COLL/128 Guide to the Albert Hyma Collection Hyma, Albert Collection

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Guide to the Albert Hyma Collection Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Albert Hyma Collection 1923-1970 COLL/128 Albert Hyma, 1893-1978 7.00 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Hekman Library 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE Grand Rapids, MI, URL: http://archives.calvin.edu Email: crcarchives@calvin.edu Phone: 616-526-6913 Fax: 616-526-7689
Professor of history, University of Michigan. The collection includes correspondence, lectures, articles, reports, book reviews, manuscripts, pamphlets, miscellaneous notes dealing with Reformation History, Young Calvinist Federation, and an index to De Grondwet on the early settlers at Holland, Michigan.
Biographical Information:

Albert Hyma was born in Groningen, the Netherlands on March 18, 1893. With his parents, Hyma immigrated to the United States in 1910. They found temporary housing in Grand Rapids, Michigan where they stayed with relatives. The Hyma family purchased farmlands in Grant, Michigan where they finally settled down.

Hyma wanted to continue with formal education, so he attended Calvin College from 1913-1914 and went on to complete his undergraduate work at University of Michigan. He also earned his M.A. in German from the same university. Hyma began his teaching career in the German department of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. In 1922, Hyma earned his Ph.D. in history from once again the University of Michigan. Hyma accepted a history staff position at the University Of North Dakota and soon became an assistant professor.

In 1924, Hyma returned to the University of Michigan, not as a student, but as a professor of history. He stayed at the University of Michigan for the remainder of his career, with some interruption of being a guest professor at several other universities. In 1927, Hyma married Vera Alberta Nodine. Together they had three children and shared the mutual interest of historical studies. Hyma retired from the University of Michigan in 1962.

Hyma also had opportunities to travel back to Europe for academic purposes. Funded by the Algemeen Nederlansch Verbond, a Dutch patriotic society, Hyma traveled across Europe from 1919-1921. During his travels, he was able to track down many valuable long-lost historical docents. In 1928, he once again found an opportunity to return to Europe, this time as a Guggenheim Fellow. Because of his scholarly endeavors for Dutch history, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands knighted him in 1936. Throughout Hymas’ life, he received many other honors and awards such as fellowship in the Royal Historical Society, winner of the Henry Russell award from University of Michigan, and fellowship in the Society of Dutch Literature. Dr. Hyma was also a prolific writer, author of The Christian Renaissance: A History of the “Devotio Moderna (1924), Renaissance to Reformation (1951, 1955) and co-authored the history textbook The Growth of European Civilization (1936) among his other numerous published books, articles, and book reviews. Hyma passed away from heart failure during a hip operation on September 22, 1978.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id28159 Correspondence 1928-1970 id28160 1 id28161 1 1 Correspondence 1928-1936 id28162 1 2 Correspondence 1937-1940 id28163 1 3 Correspondence 1941-1944 id28164 1 4 Correspondence 1945 id28165 1 5 Correspondence January - June 1946 id28166 1 6 Correspondence July - December 1946 id28167 1 7 Correspondence 1947 id28168 1 8 Correspondence January - June 1948 id28169 1 9 Correspondence July - December 1948 id28170 1 10 Correspondence January - February 1949 id28171 1 11 Correspondence March - June 1949 id28172 1 12 Correspondence July - September 1949 id28173 2 id28174 2 1 Correspondence October - December 1949 id28175 2 2 Correspondence January - April 1950 id28176 2 3 Correspondence May - August 1950 id28177 2 4 Correspondence September - December 1950 id28178 2 5 Correspondence January - March 1951 id28179 2 6 Correspondence April - July 1951 id28180 2 7 Correspondence August - December 1951 id28181 2 8 Correspondence January - June 1952 id28182 2 9 Correspondence July - December 1952 id28183 2 10 Correspondence January - July 1953 id28184 2 11 Correspondence August - December 1953 id28185 3 id28186 3 1-6 Correspondence 1954-1959 id28187 3 6a Correspondence: Young Calvinist Federation Pamphlets id28188 3 7 Correspondence 1960-1970 id28189 3 8 Correspondence undated id28190 3 9 Recent Discoveries, "Lecture on the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte," letters by and about Bishop Baraga id28191 Articles id28192 4 id28193 4 1 "Laurence Sterne and John Hall-Stevenson" id28194 4 2 Letter of Van Hemert id28195 4 3 id28196 4 3 "In Het Land Van Scholte en Van Raalte (II)", Letter August 5, 1957 id28197 4 3 "Menschen en Feiten" id28198 4 3 "The meeting of February 4, 1857, in the Church of Graafschaap" id28199 4 3 "Professor Albert Hyma Gaf College in Nijmegen" id28200 4 3 "Reize Naar Noord-Amerika" id28201 4 4 Various reports: four articles id28202 4 5 "Early Evidences of Catholic Reform in the thought and Actions of Bartholomeus Arnoldi von Usingen" id28203 4 6 "Martin Luther and John Eck, August to October 1518" Scope and Contents

