Gerrit B. Boerfyn Collection, 1927-1999 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Phil Eerfmeyer, 2016

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Collection Overview

Title: Gerrit B. Boerfyn Collection, 1927-1999

ID: COLL/556

Primary Creator: Boerfyn, Gerrit B. (1911-2000)

Extent: 3.5 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Minister and Home Missionary of the Christian Reformed Church. This collection contains personal mementos, scrapbooks and photo albums, photographs, letters, and bulletins. He served as a minister or missionary in Flint, MI; San Diego, CA; Tucson, AZ; San Jose, CA; Palo Alto/Redwood City, CA; Gary, IN; Fort Collins, CO; Honolulu, HI; and Ripon, CA.

Biographical Note

Gerrit Bastian Boerfyn was born in Peoria, Iowa, on 6 February 1911 to Gerrit and Jennie Boerfyn. He graduated from Calvin College in 1937 and Calvin Theological Seminary in 1940 and was ordained as a minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. His ministerial career was focused on missions and church planting in the United States.

Boerfyn married Nellie Ada Vanden Berg from Kalamazoo, Michigan. They adopted two daughters Mary Lou and Ruth Ann. After Nellie died, he married Agnes. He died 20 July 200 in Ripon, CA.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: [General Materials]],
[Series 2: Personal Material, 1927-1940],
[Series 3: Church and Home Missions, 1940-1996],
[Series 4: Scrapbooks and Photo Albums, 1934-1965],
[Series 5: Articles, Bulletins, and Reports, 1937-1999],
[Series 6: Scrapbooks and Photo Albums, 1937-1964],
[All]

Series 2: Personal Material --- 1927-1940

Box 2

Folder 1: Biographical Information

Folder 2: Eighth Grade Graduation Pella Christian --- 1927

Folder 3: Grundy College --- 1932

Folder 4: Nellie Van Den Berge's Calvin Pennant and Kalamazoo Band Letter

Folder 5: Nellie Van Den Berge's Diplomas

Item 1: Ebenezer Christian Kalamazoo Diploma --- 1930
Item 2: Calvin College Diploma --- 1936

Folder 6: Diplomas

Item 1: Calvin College --- 1937
Item 2: Calvin Seminary --- 1940
Item 3: CRC Classical --- 1940

Folder 7

Item 1: Selective Service Classification --- 1940
Item 2: WWII Ration Cards