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John Van den Broek Collection, 1896-2007

Collection Overview

Title: John Van den Broek Collection, 1896-2007

ID: COLL/489

Creator: Van den Broek, John (1849-1913)

Extent: 1.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Date Acquired: 00/00/2007

Abstract

Minister; founder of Vrije Gereformeerde Gemeente/Holland Reformed, Free Reformed at Grand Rapids, Michigan; and editor of De Geestelijke Wandelaar, 1897-1907. The collection includes Mijn Treurig Verleden, with translation; In een Tweetal Leerredenen; In een Zestal Leerredenen; a book listing sermons preached with their texts; and De Geestelijke Wandelaar, 1900-1907.

Biographical Note

John Van den Broek was born in the Netherlands in 1849 and died in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1913. Van den Broek became a minister in Alblasserdam in 1873. He served the Holland Reformed Church from 1890 to 1910.

Administrative Information

Alternate Extent Statement: 3 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Jeanne Urbanski, 2007


Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Books and translations --- 1896-2007
Box 1
Folder 1: Book: Mijn Treurig Verleden door John Van den Broek --- [1896?]
Folder 2: Translation: My Sad Past translated Renée De Moor --- 2007
Folder 3: Book: In Eed Tweetal Leerredenen, behandeld door John Van den Broek, thans leerar bij de Vrije Gereformeerde Gemeente te Winnipeg, Canada, (with brief summary in English 2007) --- 1907
Folder 4: Book: In een Zestal Leerredenen, behandeld door John Van den Broek, 1900 (brief summary in English) --- 2007
Folder 5: Book (reprint): Zamenspraak over de Vraag by J. C. Philpot bound with Een Predikatie by J. L. Bernhardi, 1907 (translated forward) --- 2007
Folder 6: Notebook: "Teksten Boek," handwritten book listing sermons preached with their texts (Grand Rapids, MI) --- 1897-1907
Folder 7: Pamphlet: Ontsluiering van Blasphemy en Waarheid (Als Gevolg van een Brief), door John Van den Broek --- 1901
Series 2: Periodical --- 1900-1907
Box 2
Folder 1: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 3, no. 14 - vol. 4, no 18 --- (14 Nov 1900 - 20 Dec 1901)
Folder 2: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 4, no. 1 - vol. 4, no. 18 --- (17 Jan 1901 - 20 Dec 1901)
Folder 3: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 5, no.1. - vol.5, no. 21 --- (13 Jan 1902 - 22 Dec 1902)
Folder 4: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 6, no.1 - vol. 6, no. 22 --- (20 Jan 1903 - 28 Dec 1903)
Folder 5: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 7, no. 1 - vol.7, no. 22 --- (15 Jan 1904 - 26 Dec 1904)
Box 3
Folder 1: Periodical
Item 1: De Geestelijke Wandelaar vol. 8, no. 1 - vol. 8, no. 13 --- (15 Jan 1905 - 20 Dec 1905)
Item 2: Bound with De Geestelijke Wandelaar vol.3, no. 16 --- (21 Dec 1900)
Folder 2: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar, vol. 9, no. 1 - vol. 10, no. 7 --- (20 Jan [1906] - 20 Jul 1907)
Folder 3: Periodical: De Geestelijke Wandelaar (various duplicate issues) --- 1900-1906
Series 3: Translation and Book List --- 2007
Box 3
Folder 4: Translation: The Spiritual Journeyman, a brief summary of each issue (1900-1907) translated by Renée De Moor --- 2007
Folder 5: List of books received from John Van den Broek's library --- 2007
Series 15
Box 25: Slides of Netherland Locations
all indexed