Roderick H. Jellema Collection, 1945-2007 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Ed Gerritsen, January 2011

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Collection Overview

Abstract

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Biographical --- 1979-1991

Box 1

Folder 1: Curriculum Vitae --- 1991

Folder 2: Invitations and awards

Item 1: Bucknell Poetry Festival --- 1983

Item 2: Festival of Poets and Poetry --- 1984

Item 3: Dutch Translation Award --- 1986

Item 4: University of Maryland Faculty Emeriti Awards Dinner --- 1991

Folder 3: Interview for Calvin Dialogue --- 1979

Folder 4: Evaluations re: promotion to full professor --- 1984

Folder 5: Biography "Rod Jellema: His Life and His Work" by student L. DeVries --- undated

Series 2: Miscellaneous Correspondence --- 1949-1996

Box 1

Folder 6: Correspondence and material re: awarding of the "Piter Jellis Award" --- 1990

Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1949

Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1951

Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1952

Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1953

Folder 11: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1954

Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1955

Folder 13: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1956

Folder 14: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1958

Folder 15: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1959

Folder 16: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1963

Folder 17: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1964

Folder 18: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1965

Folder 19: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1966

Folder 20: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1967

Folder 21: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1968

Folder 22: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1969

Folder 23: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1970

Folder 24: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1971

Folder 25: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1972

Box 2

Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1973

Folder 2: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1974

Folder 3: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1975

Folder 4: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1976

Folder 5: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1977

Folder 6: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1978

Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1979

Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1980

Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1981

Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1982

Folder 11: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1983

Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1984

Folder 13: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1985

Folder 14: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1986

Folder 15: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1987

Folder 16: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1988

Box 3

Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1989

Folder 2: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1990

Folder 3: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1991

Folder 4: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1992

Folder 5: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1993

Folder 6: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1994

Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1995

Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1996

Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- undated

Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- undated

Series 3: Other Correspondence --- 1951-1992

Box 3

Folder 11: Personal correspondence --- 1980's

Folder 12: Correspondence with Susan Bergman --- 1981-1983

Folder 13: Correspondence with John Clendenin --- 1980-1982

Folder 14: Correspondence with Peter DeVries --- 1963-1992

Folder 15: Correspondence with Mary Hietbrink (Eerdmaans) and Jelle Krol (Frysk Akademy) --- 1987-1989

Folder 16: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1965

Folder 17: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1966

Folder 18: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1967

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1968

Folder 2: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1969

Folder 3: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company re: possible projects --- 1965-1966

Folder 4: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company re: Frisian Poetry Book --- 1982-1985

Folder 5: Correspondence with Terence Hoagwood --- 1986-1990

Folder 6: Correspondence with R. Dirk Jellema --- 1955-1992

Folder 7: Correspondence with Dirk W. Jellema (cousin) --- 1955-1956

Folder 8: Correspondence with Taco Kingma --- 1984-1991

Folder 9: Correspondence with Patricia O'Connor --- 1987-1992

Folder 10: Correspondence with poets --- 1967-1996

Folder 11: Correspondence with poets --- undated

Folder 12: Correspondence with Frisian poets --- 1981-1983

Folder 13: Correspondence with Lawrence Scott --- January-August 1951

Box 5

Folder 1: Correspondence with Myra Sklarew --- 1977-1983

Folder 2: Correspondence with Lawrence H. Scott --- 1952-1956

Folder 3: Correspondence with William Stafford --- 1969-1981

Folder 4: Correspondence with former students --- 1976-1992

Folder 5: Correspondence with Barbara Brown Taylor --- 1979-1988

Folder 6: Correspondence with Stanley Wiersma --- undated

Folder 7: Correspondence with Mildred Zylstra --- 1959-1969

Folder 8: Correspondence with Paul Zimmer --- 1954-1992

Folder 9: Correspondence re: translation of Nicaragua poets for Delos --- 1987

Folder 10: Correspondence re: Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971-1972

Box 6

Folder 1: Correspondence re: possibility of teaching course at Calvin --- 1989-1990

Folder 2: Correspondence re: translation of Frisian poetry --- undated

Folder 3: Correspondence re: grants received for Frisian poetry translation --- 1981-1986

