Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Kip Odell, 2001; Ed Gerritsen, 2013

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013

ID: COLL/404

Primary Creator: Swierenga, Robert P. (1935-)

Extent: 46.75 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte Research Professor at the A. C. Van Raalte Institute, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1996-present; professor of history emeritus, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1968-1996; assistant professor at Calvin College, 1965-1968; and a writer and editor of books and articles in the field of Dutch-American studies. The collection includes correspondence; research materials detailing ship passenger lists; Dutch immigrant and emigration statistical records; published materials detailing Canadian emigration and Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora; lecture notes; conference materials; recordings; photographs; and personal records. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

As of 2013, this material is still being actively collected.

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Accruals: Further accruals expected

Alternate Extent Statement: 120 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Robert P. Swierenga

Other Note: Acc. No. 00.39, 03.45, 04.54, 05.34, 06.49, 07.51, 07.59, 08.03, 08.60, 10.18, 10.30, 11.17, 12.05, 13.10, 13.20

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Research Correspondence],
[Series 3: Emigration & Immigration Records],
[Series 4: Passenger Lists],
[Series 5: Recordings, Conference, Scrapbook, 1968-1981],
[Series 6: Dutch Material],
[Series 7: Books],
[Series 8: Research Articles and Papers],
[Series 9: Papers],
[Series 10: Jewish Material],
[Series 11: Books and Reviews],
[Series 12: Lecture Notes],
[Series 13: Conferences],
[Series 14: Course Material],
[Series 15: Newsletters],
[Series 16: Miscellaneous],
[Series 17: Photographs],
[Series 18: Video Tapes],
[Series 19: Dutch-American Population Census Lists],
[All]

Series 3: Emigration & Immigration Records

Box 25

Folder 12: Emigration Lists --- 1800s
Folder 13-14: Frisian Emigration Lists --- 1897-1914

Box 26

Folder 1-3: Gelderland --- 1848-1877
Folder 4-5: Winterswijk --- 1837-1861
Folder 6-7: Groningen --- 1848-1877
Folder 8: Groningen Emigration Records 1847 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 9: Reports on Immigration: by Scholte, Brummelkamp, Van Velzen, Meerburg, & Van Raalte (in Dutch)
Folder 10: Overijssel Emigration Records 1848 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 11: Overijssel Emigration Records 1880-1881 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 12: Overijssel Emigration Records 1883 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 13: Overijssel Emigration Records 1900-1902 (in Dutch)

Box 27

Folder 1: Overijssel Emigration Records 1903-1905 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 2: Overijssel Emigration Records 1907 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 3: Overijssel Emigration Records 1908 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 4: Overijssel Lists of Immigrants --- 1881-1908, undated
Folder 5: Zeeland Emigration --- 1880-1920
Folder 6: Zeeland Emigration Records 1881-1900 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 7: Zeeland (Michigan) immigration material - Keppel-Moerdyke Collection --- 1989

Box 28

Folder 1: Immigrants from Zeeland 1879-1902, from Utrecht 1876-1906, from Overijssel --- 1847-1908, undated
Folder 2: Zuid Holland Immigration Records1800's (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 3: Zuid Holland Emigration Records 1880-1900 (in Dutch, some in English) --- undated: folders 4-17 see Series 4

Box 30

Folder 4: Dutch Emigration Records, Pre-1848 Emigrants
Folder 5: Dutch Emigration Records (bound book) --- 1848-1877
Folder 6: Drenthe --- 1846-1876
Folder 7: Friesland --- 1845-1878
Folder 8: Gelderland --- 1848-1877
Folder 9: Groningen --- 1848-1877
Folder 10: Limburg --- 1847-1877
Folder 11: North Brabant --- 1847-1876
Folder 12: North Holland --- 1848-1877

Box 31

Folder 1: Overijssel --- 1848-1877
Folder 2: Utrecht --- 1847-1877
Folder 3: Zeeland --- 1848-1877
Folder 4: Zuid Holland --- 1848-1877
Folder 5: Codebook --- 1974
Folder 6: 1846-1875, 1900
Folder 7-11: Drenthe --- 1846-1876
Folder 12-15: Gelderland/46-1869 --- 1845

Box 32

Folder 1: Gelderland --- 1870-1872
Folder 2: Gelderland --- 1873-1877
Folder 3-7: Groningen --- 1848-1877
Folder 8-9: Province Limburg --- 1847-1877
Folder 10-12: Noord Holland --- 1847-1877
Folder 13: Friesland --- 1847
Folder 14: Gelderland - Utrecht --- 1847-1877

Box 33

Folder 1-3: North Brabant, p. 1-103 --- undated
Folder 4: Overijssel --- 1847-1858
Folder 5: Overijssel --- 1859-1877
Folder 6: Overijssel --- 1847-1864
Folder 7: Overijssel --- 1865-1877
Folder 8: Zeeland --- 1848-1855
Folder 9: Zeeland --- 1856-1867
Folder 10: Zeeland --- 1868-1877
Folder 11: Zuid-Holland --- 1848-1877
Folder 12: Zuid-Holland --- 1856-1867
Folder 13: Zuid-Holland --- 1868-1877

Box 98

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1820-1845
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1846
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1847
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1848
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1849
Folder 6: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1850-1851
Folder 7: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1852-1853
Folder 8: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1854
Folder 9: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1855
Folder 10: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1856-1857

Box 99

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1862-1863
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1864-1866
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1867-1868
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1869-1870
Folder 6: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1871-1872
Folder 7: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1873
Folder 8: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1874-1876
Folder 9: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1877-1879

Box 100

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1880
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1881
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1882
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1883
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1884

Box 101

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1885
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1886
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1887
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1888
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1889
Folder 6: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1890

Box 102

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1891
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1892
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1892
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1893
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1894
Folder 6: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1895
Folder 7: Holland Immigrants - Port of NY --- 1896

Box 103

Folder 1: Holland Immigrants - Port of New Orleans --- 1820-1883
Folder 2: Holland Immigrants - Port of Boston --- 1826-1883
Folder 3: Holland Immigrants - Port of Quebec --- 1865-1873
Folder 4: Holland Immigrants - Port of Baltimore --- 1813-1891
Folder 5: Holland Immigrants - Port of Philadelphia --- 1800-1819
Folder 6: Holland Immigrants - Port of Phiadelphia --- 1820-1863
Folder 7: Ship Names Carrying Dutch Immigrants --- 1820-1877
Folder 8: Ship Lists --- 1897
Folder 9: Dutch Immigration Statistics --- 1880-1920
Folder 10: Travel Guides - Emigrants to America --- undated

Box 104

Folder 1: Zeeland Emigrants Listing --- 1881-1900
Folder 2: Utrecht Emigrants Listing --- 1881-1902
Folder 3: Groningen Emigrants Listing --- 1850-1900
Folder 4: Overijssel Emigrants Listing --- 1881-1908
Folder 5: Zuid-Holland Emigrants Listing --- 1881-1899

Box 111

Folder 2: Listing of Dutch Immigrants by Religious Affiliation --- 1830-1880
Folder 3: Research Notes Regarding Atlantic Crossing --- undated
Folder 8: Sources for Resources on Dutch Immigration --- undated

Box 112

Folder 7: Immigrant Letters --- undated