Van Raalte, Dirk Blikman Kikkert, 1844-1910
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection
Collection
Identifier: COLL-300
Abstract
Critical writer in the Afscheiding (church secessionist) movement in the Netherlands; founder and leader of the colony of Holland, Michigan; business entrepreneur; minister of the Reformed Church in America; and advocate for education, as founder of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary at Holland, Michigan. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, essays, speeches, articles, business papers, and personal memorabilia.
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Dates:
created: 1829-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1834-1876; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1962
Found in:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Dirk B.K. Van Raalte Collection
Collection
Identifier: COLL-301
Abstract
Civil war veteran; Michigan legislator; businessman; and son of Albertus C. Van Raalte. The collection includes correspondence, school notebooks, notes, business papers, books, and personal memorabilia.
Dates:
created: 1845-1925; Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1910; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1962
Found in:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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- American Periodicals--Bay View Magazine 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Mortgages--United States 1
- Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk -- History -- Secession, 1834 1
- Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Postage stamps 1
- Postcards 1
- Sermons, Dutch 1
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography 1
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives 1
- Universities and colleges--Michigan--Hope College 1
- Veterans--Civil War, 1861-1865--Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 1