Harm Henry Meeter Collection, 1909-1982 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Title: Harm Henry Meeter Collection, 1909-1982

ID: COLL/168

Primary Creator: Harm Henry Meeter (1886-1963)

Extent: 17.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and Professor of Bible at Calvin College. Correspondence, sermons, lectures, course outlines, topic files, periodicals, commitee minutes and reports. Class notes taken while a student at Calvin Theological Seminary, 1909-1911, primarily student notes of Professor L. Berkhof's lectures. Princeton Theological Seminary student notebooks of the lectures of Professor J. Gresham Machen, Geerhardus Vos, Benjamin B. Warfield, and others, 1912-1914. Material in connection with H.H. Meeter's ministry at Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church, 1917-1926. Correspondents include: F.W. Grosheide, C. van Gelderen, J. L. den Houting, H. H. Kuyper, Catherine Kuyper, and H. G. Stoker.

Biographical Note

Born April 29, 1886, in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Meeter received his elementary education in the public and Evangelical Lutheran schools of Lansing, Illinois. After graduating from Calvin College and Seminary in 1911, he did post-graduate work at Princeton Seminary.

Of two fellowships offered him at Princeton, he chose the one that allowed him three years of study at the Free University in Amsterdam, from which he graduated in 1916, the first American cum laude with a doctorate in Theology from that institution. His dissertation was titled: "The Heavenly High Priesthood of Christ: an Exegetical Study."

In January 1917, he was ordained as the first minister of the Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids. While at Neland, he served on the Board of Trustees of Calvin College and Seminary, on the board of the Grand Rapids Christian High School, on various synodical committees, and as chairman for several years of the Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church.

In 1926, Dr. Meeter began his illustrious career of teaching at Calvin College, serving there until 1956. He was the sole teacher of Bible at Calvin until 1946. He wrote two books, The Fundamental Principle of Calvinism and Calvinism, an Interpretation of Its Basic Ideas. The latter book was translated into the Dutch, Japanese, and Korean languages.

Retiring in 1953, Dr. Meeter lived until July 19, 1963 and was survived by his wife, Jennie, and son, Hugh.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Calvin Seminary Courses. Student Notebooks, 1909-1911],
[Series 2: Calvin Seminary Courses, 1909-1911; Princeton University Courses; 1912-1914. Student Notebooks],
[Series 3: Princeton Seminary Student Notebooks, 1912-1914; Free University Student Notebooks, 1915-1916. University of Chicago],
[Series 4: Publications: Background Material],
[Series 5: Sermons, 1917 - 1924],
[Series 6: Correspondence, 1911 - 1958],
[Series 7: Calvin College Period, 1926 - 1969],
[Series 8: Varia, 1918-1982],
[All]

Series 7: Calvin College Period --- 1926 - 1969

Box 12

Folder 1: Academic matters pertaining to his Calvin College teaching --- 1928-1955
Folder 2: Addresses delivered --- 1930-1945
Folder 3: Basic Ideas of Calvinism --- 1957-1969
Folder 4: Bible as a Book, The
Folder 5: Bible History
Folder 6: Book reviews by H. Henry Meeter --- 1931-1955
Folder 7: Calvin, John, Life of. --- undated
Folder 8: Calvinism, Article on. --- undated
Folder 9: Calvinism, Bibliography
Folder 10: Calvinism, Lectures; Basic principles of
Folder 11: Calvinism, Lectures; International Law
Folder 12: Calvinism, Lectures; Literature, Bibliography of
Folder 13: Calvinism, Lectures; Missions

Box 13

Folder 1: Calvinism, Lectures; 19th Century
Folder 2: Calvinism, Lectures; Revival of
Folder 3: Calvinism, Lectures; Society
Folder 4: Calvinism, Lectures; Today, its spread
Folder 5: Calvinism, Lectures; War
Folder 6: Calvinism, Syllabus; Fundamental Principles of --- 1947
Folder 7: Calvinism, Syllabi; Life of John Calvin, 2 copies --- 1947
Folder 8: Calvinism, Syllabus; Politics
Folder 9: Calvinism, Syllabus; Theology
Folder 10: Christ's Miracles; Evidences --- 1925-1926
Folder 11: Christian Ethics, Dr. C. Bouma notes
Folder 12: Christian Evidences
Folder 13: Church History, Manuscript by D.H. Kromminga
Folder 14: Church History, Book Reviews, papers on

Box 14

Folder 1: Hebrew culture (1), Geography
Folder 2: Hebrew culture (2)
Folder 3: Hebrew culture (3), Student papers
Folder 4: Institutes, articles on the
Folder 5: Introduction to the Books of the Bible, Old Testament
Folder 6: Introduction to the Books of the Bible, New Testament (2 copies)
Folder 7: Notes on reading (3), plus listing of books donated to Sioux Center Junior College --- 1957

Box 15

Folder 1-4: Reformed Doctrine Lectures

Folder 5: Revelation, Outline --- 1937-1938

Folder 6: Stone Lectures, Comments on --- January 4, 1949

Folder 7

Item 1: Student papers --- 1908
Item 2: Bound Material: Old Testament and New Testament Syllabus

Folder 8: Calvinism Book Reviews