COLL/415 Guide to the Henry Ahuis Papers Ahuis, Henry

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Guide to the Henry Ahuis Papers 1899/1950 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Henry Ahuis Papers 1899-1950 COLL/415 Ahuis, Henry, 1865-1946 0.75 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes letters of call, correspondence, sermons (Dutch), pamphlets, marriage licenses, credentials of ordination, a seminary notebook, and German-language newspapers. Also included are letters, records, and news clippings relating to Ahuis' ministry to POW housed in Fremont, MI.
Biographical Information:

Henry Ahuis was born in Georgsdorf Kries, Grafschaft Bentheim, Germany, on 10 January 1865. He attended school in his native village for his early education. He attended Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary and received his diploma in 1899. He was ordained into the Christian Reformed Church in 1899. He served churches in Hull, North Dakota; Bunde, Minnesota; Ackley, Iowa; Parkersburg, Iowa; Ridott, Illinois; and Vesper, Wisconsin. He did missionary work in Custer and Ackley, Iowa. In 1902 he married Jennie Ensing of Fremont, Michigan. Henry died on 24 July 1946 in Fremont, Michigan, survived by his wife, one daughter and her husband, and one granddaughter.

Detailed List of Contents id121311 1 id121312 1 1 Seminary Notebook id121313 1 2 Marriage license/credentials of ordination id121314 1 3 Letters of call, 1899-1905 id121315 1 4 Letters of call, 1906-1915 id121316 1 5 Letters of call, 1916-1930 id121317 1 6 Miscellaneous correspondence id121318 1 7 Sermons and sermon notes id121319 1 8 German-language newspapers id121320 1 9 Pamphlets id121321 1 10 Pamphlets id121322 1 11 Correspondence, 1901 (biographical information sent to Henry Beets) id121323 1 12 Photograph—Richard and Lena Bode id121324 1 13 Photograph—Rev. Henry Bode id121325 1 14 Photograph—Rev. and Mrs. Henry John Plesscher and family id121326 1 15 Photograph—Classis Ostfriesland, Parkersburg, Iowa, 1906 id121327 1 16 Photograph—Ackley, Iowa Church (50th anniversary) id121328 1 17 Photograph—Rev. L. P. Brink id121329 1 18 Photograph—Abraham Kuyper id121330 1 19 Photographs (2)—Grundy College id121331 1 20 Photographs (2)—Unidentified (male groups) id121332 2 id121333 2 1 Henry Ahuis Correspondence (In German) 1904-1948 id121334 2 2 Ahuis Notebooks, Address Book and Ministry Notes id121335 2 3 News Clippings Related to Fremont, MI POW Camp 1945, 1976, 1995 id121336 2 4 Fremont POW Camp, Secondary Literature Undated id121337 2 5 Henry Ahuis Misc. From Breda, Iowa and Grand Rapids, MI