COLL/300 Guide to the Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection Van Raalte, Albertus C. Collection Finding Aid Authors: John Meyer.

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Guide to the Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection 1829/1997 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection 1829-1997 1834-1876 COLL/300 Van Raalte, Albertus C., 1811-1876 10.30 20 boxes English Dutch;Flemish Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Critical writer in the Afscheiding (church secessionist) movement in the Netherlands; founder and leader of the colony of Holland, Michigan; business entrepreneur; minister of the Reformed Church in America; and advocate for education, as founder of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary at Holland, Michigan. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, essays, speeches, articles, business papers, and personal memorabilia. [See also the Campus Titles Database; Jacobson's book: A.C. Van Raalte: Dutch Leader and American Patriot [HERH F575 .D9 A6]; Dosker’s book: Levensschets van A.C. Van Raalte [HERH F575 .D9 D6]; Origins, vol. XIX no. 2, 2001]
Biographical Information:

Albertus Christian Van Raalte was born in the small village of Wanneperveen in the Netherlands on October 17, 1811. When Van Raalte was a junior at the University of Leiden, he changed his course of study from medicine to theology. During this time Van Raalte joined a small circle known as the "Scholte Club," who were considered religious revolutionaries. Among its members were his friend H.P. Scholte, and his brothers-in-law, A. Brummelkamp and S. Van Velzen. When the time came to take his final exam in 1834, he was asked if he knew and agreed with all the Regulations of the Reformed Church. When he was unsure of his answer, he was sent away to research this question in further detail. Upon concluding his research, he told the Reformed Church Board that the Regulations were in contradiction with the word of God. The Board denied his admittance to the Reformed Church.

Van Raalte decided to join the followers of the Afscheiding. He was examined by the Christian Reformed Church synod and was ordained. In 1836, he married Christina Johanna DeMoen. He began to preach throughout the province of Overijssel, primarily in Genemuiden, and Ommen. In 1841, Van Raalte helped industrialize Ommen by founding a brick factory through his family connections. He was able to provide employment to a number of the Ommen poor in this way, but poverty remained dire throughout the province. Aside from poor social conditions, Van Raalte and the other secessionists also encountered persecution and oppression from the liberal government. Van Raalte wanted a place of religious freedom, and so he decided to leave the Netherlands.

He and his followers first wanted to establish a settlement in Java, but the Dutch government refused to permit it. This refusal led Van Raalte in 1846 to journey across the Atlantic Ocean and discover a sanctuary in the United States. After much debate and investigation, Van Raalte and his group decided to settle down in present day Holland, Michigan to begin their colonization. Settlement in the Michigan wilderness proved to be a difficult task for the group. Van Raalte remained a pillar of strength for the immigrants and continued to inspire them. Van Raalte ultimately wanted his people to experience religious freedom, develop their economy, and gain a higher education. In 1849, he organized a census of the colony as part of a petition to the federal government for a wharf on Black River. In 1851 Van Raalte began the groundwork for Hope College. In his family, 7 out of 10 of his children reached maturity. Two of his sons, Dirk and Benjamin, served the Union in the Civil War. Shortly after the war, Van Raalte attempted to found a new Dutch settlement in Amelia County, Virginia. Though this settlement failed after a few years, Van Raalte continued to strive tirelessly for the betterment of the Dutch settlers, through his ministry or his civic projects. Only a few short years after celebrating Holland's 25th anniversary, Van Raalte passed away on November 7, 1876.

Access Terms

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

Genre/Form of Material: Black-and-white photographs Newspaper clippings Postage stamps Geographic Name: Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography Universities and colleges--Michigan--Hope College Personal Name: Van Raalte, Albertus Christian, 1811-1876 Van Raalte, Benjamin, 1840-1917 Van Raalte, Christina Johanna DeMoen, 1815-1871 Van Raalte, Dirk Blikman Kikkert, 1844-1910 Topical Term: Contracts for deeds Dutch Americans -- Correspondence Dutch Americans -- History -- Sources Dutch Americans -- Personal narratives Mortgages--United States Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk -- History -- Secession, 1834 Sermons, Dutch Tax assessment United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access:

Collection held in Heritage Hall; materials are not available for circulation.

Preferred Citation:

[item], folder, box, Albertus C. Van Raalte, Heritage Hall (Hekman Library), Calvin University

Related Materials:

COLL301: Dirk B.K. Van Raalte Collection

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Scope and Contents

The Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection houses the personal, family, and business papers of A.C. Van Raalte, as well as publications related to him and his work. This collection, which dates from 1829–1997, consists of correspondence, sermons, essays, speeches, articles, business papers, and personal memorabilia, documenting the life and works of A.C. Van Raalte, including his social background as a studious academic and entrepreneur of a brick manufactory in Ommen, his active involvement in the secessionist movement from the Dutch Reformed Church, his encouragement and aid of Dutch immigration to the United States, and his passion for improving the economy and education of the Holland colony.

This collection fits into the broader narrative of immigration to the United States and is unique in focusing not only on the immigration experience of the Dutch, but in examining that experience through the lens of the Holland colony’s foremost leader. In fleeing from religious persecution, the search for freedom colors every page of this immigrant collection, from the most spiritual of sermons to the driest of business papers. Researchers interested in the history of the church Secessionist (Afscheiding) movement, the development of the Holland colony, the background of Hope College, the narrative of the Van Raalte family, and the Dutch immigrant experience—from overcoming colonial struggles to fighting in the Civil War—will all find something to value in this collection.

