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Gysbert Japiks: Christian Frisian Society Collection, 1933-1989

Collection Overview

Title: Gysbert Japiks: Christian Frisian Society Collection, 1933-1989

ID: COLL/421

Extent: 2.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Gysbert Japiks, named after a seventeenth-century Frisian poet, was organized in December 1933 and disbanded in 1984. The Christian Frisian Society promoted the study of Frisian history, language, literature, and lent support to the Frisian Movement in the Netherlands. The collection includes notations, programs, constitution, history, correspondence, papers, and clippings.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1
Box 1
Folder 1: Oantekens --- Dec. 1933 - Jan. 1947
Folder 2: Oantekens --- Feb. 1947 - Feb. 1968
Folder 3: Oantekens --- March 1968 - April 1976
Box 2
Folder 1: Oantekens --- May 1976 - Dec. 1984
Folder 2: Constitution, History, Photo Album
(photocopies)
Folder 3: Programs --- 1934-70
Folder 4: Worship Services --- 1957-1988
Folder 5: Correspondence --- 1947-1968
Folder 6: Correspondence --- 1969-1989
Folder 7: Papers, letters by Romke Ondersma --- 1954-1964
(given by B. Fridsma, March 25, 1994)
Folder 8: Clippings --- 1953-1985