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Title: Albert Hyma Collection, 1923-1970

ID: COLL/128

Primary Creator: Albert Hyma (1893-1978)

Extent: 7.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Professor of history, University of Michigan. The collection includes correspondence, lectures, articles, reports, book reviews, manuscripts, pamphlets, miscellaneous notes dealing with Reformation History, Young Calvinist Federation, and an index to De Grondwet on the early settlers at Holland, Michigan.

Biographical Note

Albert Hyma was born in Groningen, the Netherlands on March 18, 1893. With his parents, Hyma immigrated to the United States in 1910. They found temporary housing in Grand Rapids, Michigan where they stayed with relatives. The Hyma family purchased farmlands in Grant, Michigan where they finally settled down.

Hyma wanted to continue with formal education, so he attended Calvin College from 1913-1914 and went on to complete his undergraduate work at University of Michigan.  He also earned his M.A. in German from the same university. Hyma began his teaching career in the German department of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. In 1922, Hyma earned his Ph.D. in history from once again the University of Michigan. Hyma accepted a history staff position at the University Of North Dakota and soon became an assistant professor.

In 1924, Hyma returned to the University of Michigan, not as a student, but as a professor of history. He stayed at the University of Michigan for the remainder of his career, with some interruption of being a guest professor at several other universities. In 1927, Hyma married Vera Alberta Nodine. Together they had three children and shared the mutual interest of historical studies. Hyma retired from the University of Michigan in 1962.

Hyma also had opportunities to travel back to Europe for academic purposes. Funded by the Algemeen Nederlansch Verbond, a Dutch patriotic society, Hyma traveled across Europe from 1919-1921. During his travels, he was able to track down many valuable long-lost historical docents. In 1928, he once again found an opportunity to return to Europe, this time as a Guggenheim Fellow. Because of his scholarly endeavors for Dutch history, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands knighted him in 1936. Throughout Hymas’ life, he received many other honors and awards such as fellowship in the Royal Historical Society, winner of the Henry Russell award from University of Michigan, and fellowship in the Society of Dutch Literature. Dr. Hyma was also a prolific writer, author of The Christian Renaissance: A History of the “Devotio Moderna (1924), Renaissance to Reformation (1951, 1955) and co-authored the history textbook The Growth of European Civilization (1936) among his other numerous published books, articles, and book reviews. Hyma passed away from heart failure during a hip operation on September 22, 1978.