The collection is arranged into nine series: ‘Personal Papers --- 1829–1995’, ‘Sermons ---1836–1875’, ‘Lord's Day Sermons --- 1836-1844’, ‘Outgoing General Correspondence --- 1837-1876’, ‘Outgoing Family Correspondence --- 1836–1920’, ‘Civil War Letters --- 1862-1952’, ‘Business Papers --- 1840–1909’, ‘Publications by and about A.C. Van Raalte --- 1842-1997’, and ‘Miscellaneous Papers, 1740–1996’. Every series is arranged chronologically, excepting ‘Publications by and about A.C. Van Raalte --- 1842-1997’ and ‘Miscellaneous Papers, 1740–1996’. Neither series has any other perceptible arrangement.

The ‘Personal Papers --- 1829–1995’ series contains certificates, personal and academic papers, essays, notes, speeches, maps, treatises, records, poems, news clippings, articles, constitutions, event programs, photographs, a genealogy, an autobiography, a biography, beekeeping rules, an attendance record, and a passenger list. It covers much of the Van Raalte family’s personal history, from their lives in the Netherlands to traveling to the United States; from becoming American citizens, to the upbringing of Van Raalte’s students and children. Yet there are also extensive articles detailing the Dutch colony in Michigan and Reformed Church history, especially in relation to the Afscheiding movement.

The ‘Sermons ---1836–1875’ series contains sermons, sermon indexes, related writing, an advertisement, a letter, and envelopes. Many of the sermons have corresponding transcripts. For the most part, one folder corresponds to one year of Van Raalte’s sermons, but the folders start spanning periods of a few months at a time during the years 1841–1843: the critical, founding years of the Afscheiding movement. The folders also switch back to covering only a few months at a time in the years 1850–1855: the years comprising the difficult foundation of the Holland colony.

The ‘Lord's Day Sermons --- 1836–1844’ series contains sermons, transcriptions, a sermon ‘logbook’, and related theological writings. Almost every sermon in this series has been transcribed, though none of them are translated. Each sermon preaches about one or more questions from the Heidelberg Catechism.

The ‘Outgoing General Correspondence --- 1837–1876’ series contains letters, transcriptions, translations, photocopies, and envelopes. Most of the letters have accompanying transcriptions and translations. The letters reveal some of the early struggles that the Holland colony faced, as well as the people involved in making it a success.

The ‘Outgoing Family Correspondence --- 1836–1920’ series holds two other, as yet unlabeled, series, titled “Incoming General Correspondence,” and “Incoming Family Correspondence.” It contains personal and business letters, notes, photocopies, transcriptions, translations, archival notes, receipts, and envelopes. Together, this box allows a more comprehensive view of relations between the Van Raalte family and others.

The ‘Civil War Letters --- 1862–1952’ series contains letters, transcriptions, translations, envelopes, thank you notes, archival resources, and the back of a society form. Almost every letter in this series has been transcribed and translated. The letters follow the Van Raalte brothers—Benjamin and Dirk—throughout the war, tracking them from Kentucky to Tennessee, and finally to Virginia. Dirk lost an arm in battle. These letters also show the experience of 2nd generation immigrants fighting in the American Civil War, as well as the ways the war affected their families and values.

The ‘Business Papers --- 1840–1909’ series contains tax receipts, business receipts, business orders, annual newspaper subscription renewals, note scraps, letters, funding support from the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, land purchase papers, a land title document, tax land deeds, land certificates (complete with six presidential signatures), land contracts, stamps, mortgage documents, warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, redemption certificates, title abstracts, tax rolls, a post office receipt, a statement of account, a dog license, news clippings, logbooks of the city of Holland (1847–1852), Van Raalte’s personal account books, the Land Office’s Graduation Act of 1854, and catalogs of Hope College. The folders have preserved much of the economy of the Holland colony in their pages. From this series, one can see what the colony and the Van Raalte family was purchasing and selling in the years listed above. It also covers all of the land-related transactions that occurred for the colony on the federal, state, and private levels.

The ‘Publications by and about A.C. Van Raalte --- 1842–1997’ series contains a ledger, an inventory of Van Raalte’s library, letters, pamphlets, articles, addresses, a marriage ledger, a fire insurance company advertisement, and transcriptions and translations for many of these items. It focuses specifically on writings and publications by Van Raalte, exploring critical, underlying documents of the Afscheiding movement, as well as those encouraging Dutch immigration to the United States.

The ‘Miscellaneous Papers, 1740–1996’ series contains the land deed for the Dutch colony in Michigan, the programs for the quarterly and centennial celebrations of 1872 and 1947, newspaper clippings, obituaries, a blotter given as a gift to A.C. Van Raalte, maps, A.C. Van Raalte’s pocketbook New Testament, an Autographs book titled “In Memoriam van Rev. A.C. Van Raalte…”, a sketch, two pictures, advertisements, and geographic coordinate tables, presumably for plots of land. As the name suggests, it covers materials related to the Dutch colony and the Van Raalte family that do not fall under the category of any of the other series.

