COLL/515 Guide to the Peter Pousma De Boer Collection De Boer, Peter Pousma Collection Finding Aid Authors: Ed Gerritsen, 2011.

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Guide to the Peter Pousma De Boer Collection 1948/2001 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Peter Pousma De Boer Collection 1948-2001 COLL/515 De Boer, Peter Pousma 3.50 7 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 education at Calvin College. The collection includes correspondence, addresses, papers, articles, monographs, manuscripts, thesis regarding Frederick Manfred, class notes, course materials, and miscellaneous materials that detail education in Christian schools at every level of teaching and learning.
Biographical Information:

(1929 - 2017)

Peter Pousma DeBoer was born in Paterson, NJ on December 22, 1929. DeBoer attended Calvin College, majoring history and minoring in English and political science. Once he graduated from Calvin in 1951, DeBoer went on to earn his M.A. in social studies from Montclair State College in New Jersey. DeBoer began his teaching career at Sanborn Christian, teaching 7th and 8th grades as well as filling in as principal from time to time. He went on to teach English, history, and directing the choir at Western Christian High School. By 1957, DeBoer accepted a position at Dordt College as an English instructor. During this time, he also working towards earning his second M.A. in English at the University of Iowa.

In the fall of 1962, DeBoer became a faculty member of Calvin College's History department. He taught courses in Western Civilization and American History. President Spoelhof persuaded DeBoer to earn his Ph.D. in the field of philosophy and history of education. DeBoer enrolled at the University of Chicago and earned his Ph.D. in 1968.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id48020 Correspondence 1962-1995 id48021 1 id48022 1 1-2 Correspondence with Robert L. McCaul (University of Chicago) 1985-1992 id48023 1 3 Correspondence re: IDIS 150 (interim course) 1975 id48024 1 4 Correspondence re: speaking engagements in California 1982 id48025 1 5 Correspondence and related materials re: Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship (CCCS) 1975-1989 id48026 1 6 Correspondence re: leaves of absence 1964-1986 id48027 1 7 Correspondence 1962-1995 id48028 1 8 Letter to the editor of the Grand Rapids Press November 30, 1977 id48029 1 9 Memo to Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship Fellows 1979 id48030 Addresses 1960-1992 id48031 1 id48032 1 10 Address: "Organizing the Materials in Relation to some Broader Educational aspect of Speech Preparation," [Tri-State Teachers Convention, 1960 or 1961] id48033 1 11 Address: "Religion in Public Education," [Christian Service Club 1964] id48034 1 12 Address: "Why Have Christian Schools?" Grosse Point Christian School 1977 id48035 1 13 Address: "Deliver Us from Irrelevance," [Paterson, NJ 1981] id48036 1 14 Address: "What's Your School's S.Q.? CSI District IV Meeting at Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1982 id48037 1 15 Address: "Great Expectations," Honor Students at Calvin Christian High 1984 id48038 1 16 Address: "One Who Got Away," Calvin College and Seminary 110th Anniversary at Sarnia, Woodstock, Hamilton, and Grimsby, Ontario 1986 id48039 1 17 Address: "What Do We Mean by a Responsibility Theory for Christian Education," Calvin College Professional Education Staff Retreat 1988 id48040 1 18 Address: "Pedagogy for Christian Education," Trinity Christian College at Chicago Conference 1988 id48041 1 19 Address: ["So that We can Become All He Wants Us to Be,"] Sheboygan County Christian High School Commencement 1988 id48042 1 20 Address: ["This will be brief…"] Fountain Street Church Chapel 1989 id48043 1 21 Address: "Closing the Gap Between Vision and Practice," CCCS Workshop 1992 id48044 