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Collection Overview
Abstract
Minister of the Christian Reformed Church, 1913-1920; and professor of philosophy at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1920-1958. The collection includes lecture notes, class records, sermons, and articles.
Biographical Note
William M. was the last of twelve children born to the Martin Trap family. He was born December 23, 1887, in Muskegon, Michigan. Since he revealed a desire to enter the ministry, he was the one child to receive a college education.
After graduation from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1913, he began his active ministry at the Christian Reformed Church in Willard, Ohio, 1913-1918. In 1913 William Trap married miss Johanna C. Ten Hoor. He went on to serve Third Roseland, Chicago, Illinois, 1916-1918; and Twelfth Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1918-1920. From 1920-1923 William Trap became a student again pursuing a doctoral program at the University of Michigan and a post-doctoral research of universities in Amsterdam, Okhard, and Heidelberg.
His career as a teacher began at the University of Michigan, 1923-1925, and continued at Wayne University where he developed the philosophy department, 1926-1955. The last four years of his teaching career were limited by failing health.
Although he left the active ministry in 1920, he maintained an active interest and intermittent activity in the church throughout his teaching career at Wayne University.
He maintained a close and contributing relationship to the Dearborn Christian Reformed Church and was active in the Christian school movement.
William M. Trap passed away at the age of seventy; recognized for his erudition, spirituality, and scope of influence.
Collection Description:
The collection includes sermonic material of his preaching years, notes of his student days, and lectures and papers when he was professor at Wayne University.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: The Preacher, Sermons (bundled), 1911-1917],
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Series 2: The Student],
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Series 3: The Professor, 1924-1932],
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- Series 1: The Preacher, Sermons (bundled) --- 1911-1917
- Box 1
- Item 1: Sermons in booklets (Dutch) --- June 1911 - July 1911
- Item 2: Sermons: Old and New Testament (Dutch) --- December 21, 1913 - Jun 28, 1916
- Item 3: Sermons: Preparatory, Communion, and Post-Communion, (Dutch) --- 1913-1917
- Item 4: Sermons for Special Days (Dutch) --- 1914-1919
- Item 5: Sermons on Miracles (Dutch) --- September - October 1915
- Item 6: Heidelberg Catechism sermons (Dutch), Lord's Day 1-27 --- April 18, 1915-June 18, 1916
- Item 7: Heidelberg Catechism sermons (English), Lord's Day 1-24 --- July 16, 1916-February 11, 1917
- Series 2: The Student
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Aesthetics: class papers, aesthetic theories of the newer Dutch poets
- Folder 2: Aesthetics: history notes
- Folder 3: Astronomy 2: class notes and papers --- 1921
- Folder 4: Bavinck, Herman, class notes, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek
- Folder 5: History of philosophy, class notes
- Folder 6: Metaphysics: notes and questions, handwritten
- Folder 7: Papers: time and eternity, space and time, notes on Herman Bavinck
- Folder 8: Philosophy: notes on History of Philosophy I
- Folder 9: Philosophy: notes on History of Philosophy II
- Series 3: The Professor --- 1924-1932
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Dissertation: Divine Personality --- 1925
- Folder 2: Philosophy I: Introduction, lecture notes, incomplete
- Folder 3: Philosophy of Revelation: lectures given at Michigan Academy; resume of Bavinck's Stone Lectures
- Folder 4: Philosophy 201-207: notes and examinations --- 1924-1932
- Folder 5: Philosophy 204, Logic; handwritten --- 1926-1927; 1928-1929
- Folder 6: Philosophy 230, Ethics: lecture notes
- Folder 7: Philosophy 240, lectures on History of Philosophy I
- Folder 8: Philosophy 241, lectures on History of Philosophy II
- Folder 9: Philosophy of Religion: handwritten notes
- Folder 10: Constitution of the Dearborn Christian School Society --- n.d.
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: The Preacher, Sermons (bundled), 1911-1917],
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Series 2: The Student],
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Series 3: The Professor, 1924-1932],
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