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Charles Greenfield Collection

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Biographical information and correspondence

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Charles Greenfield Collection, 1931-1991 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Charles Greenfield Collection, 1931-1991

ID: COLL/093

Primary Creator: Charles Greenfield (1908-1991)

Extent: 2.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Subjects: Catechetical sermons, Christian Reformed Church

Forms of Material: Sermons

Abstract

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes ministerial and parishioner materials, i.e., funeral records, marriage licenses, published meditations, and sermon notes; call letters and related correspondence; papers; biographical information; and correspondence.

Biographical Note

Charles Greenfield was born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 11, 1908. He graduated from the Calvin Theological Seminary in 1935, after attending Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California; North Western Junior College, Orange City, Iowa; and Calvin College. Greenfield married Dena Punt and together they had six children.

He served Christian Reformed Churches in Terra Ceia, North Carolina; Ackley, Iowa; Leighton, Iowa; Oak Glen, Lansing, Illinois; Second Kalamazoo, Michigan; Lee Street, Wyoming, Michigan; Prairie Edge, Portage, Michigan.

Members of the classes recognized his abilities and he was appointed to serve on the Calvin College Board of Trustees representing three classes. He also was active on the boards of Christian schools, Bible conferences, consistorial societies, and evangelical unions. Greenfield was also appointed as departmental news editor for The Banner in 1961.

Greenfield revealed his love for the Lord in compassionate and diligent ministry. In his retirement years, he continued to serve in churches and at the Archives in Heritage Hall in the Hekman Library. Also as a retiree, he was able to serve on several assignments for the Board of Home Missions. At the age of 83, Greenfield passed away on November 2, 1991.

Subject/Index Terms

Catechetical sermons
Christian Reformed Church


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical information and correspondence, 1941-1991],
[Series 2: Papers, 1931-1942],
[Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence, 1935-1970],
[Series 4: Ministerial and parishioner materials, 1941-1972],
[All]

Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence --- 1935-1970
Box 1
Folder 21: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Terra Ceia, NC --- 1935-1936
Folder 22: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Ackley, IA --- 1940
Folder 23: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Ostfriesland Christian Reformed Church, Woden, IA --- 1943
Folder 24: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Newton, IA --- 1943
Folder 25: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Wright County Christian Reformed Church, Wright, IA --- 1943
Folder 26: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Leighton, IA --- 1944
Folder 27: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Tracy, IA --- 1944
Folder 28: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Oak Glen Christian Reformed Church, Lansing, IL --- 1948
Folder 29: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Corsica, SD --- 1951
Folder 30: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Wright Christian Reformed Church, Kanawha, IA --- 1951
Box 2
Folder 1: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Muskegon, MI --- 1951
Folder 2: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, MI --- 1952
Folder 3: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Cleveland East Side Christian Reformed Church, Cleveland, OH --- 1952
Folder 4: Call Letter and related correspondence re: East Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church, East Saugatuck, MI --- 1952
Folder 5: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Rock Valley, IA --- 1952
Folder 6: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Redlands, CA --- 1957
Folder 7: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Freemont, MI --- 1957
Folder 8: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, BC --- 1958
Folder 9: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Prosper Christian Reformed Church, Falmouth, MI --- 1958
Folder 10: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Fourth Christian Reformed Church, Paterson, NJ --- 1958
Folder 11: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Manhattan, MT --- 1958
Folder 12: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Mount Vernon, WA --- 1958
Folder 13: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Lee Street Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, MI --- 1959
Folder 14: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Summer Street Christian Reformed Church, Passaic, NJ --- 1959
Folder 15: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Platte, SD --- 1964
Folder 16: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Kanawha, IA --- 1966
Folder 17: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Fourth Roseland Christian Reformed Church, Chicago, IL --- 1968
Folder 18: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Oskaloosa, IA --- 1968
Folder 19: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Pinellas Park, FL --- 1968
Folder 20: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Northern Heights Christian Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, MI --- 1969
Folder 21: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Prairie Edge Christian Reformed Church, Portage, MI --- 1969-1970

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical information and correspondence, 1941-1991],
[Series 2: Papers, 1931-1942],
[Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence, 1935-1970],
[Series 4: Ministerial and parishioner materials, 1941-1972],
[All]


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