Box and Folder Listing


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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1928-1970],
[Series 2: Articles],
[Series 3: Manuscripts, Papers],
[Series 4: Bound Manuscripts],
[Series 5: Pamphlets and Articles],
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Series 1: Correspondence --- 1928-1970
Box 1
Folder 1: Correspondence --- 1928-1936
Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1937-1940
Folder 3: Correspondence --- 1941-1944
Folder 4: Correspondence --- 1945
Folder 5: Correspondence --- January - June 1946
Folder 6: Correspondence --- July - December 1946
Folder 7: Correspondence --- 1947
Folder 8: Correspondence --- January - June 1948
Folder 9: Correspondence --- July - December 1948
Folder 10: Correspondence --- January - February 1949
Folder 11: Correspondence --- March - June 1949
Folder 12: Correspondence --- July - September 1949
Box 2
Folder 1: Correspondence --- October - December 1949
Folder 2: Correspondence --- January - April 1950
Folder 3: Correspondence --- May - August 1950
Folder 4: Correspondence --- September - December 1950
Folder 5: Correspondence --- January - March 1951
Folder 6: Correspondence --- April - July 1951
Folder 7: Correspondence --- August - December 1951
Folder 8: Correspondence --- January - June 1952
Folder 9: Correspondence --- July - December 1952
Folder 10: Correspondence --- January - July 1953
Folder 11: Correspondence --- August - December 1953
Box 3
Folder 1-6: Correspondence --- 1954-1959
Folder 6a: Correspondence: Young Calvinist Federation Pamphlets
Folder 7: Correspondence --- 1960-1970
Folder 8: Correspondence --- undated
Folder 9: Recent Discoveries, "Lecture on the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte," letters by and about Bishop Baraga
Series 2: Articles
Box 4
Folder 1: "Laurence Sterne and John Hall-Stevenson"
Folder 2: Letter of Van Hemert
Folder 3
Item 1: "In Het Land Van Scholte en Van Raalte (II)", Letter --- August 5, 1957
Item 2: "Menschen en Feiten"
Item 3: "The meeting of February 4, 1857, in the Church of Graafschaap"
Item 4: "Professor Albert Hyma Gaf College in Nijmegen"
Item 5: "Reize Naar Noord-Amerika"
Folder 4: Various reports: four articles
Folder 5: "Early Evidences of Catholic Reform in the thought and Actions of Bartholomeus Arnoldi von Usingen"
Folder 6: "Martin Luther and John Eck, August to October 1518"
(three copies)
Folder 7: "Champions in the Fight for Social Justice"
Folder 8
Item 1: "An Important New Edition from Archon"
Item 2: "The Rev. George N. Smith and the Indians near Black Lake"
Item 3: "The Minutes of the Consistory of the Congregation Led by Rev. R. H. Smit at Drenthe, Michigan"
Item 4: "Herinneringen Aan Ds. Roelof Smit en Zijne"
Item 5: "The Scotch Church at Drenthe, Michigan"
Item 6: "From the Minutes of the Reformed Church at Vriesland, Michigan"
Item 7: "The Latest News on Gysbert Haan"
Item 8: "The Latest News on the Founding of the Christian Reformed Church"
Item 9: "Report by Albert Hyma about His Research in Ann Arbor on December 21, 1965"
Item 10: "From the Minutes of the Classis Holland, Michigan, 1849-1859"
Folder 9: "The Northern Renaissance"
Folder 10: "Gods Gunst Gedacht"
Folder 11: "Report on the New History of Grand Rapids"
Folder 12: "The Human Relations Commission of Grand Rapids, Michigan"
Folder 13: "The Authorship of 'Unio Dissidentum'"
Folder 14: "The Rise of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism in Grand Rapids, Michigan"
(two copies)
Folder 15: "The Scholarly Work of Gabriel Richard"
(two copies)
Folder 16: Treaties of Nijwegen; "Memoire"
Folder 17: Letters of Windesheim People to Monasteries in France
Folder 18: "Erasmi Roterdami"; poems by and items on Erasmus
Folder 19: G. Feugen's Unpublished letters of Geert Groote
Series 3: Manuscripts, Papers
Box 5
Folder 1: Hugo Grotius: Anglo-Dutch Negotiations in London, 1613-1615; Trade in the Far East; "Een Vergeten Werk van Geert Groote"
Folder 2: Imitation of Christ excerpts; Verrassende vondst over de stichting van Holland (Michigan)
Folder 3: "Recent Discoveries"; "Founders of the CRC"
Folder 4: Shakespeare pictures
Folder 5: Book reviews
Folder 6: Articles
Folder 7: Reports
Folder 8: Lutheran teachers in Michigan --- 1948-1949
Folder 9: "The founding of the Reformed Churches in Michigan"
Folder 10: Lecture at Goshen College --- November 4, 1965
Folder 11: Papers, notes, and newspaper clippings, a paper on Van Raalte's Influence in Western Michigan
Folder 12: Course outlines and newspaper clippings
Folder 13: Book and film reviews, biographical notes on Gabriel Biel
Folder 14: Miscellaneous notes and financial statements
Folder 15: Miscellaneous notes
Folder 16: A message from the Frisians in the United States to Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina
Folder 17: "The Brethren of the Common Life," paper --- 1923
Folder 18: "The Dawn of Modern Civilization," works of A. Hyma
Series 4: Bound Manuscripts
Box 5
Item 1: Overdruk: Het Traktaat - Super Modo Vivendi…
Item 2: Overdruk: Het Tractaat de Quatuor Generibus…
Box 6
Item 1: "How We Become Good Citizens"
Item 2: "World History"
Item 3: "World Civilization" Parts 4 and 5
Item 4: "World Civilization"
Series 5: Pamphlets and Articles
Box 7
Folder 1: Calvinism and Capitalism in the Netherlands, 1555-1700 --- 1938
Folder 2: Christianity and Slavery in the United States --- [undated]
Folder 3: "The Continental Origins of English Humanism" --- 1940
Folder 4: Drie-en-twintig Brieven van Geert Groote --- [undated]
Folder 5: The Economic Teachings of the Christian Churches --- [undated]
Folder 6: Erasmus in Brabant --- 1947
Folder 7: Hugo Grotius on the Freedom of the Seas --- 1942
Folder 8: The Original Version of 'De Imitatione Christi' by Gerald Zerbolt of Zutphen --- [undated]
Folder 9: The Religious Views of Benjamin Franklin --- 1958
[HERH E302.6.F8 H9]
Folder 10: The Survival and Resurgence of Orthodox Calvinism in the Netherlands --- 1750-1850
Folder 11: Chronological index to the leading articles in De Grondwet on the early settlers at Holland, Mich. --- [1911-1913]; [undated]

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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1928-1970],
[Series 2: Articles],
[Series 3: Manuscripts, Papers],
[Series 4: Bound Manuscripts],
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