Dirk H. Bratt and Family Collection, 1861-1977 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Dirk H. Bratt and Family Collection, 1861-1977

ID: COLL/022

Primary Creator: Bratt, Dirk H. (1877-1932)

Extent: 6.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Date Acquired: 00/00/1977

Subjects: Bratt, Dirk and Hattie Boeve Bratt Family, Ellsworth (Mich.) - Biography, Genealogy, Holland (Mich.) - Biography, South Olive Christian Reformed Church (South Olive, Mich.) - History

Abstract

Correspondence between relatives and friends in the USA and in the Netherlands, and the Dirk and Hattie (Boeve) Bratt family of Holland and Ellsworth, Michigan. Letters comment on daily routine and events in the community, church life, and farming; genealogical materials; business correspondence regarding land deals, crop development and sales; various legal documents, account books, log books, almanacs, journals, notes, essays, poems, newspaper clippings and pamphlets. A speech entitled "The History of the Christian Reformed Church in South Olive, Michigan," given at its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1910. There are also the minutes of the Men’s Society of the Atwood CRC, Atwood, Michigan, 1918, of which D. Bratt was the secretary.

Biographical Note

Son of Hero and Albertha (Gortworst) Bratt, Dirk H. Bratt was born 5 January 1877. Dirk married Egbertje (Hattie) Boeve. Together they had 12 children– Janna, Hendrick, Cornelia, Steven, William Stephen, Hero D., Egbert, Albertha D., Aaltje, Boy Dickson, Dorothy Ann, and [unknown] Bratt. They lived in Holland and Ellsworth, Michigan. Dirk passed away on 22 February 1932.

Subject/Index Terms

Bratt, Dirk and Hattie Boeve Bratt Family
Ellsworth (Mich.) - Biography
Genealogy
Holland (Mich.) - Biography
South Olive Christian Reformed Church (South Olive, Mich.) - History

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Alternate Extent Statement: 3.0 cubic ft.

Acquisition Source: Gift of the Bratt family, 1977.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Dirk H. Brat Papers, 1886-1918],
[Series 2: Correspondence - Dirk Brat, 1861-1911],
[Series 3: Correspondence - Dirk Brat, 1912-1919],
[Series 4: Correspondence - Family and Others, 1920-1925],
[Series 5: Correspondence, 1925-1929],
[Series 6: Correspondence, Documents, Newspaper Clippings, 1930-1977],
[All]

Series 3: Correspondence - Dirk Brat --- 1912-1919

Box 3

Folder 1: Correspondence --- Jan.-July 1912
Folder 2: Correspondence --- Aug.-Dec. 1912
Folder 3: Correspondence --- Jan.-July 1913
Folder 4: Correspondence --- Aug.-Dec. 1913
Folder 5: Correspondence --- Jan.-March 1914
Folder 6: Correspondence --- April-Dec. 1914
Folder 7: Correspondence --- Jan.-June 1915
Folder 8: Correspondence --- July-Dec. 1915
Folder 9: Correspondence --- 1916
Folder 10: Correspondence --- Jan.-Feb. 1917
Folder 11: Correspondence --- March-June 1917
Folder 12: Correspondence --- July-Sept. 1917
Folder 13: Correspondence --- Oct.-Dec. 1917
Folder 14: Correspondence --- Jan.-March 1918
Folder 15: Correspondence --- April-June 1918
Folder 16: Correspondence --- July-Sept. 1918
Folder 17: Correspondence --- Oct.-Dec. 1918
Folder 18: Correspondence --- Jan.-March 1919
Folder 19: Correspondence --- April-June 1919
Folder 20: Correspondence --- July-Dec. 1919