By Ed Gerritsen, January 2011
Collection Overview
Title: Roderick H. Jellema Collection, 1945-2007
ID: COLL/513
Creator: Jellema, Roderick H.
Extent: 4.0 Cubic Feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Folder level description
Date Acquired: 00/00/1995
Abstract
Calvin graduate, professor of literature at the University of Maryland, and a poet. The collection includes correspondence, material for books and conferences, lectures and sermons, articles and news clippings, and poems. His poetry incorporates, but is not limited to, West Michigan; Frisian/Dutch and Calvinist roots; Lake Michigan; family losses; Washington, DC area; world of academia; other cultures; and mystery; imaged through Christian themes and motifs. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Note
Roderick H. Jellema (born 11 August 1927, the son of John Frank Jellema and Elizabeth Marian Den Hartigh) grew up in Holland and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from Calvin College in 1951 and earned a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1962. In 1956, he began teaching introductory literature and composition courses in the English Department of the University of Maryland. He spent 35 years at the university as a professor of literature and was the founding director of its creative writing program. An award-winning poet, Jellema's work is in a number of anthologies and periodicals, he has published five volumes of his own work and three volume of poetry translated from Frisian. He became Professor of English Emeritus in 1991.
Jellema was married to Matrona Thelma Moe Van Zee; they had three children: John Frank (1955-1975), David Moe, and Michael.
Administrative Information
Alternate Extent Statement:
8 Boxes
Acquisition Source:
Roderick H. Jellema, 1995
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Biographical --- 1979-1991
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Curriculum Vitae --- 1991
- Folder 2: Invitations and awards
- Item 1: Bucknell Poetry Festival --- 1983
- Item 2: Festival of Poets and Poetry --- 1984
- Item 3: Dutch Translation Award --- 1986
- Item 4: University of Maryland Faculty Emeriti Awards Dinner --- 1991
- Folder 3: Interview for Calvin Dialogue --- 1979
- Folder 4: Evaluations re: promotion to full professor --- 1984
- Folder 5: Biography "Rod Jellema: His Life and His Work" by student L. DeVries --- undated
- Series 2: Miscellaneous Correspondence --- 1949-1996
- Box 1
- Folder 6: Correspondence and material re: awarding of the "Piter Jellis Award" --- 1990
- Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1949
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1951
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1952
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1953
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1954
- Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1955
- Folder 13: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1956
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1958
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1959
- Folder 16: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1963
- Folder 17: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1964
- Folder 18: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1965
- Folder 19: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1966
- Folder 20: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1967
- Folder 21: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1968
- Folder 22: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1969
- Folder 23: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1970
- Folder 24: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1971
- Folder 25: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1972
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1973
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1974
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1975
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1976
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1977
- Folder 6: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1978
- Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1979
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1980
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1981
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1982
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1983
- Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1984
- Folder 13: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1985
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1986
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1987
- Folder 16: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1988
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1989
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1990
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1991
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1992
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1993
- Folder 6: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1994
- Folder 7: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1995
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous correspondence --- 1996
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous correspondence --- undated
- Folder 10: Miscellaneous correspondence --- undated
- Series 3: Other Correspondence --- 1951-1992
- Box 3
- Folder 11: Personal correspondence --- 1980's
- Folder 12: Correspondence with Susan Bergman --- 1981-1983
- Folder 13: Correspondence with John Clendenin --- 1980-1982
- Folder 14: Correspondence with Peter DeVries --- 1963-1992
- Folder 15: Correspondence with Mary Hietbrink (Eerdmaans) and Jelle Krol (Frysk Akademy) --- 1987-1989
- Folder 16: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1965
- Folder 17: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1966
- Folder 18: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1967
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1968