Detailed List of Contents id32234 Personal Papers 1829-1995 id32235 1 id32236 1 1 Gymnasium (High School) Certificate [photocopy] 1829 id32237 1 2 Academic Paper 1830 id32238 1 3 Academic Paper 1831 id32239 1 4 Academic Papers 1831 id32240 1 5 Academic Paper 1831 id32241 1 6 Academic Papers 1833 id32242 1 7 Academic Paper 1834 id32243 1 8 Diploma 1840 id32244 1 9 Theological Candidate [photocopy, translation] 1835 id32245 1 10 Ordination Certificate [photocopy, transcription, translation] 1836 id32246 1 11 Marriage Extract, Civil Registry [translation] 1836 id32247 1 12 Marriage Certificate [photocopy, translation] 1836 id32248 1 13 Last Will and Testament [transcription, translation] 1836 id32249 1 14 Certificate, University of Leiden [photocopy] 1839 id32250 1 15 Academic Paper 1839 id32251 1 16 Discharge Papers [translation] 1839 id32252 1 17 Pastor Recommendation [photocopy, translation] 1846 id32253 1 18 Sample of daughter Maria's handwriting in a nature study report 1863 id32254 1 19 Passenger List of the Southerner which brought the Van Raalte colony to New York in late 1846 id32255 1 20 Attendance Record Catechumens 1851-1855 id32256 1 21 United States Citizenship Papers 1853 id32257 1 22 Family Register [transcription] 1837-1856 id32258 1 23 Poem written for wedding of oldest son Albertus [translation] 1858 id32259 1 24 Poem written for Van Raalte's 25th wedding anniversary [translation] 1861 id32260 1 25 Poems from pupils to Van Raalte [transcription, translation] 1863 id32261 1 26 Verjarings Wenschen [damaged] 1863 id32262 1 27 Power of attorney document 1866 id32263 1 28 US passport 1866 id32264 1 29 Albertus Van Raalte (1794-1833) father of A.C. Van Raalte, Pastoral History [translation] 1866 id32265 1 30 Biography of Christina Johanna Van Raalte-De Moen (1815-1871) [transcription, translation] [1871] id32266 1 31 Rules for bee keeping, [18--?] id32267 1 32 Articles 1959-1976 id32268 1 33 Biographies 1876-1886, undated id32269 1 34 Celebrations-Anniversaries 1934-1995 id32270 1 35 Genealogy [photocopy, newsprint] 1950, 1994, and undated id32271 1 36 Unidentified pictures and pictures of A.C. Van Raalte and family 1918, undated id32272 1 37 Pictures of Van Raalte house and miscellaneous buildings undated id32273 2 id32274 2 1 Speeches by Sen. Seward and Cass in Congress 1851 id32275 2 2 Public Notice of Special Millage for City of Holland [photocopy] 1867 id32276 2 3 Anonymous incomplete speech about Women's Relief Corps undated id32277 2 4 Bulletin of Service of Thanksgiving for Rev. Van Raalte 1976 id32278 2 5 Autobiography of Isaac Marsilje undated id32279 2 6 Maps of New York City, Blendon and Olive townships, and Statement on lot boundaries 1849, 1859, undated id32280 2 7 Newspaper Article: "Dr. Van Raalte en de Scholen" 1911 id32281 2 8 Speeches and Treatises by A.C. Van Raalte: on a variety of subjects undated id32282 2 9 Speeches and Treatises by A.C. Van Raalte: speech re union with existing Dutch Ref. Church [transcription] undated id32283 2 10 Speeches and Treatises: Treatises on Church History and Doctrine [partial transcription] undated id32284 2 11 Speech and Treatises: Treatise in Response to Criticism of National Day of Prayer [transcription] undated id32285 2 12 Speeches and Treatises: Treatise on the Covenant of Grace [transcription] undated id32286 2 13 Material on the Secession of 1832 1832 id32287 2 14 Incorporation Paper of the First Reformed Church of Holland, Mich. August 25, 1849 id32288 2 15 Speeches and Treatises: Treatise on the 1834 Secession [transcription] undated id32289 2 16 Biographical Article undated id32290 2 17 Copy of the minutes of Classis Meeting in Ommen, the Netherlands, presided over by A.C. Van Raalte [photocopy, translation] 1837-1844 id32291 2 18 Newspaper picture of 10 of the 1849 pioneers, taken in [photocopy] 1878 id32292 2 19 The Van Raalte home: newspaper clippings and pictures [photocopy] undated id32293 2 20 Newspaper clippings: Story of Van Raalte's Immigration and 92nd Colonization Anniversary [photocopy] 1938, 1987, undated id32294 2 21 Constitution of the Dutch Immigration Society [translation] April 14, 1846 id32295 2 22 Census of the Holland Colony, taken in connection with the circulation of the harbor petition January 18, 1849 id32296 2 23 List of donors and donations for the Holland Academy undated id32297 2 24 Speeches for special occasions 1856-1877 id32298 2 25 Record of Donations to the Kampen Theological School from the colony [photocopy, translation] 1857 