Collection Overview
Title: Gordon Oosterman Collection, 1952-2013
ID: COLL/352
Creator: Oosterman, Gordon (1927-2003)
Extent: 0.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Date Acquired: 00/00/2012
Abstract
Educator (Christian schools and Calvin College), editor, and author. The collection includes articles, book reviews, publications, Christian school materials, bibliographies, curricula, research materials, family materials, and photographs.
Biographical Note
Gordon Oosterman was born on November 17, 1927 in North Bridge, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Oosterman attended and graduated from Calvin College. He became a teacher and taught at many Christian Schools like, Middletown Christian School, Middletown, PA; Northwest Christian School, Lafayette, NJ; and Philmont Christian Academy, Philadelphia, PA.
He has authored a number of articles and books including, The People: Three Indian Tribes of the Southwest, 1973; Geneva to Geelong: The ideas and influence of John Calvin, 1974; and Coming to the New World: European Colonization of on the East Coast of North America, 1607-1763, 1979. Gordon Oosterman passed away on September 22, 2003 in Pennsylvania. He was survived by his wife, Marilyn Ferguson, and their children.
Administrative Information
Alternate Extent Statement:
1 Boxes
Acquisition Source:
David and William Oosterman, 2012
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Bibliographies and Publications --- 1956-2013
- Box 1
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Bibliography of articles, 1956-1983 (Christian Reformed Church Periodical Index) --- 2013
- Item 2: Sample articles --- 1969-1978
- Folder 2
- Item 1: Article, “To Those over Forty and Foreign Born,” Banner, vol. 109, no. 32 (Aug. 23, 1974), pp. 18-19
- Item 2: Correspondence responses to this article --- 1974
- Folder 3
- Item 1: Bibliography of book reviews, 1962-1992 (Christian Reformed Church Periodical Index) --- 2013
- Item 2: Sample book reviews --- 1982-1983
- Folder 4
- Item 1: List of catalogued publications, 1968-1983 (OCLC First Search) --- 2013
- Item 2: Building British Canada, and teacher guide, trial edition --- 1978
- Series 2: Education materials --- 1982-1989
- Box 1
- Folder 5: Middletown Christian School (Middletown, PA) principal/teacher contract and job description --- 1982
- Folder 6: Middletown Christian School (Middletown, PA) class record book, 1984-1985, and student writings --- 1985
- Folder 7: "Word-a-day" lists --- 1984-1985
- Folder 8: Northwest Christian School (Lafayette, NJ) class record book --- 1986-1987
- Folder 9: Philmont Christian Academy (Philadelphia, PA), 1988-1989, and thank you tributes --- 1989
- Folder 10: Christian Schools International convention, program materials, and notes --- 1985
- Folder 11: Research materials --- 1967-1986 and undated
- Folder 12: Freedom of Choice in Education by Virgil C. Blum, 1963, signed copy, [HERH LC368.B47] --- 1963
- Series 3: Family materials --- 1952-1968 and undated
- Box 1
- Folder 13: Family and church information --- 1952-1968 and undated
- Series 4: Photographs --- 1969-1989
- Box 1
- Folder 14: Photographs
- Item 1: Gordon Oosterman --- 1969, 1984
- Item 2: Marilyn Ferguson Oosterman --- 1984
- Item 3: Middletown Christian School (Middletown, PA) Grades 7 & 8 --- 1983-1984
- Item 4: Philmont Christian Academy Hillcrest Campus Grade 7 --- 1988-1989