- Folder 2: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company --- 1969
- Folder 3: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company re: possible projects --- 1965-1966
- Folder 4: Correspondence with Eerdmans Publishing Company re: Frisian Poetry Book --- 1982-1985
- Folder 5: Correspondence with Terence Hoagwood --- 1986-1990
- Folder 6: Correspondence with R. Dirk Jellema --- 1955-1992
- Folder 7: Correspondence with Dirk W. Jellema (cousin) --- 1955-1956
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Taco Kingma --- 1984-1991
- Folder 9: Correspondence with Patricia O'Connor --- 1987-1992
- Folder 10: Correspondence with poets --- 1967-1996
- Folder 11: Correspondence with poets --- undated
- Folder 12: Correspondence with Frisian poets --- 1981-1983
- Folder 13: Correspondence with Lawrence Scott --- January-August 1951
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Correspondence with Myra Sklarew --- 1977-1983
- Folder 2: Correspondence with Lawrence H. Scott --- 1952-1956
- Folder 3: Correspondence with William Stafford --- 1969-1981
- Folder 4: Correspondence with former students --- 1976-1992
- Folder 5: Correspondence with Barbara Brown Taylor --- 1979-1988
- Folder 6: Correspondence with Stanley Wiersma --- undated
- Folder 7: Correspondence with Mildred Zylstra --- 1959-1969
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Paul Zimmer --- 1954-1992
- Folder 9: Correspondence re: translation of Nicaragua poets for Delos --- 1987
- Folder 10: Correspondence re: Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971-1972
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Correspondence re: possibility of teaching course at Calvin --- 1989-1990
- Folder 2: Correspondence re: translation of Frisian poetry --- undated
- Folder 3: Correspondence re: grants received for Frisian poetry translation --- 1981-1986
- Folder 4: Correspondence re: poetry conference --- 1971
- Folder 5: Correspondence re: "Akademy 100" translation project --- 1981-1985
- Folder 6: Correspondence re: publication of book Friesland Singing --- 1984-1987
- Folder 7: Correspondence re: debates on Christian poetry --- 1969-1987
- Folder 8: Correspondence re: publication of The Eighth Day --- 1982-1983
- Folder 9: Correspondence re: book Country Fair --- 1985-1987
- Folder 10: Correspondence re: Frisian books and poetry --- 1974-1987
- Folder 11: Correspondence re: booklet series Contemporary Writers in Christian Perspectives --- 1966-1969
- Folder 12: Letters sent to students away from home (for Washington D.C. Christian Reformed Church) --- 1990-1991
- Folder 13: Correspondence with Lew Smedes --- 1996-1998
- Series 4: Material for Books and Conferences --- 1968-1974
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1968
- Folder 2: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1969
- Folder 3: Material for "Poetry and the National Conscience" conference --- 1970
- Folder 4: Material re: organization of the Washington Poetry Center --- 1970-1974
- Folder 5: Manuscript of unpublished book Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971
- Folder 6: Poems associated with unpublished book Poetry and the National Conscience --- 1971
- Series 5: Lectures and Sermons --- 1963-1975
- Box 7
- Folder 7: Lecture "Teaching Poetry" at the Michigan Association of Jr. Colleges --- 1968
- Folder 8: Lecture at Valparaiso University "Christian Humanism and Modern Poetry" --- 1967
- Folder 9: Lecture to Mortar Board at the University of Maryland "Last Lecture" --- 1963
- Folder 10: Lecture "In Defense of Being Modern" at Calvin Fine Arts Festival --- 1967
- Folder 11: Lecture "Christianity and Contemporary Poetry" at Calvin College --- undated
- Folder 12: Sermon "The Gift to be Simple" at Clay Banks Methodist Church --- 1975
- Folder 13: Meditations and condolences --- undated
- Series 6: Articles and News Clippings --- 1945-1994
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Banner articles --- 1983-1990
- Folder 2: Reformed Journal articles --- 1976-1985
- Folder 3: Reformed Journal articles and material re: Nicaragua --- 1976-1985
- Folder 4: Article "Poems Should Stay Across the Street from the Church" from Christianity Today --- 1976
- Folder 5: Articles on Frisian literature --- 1945-1968
- Folder 6: Articles re: Friesland --- 1981
- Folder 7: Articles/news clippings of Jellema's Frisian poetry translation --- 1981-1983
- Folder 8: Article "Translating Modern Frisian: Three Notes and Eight Poems" --- undated
- Folder 9: Poems by others for Jellema --- 1964-1985
- Folder 10: Material re: poetry readings --- 1984-1994
- Folder 11: Translation of poems into Frisian --- undated
- Folder 12: Paper by Jellema "The Frisians and Their Language" --- undated
- Folder 13: Paper by Jellema "Some Do's and Don'ts for Christian Poets" --- undated
- Folder 14: Book reviews --- 1977-1986
- Folder 15: Book reviews by Jellema --- 1963-1993
- Folder 16: Washington D.C Christian School promotional booklet written by Jellema --- 1960
- Folder 17: Promotional material and reviews for The Sound That Remains --- 1990
- Folder 18: Script and related material for drug education film Alice in Wonderland --- 1970
- Folder 19: Site visit reports for National Foundation for the Arts (NFA) --- 1991-1993
- Folder 20: Promotional material for lectures and readings --- 1973-1983
- Folder 21: Various news clippings and articles --- 1977, 1985, 1987, and undated
- Series 7: Interviews, Poems, Commentary, Lecture, and Article --- 1953-2007
- Box 8
- Folder 22: Interview, poems, and commentary: The Plum Review, no. 6 (Fall/Winter 1993), pp. 33-65, 72-82
- Folder 23
- Item 1: Article: "In Defense of Being Modern," Reformed Journal, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 12-17 --- Nov 1965
- Item 2: Wiersma Lecture: "Leaving Room for Fascination" --- April 12, 2005
- Folder 24: Interview: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 11 --- 2007
- Folder 25: Periodical: Venture in Creative Writing, Autumn 1953 and Winter --- 1955