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Collection Overview
Abstract
Poet, and plant manager at V'Soske Rug Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The collection includes: autobiography, genealogy, correspondence (including two letters from Robert Frost, 1922-1923), unpublished short stories, published and unpublished poems, translations of Frisian poems written by Elizabeth Eijbers, articles, novel manuscript, plus clippings and book reviews related to Marten M. ten Hoor, Dean of Fine Arts at the University of Alabama.
Biographical Note
Born at Franeker, Friesland, in the Netherlands in 1893 of Foppe and Elizabeth ten Hoor, Frederick came to Grand Rapids in 1895 when his father became pastor of the Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church. He attended local Christian day-schools and Calvin College.
After serving in World War I and realizing he could never make a living writing poetry, which he had begun to do when he was 19 years old, he took employment with a shirt company, and later, in the City Engineer's office in Grand Rapids. In 1935 he became associated with a rug manufacturing company, where he remained until his retirement in 1973.
He spent his retirement years at his country residence overlooking Perch Lake. In 1980, he died of a heart attack, leaving his widow, Marie Louserse, 2 sons and a daughter.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Correspondence, Writings, and Poems, 1855-1973],
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Series 2: Publications Containing Poems and Articles by Frederick ten Hoor, Arranged Chronologically, 1919-1959],
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Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1859-1964],
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- Series 1: Correspondence, Writings, and Poems --- 1855-1973
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Autobiography, "Image of an Immigrant"
- Folder 2-5: Correspondence, love letters --- undated
- Folder 6: Correspondence, with family members --- 1920-1967
- Folder 7: Correspondence, unidentified --- undated
- Folder 8: Correspondence, with close friends - David Cornell de Jong, Jacob Trapp, Wade Van Dore --- 1971-1972
- Folder 9: Correspondence, from Meindert de Jong, a personal friend --- 1969-1973
- Folder 10: Correspondence, from various individuals solicitous of Frederick ten Hoor's spiritual life following a Grand Rapids newspaper account in which he expressed his personal views on religion --- 1972
- Folder 11: Correspondence, with prospective publishers --- 1936-1968
- Folder 12: Detective story, unfinished, untitled, plus other prose writings --- undated
- Folder 13
- Item 1: Robert Frost letters to Frederick ten Hoor --- 1922 and 1923
- Item 2: Letter in response to H.J. Brink’s appreciative acknowledgement of the gift of these letters to Heritage Hall
- Item 3: Chimes article on the presentation of these letters to H.J. Brinks --- March 3, 1972
- Folder 14: Genealogy of Frederick ten Hoor dating back to his father's birth date in --- 1855
- Folder 15: Miscellaneous material: poems and writings of other poets including those of David C. de Jong and Meindert de Jong. --- 1962 and 1967
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Poems, personally selected by Frederick ten Hoor --- undated
- Folder 2-7: Poems --- undated
- Folder 8-13: Poems, in progress
- Folder 14: Poems, translated from the Frisian language --- undated
- Folder 15: Poems, by Elizabeth Eijbers (Frisian)
- Folder 16: Poems, by Jacob Trapp
- Folder 17: Prose, eight short stories
- Folder 18
- Item 1: Publication list of Frederick ten Hoor --- undated
- Item 2: Wonderland Magazine, (Grand Rapids Press), featuring Frederick ten Hoor --- March 12, 1972
- Item 3: copy of The Knickerbocker, a Dutch magazine, featuring Frederick ten Hoor as the “Knickebocker of the Month" --- July 1955
- Item 4: Article from the Chicago Sun Book Week by Frederick ten Hoor; alphabetical index of his poems --- December 3, 1944
- Series 2: Publications Containing Poems and Articles by Frederick ten Hoor, Arranged Chronologically --- 1919-1959
- Box 3
- Item 1: Religion and Culture, (article) --- 1919
- Item 2: The Forge --- 1928-1929
- Item 3: The Midland --- 1928-1931
- Item 4: Poetry --- 1930-1936
- Item 5: Palms --- 1930-1937
- Item 6: The Lyric --- 1933
- Item 7: Better Verse --- 1933-1935
- Item 8: Adamant --- 1934
- Item 9: The Decimal --- 1934
- Item 10: Frontier and Midland --- 1934-1937
- Item 11: Poem of the Month --- 1935
- Item 12: New Michigan Verse --- 1940
- Item 13: Kaleidograph --- 1944
- Item 14: Scimitar and Song --- 1944
- Item 15: Voices --- 1945-1963
- Item 16: Journal of Parapsychology (articles) --- Sept. 1948, Sept. 1946
- Item 17: Frisian News Items --- 1959
- Series 3: Miscellaneous --- 1859-1964
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Maarten ten Hoor's (brother) account of a trip to Europe in --- 1953
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous
- Folder 3
- Item 1: Maarten's material sent to his brother, Frederick ten Hoor: "Good Companions", a response to his friends and fellow members of the Boston Club on the occasion of a farewell dinner, September 14, 1944; "The Ivory Tower and the Marketplace", reprint of an article from the Association of American Colleges Bulletin for May, 1945; "Dutch Colonist and American Democracy", in a copy of Michigan History, December, 1947 published by the Michigan Historical Commission; newspaper clippings about his retirement as Dean of the School of Fine Arts, University of Alabama, 1960; program of testimonial dinner in his honor at his retirement, 1960; his speech in response at the testimonial dinner, 1960; article on Maarten in De Strikel, Frisian magazine, at his retirement, 1960; review of his book, Education for Privacy, reprinted from Western Humanities Review, Autumn, 1961; article in Frisian News Items for, on being awarded the "Half-moon" Trophy, presented annually to a "distinguished Netherlands-born resident of the United States"; --- May, 1964
- Item 2: Booklet, collection of Cajun Stories.
- Item 3: Book of Piano Music - De 150 Psalmen for organ and piano --- 1859
- Item 4: Maarten’s material sent to his brother, Frederick ten Hoor: “Good Companions”, a response to his friends and fellow members of the Boston Club on the occasion of a farewell dinner --- September 14, 1944
- Item 5: “The Ivory Tower and the Marketplace”, reprint of an article from the Association of American Colleges Bulletin --- May, 1945
- Item 6: “Dutch Colonist and American Democracy”, in a copy of Michigan History, published by the Michigan Historical Commission --- December, 1947
- Item 7: Newspaper clippings about his retirement as Dean of the School of Fine Arts, University of Alabama --- 1960
- Item 8: Program of testimonial dinner in his honor at his retirement --- 1960
- Item 9: Article on Maarten in De Strikel, Frisian magazine, at his retirement --- 1960
- Item 10: Review of his book, Education for Privacy, reprinted from Western Humanities Review, Autumn --- 1961
- Item 11: Article in Frisian News Items on being awarded the “Half-moon” Trophy, presented annually to a “distinguished Netherlands-born resident of the United States” --- May, 1964
- Box 5: Manuscript of Maarten ten Hoor's novel, Kathy Huysman Booklets of poems by Frederick ten Hoor
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Correspondence, Writings, and Poems, 1855-1973],
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Series 2: Publications Containing Poems and Articles by Frederick ten Hoor, Arranged Chronologically, 1919-1959],
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Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1859-1964],
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