- Folder 9: Correspondence, notes, board minutes --- 1964-1965
- Folder 10: History of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church. --- 1961-1975
- Series 2: Salt Lake City, Utah and Lansing, Illinois Periods --- 1957-1969
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Reports to Board of Home Missions and other material --- 1957-1963
- Folder 2: Reports to Board of Home Missions --- 1956-1963
- Folder 3: Resume of Board of Home Missions --- 1957-1963
- Folder 4: First Lansing Christian Reformed Church Period: Communications and Reports --- 1964
- Folder 5: First Lansing Period: Correspondence and notes --- 1965-1969
- Folder 6: First Lansing Period: Correspondence and notes --- 1965-1969
- Series 3: First Lansing and Bellevue, Washington Periods --- 1957-1981
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Lansing Christian School Member of the Education Committee - minutes and notes --- 1964-1967
- Folder 2: Lansing Period: Prayer in Space Campaign initiated by Vogelzang; notes and press releases --- 1969
- Folder 3: Call to Faith Christian Reformed Church of Pella, IA --- Nov. 1969
- Folder 4: Sheldon, IA period: member of committee on capital punishment --- 1974
- Folder 5: Bellevue, WA period: correspondence and reports --- 1976-1981
- Folder 6: Bellevue, WA period: correspondence and reports --- 1976-1981
- Folder 7: Bellevue, WA period: The Enumclaw Experience --- 1978
- Folder 8: Home Mission Tours --- 1957-1958
- Folder 9: Home Mission Tour --- 1959
- Folder 10: Home Mission Tour --- 1960
- Series 4: Correspondence: Church and Personal --- 1958-1967
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Correspondence, general --- 1953
- Folder 2: Correspondence while in VA Hospital --- 1958
- Folder 3: Correspondence with Home Missions, with additional notes --- 1960-1961
- Folder 4: Correspondence, personal --- April 1960-Jan 1961
- Folder 5: Correspondence, general --- 1961
- Folder 6: Correspondence, personal --- March 1962-Dec 1962
- Folder 7: Correspondence, church --- May 1962-Dec 1962
- Folder 8: Correspondence, personal --- 1965-1967
- Series 5: Correspondence: Church and Personal, 1965-1984. Public Speaker. SWIM Activities --- 1960-1961
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Correspondence, personal --- March 1965-1969
- Folder 2: Correspondence, personal --- 1982-1984
- Folder 3: Public Speaker: Annual Passion Week Services at Prospect Park, Holland, MI --- 1961
- Folder 4: Public Speaker: Forest Homes Youth Camp --- Aug. 1957
- Folder 5: Public Speaker: Lecture Notes --- 1961-1963
- Folder 6: Public Speaker: Mount Hermon, CA --- 1963
- Folder 7: SWIM Activities --- 1960
- Folder 8: SWIM Activities --- 1960-1961
- Series 6: SWIM Activities. The Writer --- 1961-1984
- Box 6
- Folder 1: SWIM Activities --- 1961-1962
- Folder 2: SWIM Activities --- 1963
- Folder 3: Work among Indians: Intermountain Christian School --- 1958
- Folder 4: Work among Indians: Indian Committee of Utah; minutes, communications --- 1961
- Folder 5: Work among Seafarers: Pacific Northwest --- 1980
- Folder 6: The Writer: anecdotes --- 1981, undated
- Folder 7: The Writer: articles
- Item 1: In The Way --- 1958
- Item 2: In Bellone --- 1979
- Folder 8: The Writer: Church Chatter; brief articles --- 1981-1984
- Folder 9: The Writer: Daily Manna meditations --- 1977
- Folder 10: The Writer: Mormans --- 1960, 1979, 1980
- Folder 11: The Writer: notes on cults and seminar --- 1978
- Series 7: Sermon Material --- 1959-1983
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Sermon outlines --- 1959-1983
- Series 8: Family Letters --- 1960-1989
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Letters from father --- June 1960-1961
- Folder 2: Letters from father --- Feb 1961- Nov 1961
- Folder 3: Letters from father --- July 1962- Dec 1962
- Folder 4: Letters from father --- Dec 1962- Sept. 1963
- Folder 5: Letters from father --- May 1963- Jan 1964
- Folder 6: Letters from children --- 1989
- Series 9: Family Mementos --- 1961-1977