id32299 2 26 Copy of Michigan Marriage Laws, 1867 and Marriage Certificates 1849, 1876 id32300 2 27 Hope College, Financial Report Copy - Th. Phelps, Jr. 1869 id32301 2 28 Hope College Constitution 1871 id32302 2 29 Speech by Van Raalte at the 25th Anniversary of the Holland Colony [translation] 1872 id32303 2 30 Re: Hope College 1872 id32304 2 31 Thanks offering records (2) for the Ebenezer Memorial 1872 id32305 2 32 Hope College Sixteenth Commencement Program 1881 id32306 2 33 Commencement Speech [transcription] 1884 id32307 2 34 Program: Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Holland Immigration and Colonization 1897 id32308 3 id32309 3 1 Semi-Centennial Reminiscences [1897] id32310 3 2 Undated account of the colony's struggle by Van Raalte [transcription] id32311 3 3 Program: Laying of the Corner-stone of the A.C. Van Raalte Memorial Hall at Hope College 1902 id32312 3 4 Miscellaneous Notes undated id32313 3 5 Speeches and Treatises: Paper on Separatism undated id32314 3 6 Speeches and Treatises: Paper on Intemperance undated id32315 3 7 Speeches and Treatises: Paper on Emma, Dutch Queen Regent undated id32316 3 8 Speeches and Treatises: Paper on Mission Support undated id32317 3 9 Speeches and Treatises: Poem on Intoxication undated id32318 3 10 Van Raalte family documents undated id32319 3 11 Essay on Portugal [no author given] undated id32320 3 12 An episode in the life of Van Raalte and the colony [no author given, typescript] undated id32321 Sermons 1836-1875 id32322 4 id32323 4 1 Index of Sermons 1836-1875, undated id32324 4 2 Gordon Spykman's transcription of Van Raalte's sermons undated id32325 4 3 Sermons [transcription] 1836 id32326 4 4 Sermons [transcription] 1837 id32327 4 5 Sermons [transcription] 1838 id32328 4 6 Sermons 1840 id32329 4 7 Sermons [transcription] February - August 15, 1841 id32330 4 8 Sermons [transcription] August 22- December, 1841 id32331 4 9 Sermons [transcription] January 1 - August, 1842 id32332 4 10 Sermons [transcription] September - December, 1842 id32333 4 11 Sermons [transcription] January, 1843 id32334 4 12 Sermons [transcription] March - May, 1843 id32335 4 13 Sermons [transcription] June, 1843 id32336 4 14 Sermons [transcription] July, 1843 id32337 4 15 Sermons [transcription] August, 1843 id32338 4 16 Sermons [transcription] September, 1843 id32339 5 id32340 5 1 Sermons [transcription] October, 1843 id32341 5 2 Sermons [transcription] November, 1843 id32342 5 3 Sermons [transcription] December, 1843 id32343 5 4 Sermons 1844 id32344 5 5 Sermons 1856 id32345 5 6 Sermons 1846 id32346 5 7 Sermons [transcription] 1850-51 id32347 5 8 Sermons [transcription] 1852 id32348 5 9 Sermons [transcription] 1852 id32349 5 10 Sermons [transcription] 1853 id32350 5 11 Sermons [transcription] 1853 id32351 5 12 Sermons 1854 id32352 5 13 Sermons [transcription] 1855 id32353 5 14 Sermons 1856 id32354 5 15 Sermons [translation] June 29, 1856 id32355 6 id32356 6 1 Sermons 1857 id32357 6 2 Sermons 1858-59 id32358 6 3 Sermons 1860 id32359 6 4 Sermons 1861 id32360 6 5 Sermons 1862 id32361 6 6 Sermon on Education [photocopy, translation] February 23, 1862 id32362 6 7 Sermons 1863 id32363 6 8 Sermons [transcription] 1864 id32364 6 9 Sermons 1865 id32365 6 10 Sermons [transcription] 1866 id32366 6 11 Sermons 1867 id32367 7 id32368 7 1 Sermons 1868-1869 id32369 7 2 Sermons 1870-1871 id32370 7 3 Sermons, Krapshuis Funeral [photocopy, transcription] January 1871 id32371 7 4 Sermons 1872-1873 id32372 7 5 Sermons [transcription] 1874-1875 id32373 7 6 Sermon on Infant Baptism, in English 1874 id32374 7 7 Undated Sermons on OT: Pentateuch [transcription] id32375 7 8 Undated Sermons on OT: Ruth, 1, 2 Samuel, 1, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles id32376 7 9 Undated Sermons on OT: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs id32377 7 10 Undated Sermons on OT: Psalms [photocopy] id32378 7 11 Undated Sermons on OT: Major and Minor Prophets id32379 7 12 Undated Sermon: Psalm 134 id32380 7 13 Undated Sermons on NT: The Gospels and Acts [transcription] id32381 7 14 Undated Sermons on NT: Paul's Epistles and Hebrews [transcription] id32382 7 15 Undated Sermons on NT: General Epistles (James, Peter, John, Jude and Revelation) [transcription] id32383 7 16 Undated Sermons: No texts indicated [transcription] id32384 7 17 Undated English Sermons id32385 Lord's Day Sermons 1836-1844 id32386 7 id32387 7 18 Sermons - Lord's Day 1-3 [transcription] undated id32388 8 id32389 8 1 Sermons - Lord's Day 