Barend Klass Kuiper Collection, 1855-1961 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Barend Klass Kuiper Collection, 1855-1961

ID: COLL/152

Primary Creator: Barend Klass Kuiper (1877-1961)

Extent: 19.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary and editor of Christian Journal and De Wachter. The collection includes family and personal correspondence and documents (correspondents include H. Bavinck, B. J. Bennink, Ralph Janssen, B. Van Dellen, J. G. Vanden Bosch, and Klaire Kuiper); manuscripts of B. K. Kuiper's publications and articles written for The Banner; sections of a diary covering the years 1927-1930; and bound manuscripts containing class notes.

Biographical Note

Son of Rev. K. Kuiper, Barend Klass Kuiper was born in the Netherlands on July 16, 1877. At the age of 14, Kuiper’s father accepted the call from the Frist Church of Grand Haven, Michigan. The Kuiper family travelled across the Atlantic to immigrate to the United States. Kuiper enrolled at the University of Chicago where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1900.

After graduation, Kuiper was offered a teaching position by the Synod in the literary department of the Calvin Theological Seminary. In 1903, he was granted a leave of absence to continue his education. He continued his studies at the Free University of Amsterdam until 1907. He returned to Calvin as a History Professor, serving the school until 1918. In 1926, he accepted the position of Professor of Church History at the Seminary.

From 1918 to 1922, Kuiper served as the editor of the De Watcher. Kuiper suffered from diabetes and was hospitalized. Barend Klass Kuiper passed away on July 21, 1961. His wife, Cornelia (Van Zanten), and their son, K. V. Kuiper, survived him.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Sermons and Letters, 1855-1900],
[Series 2: Letters, 1900-1960],
[Series 3: Articles, 1903-1957],
[Series 4: Articles and Varia, 1912-1961],
[Series 5: Varia, 1919-1959],
[Series 6: Notebooks of Student Days, Bundled Notes, Excerpts],
[Series 7: Manuscripts, Album, Martin Luther Book],
[Series 8: Bound Manuscripts, 1877-1905],
[All]

Series 3: Articles --- 1903-1957

Box 11

Folder 1: An Aerial View of the Christian Reformed Church History.: Handwritten copy
Folder 2: Beknopte Schets der Geschiedenis de Christian Reformed Church in Noord America. Handwritten copy and printed copy in De Wachter --- October 1953-December 1956
Folder 3: Calvin College, Free Masonry in De Wachter --- January 1922
Folder 4: Een Christelijke Universiteit --- 1954: handwritten copy
Folder 5: Committee for Preservation of Religious Liberty in Education, The School Amendment, three drafts --- 1925
Folder 6: Individual Communion Cup, The Banner --- January-July 1945
Folder 7: Junior Colleges, for The Banner --- 1943: handwritten copy
Folder 8: Knollcrest --- 1957: handwritten copy
Folder 9: Movie Attendance --- 1951: handwritten copy
Folder 10: Onze Moelijkheden --- 1920s
Folder 11: Orthodoxy and Christianity, in Calvin College Chimes, delivered as a lecture --- 1910
Folder 12: Our Position, The Banner --- January-June 1911
Folder 13: Our Problem, The Banner --- October 1911-April 1912
Folder 14: Our Task, The Banner --- May 1913-June 1914
Folder 15: The Proposed Calvinistic College at Grand Rapids, brochure --- 1903: handwritten copy
Folder 16: Rejoining the NAE? --- 1952: handwritten
Folder 17: Sounding the Alert, second draft
Folder 18: Three footnotes to the Calvin Jubilee Pageant --- 1951: two drafts, handwritten