Collection Overview
Title: Henry Holtvluwer Collection, Undated
ID: COLL/112
Creator: Henry Holtvluwer (1891-1979)
Extent: 1.0 Box. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Chairman of the Calvin Oratorio Society Board. Seven volumes of oratorios, some with signatures of the soloists, and programs.
Biographical Note
Henry Holtvluwer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 14, 1891. Holtvluwer married Neeltje “Nellie” Schripsema on May 20, 1915. Together they had four sons: John Henry, Hudson John, Edward Donald, and Kenneth Eugene. In 1912 Henry Holtvluwer and business partner, Roy Jurgens Sr., began Jurgens & Holtvluwer, a men’s clothing store in Grandville, Michigan. Holtvluwer was also the first Chairman of the Calvin Oratorio Society Board. Because of Mr. and Mrs. Holtvluwer’s generous contributions to the Calvin music program and oratorio society, they have a scholarship that bears their name, which provides financial support for students majoring in music. On May 4, 1979, Holtvluwer passed away.
Administrative Information
Alternate Extent Statement:
0.50 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of H. Holtvluwer
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Copies of Oratorios
- Box 1
- Item 1: The Creation, Joseph Haydn
- Item 2: Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn
- Item 3: The Messiah, George F. Handel
- Item 4: Requiem, Johannes Brahms
- Item 5: Solomon, George F. Handel
- Item 6: The Passion According to St. John, J. S. Bach
- Item 7: The Passion According to St. Matthew, J. S. Bach