COLL/519 Guide to the Henry P. Ippel Collection Ippel, Henry P. Collection

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Guide to the Henry P. Ippel Collection 1904/2011 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Henry P. Ippel Collection 1904-2011 COLL/519 Ippel, Henry P., 1919-2015 3.00 6 Boxes 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 at Calvin College. The collection includes academic materials, i.e., minutes, lectures, speeches, and curriculum study; committee of Classis Grand Rapids East re: Reformed Ecumenical Synod; publications; research materials that detail the Indian Mission Field (Rehoboth, NM), church fires, Mission Festival, and people (Dirk Jellema, William Mierop, Edward Becenti, and Isaac Adams); and personal information, i.e., newspaper clippings and genealogy. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Information:

Henry Ippel was born in Sheboygan, WI on November 16, 1919. Ippel first attended Mission House (Lakeland) College and the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate, but in 1941, he transferred his credits to Calvin College. Drafted in World War II, Ippel served the Army Air Corps assigned to the Signal Corps. Right before his service, Ippel married his high school sweetheart, Marian Ribbens. Once he returned from serving overseas, Ippel continued his education at Calvin, graduating in 1947 with a B.A. He went on to the University of Michigan where he earned his M.A. in History in 1950.

In 1951, Ippel returned to Calvin College, not as a student but rather as a member of the faculty. He taught History and Political Science. Ippel received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1957. Ippel continued to teach at Calvin College for over a span of thirty years. During his tenure, Ippel chaired the History department for over 10 years. He also sat on college committees ranging from the Athletic Committee to the Education Policy Committee. He served the denomination by assisted the Historical Committee of the CRC and Christian Schools International. Ippel also extended himself to serving the community. He work with organizations like Upward Bound, the Y.M.C.A., and the Peace Corps.

Ippel retired from Calvin College in 1984, however remained busy as the Field Agent for the Historical Committee of the CRC. He also devoted his time to the Rehoboth Christian School Community, working to preserve the history of the mission school. Henry Ippel passed away on April 27, 2015. Marian preceded him in death. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren survived him.

Arrangement of Materials:

