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Robert P. Swierenga Collection

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Correspondence

Research Correspondence

Emigration & Immigration Records

Passenger Lists

Recordings, Conference, Scrapbook

Dutch Material

Books

Research Articles and Papers

Papers

Jewish Material

Books and Reviews

Lecture Notes

Conferences

Course Material

Newsletters

Miscellaneous

Photographs

Video Tapes

Dutch-American Population Census Lists



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Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Kip Odell, 2001; Ed Gerritsen, 2013

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013

ID: COLL/404

Primary Creator: Swierenga, Robert P. (1935-)

Extent: 46.75 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte Research Professor at the A. C. Van Raalte Institute, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1996-present; professor of history emeritus, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1968-1996; assistant professor at Calvin College, 1965-1968; and a writer and editor of books and articles in the field of Dutch-American studies. The collection includes correspondence; research materials detailing ship passenger lists; Dutch immigrant and emigration statistical records; published materials detailing Canadian emigration and Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora; lecture notes; conference materials; recordings; photographs; and personal records. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

As of 2013, this material is still being actively collected.

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Accruals: Further accruals expected

Alternate Extent Statement: 120 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Robert P. Swierenga

Other Note: Acc. No.  00.39, 03.45, 04.54, 05.34, 06.49, 07.51, 07.59, 08.03, 08.60, 10.18, 10.30, 11.17, 12.05, 13.10, 13.20


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Research Correspondence],
[Series 3: Emigration & Immigration Records],
[Series 4: Passenger Lists],
[Series 5: Recordings, Conference, Scrapbook, 1968-1981],
[Series 6: Dutch Material],
[Series 7: Books],
[Series 8: Research Articles and Papers],
[Series 9: Papers],
[Series 10: Jewish Material],
[Series 11: Books and Reviews],
[Series 12: Lecture Notes],
[Series 13: Conferences],
[Series 14: Course Material],
[Series 15: Newsletters],
[Series 16: Miscellaneous],
[Series 17: Photographs],
[Series 18: Video Tapes],
[Series 19: Dutch-American Population Census Lists],
[All]

