Herman Kuiper Collection, 1915-1962 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Herman Kuiper Collection, 1915-1962

ID: COLL/154

Primary Creator: Herman Kuiper (1889-1963)

Extent: 7.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Biographical Note

Herman Kuiper was born in the Netherlands, December 18, 1889, the youngest of the eight children of Rev. Klaas Kuiper. When he was very young, his family moved to the United States, to the Chicago area.

After graduating from our seminary in 1913, he attended Princeton Theological Seminary for two years. Interrupting his studies there because of World War I, he entered the ministry serving in the Rock Valley, Iowa, church and in Oakdale Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, until 1925. Then a three-year leave of absence enabled him to get his doctoral degree at the Free University. His ministry then took him to Fourth Roseland, Chicago, Illinois; Rock Valley for a second time; and Second Redlands, California. In 1952, Dr. Kuiper was appointed as professor of systematic theology at Calvin Seminary, serving until his retirement in 1958. Herman Kuiper passed away due to a ruptured aorta on January 13, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was survived by his wife of 48 years.

The collection of his sermons and articles shows him to be a careful exegeter of God’s Word, and a sensitive pastor of God’s people.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Addresses and Articles, 1916-1962],
[Series 2: Sermon Booklets, 1915-1950],
[All]

Series 1: Addresses and Articles --- 1916-1962

Box 1

Folder 1: Photograph Album - trip to the Netherlands --- [1927?]

Folder 2: Addresses:

Item 1: Educational --- 1916-1924
Item 2: The minister's message, graduation --- 1923
Item 3: The minister's message, seminary commencement --- June 4, 1923
Item 4: "Our Dependence on God,"school dedication --- January 25, 1924
Item 5: Schoolrede, Ireton, Iowa --- June 28, 1916

Folder 3: Addresses:

Item 1: Missions --- 1916-1934
Item 2: "Schriftstudie,"Hull, Iowa --- April 14, 1916
Item 3: "The Missionary's Task," Pella, Iowa --- August 22, 1934
Item 4: "Zendingsrede" --- 1916

Folder 4: Addresses:

Item 1: Varia adult groups --- 1925-1940
Item 2: Coram Deo, Young Men's League --- 1938, 1940
Item 3: "Influence of Life of William of Orange" --- April 24, 1933
Item 4: "Luther and the Reformation," Men's Society --- 1925
Item 5: "Our Greatest Danger," Men's Society --- 1925
Item 6: "Our Greatest Danger," Women's Society --- 1929
Item 7: "Signs of the Times," Men's Society --- 1934

Folder 5: Addresses: Youth - Sermon series --- 1934

(incomplete)

Item 1: "Don't Sit on the Fence”
Item 2: "Dare Stand Alone"
Item 3: "Dare Attempt the Impossible"
Item 4: "Dare to Be Intolerant"
Item 5: "Dare Exceed the Common Code"
Item 6: "Dare Say Yes"
Item 7: "The Secret of Courage and Strength"

Folder 6: Articles for The Banner --- 1939, 1940

Item 1: "A Half-truth in Our Catechism'" --- [undated]
Item 2: "If Not: What Then?" --- March 21, 1940
Item 3: "The Latest Move Toward Church Union" --- [undated]
Item 4: "Lest We Forget" --- December 14, 1939
Item 5: "Luther: A Chosen Vessel" --- [undated]
Item 6: "Our Fortress Impregnable" --- [undated]
Item 7: "Where are the One Thousand and Fourteen?" --- May 19, 1939

Folder 7: Articles: Varia --- [undated]

Item 1: "Architecture, Christian"
Item 2: "Teaching of Jesus on Inspiration of Old Testament"
Item 3: "Shall We Continue Catechism Preaching?"

Folder 8

Item 1: Book review, Man, the Image of God, G.C. Berkhouwer --- 1962

Folder 9

Item 1: Menus on the E. S. Noordam --- July 1954

Folder 10

Item 1: Messages from Pastor Kuiper on Christmas and Easter --- [undated]

Folder 11

Item 1: Paper, "Dogmatics: Man in the State of Sin" --- [undated]

Folder 12

Item 1: Paper, "Notes on the Doctrine of the Trinity" --- [undated]

Folder 13

Item 1: Program of Kuiper's doctoral promotion, Free University of Amsterdam --- July 9, 1923

Folder 14

Item 1: Sermon of Lord's Day 37, "The Use of the Oath" --- February 28, 1937

Folder 15

Item 1: Paper, "Notes on Ecclesiology" --- [undated]

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[Series 1: Addresses and Articles, 1916-1962],
[Series 2: Sermon Booklets, 1915-1950],
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