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Collection Overview
Title: Jesse De Boer Collection, 1931-1985
ID: COLL/040
Primary Creator: De Boer, Jesse (1912-1990)
Extent: 1.0 Box. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Subjects: Calvin Christian Reformed Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Calvin College, De Vos, Peter, Fuller Christian Reformed Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Jellema, William Harry, 1893-1982, Konyndyk, Kenneth J., 1942-1994, Kuiper, Rienk Bouke, 1886-1966
Abstract
Calvin graduate with philosophy major, 1933; and professor of philosophy at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. The collection includes lecture notes taken in the classes of W. H. Jellema and R. B. Kuiper; correspondence between J. De Boer and Provost Peter A. De Vos; letters from Jesse de Boer to Ken Konyndyk; and publications.
Biographical Note
Jesse De Boer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 28, 1912. De Boer attended Calvin with as a philosophy major and graduated in 1933. Then went to the University of Illinois to receive his Masters. De Boer pursued a career as a college instructor. From 1935-1939, De Boer was an instructor at Calvin College. In 1938, he married Catherine P. Rooze and together they had two children. In 1942, De Boer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. De Boer then taught at Harvard and Radcliffe. Then De Boer went to teach philosophy at the University of Kentucky until his retirement in 1977. De Boer passed away on May 25, 1990.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
0.50 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of the J. de Boer family
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Lectures and letters, 1931-1985],
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Series 2: Publications, 1953-1982],
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- Series 1: Lectures and letters --- 1931-1985
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Reformed doctrine lectures of R. B. Kuiper --- September 1931 - June 1932
- Folder 2: Introduction to Philosophy lectures of W. H. Jellema --- September 1932 - January 1933
- Folder 3: Philosophy and Ethics lectures of W. H. Jellema --- September 1933 - January 1934
- Folder 4: Ancient Greek Philosophy lectures --- January to June 1933
- Folder 5: Medieval Philosophy lectures of W. H. Jellema --- September 1933 - January 1934
- Folder 6: Modern History of Philosophy lectures of W. H. Jellema --- Spring 1934
- Folder 7: Metaphysics lectures of W. H. Jellema --- January to June 1934
- Folder 8: Metaphysics lectures of W. H. Jellema; notes by John Daling --- 1934-1935
- Folder 9: Notes on an address by W. H. Jellema at Fuller Avenue CRC Men's Forum --- December 29,1937
- Folder 10: Letter of Jesse de Boer to Ken Konyndyk; observations on Calvin College and CRC --- 1985
- Folder 11: Correspondence between Jesse de Boer and Provost Peter A. De Vos prior to the donation of this material to Calvin College --- 1985
- Series 2: Publications --- 1953-1982
- Box 1
- Folder 12: "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy: A Self-Study Guide," (Philosophy 260) --- 1972
- Folder 13: "A Critique of Continuity, Infinity, and Allied Concepts in the Natural Philosophy of Bergson and Russell." Chap.4 in The Return to Reason. Chicago: Henry Regnery --- 1953
- Folder 14: "First Steps in Mysticism." Chap. in Faith and Philosophy, Philosophical Studies in Religion and Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans --- 1964
- Folder 15: Paper, "Plato's Dialectic after Deflating the Theory of Forms" --- 1977
- Folder 16
- Item 1: "Comments of Professor Wild's Paper." Phenomenology: Pure and Applied. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press --- 1964
- Item 2: "Soren Kierkegaard's (S.K.'s) Affinity for Don Juan," Aiathesis and Aesthetics. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press --- 1970
- Folder 17
- Item 1: "Professor Van Til's Apologetics" Pts. 1 Calvin Forum pg. 7-12 --- Aug-Sept 1953
- Item 2: "Professor Van Til's Apologetics," Pts. 2 Calvin Forum pg. 27-34 --- Oct 1953
- Item 3: "Professor Van Til's Apologetics," Pts. 3 Calvin Forum pg. 51-57 --- Nov 1953
- Folder 18
- Item 1: "Notes on the Logic of Theological Language," Reformed Journal pg. 11-12 --- Mar-57
- Item 2: "'We' in Modern Philosophy," Reformed Journal pg. 12-17 --- Apr-60
- Item 3: "What Faith is Like," Reformed Journal pg. 6-9 --- July-Aug 1961
- Item 4: "Some 'truths of Faith,'" Pts. 1-2 Reformed Journal pg. 16-20; 12-17 --- July, August 1977
- Folder 19
- Item 1: "Filling a Gap in Mr. Crombie's Examination," Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy pg. 127-130 --- Jan-68
- Item 2: "Plato's Progress," Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy pg. 75-86 --- Fall 1967
- Folder 20: ["Reply to Plantinga"] Reformed Journal pg. 24-25 --- April 1982
- Folder 21: Unpublished book review, "The Stories of Jesus' Birth." Review of the birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke, by Raymond E. Brown --- 1982
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