Vander Ark, Tiede

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes poems, songs, sermons, and speeches for special occasions (in the Dutch, Frisian, and English languages); an autobiography written in poetic form, recalling childhood years in Friesland, the Netherlands, the emigration of the family to America, his studies for the ministry, and an account of the churches which he served; plus a letter written (author unknown) describing early Dutch settlement in Michigan (1847).