1 22 Address: "Becoming Everything You Ought to Be," Hastings, Michigan Rotary Club's annual Honors Convocation for High School Students undated id48045 1 23 Address: "Christian Education: Why Bother?" [Given at Detroit, Grand Rapids, Illiana(Chicago) and others undated id48046 Papers 1960-1982 id48047 2 id48048 2 1 Paper: "Report of the English Department," (Dordt College) 1960 id48049 2 2 College Forum, a review essay entitled, "On Teaching Style for Christian Higher Education" 1973 id48050 2 3 Essay: "The Mode is Part of the Message" 1973 id48051 2 4 Paper: "Omphaloskepsis in the Ed Department" 1975 id48052 2 5 Paper: "The Clinical Experience Year" 1977 id48053 2 6 Paper: "The American Dream" 1978 id48054 2 7 Paper: "Toward an Anatomy of Response" 1978 id48055 2 8 Paper: "The Michigan Internship or Clinical Experience Year" 1979 id48056 2 9 Paper: "High School Graduation" 1980 id48057 2 10 Paper: "Higher Education in America" 1981 id48058 2 11 Paper: "Back to Basics? What Basics?" 1982 id48059 2 12 Paper: "An Israel Diary" 1986 id48060 2 13 Paper: "Excellence in Christian Education" 1988 id48061 2 14 Paper and related documents: "Some Significant Shifts in Curricular Theory for Calvinist Colleges and Day Schools undated id48062 2 15 Paper: "Toward a Responsibility Theory for Christian Education" undated id48063 2 16 Paper: "Why Can't Johnny Write" undated id48064 2 17 Paper and related correspondence: "The Edwards Law and the Perils of Nonpublic School Politics" undated id48065 2 18 Papers id48066 2 18 "What's Your School's Social Quotient? Undated id48067 2 18 "A Christian Looks at Public Schools" 1982 id48068 2 19 Paper: "Some Significant Shifts in Curricular Theory for Reformed Christian Education" undated id48069 2 20 Paper: "Whitman and Lincoln" undated id48070 2 21 Paper: "Nineteenth Century Literary Romanticism in the United States" undated id48071 Articles 1962-1988 id48072 3 id48073 3 1 Reformed Journal, articles 1962 id48074 3 2 Christian Educators Journal, article entitled, "On Teaching Style for Christian Higher Education" 1973 id48075 3 3 Christian Educators Journal, article entitled, ""A Case for Informal Education in Christian Schools," and a book review, "Freedom and Beyond" 1974 id48143 3 3 Article: "A Case for Informal Education in Christian Schools" id48144 3 3 Book review: “Freedom and Beyond” 1974 id48076 3 4 Banner, article entitled, "Let's Hear it for Jake" 1977 id48077 3 5 Michigan School Board Journal, article entitled, "Teachers for Hire: A Market for Buyers?" 1977 id48078 3 6 H. Van Brummelen's article on Christian school teacher education and PPDB's reply 1978 id48079 3 7 id48080 3 7 Journal of Michigan Association of Teacher Educators, article entitled, "The Michigan Internship or Clinical Experience Year" 1979 id48081 3 7 Christian Home and School, article entitled, "The North American Idea of Success: Some New Varieties" 1979 id48082 3 8 Calvin Spark, article re: N. H. Beversluis retirement 1980 id48083 3 9 Calvinist Contact, "Letter to the Reader 1981 id48084 3 10 id48085 3 10 Christian Home and School, article entitled, "A Christian Looks at Public Schools" 1982 id48086 3 10 Michigan School Board Journal, article entitled, "What's Your Social Quotient?" 1982 id48087 3 11 Articles re: Christian schools curriculum 1982 id48088 3 12 First draft of an article on North American Calvinists with back up materials 1982 id48089 3 13 Calvin Spark, article entitled, "Profile: Calvin College Alumni Choir" 1988 id48090 Monographs and Manuscripts 1970-2001 id48091 3 id48092 3 14 Manuscript: Encyclopedia of Education, "Protestant School Systems" 1970 id48093 3 15 Monograph: Readings for Christian Perspectives on Learning, 3rd ed. 1975 id48094 3 16 Manuscript: Teacher Education at Calvin College: The Early Years 1980 id48095 3 17 Monograph, Christian Vision in Education: the Growing Edge, edited 1980 id48096 