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John T. Daling Collection, 1954-1985

Collection Overview

Title: John T. Daling Collection, 1954-1985

ID: COLL/380

Creator: Daling, John T. (1905-1986)

Extent: 0.25 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of psychology at Calvin College. The collection includes: bibliography of publications, an interview, articles, a book review, an address, a chapel talk, and copies of lectures given by Christian psychologist Prof. Jan Waterman of the Free University of Amsterdam at Calvin College in 1955. (see also Campus Titles Database)

Biographical Note

During the last years of WW II he worked at the B24 Bomber School in Willow Run, Michigan.  In 1945 he joined the faculty of Calvin College, teaching philosophy and freshman English, and added teaching psychology in 1946. He became chair of the psychology department, 1957-1967, and again 1970-1973.  He retired from teaching in 1974.  He lectured and wrote articles primarily on General and child psychology, particularly in the Banner and the Reformed Journal.

Daling and Effie Bronkema (1907-1953) married in 1937.  They had five children: Harm (1939-1996), Krystene K. (Antvelink) (1940- ), Janna M. (Bigelow) (1944- ), Gretjen F. (Wubben) (1945- ), and John T. Jr (1949-2013).  In 1957 he married Lucille A. Hoffius (nee Oppenhuizen) (1905- 1968).  In 1970 he married Dorothy A. Warners (nee Peterson) (1915-2006).

Administrative Information

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Krystene Antvelink


Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: [General Materials]
Box 1
Folder 1: Interview
Folder 2: "A Look at the Dutch" --- 1957
Folder 3: Observations on Effective Evangelism [HERH BV3795.S56] --- 1958
Folder 4: "Growing Up Religiously" --- 1959
Folder 5: Book review --- 1973
Folder 6: Integration of Christianity with Psychology --- 1974
Folder 7: Bibliography --- 1977
Folder 8
Item 1: Article, "The Way It Was" --- 1985
Item 2: Jan Waterman Lectures --- 1954
Folder 9
Item 1: John T. Holwerda's notes --- 1954-1955
Item 2: Luncheon talk --- 20 May 1954
Folder 10: Lectureship information --- 1954
Folder 11: Waterman, Jan data --- 1954
Folder 12
Item 1: College and Seminary Faculty Seminar --- 1954
Item 2: "The Christian Conception of Culture"
Item 3: "Facts, Principles, and Antithesis in Science"
Item 4: "Basic Concepts in Christian Psychology, Lectures, 1-38"
Folder 13
Item 1: Seminary Lectures --- 1954
Item 2: "Glory Day (MIAA Championship, 22 Feb 1954)"
Item 3: "Industrial Psychology"
Item 4: "Current (or Pernnias) Problems in Christian Education with Special Emphasis on Child Training in the Home and in the Schools"
Item 5: "Man in Western Europe since 1900"
Folder 14
Item 1: Ministerial Conference Lectures --- 1954
Item 2: "The Pastor and his Personal Soul Life"
Item 3: "The Pastor and his Human Relations"
Item 4: "The Problem of Anxieties"
Item 5: "The Problem of Suicide"
Folder 15
Item 1: Pedagogical Institute Lectures --- 1954
Item 2: "Personality and Character Formation in Christian Education"
Item 3: "Cultural Formation in Christian Education"
Item 4: "Religious Education"
Folder 16
Item 1: Notes --- 1954
Item 2: Untitled partial lecture --- 1954