COLL/118 Guide to the Melvin Dale Hugen Collection Hugen, Melvin Dale Collection

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Guide to the Melvin Dale Hugen Collection Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Melvin Dale Hugen Collection 1955-1991 COLL/118 Melvin Dale Hugen, 1931 - 2.00 1.0 cubic ft. Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church; and professor of pastoral care at Calvin Theological Seminary. The collection includes convocation address delivered at the Calvin Theological Seminary entitled "Methods, Methodism, and Ministry"; a paper written when he was a student; and crisis material detailing homosexuality, an alternate seminary, Norman De Jong, ordination of women in office, video presentation, and the white carnation episode. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Information:

Melvin Dale Hugen was born in Pella, Iowa in 1931. Hugen attended Calvin College as an undergraduate. During his time at Calvin, he was involved in the notorious prank involving a Model-T in the lobby of the Administration Building. He graduated Calvin in 1953 and entered Calvin Seminary, graduating in 1956. Hugen also earned his Th.D. through de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

In 1959 Hugen became a home missionary and pastor of Richton Park Chapel in Chicago, Illinois. During this time Hugen also attended University of Chicago from 1959-1961. Hugen went on to serve the congregation of Eastern Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1962) as well as a missionary and service pastor in Honolulu, Hawaii (1967). In 1970, Hugen became faculty at his alma mater, Calvin Seminary, as Professor of Pastoral Care. He served Calvin Seminary until his retirement in 1998.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name: Calvin College -- History Calvin Theological Seminary -- History Christian Reformed Church -- Controversial literature Mid-America Reformed Seminary (Orange City, Iowa) Topical Term: Homosexuality Ordination of women
Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id27854 Crises Material 1955-1991 id27855 1 id27856 1 1 ACRL and Melvin Hugen, on homosexuality 1973 id27857 1 2-3 Alternate Seminary: Reports, notes, reactions 1981-1982 id27858 1 4 De Jong vs. Hugen Judicial case. Ordination of Women in Office, Classis Grand Rapids East 1988-1989 id27859 1 5 Ecclesiastical charges; personal 1970-1973 id27860 1 6 Issue: Exhorting of Women Students at CTS 1985 id27861 1 7 Judicial Code Hearing, N. De Jong vs. M. Hugen June 12, 1989 id27862 1 8 Palos Heights CRC and Norman De Jong issue 1987-1988 id27863 2 id27864 2 1 Pompton Plains CRC; Correspondence on Women in Office 1989-1991 id27865 2 2 Rienstra, Marchiene, Ordination issue 1976-1978 id27866 2 3 Smit, Laura, Case, Application for Candidacy 1987 id27867 2 4 Video presentation of Christian Reformed Church 1986-1988 id27868 2 5 White Carnation Episode 1987-1988 id27869 2 6 Women in Office correspondence 1979-1985 id27870 2 7 Women in Office material 1980-1981 id27871 2 8 Women in Office material, Eastern Avenue CRC 1986 id27872 2 9 History of Calvin College and Seminary 1955 id27873 2 10 Convocation Address at the Calvin Theological Seminary 1978 id27874 2 Bound manuscript: Modern Psycho-therapies, by Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman