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Collection Overview
Title: John H. Schaal Collection, 1928-1991
ID: COLL/218
Primary Creator: John Hamburg Schaal (1908-2002)
Extent: 15.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church, academic dean of the Reformed Bible College, and editor of Sunday School Papers. The collection includes: sermons, Sunday School Committee minutes, correspondence, reports, lecture notes, outlines for Bible studies, Young Calvinist articles, class notes, programs, brochures, pamphlets, and an interview with J. H. Brinks relating the beginning of the Reformed Bible Institute. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Note
John Hamburg Schaal was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on April 28, 1908. Schaal attended Calvin College, graduated with his B.A. in 1930, and went on to Calvin Seminary graduating in1933. Schaal’s first call came from his hometown, Kalamazoo’s Milwood congregation. He served there from 1933 until 1943 when he accepted the call from Second Fremont. Schaal’s gift of being a great educator and writer led him to be the denomination’s editor of the Sunday school papers and material.
He was the editor and pastor of Second CRC until 1948 when he agreed to be the Bible instructor at the Reformed Bible Institute. In 1972, he was appointed as the Academic Dean at the Reformed Bible College. Only a year later Schaal entered emeritus status. At the age of 94, John Schaal died on September 24, 2002. His wife, Grace (Workman), preceded him in death. His son Wendell and five grandchildren survived Schaal.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Sub-Series:
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Sub-Series 1: Biographical Material, 1928-1989],
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Sub-Series 2: Board Member, Chaplaincy, Committees, 1933-1991],
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Sub-Series 3: Evangelism and Miscellaneous, 1934-1989],
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Sub-Series 4: Reformed Bible College Material, 1939-1989],
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Sub-Series 5: Sermonic Material, 1933-1984],
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Sub-Series 6: Sunday School Material, 1946-1972],
[Sub-Series 7: Addenda and Miscellaneous Material, 1946-1975],
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- Sub-Series 7: Addenda and Miscellaneous Material --- 1946-1975
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Book Certificate. Registration of a claim to copyright Better Living Through Christ
- Folder 2: Book Reviews on The Royal Roman Road, Three Letters from Prison, Better Living Through Christ
- Folder 3: Rayyer Dykstra Issue. China Mission meetings, minutes and notes --- 1946-1947
- Folder 4: Living in a Suitcase, Letters of Nellie De Waard compiled in a 136pp. Typescript --- 1951-1960
- Folder 5: Programs in which John H. Schaal was involved --- 1963-1971
- Folder 6: Retreats: Lay Witness Mission, Bethany CRC --- 1973
- Folder 7: Retreats: Programs, notes --- 1967-1975
- Folder 8: Youth Conferences. Notes and brochures --- 1960, 1963
- Folder 9: A few family photographs - no identification
Browse by Sub-Series:
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Sub-Series 1: Biographical Material, 1928-1989],
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Sub-Series 2: Board Member, Chaplaincy, Committees, 1933-1991],
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Sub-Series 3: Evangelism and Miscellaneous, 1934-1989],
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Sub-Series 4: Reformed Bible College Material, 1939-1989],
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Sub-Series 5: Sermonic Material, 1933-1984],
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Sub-Series 6: Sunday School Material, 1946-1972],
[Sub-Series 7: Addenda and Miscellaneous Material, 1946-1975],
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