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Herman Kuiper Collection, 1915-1962

Collection Overview

Title: Herman Kuiper Collection, 1915-1962

ID: COLL/154

Creator: Herman Kuiper (1889-1963)

Extent: 7.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Biographical Note

Herman Kuiper was born in the Netherlands, December 18, 1889, the youngest of the eight children of Rev. Klaas Kuiper.  When he was very young, his family moved to the United States, to the Chicago area.

After graduating from our seminary in 1913, he attended Princeton Theological Seminary for two years.  Interrupting his studies there because of World War I, he entered the ministry serving in the Rock Valley, Iowa, church and in Oakdale Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, until 1925.  Then a three-year leave of absence enabled him to get his doctoral degree at the Free University.  His ministry then took him to Fourth Roseland, Chicago, Illinois; Rock Valley for a second time; and Second Redlands, California.  In 1952, Dr. Kuiper was appointed as professor of systematic theology at Calvin Seminary, serving until his retirement in 1958. Herman Kuiper passed away due to a ruptured aorta on January 13, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was survived by his wife of 48 years.

The collection of his sermons and articles shows him to be a careful exegeter of God’s Word, and a sensitive pastor of God’s people.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Addresses and Articles --- 1916-1962
Box 1
Folder 1: Photograph Album - trip to the Netherlands --- [1927?]
Folder 2: Addresses:
Item 1: Educational --- 1916-1924
Item 2: The minister's message, graduation --- 1923
Item 3: The minister's message, seminary commencement --- June 4, 1923
Item 4: "Our Dependence on God,"school dedication --- January 25, 1924
Item 5: Schoolrede, Ireton, Iowa --- June 28, 1916
Folder 3: Addresses:
Item 1: Missions --- 1916-1934
Item 2: "Schriftstudie,"Hull, Iowa --- April 14, 1916
Item 3: "The Missionary's Task," Pella, Iowa --- August 22, 1934
Item 4: "Zendingsrede" --- 1916
Folder 4: Addresses:
Item 1: Varia adult groups --- 1925-1940
Item 2: Coram Deo, Young Men's League --- 1938, 1940
Item 3: "Influence of Life of William of Orange" --- April 24, 1933
Item 4: "Luther and the Reformation," Men's Society --- 1925
Item 5: "Our Greatest Danger," Men's Society --- 1925
Item 6: "Our Greatest Danger," Women's Society --- 1929
Item 7: "Signs of the Times," Men's Society --- 1934
Folder 5: Addresses: Youth - Sermon series --- 1934
(incomplete)
Item 1: "Don't Sit on the Fence”
Item 2: "Dare Stand Alone"
Item 3: "Dare Attempt the Impossible"
Item 4: "Dare to Be Intolerant"
Item 5: "Dare Exceed the Common Code"
Item 6: "Dare Say Yes"
Item 7: "The Secret of Courage and Strength"
Folder 6: Articles for The Banner --- 1939, 1940
Item 1: "A Half-truth in Our Catechism'" --- [undated]
Item 2: "If Not: What Then?" --- March 21, 1940
Item 3: "The Latest Move Toward Church Union" --- [undated]
Item 4: "Lest We Forget" --- December 14, 1939
Item 5: "Luther: A Chosen Vessel" --- [undated]
Item 6: "Our Fortress Impregnable" --- [undated]
Item 7: "Where are the One Thousand and Fourteen?" --- May 19, 1939
Folder 7: Articles: Varia --- [undated]
Item 1: "Architecture, Christian"
Item 2: "Teaching of Jesus on Inspiration of Old Testament"
Item 3: "Shall We Continue Catechism Preaching?"
Folder 8
Item 1: Book review, Man, the Image of God, G.C. Berkhouwer --- 1962
Folder 9
Item 1: Menus on the E. S. Noordam --- July 1954
Folder 10
Item 1: Messages from Pastor Kuiper on Christmas and Easter --- [undated]
Folder 11
Item 1: Paper, "Dogmatics: Man in the State of Sin" --- [undated]
Folder 12
Item 1: Paper, "Notes on the Doctrine of the Trinity" --- [undated]
Folder 13
Item 1: Program of Kuiper's doctoral promotion, Free University of Amsterdam --- July 9, 1923
Folder 14
Item 1: Sermon of Lord's Day 37, "The Use of the Oath" --- February 28, 1937
Folder 15
Item 1: Paper, "Notes on Ecclesiology" --- [undated]
Series 2: Sermon Booklets --- 1915-1950
Box 2
Item 1: Old Testament: Genesis to Malachi --- 1917-1944
Box 3
Item 1: New Testament: Matthew to Luke --- 1917-1947
Box 4
Item 1: New Testament: John to Romans --- 1917-1947
Box 5
Item 1: New Testament: Galatians to Jude --- 1917-1947
Box 6
Item 1: Revelation and some occasions --- 1921-1950
Item 2: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 1-28 --- 1915-1944
Item 3: Sermon Booklets --- 1915-1944
Item 4: Miscellaneous --- 1936-1950
Box 7
Folder 1: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 1-28 --- 1915-1944
Folder 2: Chicago Situation: A Word of Warning to the Churches --- 1936
[HERH LC586.C6 K84]
Folder 3: Summary of the Christian Religion --- 1949, 1950
Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1937