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Collection Overview
Title: Cornelius Kuipers Collection, 1882-1992
ID: COLL/159
Primary Creator: Cornelius Kuipers (1898-1989)
Extent: 1.0 Box
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and missionary to Zuni, New Mexico. The collection includes minutes, reports, correspondence, speeches, bulletins, commemorative pamphlets, and a taped interview with transcription. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Note
Cornelius Kuipers’ name has become synonymous with missionary to Indians. Since 1927, his ministry as lay-missionary and later as ordained minister has been among the Zuni and Navajo Indians of the Southwest. Before his ordination, he served at Zuni as principal and acting missionary. Ordination (according to Church Order Article 8, which provides for ordination under special circumstances) took place September 17, 1950, in the Peoria Christian Reformed Church.
During his ministry in Zuni, Cornelius Kuipers studied and wrote four books on Zuni culture. He earned a master’s degree in psychology from the University of New Mexico.
When he moved to Brigham Young City, his work among Native Americans continued but it now involved Navajos, especially Navajo students. The Friendship Letters in the collection are the products of this period.
Cornelius married Lois Nelson; they had four children. Lois died in 1945. In 1947, he married Martha Vos who had served two terms as a teacher in the Zuni Mission School. One daughter was added to the Cornelius Kuiper family.
After retirement, Kuipers continued to fill Indian assignments. He lived in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1985.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Related Materials:
The Christian Indian from the C. Kuipers collection was placed in the Calvin Theological Library periodical collection
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1: Mission Materials
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical and family materials --- 1947-1992
- Folder 2: Bulletins of the Brigham Young Christian Reformed Church --- Jan-Dec 1961
- Folder 3: "Friendship Letters," by C.K. from Brigham City --- 1956-1965
- [incomplete]
- Folder 4: "The Christian Reformed Mission to Reservation and Urban Indians: A Sociological Analysis," Part I, Calvin College --- 1975
- Folder 5: Letter from the Christian Reformed Board of Missions to Zuni, New Mexico --- 1930
- Folder 6: "My Adventure in Zuni," by F.H. Cushing in Century, --- Dec 1882, Feb, and Mar 1883
- Folder 7: Indian Council minutes, guides, and other material --- 1973-1978
- (incomplete)
- Folder 8: Minutes of the General Conference, Gallup, New Mexico --- Mar 1950 - Dec 1951
- Folder 9: Speech by A. Vander Wagen, at the cornerstone laying at Mission Church in Zuni, New Mexico --- August 31, 1926
- Folder 10: "Een Stem uit de Wildernis," by A. Vander Wagen, articles in De Wachter --- 1941
- Folder 11: Historical Highlights of the Indian Mission of the Christian Reformed Church by Mrs. Louis Berkhof --- undated
- Folder 12: Publication commemorating seventy-five years of Indian Missions --- 1896-1971
- Folder 13: Zuni Speaks, a publication by the Women's Missionary Union of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Christian Reformed Church --- undated
- Folder 14: Dedication of Mission in Zuni. Press clipping --- 1972
- Folder 15: Three Indian Tribes of the Southwest, by Gordon Oosterman (National Union of Christian Schools) --- 1973
- Folder 16: "Reizen en Onderzoekingen in Noord-Amerika," by H.F.C. Ten Kate. Chapter on the Zuni --- 1885
- Folder 17: Indian art --- undated
- Folder 18: Rare gems of literature: facsimiles of original manuscripts --- undated
- Folder 19: Written interview between C. Kuipers and J.H. Brinks --- undated
- Folder 20: Christian Entertainment: Dialogues and Recitations --- undated
- Folder 21: Christian Youth: Dialogues, Original Plays and Selected Recitations --- undated
- Folder 22: Personal correspondence with Lois Nelson Kuipers (wife) --- 1923-1928
- [typed transcription]
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