Folder 4: Correspondence re: poetry conference --- 1971

Folder 5: Correspondence re: "Akademy 100" translation project --- 1981-1985

Folder 6: Correspondence re: publication of book Friesland Singing --- 1984-1987

Folder 7: Correspondence re: debates on Christian poetry --- 1969-1987

Folder 8: Correspondence re: publication of The Eighth Day --- 1982-1983

Folder 9: Correspondence re: book Country Fair --- 1985-1987

Folder 10: Correspondence re: Frisian books and poetry --- 1974-1987

Folder 11: Correspondence re: booklet series Contemporary Writers in Christian Perspectives --- 1966-1969

Folder 12: Letters sent to students away from home (for Washington D.C. Christian Reformed Church) --- 1990-1991

Folder 13: Correspondence with Lew Smedes --- 1996-1998

Series 4: Material for Books and Conferences --- 1968-1974

Box 7

Folder 1: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1968

Folder 2: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1969

Folder 3: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1970

Folder 4: Material re: organization of the Washington Poetry Center --- 1970-1974

Folder 5: Manuscript of unpublished book Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971

Folder 6: Poems associated with unpublished book Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971

Series 5: Lectures and Sermons --- 1963-1975

Box 7

Folder 7: Lecture "Teaching Poetry" at the Michigan Association of Jr. Colleges --- 1968

Folder 8: Lecture at Valparaiso University "Christian Humanism and Modern Poetry" --- 1967

Folder 9: Lecture to Mortar Board at the University of Maryland "Last Lecture" --- 1963

Folder 10: Lecture "In Defense of Being Modern" at Calvin Fine Arts Festival --- 1967

Folder 11: Lecture "Christianity and Contemporary Poetry" at Calvin College --- undated

Folder 12: Sermon "The Gift to be Simple" at Clay Banks Methodist Church --- 1975

Folder 13: Meditations and condolences --- undated

Series 6: Articles and News Clippings --- 1945-1994

Box 8

Folder 1: Banner articles --- 1983-1990

Folder 2: Reformed Journal articles --- 1976-1985

Folder 3: Reformed Journal articles and material re: Nicaragua --- 1976-1985

Folder 4: Article "Poems Should Stay Across the Street from the Church" from Christianity Today --- 1976

Folder 5: Articles on Frisian literature --- 1945-1968

Folder 6: Articles re: Friesland --- 1981

Folder 7: Articles/news clippings of Jellema's Frisian poetry translation --- 1981-1983

Folder 8: Article "Translating Modern Frisian: Three Notes and Eight Poems" --- undated

Folder 9: Poems by others for Jellema --- 1964-1985

Folder 10: Material re: poetry readings --- 1984-1994

Folder 11: Translation of poems into Frisian --- undated

Folder 12: Paper by Jellema "The Frisians and Their Language" --- undated

Folder 13: Paper by Jellema "Some Do's and Don'ts for Christian Poets" --- undated

Folder 14: Book reviews --- 1977-1986

Folder 15: Book reviews by Jellema --- 1963-1993

Folder 16: Washington D.C Christian School promotional booklet written by Jellema --- 1960

Folder 17: Promotional material and reviews for The Sound That Remains --- 1990

Folder 18: Script and related material for drug education film Alice in Wonderland --- 1970

Folder 19: Site visit reports for National Foundation for the Arts (NFA) --- 1991-1993

Folder 20: Promotional material for lectures and readings --- 1973-1983

Folder 21: Various news clippings and articles --- 1977, 1985, 1987, and undated

Series 7: Interviews, Poems, Commentary, Lecture, and Article --- 1953-2007

Box 8

Folder 22: Interview, poems, and commentary: The Plum Review, no. 6 (Fall/Winter 1993), pp. 33-65, 72-82

Folder 23

Item 1: Article: "In Defense of Being Modern," Reformed Journal, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 12-17 --- Nov 1965

Item 2: Wiersma Lecture: "Leaving Room for Fascination" --- April 12, 2005

Folder 24: Interview: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 11 --- 2007

Folder 25: Periodical: Venture in Creative Writing, Autumn 1953 and Winter --- 1955