Series 6: Dutch Material
Box 29
folders 1-11 see Series 4
Folder 12-13: Agriculture, 1795-1940
Box 36
Folder 1: Agriculture Material
Folder 2: Argentina Data Files --- undated
Folder 3: Immigration to Argentina --- 1888-1910, undated
Folder 4: Argentina --- undated
Folder 5: Argentina and Brazil settlement --- undated
Folder 6: Argentina Ship Passenger Lists --- 1882-1926, undated
Folder 7-8: Catholic Emigration
Box 37
Folder 1-5: Census documents, 200 --- 1840, 1899
Folder 6: Chicago
Box 38
Folder 1-6: Chicago
Folder 7: Drenthe --- 1870-1920
Folder 8: Economics Material
Box 39
Folder 1: Economic Statistics --- undated
Folder 2-3: Emigration --- 1846-1851
Folder 4-5: Emigration statistics --- 1901-1920
Folder 6: Factory statistics --- 1859
Folder 7-8: Holland
Folder 9: Immigration to Canada --- undated
Box 40
Folder 1-2: Research Material - Dutch Immigration to Canada --- 1952, 1954, 1958, 1961 1971, undated
Folder 3: International Migration Statistics --- 1820-1880, undated
Folder 4: Immigrants/U.S. Ship Lists --- 1820-1880, undated
Folder 5: Immigrants to Latin America --- 1835-1880 and 1881-1908, undated
Folder 6: Migration Data
Box 41
Folder 1-2: Migration Data
Folder 3: Netherlands statistics --- 1902
Folder 4: Post WWII Dutch Emigration --- 1950-2011
Folder 5: Population statistics --- 1878-1920
Folder 6: Province population statistics --- 1890-1920
Box 42
Folder 1: Population Statistics --- undated
Folder 2: Population statistics by province --- 1900's
Folder 3: Professions/ trades of emigrants --- 1901-1920
Folder 4: Roman Catholic Immigration to America --- undated
Folder 5: Social structure --- 1900s
Folder 6: South Africa and Suriname --- 1937, undated
Folder 7: Zeeuws-Vlaanderen to Brazil --- undated
Box 43
Folder 1: AADAS Conference Material --- 2005
Folder 2: Speech at AADAS Conference Chicago's Groninger Hoek --- 1987
Folder 3: Agricultural History Society Material --- 1995-1998
Folder 4: Agricultural Regions, Types of Soil and Products, The Netherlands
Folder 5: Agricultural Statistics for Province of Groningen --- 1870
Folder 6: Arnold Hoving (Timothy Christian School) --- undated
Folder 7: "Banner" Notices --- 1911-1926, undated
Folder 8: 25th Anniversary of Barnabas Foundation Reminiscing, Dennis Hoekstra --- 2000
Folder 9-10: Belgians in America --- undated
Box 44
Folder 1: Benik Van Duitschen Bloed-Dutch Emigrants in West Michigan --- 1945-1965, undated
Folder 2: Bonne Iwema Hauling Company --- 1926, undated
Folder 3: Calvinist leaders in Netherlands --- 1820-1930
Folder 4-6: History of Chicago Christian College --- 1932-1937
Folder 7: Chicago Helping Hand Mission --- undated
Box 45
Folder 1: Chicago Jewish Mission (Nathanael Institute) --- undated
Folder 2: Chicago Letters and Memoirs --- undated
Folder 3: Chicago and Suburban Ash and Scavenger Association --- undated
Folder 4: Chicago Statistics --- undated
Folder 5-7: Miscellaneous Chicago Material --- undated
Box 46
Folder 1: Croniek --- 1986
Folder 2: Data on Belgians in Indiana --- 1850-1900
Folder 3: De Uittocht --- 1973
Folder 4: Membership Lists of Drenthe Presbyterian Church --- 1851-1886
Folder 5: Dutch Garbage Men in Chicago --- undated
Folder 6-7: Dutch Immigrant Murderers --- undated
Box 47
Folder 1: Dutch Immigrant Murderers --- undated
Folder 2: History of Ebenezer Christian School Chicago --- undated
Folder 3: History of Englewood Christian School --- undated
Folder 4-6: Economic development in the Netherlands --- 1845-1914
Folder 7: 1930 Census: Foreign Born White Families --- undated
Folder 8: Original Forest Cover in Iowa --- undated
Box 48
Folder 1-2: The Garbage Industry --- undated
Folder 3: Economic Geography Reports for Groningen and Overijssel 1913, 1916 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 4: Geographical Dictionary of Netherlands --- undated
Folder 5: Gereformeede Kerk of Middelstrum (Drs. B. Debeig) --- undated
Folder 6: In Memoriam, Gerhardus Sprenger --- 1967
Folder 7: Gruoninga --- 1969
Folder 8-10: H.P. Scholte Land Deeds, Marion County --- undated
Box 49
Folder 1-3: H.P. Scholte Land Deeds, Marion County --- undated
Folder 4: Handboek Pastorale Sociologie --- 1953
Folder 5: Haulage Contracts and Street Statistics --- undated
Folder 6: Historia Agriculturae
Folder 7: Historical Atlas of the Netherlands 1815-1931 (in Dutch) --- undated
Folder 8: Huizenga Family History/Waste Management --- undated
Folder 9: Family of P. Huizenga Senior --- undated
Folder 10-12: International Migration --- 1974-1976
Box 50
Folder 1: Iowa Letters --- undated
Folder 2-3: IRM Corporation Court Proceedings --- 1998-2001
Folder 4-7: IRM Corporation Material --- 1982-2001
Folder 7: Knickerbocker Male Chorus --- undated
