Collection Overview
Title: Melvin Dale Hugen Collection, 1955-1991
ID: COLL/118
Creator: Melvin Dale Hugen (1931 -)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church; and professor of pastoral care at Calvin Theological Seminary. The collection includes convocation address delivered at the Calvin Theological Seminary entitled "Methods, Methodism, and Ministry"; a paper written when he was a student; and crisis material detailing homosexuality, an alternate seminary, Norman De Jong, ordination of women in office, video presentation, and the white carnation episode. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Note
Melvin Dale Hugen was born in Pella, Iowa in 1931. Hugen attended Calvin College as an undergraduate. During his time at Calvin, he was involved in the notorious prank involving a Model-T in the lobby of the Administration Building. He graduated Calvin in 1953 and entered Calvin Seminary, graduating in 1956. Hugen also earned his Th.D. through de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
In 1959 Hugen became a home missionary and pastor of Richton Park Chapel in Chicago, Illinois. During this time Hugen also attended University of Chicago from 1959-1961. Hugen went on to serve the congregation of Eastern Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1962) as well as a missionary and service pastor in Honolulu, Hawaii (1967). In 1970, Hugen became faculty at his alma mater, Calvin Seminary, as Professor of Pastoral Care. He served Calvin Seminary until his retirement in 1998.
Administrative Information
Alternate Extent Statement:
1.0 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of M.D. Hugen
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Crises Material --- 1955-1991
- Box 1
- Folder 1: ACRL and Melvin Hugen, on homosexuality --- 1973
- Folder 2-3: Alternate Seminary: Reports, notes, reactions --- 1981-1982
- Folder 4: De Jong vs. Hugen Judicial case. Ordination of Women in Office, Classis Grand Rapids East --- 1988-1989
- Folder 5: Ecclesiastical charges; personal --- 1970-1973
- Folder 6: Issue: Exhorting of Women Students at CTS --- 1985
- Folder 7: Judicial Code Hearing, N. De Jong vs. M. Hugen --- June 12, 1989
- Folder 8: Palos Heights CRC and Norman De Jong issue --- 1987-1988
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Pompton Plains CRC; Correspondence on Women in Office --- 1989-1991
- Folder 2: Rienstra, Marchiene, Ordination issue --- 1976-1978
- Folder 3: Smit, Laura, Case, Application for Candidacy --- 1987
- Folder 4: Video presentation of Christian Reformed Church --- 1986-1988
- Folder 5: White Carnation Episode --- 1987-1988
- Folder 6: Women in Office correspondence --- 1979-1985
- Folder 7: Women in Office material --- 1980-1981
- Folder 8: Women in Office material, Eastern Avenue CRC --- 1986
- Folder 9: History of Calvin College and Seminary --- 1955
- Folder 10: Convocation Address at the Calvin Theological Seminary --- 1978
- Item 1: Bound manuscript: Modern Psycho-therapies, by Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman