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Henry J.G. Van Andel Collection

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Abstract

Biographical Note

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Vita; academic matters

Personal

Personal Correspondence

Dutch Art Materials

Art Materials

Henry Van Andel's Art Collection

Student Papers on Dutch Art

Class Lecture Notes on Dutch History

Dutch History: World History

Lecture Notes on World History

Lecture Notes

Dramas

Essays

Miscellaneous

Van Andel and Music

University of Chicago material; additional Theological material

Addenda



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Henry J.G. Van Andel Collection, 1901-1968 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: Henry J.G. Van Andel Collection, 1901-1968

ID: COLL/260

Primary Creator: Van Andel, Henry J.G. (1882-1968)

Extent: 9.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of Dutch language, literature, history, and art at Calvin College. The collection includes class notes; correspondence; lecture notes; student papers; chapel talk; addresses; conference papers; papers regarding the Conference on Augustian Thought; post-Renaissance picture files detailing Dutch art; Dutch-language study records; reports and correspondence regarding immigration; and a paper entitled "Meditations and Reflections of H. J. Blacquiere."

Professor Van Andel's papers reflect a wide variety of interests, a creative intellects, a consuming love for his native land, the Netherlands, and his sincere dedication to his church and Calvin College.

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Biographical Note

Henry Van Andel was born in the Netherlands in 1882.  He completed the education needed for elementary teaching, as well as for a headmaster's diploma.  After teaching briefly in Dutch elementary schools he immigrated to America in 1909.  Calvin College granted him the A.B. degree in 1914.  The next year he received an M.A. degree from the University of Chicago.  Appointed an Instructor at Calvin in 1915 he was made Professor of the Dutch language and literature two years later.

Professor Van Andel was a true, enthusiastic Dutch patriot.  He wrote and produced three pageants portraying his motherland.  "The Dawn of Dutch Liberty," "The Siege of Leyden," and "William and Mary."

Students enjoyed his teaching in large classes of Dutch history and art.

He was also an accomplished organist, serving as the official college organist for many years.  He taught organ at Calvin for twenty years.

His literary efforts were many.  He served as Associate Editor of the Christian Journal, Religion and Culture.  In 1935 he became one of the Associate Editors of the Calvin Forum.

In his retirement years, he made a thorough study of the Dooyeweerd-Vollenhoven philosophy.  He also translated from the French and Latin, John Calvin's "Golden Book of the Christian Life" and added an historical introduction to the publication.

Dean Ryskamp in his Memoriam to Professor Van Andel quotes President Schultze: "He was an individualist.  There will never be another Prof. Van Andel."  Ryskamp adds, that "without a doubt, he was one of the most versatile, one of the most productive men on the staff."

Prof. Van Andel was married to Cornelia Jansma in Roseland, Chicago, on August 26, 1915, They had two children, Dorothy and John, both of whom are living at this writing. 12/18/1989


Box and Folder Listing


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[Series 1: Vita; academic matters],
[Series 2: Personal],
[Series 3: Personal Correspondence],
[Series 4: Dutch Art Materials],
[Series 5: Art Materials],
[Series 6: Henry Van Andel's Art Collection],
[Series 7: Student Papers on Dutch Art],
[Series 8: Class Lecture Notes on Dutch History],
[Series 9: Dutch History: World History],
[Series 10: Lecture Notes on World History],
[Series 11: Lecture Notes],
[Series 12: Dramas],
[Series 13: Essays],
[Series 14: Miscellaneous],
[Series 15: Van Andel and Music],
[Series 16: University of Chicago material; additional Theological material],
[Series 17: Addenda],
[All]

Series 2: Personal
Box 2
Folder 1: Faculty philosophy club minutes and papers, as secretary --- 1940-1950
Folder 2: "Religion and Culture," HVA, associate editor.  Materials --- 1922-1923
Folder 3: Papers re: Youth and Calvinism, a Christian social-action group --- 1950-1951
Folder 4: Materials for discussion topics on philosophy and history --- 1926-1929
Folder 5: Newclippings; varia
Folder 6: Journal of Dutch poems written by wife, Cornelia Jansma Van Andel; Other poems selected by Henry Van Andel
Folder 7: Materials gathered re: John Calvin
Folder 8: Materials gathered on Valerius, noted early 17th century Dutch composer
Folder 9: Synodical Hymnal Committee materials --- 1930
Folder 10: Collection of colored maps of great rivers of the world, prepared by Cornelia Jansma Van Andel --- undated
Folder 11: Geology notes as a student in the Netherlands; Notes on the Catechism by his father --- 1899
Folder 12: Minutes of the LETTER-KUNDIGE Club, (In Dutch) --- 1909
Folder 13
Item 1: Class record book --- 1916-1917
Item 2: Military instruction book issued in Netherlands --- 1901
Folder 14: House of Orange materials

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Vita; academic matters],
[Series 2: Personal],
[Series 3: Personal Correspondence],
[Series 4: Dutch Art Materials],
[Series 5: Art Materials],
[Series 6: Henry Van Andel's Art Collection],
[Series 7: Student Papers on Dutch Art],
[Series 8: Class Lecture Notes on Dutch History],
[Series 9: Dutch History: World History],
[Series 10: Lecture Notes on World History],
[Series 11: Lecture Notes],
[Series 12: Dramas],
[Series 13: Essays],
[Series 14: Miscellaneous],
[Series 15: Van Andel and Music],
[Series 16: University of Chicago material; additional Theological material],
[Series 17: Addenda],
[All]


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