Folder level description

Detailed List of Contents id44790 Correspondence 1960-1996 id44791 1 id44792 1 1-8 Correspondence 1960-1996 and undated id44793 Academic Materials 1962-1988 id44794 2 id44795 2 1 History department minutes and supporting documents 1969-1984 id44796 2 2-3 4-1-4 curriculum study 1962-1967 id44797 2 4 Interim in England 1979 id44798 2 5 Lectures 1967-1969 id44799 2 6 Speeches 1967-1988 id44800 2 7 Miscellany re: Calvin College 1976-1983 id44801 CRC Church Materials 1968-1972 id44802 2 id44803 2 8 Committee of Classis Grand Rapids East re: Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES): minutes and supporting documents 1968-1972 id44804 Publications 1954-2004 id44805 3 id44806 3 1 Article series: "Current Affairs," Young Calvinist, vols. 35-41 1954-1960 id44807 3 2 Article: "The Christian and American Politics," The Reformed Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, 5-9 June 1955 id44808 3 3 Dissertation: Jeffery, Lord Amherst, British Commander-in-Chief, 1778 to 1782, (Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan) 1957 id44809 3 4 Articles and book reviews: The Banner 1968-1976 id44810 3 5 Booklet: An Index of American Heritage Articles, ([Grand Rapids, MI, H. Ippel]) 1974 id44811 3 6 Review essay: "Evangelicals Attempt the Impossible: A Handbook to the History of Christianity." Review of Eerdman' Handbook to the History of Christianity, by Tim Dowley. Fides et Historia, vol. 10, no. 2 (Spring), 61-69 1978 id44812 3 7 Review: Review of The American Jermiad, by Sacvan Bercovitch, (Madison, WI, The University of Wisconsin Press). Unpublished? 1978 id44813 3 8 Essay: "Blow the Trumpet, Sanctify the Fast," The Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1 (Winter), 43-60 1980 id44814 3 9 Book review: Review of Luther's English Connection, by James E. McGoldrick. Calvin Theological Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 99-100 April 1981 id44815 3 10 Article with backup documents: "In Memorium: Dr Earl Strikwerda, 1914-1981," Calvin College Chimes, vol. 75, no. 27, 4 March 20, 1981 id44816 3 11 Book reviews id44817 3 11 Review of Theology and Revolution in the Scottish Reformation, by Richard I. Greaves. Calvin Theological Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, 120-121 April 1982 id44818 3 11 Review of Rhetoric and History in Revolutionary New England, by Donald Weber. Calvin Theological Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 147-148 April 1990 id44819 3 12 Article with back up documents: "A Tribute to Dr. John Vanden Berg," The Calvin Spark, vol. 28, no. 3, 27-28 Sept 1982 id44820 3 13 Article: "British Sermons and the American Revolution," The Journal of Religious History, vol. 12, no. 2, 191-205 Dec 1982 id44821 3 14 Article series: "President's Message," Grand River Times 1983-1985 id44822 4 id44823 4 1 Articles in Origins: Historical Magazine of Calvin College and Seminary Archives id44824 4 1 "Archival Holdings of Chicago Area Churches," vol. 1, no. 1, 16 1983 id44825 4 1 "Sour Milk and Bitter Honey: The Quincy Flood of 1929," vol. 7, no. 2, 23-32 1989 id44826 4 1 "The Anglo-Boer War Dutch-American Reaction," vol. 11, no. 2, 18-23, 26-32 1993 id44827 4 1 "The Brickyard: A Dutch Neighborhood in Grand Rapids," vol. 12, no. 1, 2-8 1994 id44828 4 1 "William Mierop, Camp Worker," vol. 15, no. 1, 25-34 1997 id44829 4 1 "A Dutchman Among the Apache," vol. 17, no. 2, 43-44 1999 id44830 4 1 "Making Room for Rehoboth," vol. 21, no. 1, 4-13 2003 id44831 4 1 "Twelve Rehoboth Mission Pioneers," vol. 21, no. 1, 14-18 2003 id44832 4 1 "Student Life at Rehoboth," vol. 21, no. 1, 39-42 2003 id44833 4 2 Book contribution: "Dooddridge, Philip (1702-1751)." Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker) 1984 id44834 4 3-4 Editor: Newsletter for the Friends of the Archives, vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar 1986) - vol. 15, no. 1 Mar 2000 id44835 4 5 Paper: "In Memory of John De Bie" 1986 id44836 4 6 Book review: Review of American Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s by Ronald A. Wells. The Calvin Spark, vol. 35, no. 1, 30 Mar 1989 id44837 4 7 Articles: "Gleanings from the Rehoboth Museum," and "A Testimony," Rehoboth Christian School News, (Autumn) 1997 and undated id44838 4 8 Article: "Land for Room," Rehoboth Newsletter 2001 id44839 4 9 Compiler of booklet and paper: Centennial History of Rehoboth 2003 id44840 4 10 Article: "Edward Becenti: God's Messenger to His People," Rehoboth Newsletter, (Winter) 2004 id44841 Research Materials 1904-2009 id44842 5 id44843 5 1 Re: Mission Festival 1904-1942 and undated id44844 5 2 id44845 5 2 Articles (CRC Yearbook) 1912 -1914 id44846 5 2 Letter from Nellie (Noordhoff) Vander Wagen to Henry Beets, 1905; with translations [2000?] id44847 5 3 Lists and materials re: Rehoboth Christian School staff and students 1908-2008; 1994-2009 id44848 5 4 Segments of the book, Navaho and Zuni for Christ by J. C. De Korne 1949 id44849 5 5 "Memoirs" by Jacob H. Bosscher 1966 id44850 5 6 "Rehoboth Christian School Celebrates 75th Anniversary," Christian Indian, vol. 61, no. 5; with notations May 1979 id44851 5 7 The Kuyper Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan 1980) - vol. 3, no. 1 (Winter) 1984 id44852 5 8 Re: Dirk Jellema (1924-1982) 1982 id44853 5 9 List entitled, "CRC Indian Mission Books and Sources" [1985?] id44854 5 10 List and materials re: marriages on the Indian Mission Field, [1902- ] 1998-2001 id44855 5 11 Re: William Mierop [see also Ms Coll 176 Mierop, William] 1998-2006 id44856 5 12 List of holdings at Rehoboth library 1999-2004 id44857 5 13 List of articles in Missionary Monthly, (1896-1998) re: Indian Mission Field [2000?] id44858 5 14 Re: Rehoboth history including construction, land acquisition, gleanings, and timelines [2001-2008 and undated] id44859 5 15 List of photograph sources re: Indian Mission Field 2002-2008 id44860 5 16 Photographs (photocopy) re: Indian Mission Field [2002-2003] id44861 5 17 List of articles in De Wachter, (1896-1998) re: Indian Mission Field [2003?] id44862 6 id44863 6 1 Re: Rehoboth Centennial "Respecting Our Elders" [2003?] id44864 6 2 "Stories of Nursing at Rehoboth Proposal," by Mary D. Lagerwey [2003?] id44865 6 3 Re: Edward Becenti; 2003-2004 and includes family photographs 2003 id44866 6 4 Re; First Navajo Christian Reformed Church (Tohatchi, NM) windows 2004 id44867 6 5 Re: Rehoboth Christian Reformed Church 2005 id44868 6 6 id44885 6 6 Articles (photocopy) from Heidenwereld (Missionary Monthly) 1896-1904 id44886 6 6 with translations [2006-2008?] id44869 6 7 id44887 6 7 Re: history of Rehoboth, including disk 2006-2007 id44888 6 7 report and clipping undated id44870 6 8 id44889 6 8 “Rehoboth Staff Biographical Sketches" [2008?] id44890 6 8 lists and clippings undated id44871 6 9 "Rehoboth Cemetery Tour Guide" [2009?] id44872 6 10 Re: Christian Reformed Church fires undated id44873 6 11 "Early Reports from Rehoboth Staff, 1903-1904" undated id44874 6 12 Re: Isaac Adams undated id44875 Personal Information 1942-2011 id44876 6 id44877 6 13 Bibliographies 2011 and undated id44878 6 14 Clippings with biographical information 1942-1995 id44879 6 15 Genealogy compiler: "The Decendants of Pieter and Maria Van Stelle" 1981 id44880 6 16 Genealogy compiler: "Some Information about the Andrew and Mary Ippel Family" 2000 id44881 6 17 Family information 1982-2009 id44882 Photographs id44883 6 id44884 6 3 Re: Edward Becenti; 2003-2004 and includes family photographs 2003