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Family mementos --- March 1966- Oct. 1967
- Folder 2: Family mementos --- Oct. 1967- Dec 1970
- Folder 3: Family mementos --- 1970-1973
- Folder 4: Family mementos --- 1974-1975
- Folder 5: Family mementos --- Oct 1961- Oct 1977
- Folder 6: Father Vogelzang's story --- undated
- Folder 7: Father Vogelzang's death --- May 23, 1966
- Series 10: Miscellaneous --- 1940-1993
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Writer for Spires --- 1957
- Folder 2: Christian Writers Conference --- 1988
- Folder 3
- Item 1: Family pictures --- 1940-1955, undated
- Item 2: Commencement program --- 1955
- Item 3: Letter --- 1951
- Folder 4: Booklet: Two Worlds of Mercy. Story of an immigrant --- 1957
- Folder 5: Why Return from Niengame? by K. D. Dykstra; an account of return from a concentration camp --- 1945
- Folder 6: A Last Will and Testament --- 1961
- Folder 7: Letter to Mevrouw Coenen, Haarlem, Nederland --- Jan. 9, 1956
- Folder 8: Christ for Russia, press reports --- 1993
- Folder 9: Christian Indian, Denver Christian Center; reports --- 1991-1993
- Folder 10: Christian Labor reforms, reports, papers --- undated
- Folder 11: Curriculum Vitae --- 1981
- Folder 12: Newton, Iowa, period of service; papers --- 1982
- Folder 13: Poems --- 1989
- Folder 14: Poetry (most poems) --- undated
- Folder 15: Prayers in notebook --- 1990-1991
- Folder 16: Weekly calendar --- 1990
- Series 11: Christ for Russia Material --- 1956-2002
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Agenda --- 1990-1991
- Folder 2: Agenda --- 1992-1993
- Folder 3: Agenda --- 1994-1995
- Folder 4: Budget --- 1991-1996
- Folder 5: Communications --- 1991-1995
- Folder 6: Communications with Cities for Christ Worldwide --- 1992-1993
- Folder 7: Confession of Cyrillus Lukaris; evaluation --- 1992
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Rev. Csaba of the John Calvin Hungarian Pres. Church --- 1991
- Folder 9: Correspondence with Stephen Karpenio Ukrainian Baptist Union --- 1994
- Folder 10: Correspondence with Wm. D. Ribbens --- 1995
- Folder 11: Correspondence with Dr. R. Venema --- 1994
- Folder 12: Correspondence with Rev. J. Wesselink --- 1993
- Folder 13: Minutes; Christ for Russia, Inc. --- 1991
- Folder 14: Minutes; Christ for Russia, Inc. --- 1992
- Folder 15: Minutes; Christ for Russia, Inc. --- 1993
- Folder 16: Minutes; Christ for Russia, Inc. --- 1994
- Folder 17: Christ for Russia correspondence --- 1991
- Folder 18: Christ for Russia correspondence --- 1992
- Folder 19: Christ for Russia correspondence --- 1993
- Folder 20: Christ for Russia correspondence --- 1994
- Folder 21: Christ for Russia correspondence --- 1995
- Folder 22: Christ for Russia correspondence --- August, 1997 - January, 1998
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Christ for Russia; executive board minutes --- 1995-1997
- Folder 2: Minutes, Christ for Russia, Inc. --- 1995
- Folder 3: Original letters --- August 14, 1990
- Folder 4: Prospective teaching staff for Ukraine Seminary, Christ for Ukraine
- Folder 5: Guidelines for fiscal responsibilities --- 1991
- Folder 6: Salt Lake City Organization of S.L.C. Christian Reformed Church --- 1956
- Folder 7: Salt Lake City Christian School Yearbook --- 1964
- Folder 8: Background information on Christ for Russia/I.T.E.M. --- 1995
- Folder 9: Newsbriefs for Christ for Russia --- May, 1991 - October, 1994
- Folder 10: News articles; March, 1992 - June/July --- 1995
- Folder 11: Russian translation of the Catechism --- 1993
- Folder 12: Newsletter: Christ for Russia/Ukraine (several missing issues) --- 1994-1998
- Folder 13: Papers/sermons --- November, 1988 - February, 2000
- Folder 14: Newsletter: NewsITEMs; November, 1998 - Summer --- 2001
- Folder 15: Newsletter: Gorter Ukraine Update; January, 1999 - Summer --- 2001
- Folder 16: International Theological Education Ministries (I.T.E.M.) correspondence --- May, 1993 - July, 2002
- Folder 17: International Theological Education Ministries (I.T.E.M.) information --- January, 1997 - August, 2000