4-5 [transcription] 1836, undated id32390 8 2 Sermons - Lord's Day 6-8 [transcription] 1836, undated id32391 8 3 Sermons - Lord's Day 9-12 [transcription] undated id32392 8 4 Sermons - Lord's Day 13-14 [transcription] 1844, undated id32393 8 5 Sermons - Lord's Day 15-16 [transcription] undated id32394 8 6 Sermons - Lord's Day 17-18 1837, undated id32395 8 7 Sermons - Lord's Day 19-20 [transcription] undated id32396 8 8 Sermons - Lord's Day 21-25 [transcription] undated id32397 8 9 Sermons - Lord's Day 26-30 [transcription] undated id32398 id32399 10 Sermons - Lord's Day 31-34 [transcription] undated id32400 11 Sermons - Lord's Day 35-39 [transcription] undated id32401 12 Sermons - Lord's Day 40-43 [transcription] undated id32402 13 Sermons - Lord's Day 44-52 [transcription] undated id32403 Outgoing General Correspondence 1837-1876 id32404 9 id32405 9 1 Letters to H.J. Budding [photocopy, translation] 1837 id32406 9 2 Letters to H.J. Budding [photocopy, translation] 1838 id32407 9 3 Letters to H.J. Budding [photocopy, translation] 1839 id32408 9 4 Letters to Rev. Oggel [photocopy, partial transcription] 1844-1845 id32409 9 5 Letters to Mr. John Ball, 1847-1850, and Ball biography [photocopy] 1891 id32410 9 6 Letter to J.A. Wormser, Amsterdam [photocopy, translation] 1848 id32411 9 7 Letters to Hon. A. Felch [photocopy, translation] 1850 id32412 9 8 Letter to Rev. J. Gerritson, RCA Board of Missions [photocopy, translation] 1850s id32413 9 9 Letter to Helenius de Cock's Hertogenbosch [photocopy, translation] 1851 id32414 9 10 Letters to Rev. C. VanderVeen, Grand Haven, Mich. [translation] 1855-1862 id32415 9 11 Letters to Rev. C. VanderVeen, Grand Haven, Mich. [translation] 1872-1875 id32416 9 12 Letter to the Theological School at Kampen [photocopy, translation] 1856 id32417 9 13 Two letters to John Roost [photocopy, translation] 1859 id32418 9 14 Letters to Sam Shieffelin and Sam Pruyn, New York 1858 id32419 9 15 Letter to Rev. Donner of Leyden, the Netherlands 1859 id32420 9 16 Letter to G. Van de Wall, South Africa, 1862 [photocopy, translation, transcription] 1862 id32421 9 17 Letters to Rev. Dirk Broek [photocopy, transcription] 1863-1874 id32422 9 18 Letter to Gen. Bowen, Washington, DC [photocopy, transcription] 1864 id32423 9 19 Letters to Rev. Phelps [photocopy] 1864 and 1869 id32424 9 20 Letters to J.S. Wilson, Washington, DC 1876 id32425 9 21 Letters to Dr. Abraham Kuyper, the Netherlands [photocopy, translation] 1872 id32426 9 22 Letter to T. Keppel, Holland, Mich., and Letter to Editor of de Hope [translation] 1872 id32427 Outgoing Family Correspondence 1836-1920 id32428 9 id32429 9 23 Letters to his wife [photocopy] 1836 id32430 9 24 Letters to his wife [photocopy, transcription, translation] 1837 id32431 9 25 Letter to his wife [photocopy] 1838 id32432 9 26 Letters to his wife [photocopy, translation, transcription] 1846, 1847 and 1849 id32433 9 27 Letters to son: Ben Van Raalte [photocopy, translation, transcription] 1854, 1866, 1869 id32434 9 28 Letters to his children [transcription, translation] 1857 and 1862 id32435 10 id32436 10 1 Letters to Dirk Van Raalte [transcription, translation] 1859, 1861-1862, 1874 id32437 10 2 Letters to A. Brummelkamp [photocopy, translation] 1863 and 1874 id32438 10 3 Biographical Letter to S. Van Velzen [translation] 1862 id32439 10 4 Letter from Church Council of Hollen, the Netherlands [transcription, translation] 1840 id32440 10 5 Letter from Theodore Romeyn, Detroit, Mich. [transcription] 1847 id32441 10 6 Letter from H.N. Barendregt, St. Louis 1847 id32442 10 7 Letter from P.S. Hoedemaker, New Brunswick [translation] 1855 id32443 10 8 Letters from Anna Taylor, 1856 and 1859, and H.D. Post [transcription] 1858 id32444 10 9 Letters from John Van Vleck [transcription] 1857, 1859, 1860 id32445 10 10 Letters from John Roost [transcription, translation] 1858-1859 id32446 10 11 Letters of Appointment [transcription] 1858-1859 id32447 10 12 Letter from the General Synod at Philadelphia [transcription] 1869 id32448 10 13 Civil War letter from J. Huizenga, Jacob Smits and Captain DeBoe [transcription] 1863-1864 id32449 10 14 Letter from J.R. Kellogg, Allegan, Mich. 1863 id32450 10 15 Letters from D. Broek and A. Jonker [translation] 1865 id32451 10 16 Letter from J.W. Lapsey, Shelby Springs, Ala. 1869 id32452 10 17 Letter from L. Visscher, Holland, Mich., 1871 and J.H. Kruyt, Amsterdam [translation] 1873 id32453 10 18 Letter from J. den Hartog, St. Louis [translation] 1876 id32454 10 19 