4 id48097 4 1 Shifts in Curricular Theory for Christian Education, [The Calvin College Monograph Series] [HERH LC533 .D4 1983] 1983 id48098 4 2 Manuscript: And Gladly Teach: Origins of Teacher Education at Calvin College, 1900-1930 [1991] id48099 4 3 Annotated List of Chicago Tribune Editorials on Elementary and Secondary Education in the U.S., 1852-1971, 1992 [HERH LA219 .M33 1992] id48100 4 4 Manuscript: Christian Studies Today: Educating Christian Teachers for Responsive Discipleship, [Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship] [1993] id48101 4 5 Manuscript: Religious Higher Education in the US, "Reformed Colleges and Seminaries," (Chapter 5) 1995 id48102 4 6 Manuscript: Peaches and Other Stories about Growing Up in Prospect Park 1996 id48103 4 7 Monograph: Mission Nearly Impossible: Richard H. Pousma, the Rehoboth Hospital, and Controversy on the Indian Mission Field 2001 id48104 4 8 Manuscript: The Wisdom of Practice: Studies of Teaching in Christian Elementary and Middle Schools undated id48105 4 9 Manuscript: This I Know: A Young Calvinist's Introduction to the Christian Life undated id48106 Class Notes, and Course Materials 1948-1963 id48107 5 id48108 5 1 Class notes for Western Civilization course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48109 5 2 Class notes for Medieval History course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48110 5 3 Class notes for Teaching History course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48111 5 4 Class notes for History of the Balkan States course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48112 5 5 Class notes for Europe since 1815 course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48113 5 6 Class notes for History 206 course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48114 5 7 Class notes for American History course at Calvin College 1948-1951 id48115 5 8-9 Class notes for courses taken at Montclair State College (NJ) 1951-1952 id48116 5 10 Course Paper: "Similarities in Hawthorne and Melville's Concept of Evil" 1952 id48117 5 11 Course Paper: "Huckleberry Finn: A Critique" 1952 id48118 5 12 Course Paper: "The Elements of Juvenile Delinquency" 1952 id48119 6 id48120 6 1 Class notes for History of the American West course at University of Iowa undated id48121 6 2 Class notes for Renaissance in Italy course at University of Iowa undated id48122 6 3 Class notes for American Civilization course at University of Iowa undated id48123 6 4 Class notes for American Political Thought course at University of Iowa undated id48124 6 5 Course Paper: "The Religious Question in English Education: 1870, 1902, 1944," at University of Iowa undated id48125 6 6 Course Paper: "Mark Twain and the Civil War," at University of Iowa undated id48126 6 7 Course Paper: "John Wise Versus the Mathers," at University of Iowa undated id48127 6 8 Course outline for freshman English at Dordt College 1957-1962 id48128 6 9 Course outline for Western Civilization 1962-1963 id48129 6 10 Course outline and notes for English 103 undated id48130 Miscellaneous Materials 1961-1997 id48131 7 id48132 7 1 Commencement program, State University of Iowa 1961 id48133 7 2 Convocation program, The University of Chicago 1968 id48134 7 3 Book reviews 1971-1995 id48135 7 4 Community Discussion Program, "Human Experience: Changing Changeless" 1975 id48136 7 5 Institutional Report for National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan 1884 id48137 7 6 Masters of Arts Thesis, Frederick Manfred: the Developing Art of the Novelist, revised 1988 id48138 7 7 Chapter 24, Religious Colleges and Universities in America, "Reformed Colleges and Universities," bibliography 1988 id48139 7 8 Distance Learning, "Faith and Teaching/Learning" 1995 id48140 7 9 Bibliography of published materials [1996] id48141 7 10 News clippings 1972-1997 id48142 7 11 Paper, untitled undated