M. Howard Rienstra Collection, 1949-1987 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Biographical Note

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Reels in Audio Visual Collection --- 1985

Item 1: Kuiper, Dirk, "Calvinism and Racism in America," --- 1/29/1985

Item 2: Hart, Hendrik, "The Just Shall Live: Reformational Reflections..." --- 1/30/1985

Item 3: Hill, Herbert, "Calvinist Influence on Racial Thoughts..." --- 1/25/1985

Item 4: Williams, Preston, "Calvinism and Racism in America" --- 1/25/1985

Series 2: Personal Materials --- 1949-1983

Box 1

Folder 1: Vita material including family; In Memoriam items

Folder 2: Information re: his illness and death

Folder 3: Personal materials and honors given him at his retirement from the Grand Rapids City Commission --- 1970-1983

Folder 4: Appointments from Calvin including a scholarship he received as freshman in 1949 --- 1955-1986

Folder 5: University of Michigan Scholarships, including Mary Rienstra's R.N. Certificate --- 1953-1963

Folder 6: Fulbright Grant --- 1956

Item 1: Bound Copy: Ph.D. dissertation from the U of M --- 1963

Box 2

Folder 1: Application for a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, also for a leave of absence --- 1967-1968, 1978-1980

Folder 2: Offer of presidency of Dordt College --- 1981

Folder 3: Correspondence --- 1963-1965

Folder 4-13: Correspondence --- 1966-1975

Folder 14: Correspondence --- 1976-1977

Series 3: Correspondence and History Teaching Material --- 1960-1986

Box 3

Folder 1-4: Personal Correspondence --- 1978-1981

Folder 5: Personal Correspondence --- 1982-1984, 1986

Folder 6: Academic Correspondence --- 1960-1966

Item 1: Loose-Leaf Binders: Syllabus for History 101, 301, 302, 303

Series 4: History Teaching Material --- 1957-1983

Box 4

Folder 1: History 101 Honors --- undated

Folder 2: History 102 Honors. Intro to study of History --- undated

Folder 3: History 301 reprint of source materials

Folder 4

Item 1: History 307 - Reading lists, guide to independent study, exam --- undated

Item 2: History 308 - Lectures on Medieval and Renaissance periods --- undated

Item 3: History 309 - Final exam copies --- 1957-1958

Folder 5: History interim course on Dante's Divine Comedy --- 1983

Folder 6-7: History 321, The City in History --- 1982

Folder 8: History 321, The City in History.  More reprints of source materials --- 1982

Folder 9: Carnegie Institute of Technology Seminar re: The teaching of history at the secondary level --- 1966

Folder 10: Seminars in teaching history at secondary level on Calvin's Campus --- 1967

Folder 11: History 303

Series 5: History Department --- 1954-1986

Box 5

Folder 1: Administrative papers --- 1958-1986

Folder 2: Colloquies --- 1962-

Folder 3: Papers on medieval history, written by members of other educational institutions, undated

Folder 4: Conference on Faith and History Papers: St. Paul, MN.  Comment by MHR on paper by E. Wierenga, U of Rochester --- 1974, 1980

Folder 5: History: Civil life in the Renaissance.  Notes and Bibliography --- 1954

Folder 6: Humanism, the dignity of man.  Academic papers, excerpts from many sources --- 1950s and 1960s

Folder 7: Christian Humanism Conference at Valparaiso University.  Papers and materials --- 1967

Folder 8: History notes and bibliography on Renaissance period.  Professor Throop, University of Michigan --- 1954-1955

Folder 9: Interim course on Galileo --- 1977

Folder 10: Interim course on Florence and Geneva --- 1984

Folder 11: World congress and other materials at 600th anniversary of Petrarch's death --- 1974

Folder 12: Noteworthy papers on Petrarch, Europe's first modern man!

Series 6: History Materials --- 1955-1981

Box 6

Folder 1: Reprint: Italian Quarterly, Vol. 21 #21 and Italian writings of Cesi, Gabrieli, and Machiavelli --- 1980

Folder 2: Biographical material of Della Porta, "A Contemplative Scientist"of the Renaissance, written by MHR for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography --- 1970

Folder 3: An Italian Renaissance Coloring book depicting Italian costumes --- undated

Folder 4: Minutes and materials of the Michigan Consortuim of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Michigan --- 1976-1977

Folder 5: Materials on the medieval novel, including brief student papers on the subject --- 1971

Folder 6: Materials on Renaissance poetry, including an Italian poem by MHR --- 1962

Folder 7: Historical abstracts.  Written by MHR on Medieval and Renaissance publications for publication --- 1964-1965

Folder 8: "A Christian approach to Nationalism." History teachers' conference.  Introduction by MHR at Calvin College --- 1979

Folder 9: Ancient Roman history notes --- 1956, 1964

Folder 10: Ancient Greek history notes --- 1955, 1963

Folder 11: Medieval Latin notes --- undated

Folder 12: Western Civilization notes --- undated

Folder 13: Russian history lectures and materials --- 1955-1964

Folder 14: TV course on Russia --- undated

Box 7

Folder 1: "The Christian and Modern Science."Faculty seminar --- 1955, 1968

Folder 2: Reprints for the above seminar

Folder 3: Christian perspectives on a technological society; materials --- 1976-1977

Folder 4: Faculty development seminar --- 1979

Folder 5: Faculty development seminar including a paper by MHR: "Free Will Determinism and Explanation in the Human Sciences" --- 1979

Folder 6: Summer-fest activities.  MHR was a participant and producer of materials --- 1981

Folder 7: "The Religious Roots of Western Civilization"by MHR, used in summerfest --- 1981