Business letters 1846-1850 id32455 10 20 Business letters 1851-1855 id32456 10 21 Business letters [translation] 1856-1869 id32457 10 22 Business letters 1870-1874 id32458 10 23 Miscellaneous letters [photocopy] 1838-1920 id32459 10 24 Letter from Anna Van Raalte [transcription, translation] undated id32460 10 25 Letter from S. Van Velzen [translation] 1842 id32461 10 26 Letters from A. Brummelkamp [transcription, translation] 1844, 1874, 1876 id32462 10 27 Letter from Ben Brummelkamp [photocopy, transcription, translation] 1846 id32463 10 28 Letter from Dirk Van Raalte [transcription, translation] 1861 id32464 10 29 Letters from Christina Van Raalte [transcription] 1862-1864, 1869 id32465 10 30 Letters to Mrs. Van Raalte from her husband, Nashville, Tenn.[transcription, translation] 1864 id32466 10 31 Letter from Grandson A.C. Van Raalte, Amelia, Va. 1869 id32467 10 32 Letter from W.B. Gilmore, Amelia, Va. 1871 id32468 10 33 Letters to Kate Van Raalte Ledeboer 1875-1879 id32469 10 34 Condolence letters, 1876 and obituary draft 1876 id32470 Civil War Letters 1862-1952 id32471 11 id32472 11 1 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (1) [transcription, translation] 1862 id32473 11 2 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (2) [transcription, translation] 1862 id32474 11 3 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (1) [transcription, translation] 1863 id32475 11 4 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (2) [transcription, translation] 1863 id32476 11 5 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (3) [transcription, translation] 1863 id32477 11 6 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (4) [transcription, translation] 1863 id32478 11 7 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (5) [transcription, translation] 1863 id32479 11 8 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (1) [transcription, translation] 1864 id32480 11 9 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (2) [transcription, translation] 1864 id32481 12 id32482 12 1 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (3) [transcription, translation] 1864 id32483 12 2 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (4) [transcription, translation] 1864 id32484 12 3 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (5) [transcription, translation] 1864 id32485 12 4 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (1) [transcription, translation] 1865 id32486 12 5 Civil War letters from Dirk Van Raalte (2) [transcription, translation] 1865 id32487 12 6 Civil War letters of Benjamin Van Raalte, translation by C.L. Jalving [1951-1952] id32488 Business Papers 1840-1952 id32489 13 id32490 13 1 Land Purchases - State 1840-1841 id32491 13 2 Land Purchases - State 1847 id32492 13 3 Land Purchases - State 1848 id32493 13 4 Land Purchases - State 1849 id32494 13 5 Land Purchases - State (1) 1850 id32495 13 6 Land Purchases - State (2) 1850 id32496 13 7 Land Purchases - State 1854 id32497 13 8 Land Purchase - State (Tax Land Deed) 1862-1863 id32498 13 9 Land Purchase - State (Delinquent tax) 1850-1873 id32499 13 10 Land Purchase - Federal 1841 id32500 13 11 Land Purchase - Federal (1) 1848 id32501 13 12 Land Purchase - Federal (2) 1848 id32502 13 13 Land Purchase - Federal 1848 id32503 13 14 Land Purchase - Federal 1849 id32504 13 15 Land Purchases - Federal 1851 id32505 13 16 Land Purchases - Federal 1865 id32506 13 17 Land Purchases - Private (Deeds) 1847-1867 id32507 13 18 Land Purchases - Private (Contract) 1860-1868 id32508 13 19 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1868-1869 id32509 14 id32510 14 1 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1870 id32511 14 2 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1871 id32512 14 3 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1872 id32513 14 4 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1873 id32514 14 5 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1874 id32515 14 6 Land Purchases - Private (Land Contract) 1875-1876 id32516 14 7 Land Purchases - Private (Mortgage) 1847-1874 id32517 14 8 Land Purchases - Private (Deeds) 1854 id32518 14 9 Land Purchases - Private (Warranty) 1874-1876 id32519 14 10 Property Tax Receipts 1839-1849 id32520 14 11 Purchase Receipts - Private 1848, 1851 id32521 14 12 Purchase Receipt - State 1851 id32522 14 13 Tax Default Purchases 1851-1864 id32523 14 14 Tax Default Purchases 1867-1875 id32524 14 15 Tax Purchases 1846-1870 id32525 14 16 Title Abstracts 