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Antonia Teernstra Collection, 1913-1998

Collection Overview

Title: Antonia Teernstra Collection, 1913-1998

ID: COLL/566

Creator: Teernstra, Antonia

Extent: 3.0 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Date Acquired: 00/00/2016

Abstract

Letters, journals, memoirs, and other assorted personal items.

Administrative Information

Alternate Extent Statement: 6 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Antonia Teernstra, 2016


Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: [General Materials]
Box 1
Folder 1-7: Letters - Hidde and Cornelia (Parents) --- 1913-1915
Folder 8: Parents' Wedding (Hidde and Cornelia) --- August 7, 1919
Folder 9-10: Letters --- December 1970-1986
Folder 11: Letters --- 1998-2006
Box 2
Folder 1: Index to Correspondence --- 1986-1998
Folder 2-7: Correspondence (Indexed in Folder 1) --- 1988-1998
Folder 8: Letters to Zeist --- 1953-1977
Folder 9: The New World Book of Teernstras
Box 3
Folder 1: Journal --- December 1972-1973
Folder 2: Journal --- August 1953-December 1967
Folder 3: Journal --- November 16, 1971-December 12, 1972
Folder 4: Illustrated Journal --- June 1971-September 1972
Box 4
Folder 1: "Why I Left the Priesthood and Gave Myself in Marriage" (Uncle) J. Th. Spaan
Folder 2: Autograph Book
Folder 3-4: Travel Memorabilia and Postcards
Folder 5: Photographs
Folder 6: Beisecker Organ Pipe Company
Folder 7: Legal Documents and Papers - Antonia Teernstra
Folder 8: Legal Documents and Papers - Gerard Beisecker
Folder 9: Settlement Hidde Teernstra Estate
Folder 10: Miscellaneous
Box 5
Folder 1: "Story of My Life" by Antonia Teernstra
Folder 2: "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" - Family Data
Folder 3: Family Data
Folder 4: Self-Portrait - "Thus Passes All the Glory of the World" --- November 2009
Folder 5: Memoirs - "Survival of the Fittest"
Folder 6: Memoir Writings
Box 6
Folder 1: Memoirs
Folder 2: Photo Album - Beisecker Organ Pipes