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Collection Overview
Abstract
Professor of history at Calvin College. The collection includes correspondence, essays, lectures, articles, diaries, and papers detailing historical subjects. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]
Biographical Note
Peter A. Hoekstra, the son of Rev. Johannes B. Hoekstra, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1884. At an early age, Hoekstra moved with his family to Pella, Iowa where his father became a pastor for their congregation. Later, the Hoekstra family moved to Muskegon Michigan. Hoekstra entered Calvin College preparatory for his high school education. He then enrolled at Michigan University and earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree. Next, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from University of Pennsylvania. His thesis was entitled “Dutch Settlements in Michigan from 1837 to 1913.”
Hoekstra’s scholarly reputation landed him a faculty position at Lehigh University at South Bethleham, Pennsylvania. For three years, he worked at Lehigh University, until Calvin College extended a faculty position to him. Hoekstra accepted Calvin’s offer, and he became a professor of history and political science. He would serve Calvin until his retirement in 1954. Hoekstra passed away on June 25, 1966. His wife Wilhelmina (Zaagman) and son, Justin, survived him.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
1.0 cubic ft.
Acquisition Source:
Gift of P. Hoekstra
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1: General Material and Papers --- 1863-1951
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Account of European trip, passport --- 1914
- Folder 2: Appointment as assistant in history, University of Michigan --- 1910
- Folder 3: Book reviews on Thirty-seven Years of Holland American Relations --- 1803-1840
- Folder 4: Calvin College personnel record
- Folder 5: Correspondence as secretary of faculty and professor of history --- 1926-1951
- Folder 6: Correspondence on Grand Rapids property purchase of a lot --- 1922
- Folder 7: Personal correspondence --- 1912-1926
- Folder 8
- Item 1: Press clippings: Middelburgsche Courant --- December 5, 1863
- Item 2: Press clippings: Haerlemse Courant --- August 1667
- Folder 9: Twenty-fifth anniversary
- Folder 10: University of Pennsylvania correspondence --- 1913
- Folder 11: The American Party System, reprint of Antirevolutionaire Staatkunde
- Folder 12: American Policy in the Orient
- Folder 13: American Revolt Against Freemasonry
- Folder 14: Calvinism and Government
- Folder 15: Campaigns of the Civil War --- 1911
- Folder 16: Christian Philosophy of History
- Folder 17: Church and State in Early America
- Folder 18: Franklin's Proposal for Prayer in the Federal Conventions
- Folder 19: Freedom of the Seas and the Panama Declaration
- Folder 20: John Adams --- 1910
- Folder 21: The Munich Conference, copy
- Folder 22: The New History and Its Interpreters, The Banner --- July 24, 1925
- Folder 23: The New York Constitution --- 1621
- Folder 24: The New York Constitution --- 1777
- Folder 25: Our Program: History Teachers in Christian High Schools --- December 28, 1923
- Folder 26: Political Anti-masonry
- Folder 27: Principles in the Teaching of History
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Ratification of the Constitution in New York
- Folder 2: The Religious Factor in the American Revolution
- Folder 3: Religious Liberty Among the Puritans
- Folder 4: Revolt of the Spanish American Colonies
- Folder 5: The Right of Asylum
- Folder 6: The Russian Church, report for Modern History class --- 1907
- Folder 7: Secret Opposition, articles
- Folder 8: Status of Catholics in American Colonial Period
- Folder 9: Trends in Europe Since Versailles, Ministers Conference --- May 1939
- Folder 10: What is History?
- Folder 11: William Lee, Commissioner to Germany and Russia During American Revolution
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Common School diploma, Allegan --- 1899
- Folder 2: College Preparatory Course diploma, Theological School of Christian Reformed Church in America --- 1904
- Folder 3: Junior College diploma, Theological School of Christian Reformed Church in America --- 1908
- Folder 4: Bachelor of Arts diploma, University of Michigan --- 1910
- Folder 5: Special diploma in the Science and the Art of Teaching, University of Michigan --- 1910
- Folder 6: Teacher's Certificate, University of Michigan --- 1910
- Folder 7: Master of Arts Diploma, University of Michigan --- 1911
- Folder 8
- Item 1: [LP Record, side one]: "Farewell Chapel Talk," by Peter Hoekstra --- May 10, 1954
- [HHLP0002]
- Item 2: [LP Record, side two]: "Farewell Chapel Talk," by J.P. Van Haitsma --- May 7, 1954
- [HHLP0002]
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