1861-1872 id32526 14 17 Tax Receipts (Allegan County) 1849 id32527 14 18 Tax Receipts (Holland city) 1851-1875 id32528 14 19 Tax Receipts (Holland township) 1850-1861 id32529 15 id32530 15 1 Tax Receipts (Fillmore township) 1852 id32531 15 2 Tax Receipts (Holland township) 1862-1871 id32532 15 3 Tax Receipts (Holland township) 1872-1875 id32533 15 4 Tax Receipts (Jamestown township) 1854-1871 id32534 15 5 Tax Receipts (Laketown township) 1865-1876 id32535 15 6 Tax Receipts (Ottawa County) 1851-1872 id32536 15 7 Tax Receipts (Ottawa township) 1849 id32537 15 8 Tax Receipts (Zeeland township) 1854-1865 id32538 15 9 Tax Receipts 1848-1871 id32539 15 10 Receipts 1841-1847 id32540 15 11 Receipts 1848-1849 id32541 15 12 Receipts 1850-1851 id32542 15 13 Receipts 1852 id32543 15 14 Receipts 1853 id32544 15 15 Receipts 1854 id32545 15 16 Receipts 1855 id32546 15 17 Receipts 1856 id32547 15 18 Receipts 1857 id32548 15 19 Receipts 1858 id32549 15 20 Receipts 1859 id32550 15 21 Receipts 1860 id32551 15 22 Receipts 1861 id32552 15 23 Receipts and Financial Records 1862 id32553 15 24 Receipts 1863 id32554 15 25 Receipts 1864 id32555 15 26 Receipts 1865 id32556 15 27 Receipts 1866 id32557 15 28 Receipts 1867 id32558 15 29 Receipts 1868 id32559 15 30 Receipts 1869 id32560 16 id32561 16 1 Receipts 1870 id32562 16 2 Receipts 1871 id32563 16 3 Receipts 1872 id32564 16 4 Receipts 1873 id32565 16 5 Receipts 1874 id32566 16 6 Receipts 1875 id32567 16 7 Receipts 1876-1877 id32568 16 8 Receipts undated id32569 16 9 Financial Records 1847-1852 id32570 16 10 Financial Records 1853-1854 id32571 16 11 Financial Records 1855-1876 id32572 16 12 Financial Records undated id32573 16 13 Contracts - D. K. Kikkert 1840-1842 id32574 16 14 Contract Partnership with son, Albertus and Warren Wilder 1864 id32575 16 15 Financial Records of the City of Holland 1847-1852 id32576 16 16 Subscriptions, receipts for proposed orphanage in the colony 1848 id32577 16 17 Land Sales - Account book kept by A.C. Van Raalte on land contracts sold 1848-1875 id32578 16 18 Petition to Congress for improvement of water facilities on Black Lake 1849 id32579 16 19 Deed for planned Ships Wharf in Holland 1849 id32580 16 20 Land Office Graduation Act of 1854 1854 id32581 16 21 Act to provide for the incorporation of Savings Associations 1869 id32582 16 22 Hope College Land Sale [186-?] id32583 16 23 Hope College Catalogs 1865-1866, 1868, 1872, 1908-1909 id32584 16 24 Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad 1870 id32585 16 25 Building Plans for O. Van Olinda undated id32586 16 26 List of 4th of July Contributions [transcription] undated id32587 Publications by and about A.C. Van Raalte 1842-1997 id32588 17 id32589 17 1 Ledger - Olive Mill 1864-1867 id32590 17 2 List: "Library of Dr. A.C. Van Raalte" undated id32591 17 3 Address to the Dutch General Synod by Van Raalte and De Moen [pamphlet, transcription, translation] 1842 id32592 17 4 Letter to Christians in North America by Van Raalte and Brummelkamp, p. 30-39 [photocopy, translation], chapter of Landverhuizing of Vaarom bevoorderen wij de volksverhuizing en wel naar Noord-Amerika en niet 1846 id32593 17 5 De Toestand der Hollandsche Kolonisatie in de staat Michigan…in drie brieven… A. C. Van Raalte, C. Van Der Meulen, en S. Bolks, aan C. G. Moen, 1849 [pamphlet, two translations 1935, 1978] id32594 17 6 Nog is er hulpe! by Brummelkamp, Bokkel and Van Raalte [photocopy] 1844 id32595 17 7 Roeping der Gemeente Jegens Hare Opzieneren: Leerrede… [library has microfiles] 1859 id32596 17 8 Drie Leerredenen 1863 id32597 17 9 Article in De Hope by Van Raalte re Virginia settlement [photocopy, translation] 1863 id32598 17 10 Stemmen uit Noord-Amerika,1847(tweede druk) [HERH E184.D9 S745 1847]; and translation entitled Voices from North-America with Introductory Words by A. Brummelkamp, 1980 [HERH E184.D9 S74513 1980] id32599 17 11 Voices from North America, 1992 (Heritage Hall Publications, Number Three) [HERH E184.D9 V3 1992] id32600 17 12 Holland in Amerika, of, De Hollandsche Kolonisatie in den Staat Michigan, 1847 [HERH E184.D9 V32 1847]; with translation entitled Holland in America, or, The Holland Colonization in the State of Michigan,1977 [HERH E184.D9 V3213 1977] id32601 18 id32602 18 1 Ledger: Marriage Records 1847-1876 id32603 18 2 De Emigratie van Landbouwers naar Noord Amerika (Colorado) [photocopy] 1892 id32604 18 3 The Mission Field of the RCA [pamphlet] 1892 id32605 18 4 Unveiling of Pilgrim Fathers tablet in [pamphlet] 1906 