(three copies)

id28204 4 7 "Champions in the Fight for Social Justice" id28205 4 8 id28206 4 8 "An Important New Edition from Archon" id28207 4 8 "The Rev. George N. Smith and the Indians near Black Lake" id28208 4 8 "The Minutes of the Consistory of the Congregation Led by Rev. R. H. Smit at Drenthe, Michigan" id28209 4 8 "Herinneringen Aan Ds. Roelof Smit en Zijne" id28210 4 8 "The Scotch Church at Drenthe, Michigan" id28211 4 8 "From the Minutes of the Reformed Church at Vriesland, Michigan" id28212 4 8 "The Latest News on Gysbert Haan" id28213 4 8 "The Latest News on the Founding of the Christian Reformed Church" id28214 4 8 "Report by Albert Hyma about His Research in Ann Arbor on December 21, 1965" id28215 4 8 "From the Minutes of the Classis Holland, Michigan, 1849-1859" id28216 4 9 "The Northern Renaissance" id28217 4 10 "Gods Gunst Gedacht" id28218 4 11 "Report on the New History of Grand Rapids" id28219 4 12 "The Human Relations Commission of Grand Rapids, Michigan" id28220 4 13 "The Authorship of 'Unio Dissidentum'" id28221 4 14 "The Rise of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism in Grand Rapids, Michigan" Scope and Contents

(two copies)

id28222 4 15 "The Scholarly Work of Gabriel Richard" Scope and Contents

(two copies)

id28223 4 16 Treaties of Nijwegen; "Memoire" id28224 4 17 Letters of Windesheim People to Monasteries in France id28225 4 18 "Erasmi Roterdami"; poems by and items on Erasmus id28226 4 19 G. Feugen's Unpublished letters of Geert Groote
id28227 Manuscripts, Papers id28228 5 id28229 5 1 Hugo Grotius: Anglo-Dutch Negotiations in London, 1613-1615; Trade in the Far East; "Een Vergeten Werk van Geert Groote" id28230 5 2 Imitation of Christ excerpts; Verrassende vondst over de stichting van Holland (Michigan) id28231 5 3 "Recent Discoveries"; "Founders of the CRC" id28232 5 4 Shakespeare pictures id28233 5 5 Book reviews id28234 5 6 Articles id28235 5 7 Reports id28236 5 8 Lutheran teachers in Michigan 1948-1949 id28237 5 9 "The founding of the Reformed Churches in Michigan" id28238 5 10 Lecture at Goshen College November 4, 1965 id28239 5 11 Papers, notes, and newspaper clippings, a paper on Van Raalte's Influence in Western Michigan id28240 5 12 Course outlines and newspaper clippings id28241 5 13 Book and film reviews, biographical notes on Gabriel Biel id28242 5 14 Miscellaneous notes and financial statements id28243 5 15 Miscellaneous notes id28244 5 16 A message from the Frisians in the United States to Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina id28245 5 17 "The Brethren of the Common Life," paper 1923 id28246 5 18 "The Dawn of Modern Civilization," works of A. Hyma id28247 Bound Manuscripts id28248 5 id28249 5 Overdruk: Het Traktaat - Super Modo Vivendi… id28250 5 Overdruk: Het Tractaat de Quatuor Generibus… id28251 6 id28252 6 "How We Become Good Citizens" id28253 6 "World History" id28254 6 "World Civilization" Parts 4 and 5 id28255 6 "World Civilization" id28256 Pamphlets and Articles id28257 7 id28258 7 1 Calvinism and Capitalism in the Netherlands, 1555-1700 1938 id28259 7 2 Christianity and Slavery in the United States [undated] id28260 7 3 "The Continental Origins of English Humanism" 1940 id28261 7 4 Drie-en-twintig Brieven van Geert Groote [undated] id28262 7 5 The Economic Teachings of the Christian Churches [undated] id28263 7 6 Erasmus in Brabant 1947 id28264 7 7 Hugo Grotius on the Freedom of the Seas 1942 id28265 7 8 The Original Version of 'De Imitatione Christi' by Gerald Zerbolt of Zutphen [undated] id28266 7 9 The Religious Views of Benjamin Franklin 1958 Scope and Contents

[HERH E302.6.F8 H9]

id28267 7 10 The Survival and Resurgence of Orthodox Calvinism in the Netherlands 1750-1850 id28268 7 11 Chronological index to the leading articles in De Grondwet on the early settlers at Holland, Mich. [1911-1913]; [undated]