- Folder 18: Christ for Russia/Ukraine pictures --- 1997
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Christ for Russia --- 1991
- Folder 2: Christ for Russia papers --- 1991-1993
- Folder 3: Christ for Russia --- 1993
- Folder 4: Christ for Russia --- 1993
- Folder 5: Christ for Russia --- 1993
- Folder 6: Christ for Russia --- 1993
- Folder 7: Christ for Russia --- 1994
- Folder 8: Christ for Russia --- 1995
- Folder 9: Christ for Russia expenses --- 1995
- Folder 10: Christ for Russia June trip to N. W. --- 1996
- Folder 11: Christ for Russia correspondence with Sergei Karpenco --- 1994-1995
- Folder 12: Christ for Russia cooperation for the Ukraine Seminary --- 1992-1994
- Series 12: Miscellaneous --- 1959-2004
- Box 14
- Folder 1: David Ludwick, Saint Louis --- 1995-1996
- Folder 2: Paden --- 1995-1996
- Folder 3: Piet Van Dijk/Hattem --- 1994-1996
- Folder 4: Den Dulk --- 1991-1993
- Folder 5: Cyril Lucaris, Denver --- 1992-1995
- Folder 6: Amway; Grand Rapids Press --- 1995
- Folder 7: Balance sheet --- November, 1991 - December, 1995
- Folder 8: Denver minutes --- 1996
- Folder 9: Jos Colijn --- 1992
- Folder 10: James Bultman --- 1993-1995
- Folder 11: Finance reports, L. Coppes --- 1991-1995
- Folder 12: Coppes --- 1994-1995
- Folder 13: Leo Peters --- December, 1992
- Folder 14: Hillcrest Endorse --- May, 1991 - July, 1993
- Folder 15: Catechism art --- 1992
- Folder 16: Reformed Christian Ministries; November/December --- 1994 - March, 1996
- Folder 17: St. Louis minutes --- 1995-1996
- Folder 18: Van Groningen, Gerard --- 1992-1997
- Folder 19: Oosterhoff, Freda --- May, 1992 - August, 1993
- Folder 20: Ukraine committee --- January, 1995 - January, 1997
- Folder 21: St. Louis board --- 1996
- Folder 22: Seven, Ray --- 1994
- Folder 23: Sutter, Tom --- 1995-1996
- Folder 24: Prigodich, Raymond P. --- August, 1990 - January, 1994
- Folder 25: Multiethnic Conference Committee --- 1992
- Item 1: Christian Indian; vol. LXXIV, no. 2 --- March/April, 1992
- Item 2: Christian Indian vol. LXXIV, no. 3 --- May/June, 1992
- Folder 26: Vander Steen, Dirk --- 1993
- Folder 27: Ukrainian trip --- 1992
- Folder 28: Calvinism! Now! --- 1996
- Folder 29: Donetsk seminary pictures --- 1995
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Personal journal --- 1957-1958
- Folder 2: Poems written for his wife Kay --- 1993
- Folder 3: Poetry by Nicholas Vogelzang --- 1990-1998
- Folder 4: Material on Mormonism --- 1998-2000
- Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1960-2004
- Folder 6: Nicholas Vogelzang writing on cremation --- 1997-2001
- Folder 7: Correspondence re cremation --- 1998-2000
- Folder 8: Copy of a book: Cremation - Is It Christian? --- 1965
- Folder 9: Copy of a book: What About Cremation? --- 1989
- Folder 10: Magazine: Calvinism Now; vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1995) - vol. 2, no. 4; missing some issues --- October 1996
- Folder 11: History of the Summer Workshop in Missions (SWIM) program (includes issues of Missionary Monthly and The Young Calvinist) --- 1960-1991
- Folder 12: Sermons at Hillcrest CRC - --- April, 2001
- Folder 13: Installation of Nicholas Vogelzang at First CRC; Lansing, IL - --- February, 1964
- Folder 14: Reflections by Nicholas Vogelzang --- 2001-2002
- Folder 15: History of the Ogden, Utah CRC --- 1959
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: The Salt Lake City Period, 1955-1975],
[
Series 2: Salt Lake City, Utah and Lansing, Illinois Periods, 1957-1969],
[
Series 3: First Lansing and Bellevue, Washington Periods, 1957-1981],
[
Series 4: Correspondence: Church and Personal, 1958-1967],
[
Series 5: Correspondence: Church and Personal, 1965-1984. Public Speaker. SWIM Activities, 1960-1961],
[
Series 6: SWIM Activities. The Writer, 1961-1984],
[
Series 7: Sermon Material, 1959-1983],
[
Series 8: Family Letters, 1960-1989],
[
Series 9: Family Mementos, 1961-1977],
[
Series 10: Miscellaneous, 1940-1993],
[
Series 11: Christ for Russia Material, 1956-2002],
[
Series 12: Miscellaneous, 1959-2004],
[All]