id32606 18 5 Van Hinte, J: Nederlandse Nederzettingen in de Verenigde staten van Amerika: 1847-1947 [photocopy] 1947 id32607 18 6 VandeVelde, Lewis George - Glimpses of the early Dutch 1947 id32608 18 7 Hyma, Albert - When the Dutch Came to Michigan 1947 id32609 18 8 Dykema, Frank E. - Effort to Attract Dutch Colonists to Alabama [photocopy; original in pamphlet coll.] 1948 id32610 18 9 Spykman, G. - Pioneer Preacher 1976 id32611 18 10 Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte: [pamphlet] 1811-1876-1976, 1977 id32612 18 11 De Afscheiding van 1834, Derde deel [photocopy, diff. ed. in HH] 1977 id32613 18 12 Emmen en de Van Raalte-trek: Vreemdelingen in een Vreemd Land (Gen. 15:13) by Ger de Leeuw [pamphlet] 1995 id32614 18 13 From Heart to Heart: Letter from the Rev. Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte to His Wife Christina Johanna Van Raalte-De Moen, 1836-1847, 1997 [pamphlet]; [HERH E184.D9 V324 1997] id32615 Miscellaneous Papers, 1740-1996 id32616 19 id32617 19 1 Land Deed 1848 id32618 19 2 State Tax Land Deeds 1847, 1848, 1849 id32619 19 3 Programs of Quarter Centennial and Centennial Celebrations 1872 and 1947 id32620 19 4 Clipping: Holland Sentinel [photocopy] 1957 id32621 19 5 Holland Daily Sentinel: vol. 15 no. 38 February 14, 1910 id32622 19 6 Grand Rapids Press [photocopy] 1976 id32623 19 7 Blotter presented to Van Raalte by the children of his brother-in-law Brummelkamp on his 34th birthday 1845 id32624 19 8 Map: Detroit, Toledo and Cincinnati Railroads 1868 id32625 19 9 Het Nieuwe Testament: Utrecht, W. Kroon, P. Muntendam, J. Evelt en S. Neaulme, 1740. Inscription: "G. Van Wagtendonk, 24 Augs 1847 Rotterdam Jakob Labots Door J Labots aan A. C. van Raalte in" 1849 id32626 19 10 Autographs (contributors) book: "In Memoriam van Rev. A.C. Van Raalte D.D. Erste Leeraar dezer Gemeente en Vader Onzer Nederzetting. Een Dienstknecht des Heeren, Krachtig in Woorden en Werken," [Memorial plaque in Pillar CRC in Holland, MI] 1879 id32627 19 11 A.C. van Raalte and Christina Johanna Van Raalte-De Moen Sketch by J.R. Harkema 1996 id32628 20 id32629 20 1 News Items of Van Raalte's Death 1876 id32630 20 2 Map: Memphis and Chattanooga Railroad Lines id32631 20 3 Boston Daily Advertiser: vol. 69 no. 46 February 23, 1847 id32632 20 4 Grand River Times (Grand Haven): vol. 2 no. 107 August 10, 1853 id32633 20 5 Grand River Times (Grand Haven): vol. 4 no. 207 September 5, 1855 id32634 20 6 Ottawa Clarion (Grand Haven): vol. 2 no. 71 August 26, 1858 id32635 20 7 Weekly Clarion (Grand Haven): supplement to September 1, 1859 id32636 20 8 De Grondwet (Holland): vol. 2 no. 12 August 12, 1861 id32637 20 9 Weekly Clarion (Grand Haven): vol. 6 no. 277 August 12, 1862 id32638 20 10 De Grondwet (Holland): vol. 4 no. 14 September 9, 1863 id32639 20 11 Grand Haven Union: vol. 2 no. 52 September 6, 1864 id32640 20 12 De Grondwet (Holland): supplement to September 21, 1875 id32641 20 13 Newspaper Clippings: De Grondwet [photocopy] 1911-1912 id32642 Items id32643 21 id32658 21 15 Copy of Jacobson's book: A.C. Van Raalte: Dutch Leader and American Patriot [HERH F575 .D9 A6] id32660 21 17 Copy of Dosker's book: Levensschets van A.C. Van Raalte (HERH F575 .D9 D6) id32661 21 18 Origins, vol. XIX no. 2 2001 id32666 14 id32674 14 11 Land Purchases: Purchase Receipts (Box 14, Folder 11) 1848 id32667 13 id32675 13 2 State Tax Land Deeds (Box 13, Folder 2) id32668 9 id32647 9 4 Letter of A.C. Van Raalte to his wife (Box 9, Folder 26) 1846 id32670 19 id32649 19 6 1947 Centennial Program booklet (Box 19, Folder 3) id32671 17 id32651 17 8 Published Sermon of Van Raalte Leerreede (Box 17, Folder 8) 1859 id32672 5 id32652 5 9 Photocopy of sermon preached in (Box 5, Folder 7) 1851 id32673 18 id32653 18 10 Copy of Gordon Spykman's book, Pioneer Preacher, (Box 18, Folder 8) id32654 18 11 Record of Marriages Performed by A.C. Van Raalte (Box 18, Folder 1) 1847-1876 id32655 18 12 Copy of Voices from North America (Box 18, Folder 12) id32656 18 13 Copy of Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte: (Box 18, Folder 10) 1811-1876-1976 id32657 18 14 Copy of Albert Hyma's book, When the Dutch Came to Michigan (Box 18, Folder 7) id32659 18 16 From Heart to Heart: Letters from the Rev. A.C. Van Raalte to His Wife Christina Johanna Van Raalte-De Moen (Box 18, folder 13) 1836-1847 id32662 Photographs id32663 1 id32664 1 36 Picture of A.C. Van Raalte and Christina Van Raalte (in display case) id32665 1 37 Pictures of the Van Raalte house (on display)