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Abstract
Administrator for the Indian Mission Field in New Mexico. Correspondence, reports, minutes, articles, school records, newspaper clippings, and a transcribed interview dealing with mission activities in the American Southwest; a historical sketch of the Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church; and a bound manuscript entitled, "Memoirs," describing his early life near Lucas, Michigan, and his mission activities.
Biographical Note
Jacob H. Bosscher was born in Michigan on 22 March 1887.
His parents were Hidde Jacob Bosscher and Bregtje Sevinga. His father was born in the Netherlands and his mother was born in Holland. Jacob H. Bosscher married Nellie Lucas. Jacob H. Bosscher was the administrator for the Indian Mission Field in New Mexico. He died in Jenison, Michigan, in 1974. His siblings were Tertje, Menke, and Johannes.
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- Series 1: Rehoboth Mission Experience
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Autobiography: Memoir by Jacob H. Bosscher
- Folder 2: Personal items --- 1915-1968
- Folder 3: Elections as New Mexico State Senator --- 1924
- Folder 4: Radio addresses and speeches --- 1939-1946
- Folder 5: Rehoboth Mission articles and papers --- 1920-1957
- Folder 6: Rehoboth Mission press clippings --- 1909-1950
- Folder 7: Retirement --- 1952
- Folder 8
- Item 1: Rehoboth student photos --- n.d.
- Item 2: Staff photo --- 1921
- Item 3: Rehoboth staff --- 1905-1937
- Item 4: Students --- 1920, 1931
- Folder 9-11: Correspondence and reports --- 1917-1946, 1965-1974
- Folder 12: Navajo Indians: Family Life, by J. W. Brink --- n.d.
- Folder 13: Navajo Children Attend School: report --- 1954
- Folder 14: Navajo Indians: Introduction to the Navaho by E. Z. Vogt and C. Kuckhohn --- c.1953
- Folder 15: Rehoboth Cabinet minutes --- 1932-1937
- Folder 16: Rehoboth Mission progress report
- Folder 17: Rehoboth Mission Quarter-Centennial event, addresses and correspondence --- 1921
- Folder 18: Rehoboth Semi-Centennial of the Christian Reformed Church in Rehoboth --- 1956
- Folder 19: Rehoboth Semi-Centennial of Indian Mission work --- 1946
- Box 2
- Folder 1-3: Rehoboth superintendent reports --- Dec 1908 - April 1952
- Folder 4: Semi-Centennial of Southwest Bible and Missionary Conference brochure --- 1903 -1953
- Folder 5: Southwest Bible & Missionary Conference resolution --- 1953
- Folder 6: Interview about J.C. Morgan and Assimilation --- 1972
- Folder 7: High school at Rehoboth --- 1941-1945
- Folder 8: Recitations --- n.d.
- Folder 9: Rehoboth anniversary booklets --- 1946, 1956
- Folder 10: Rehoboth Mission Local Conference minutes --- 1918-1930
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