Folder 8: Land ownership --- 1983-1988
Box 51
Folder 1: Landverhuizing Reports
Folder 2-3: Letters of Recommendation --- 1995-2003
Folder 4: Mobility Data- Hofstee, Zeeland, North Holland
Folder 5: Moody Bible Institute Chicago --- undated
Folder 6: Nederland Handboek Der Aardrijkskunde --- 1915
Folder 7: Netherlands Census (in Dutch) --- 1869
Folder 8: Netherlands Municipality Files --- 1830-1878, undated
Folder 9: Obituary written for J.W. Schulte Nordholt and related material --- 1996
Box 52
Folder 1: Oudorp voters lists --- 1850-1851
Folder 2: Palos Heights Mosque Controversy and Other Political Subjects --- undated
Folder 3-4: Pella, IA; Probate Court Records --- undated
Folder 5-7: Population Statistics
Box 53
Folder 1-2: Population Statistics
Folder 3: Writings on the Reformation --- 1950s-1970s
Folder 4: History of Roseland Christian School --- undated
Folder 5: History of Roseland and South Holland, Illinois --- undated
Box 54
Folder 1-6: Roseland Mutual Aid Society Members
Box 55
Folder 1: The Roseland (Chicago) Mutual Aid Society --- undated
Folder 2: Reflections on Roseland, Chicago --- undated
Folder 3: Reflections on South Holland, Illinois --- undated
Folder 4: Social Statistics for the Netherlands, 19th century
Folder 5: Social Statistics for the Province of Drenthe --- 1844
Folder 6: Social related statistics for province of Groningen --- 1900's
Folder 7-8: Sipke Hoekstra's murder --- 2009-2010
Box 56
Folder 1: SSHA Panel on Frederick Jackson Turner- Baltimore --- 1993
Folder 2-4: Tax assessment documents for Goedereede --- 1853-1871
Folder 5: Jacob Teune Affair 1941 Chicago --- undated
Folder 6: Eighth U.S. Census Data --- 1860, undated
Folder 7: Indiana Census Lists --- undated
Folder 8: Eleventh U.S. Census Data --- 1890, undated
Folder 9: Census of Iowa --- 1880
Folder 10: Tenth U.S. Census Data --- 1880, undated
Folder 11: U.S. Immigration documents --- 1870, 1887, 1911
Box 57
Folder 1: Vandermolen Truck Farmers --- 1920's, undated
Folder 2: VanderMolen Family/VanderMolen Disposal Company --- undated
Folder 3: Correspondence with Louis Y. Van Dyke (Dort College) --- 1995
Folder 4-15: Van Hinte Materials - Correspondence --- 1977-1989, 1992, 1999-2000
Folder 16-17: Van Hinte Materials --- 1980-1981, 1985-1986
Folder 18-19: Van Hinte Materials --- undated
Folder 20-21: Verslag- Groningen
Box 58
Folder 1-2: Jaarlijksch Verslag- Gelderland
Folder 3-4: Verslag- Landbouw
Folder 5: Verslag- Limburg
Folder 6: Verslag- Overijssel
Box 59
Folder 1: Verslag- Province Noordbrabant
Folder 2: Verslag- Provincie Drenth
Folder 3-4: Verslagen Landverhuizers Data
Box 60
Folder 1: Verslagen Landverhuizers Data
Folder 2: Verslagen- Noord Holland
Folder 3: Verslagen- Utrecht
Folder 4: Verslagen- Zeeland, Overissel, Groningen
Folder 5: Verslagen- Zuid Holland
Box 61
Folder 1-3: Verslagen- Friesland
Folder 4-5: Verslagen- Zeeland
Box 62
Folder 1: Various Waste Haulers --- undated
Folder 2: re: The Wezeman Case --- 1935-1937, undated
Folder 3: Wisch- Scenario --- 1983-1850, 1982
Folder 4: The Zelf Help (Self Help) Burial Society, Chicago --- undated
Folder 5: Zielenverbrijzelaars en Zondelozen --- 1988
Box 111
Folder 1: Dutch Census Material --- undated
Folder 7: Copy of Voices from the Dutch Reformed Church in the USA - Debey & Zwemer --- 1871
Box 112
Folder 1: Dutch of Detroit Material --- undated
Folder 2: Dutch Settlements in the U.S. (Research Material) --- undated
Folder 3: Dutch Settlements in the U.S. (Research Material) --- undated
Folder 4: Dutch Settlements in the U.S. (Research Material) --- undated
Box 120
Folder 1: Netherlands Census Lists --- 1835-1880
Folder 2: Dutch Emigration Notes --- undated
Folder 3: Gelderland Emigration --- undated
Folder 4: "Nederland Schaal 1:400.00" Map --- undated
Folder 5: "79 Municipalities with Total Emigration (1835-80)," Netherlands --- 1835-1880
Folder 8: Zeeland Municipality Notes --- undated
Folder 9: Groningen Emigration Notes --- undated
Folder 10: Dutch Census Info --- 1849-1879
Folder 11: Dutch Emigration Notes --- undated

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Research Correspondence],
[Series 3: Emigration & Immigration Records],
[Series 4: Passenger Lists],
[Series 5: Recordings, Conference, Scrapbook, 1968-1981],
[Series 6: Dutch Material],
[Series 7: Books],
[Series 8: Research Articles and Papers],
[Series 9: Papers],
[Series 10: Jewish Material],
[Series 11: Books and Reviews],
[Series 12: Lecture Notes],
[Series 13: Conferences],
[Series 14: Course Material],
[Series 15: Newsletters],
[Series 16: Miscellaneous],
[Series 17: Photographs],
[Series 18: Video Tapes],
[Series 19: Dutch-American Population Census Lists],
[All]


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