Nicholas Vogelzang Collection, 1940-2004 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Nicholas Vogelzang Collection, 1940-2004

ID: COLL/318

Primary Creator: Vogelzang, Nicholas (1919-2006)

Extent: 7.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

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:

[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]

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