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By Ed Gerritsen, October 1999
Collection Overview
Abstract
John Vander Vate worked for the United States Department of Public Health in Washington, DC. During the early years of World War II, prior to United States entry, he served as a mail intermediary between residents of occupied Netherlands and family not living in neutral nations. The early correspondence reflect this service. Post war correspondence details conditions in The Netherlands and Vander Vate's work in collecting data for tuberculosis research studies. The post cards detail scenes from The Netherlands during the 1910s and 1920s.
Biographical Note
John Vander Vate was born 14 May 1898 and died in January 1990. No other biographical information was found.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
2 Boxes
Acquisition Source:
Barbara Vander Vate
Other Note:
Acc. No. 99.10
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Letters, Correspondence, 1940-1951],
[
Series 2: Postcard Collection],
[All]
- Series 1: Letters, Correspondence --- 1940-1951
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Letters from Netherlands East Indies --- 1940
- Folder 2: Letters to England --- 1940
- Folder 3: Letters to Netherlands --- 1940
- Folder 4: Letters from England --- 1940
- Folder 5: Letters from Netherlands --- 1940
- Folder 6: Letters to Netherlands East Indies --- 1940
- Folder 7: Letters from Netherlands --- 1941
- Folder 8: Letters from England --- 1941
- Folder 9: Letters to Netherlands --- 1941
- Folder 10: Letters from Netherlands Indies --- 1941
- Folder 11: Letters from Netherlands --- 1946
- Folder 12: Letters from Netherlands East Indies --- 1945
- Folder 13-14: Correspondence --- 1947-1948
- Folder 15: Correspondence --- 1950-1951
- Folder 16: Copies of De Bevolkings - Boekhouding --- 1947
- Folder 17: Research Documents on Tuberculosis in the Netherlands
- Series 2: Postcard Collection
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Airplanes
- Folder 2: Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Folder 3: Amsterdam
- Folder 4: Animals and Birds
- Folder 5: Apeldoorn
- Folder 6: Artwork
- Folder 7: Bergen Op Zoom
- Folder 8: Cartoon Characters
- Folder 9: Children
- Folder 10: Dordrecht
- Folder 11: Dutch Christmas Cards
- Folder 12
- Item 1: Dutch New Years Cards
- Item 2: Flowers
- Folder 13: Groningen
- Folder 14: Hansweerd
- Folder 15: Hauge/Scheveningen
- Folder 16: Krabbendijke
- Folder 17: Kruiningen
- Folder 18: Leiden
- Folder 19: Middelburg
- Folder 20: Monnikedam
- Folder 21: Oostkapelle
- Folder 22: Peursum
- Folder 23: People in Traditional Costumes
- Folder 24: Roosendaal
- Folder 25: Rotterdam
- Folder 26: Royal Family
- Folder 27: Schoonhoven
- Folder 28: Ships/Polders
- Folder 29: Utrecht
- Folder 30: Vlissingen
- Folder 31: Volendam
- Folder 32: Windmills
- Folder 33: Winscoten
- Folder 34: Zeeland
- Folder 35: Zwolle
- Folder 36: Unidentified Dutch locations
- Folder 37: Alpine scenes.
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Series 1: Letters, Correspondence, 1940-1951],
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Series 2: Postcard Collection],
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