Series 7: Philosophy of History Academic Affairs --- 1963-1984

Box 8

Folder 1: Conference on Reformational directions on higher learning, at Trinity College. Outlines and notes by MHR --- 1963

Folder 2: Reprints of articles on the philosophy of history

Folder 3-7: Materials for course by MHR at Bryan College in Dayton, TN on the Philosophy of History

Folder 8: Philosophy in History 306 course at Calvin College

Folder 9: Upward Bound.  Course taught by MHR on campus, summer --- 1969

Folder 10: Academic Affairs: Discussion draft of proposed reorganization of academic affairs at Calvin --- Dec-77

Folder 11: Role of BOT in the governance of the college.  MHR was secretary of this research project --- 1983-1984

Folder 12: Discipline Committee materials and Student Affairs --- 1983

Folder 13: Distinguished Alumni Award materials --- 1979

Folder 14: Discussion: Neutrality and Religion, undated

Folder 15: Calvin and Aquinas dialogue --- 1964-1965

Series 8: Student Papers --- 1964-1984

Box 9

Folder 1

Item 1: Ockham's Analysis of the Whole Problem in the Ecclesia - Arvin Vos --- May-64

Item 2: Calvinism and the Crisis in the Cities - Unidentified, Religion 301 --- 4/13/1972

Item 3: Cairo, a Center of Islamic Civilization - W.J. Cummings, --- 1/27/1982

Item 4: Stoicism and its Effect on the Writings of Marcus Aurelius - D.A. Van Winkle --- 3/23/1981

Item 5: The Writings of St. Augustine and their Historical Content - L. Meyer --- 5/19/1981

Item 6: War, the Political Game - G. Fennema --- 5/76/1981

Folder 2

Item 1: An Analysis of Peggie Bracciolini's On Avarice - M. Brouwer --- Jan-81

Item 2: Machiavelli's Republic - V. Dokter --- undated

Item 3: Cicero: The Man and the Politician- M. Ossentaek --- Dec-81

Item 4: Frederick II and his Crusade - R. Lagerwey --- Dec-78

Item 5: On the Relationship of Rashi to later Christian Exegetes - R. Lankheet --- Dec-79

Folder 3

Item 1: The Conversion of Cloris - S. Krosschell --- Nov-76

Item 2: The Greek Way of E. Hamilton - D. Walstrom --- Dec-80

Item 3: Pericles - J. Arkema --- May-83

Item 4: Metamorphoses: A Work of Art - C. Huenink, --- May-83

Item 5: Ancient Egyptian Religion - J. Lootsma --- Dec-82

Item 6: Bellum Civile - S. Harkema --- undated

Folder 4

Item 1: Aggression and Non-resistance in the thought of Erasmus and

Item 2: Machiavelli - S. Deur --- Dec-82

Item 3: Visual Perception and Leonardo da Vinci - K. Kelder --- 5/1982

Item 4: The Reformation - D. Smith --- undated

Item 5: Politics of the Reformation - R. Gritter --- undated

Item 6: Political-Religious Reforms in Germany during the Reformation - L. Holwerda --- Jan-84

Item 7: John Calvin, 1564 - T. Newhof --- Dec-83

Item 8: Cicero, the Man and the Politician - J. Tegner --- Dec-81

Folder 5

Item 1: Constantine the Great - M. Knevelbaard, --- undated

Item 2: Machiavelli and Machiavellism - W. De Boer --- Dec-80

Item 3: St. Ambrose, Foundation Worker for the Church - B.C. Miller --- Dec-84

Item 4: Historical Objectivity? - R. Feenstra, --- May-76

Item 5: Augustine's Confessions: a Literary Biography - R. De Boer --- Dec-84

Folder 6

Item 1: Dante: His Personal Purgatory - M. De Bruine --- undated

Item 2: Martin Bucer, Neglected Reformer - C. Terpstra --- 5/1982

Item 3: The Defeat of Michaelangelo - S. Murphy --- May-82

Item 4: Gregorian Chant and the Roman Liturgy - L. Van Houten --- undated

Item 5: The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Canto 5 - H. Ehlers --- Jan-83

Item 6: The Influence of Scholasticism on French Gothic Sculpture of the 13th Century - B. Roodvoets --- May-67

Folder 7

Item 1: A Study of 20th Century Historiography in 6 Representative Areas of Byzantine History - W.S. Heeringa --- Apr-67

Item 2: John of Salisbury - J. La Grand --- May-65

Item 3: The Home-front and the Struggle against Frank D. McKay - M. Ouwinga --- Apr-65

Item 4: The Royal Society of London: 1665-1775 - H.G. Hekman --- May-64

Folder 8

Item 1: An Analysis of French Military Tactics: 1346-1356 - G. Palmer --- May-76

Item 2: The Battle Over the Ordination of Gordon H. Clark - M.S. Hakkenberg --- May-80

Item 3: Alberti's Della Pitura, a Renaissance Theory of Painting - J. Hoekema --- May-70

Item 4: The CRC, the Sudan United Mission, and Nigeria - V. Bulthuis --- Dec-68

Folder 9

Item 1: Gerald Groote's New Devotion - J. Walinga --- Dec-67

Item 2: The Termination of the Russo-American Treaty of 1832 - G. Rietema --- Nov-68

Item 3: Historical Analysis of KIDS/SVS, Organized Student Volunteerism at Calvin College - H.C. Guetter, November 1982

Folder 10

Item 1: History 307 student class notes: "Medieval History,"by Carol Veldman --- 1966

Item 2: Correspondence re: class notes and MHR by Carol Veldman Rudie --- 2011

Series 9: Card Indexes, Microfilm of G. Della Porta's De Distillations Liber 13, Datebooks --- 1970-1986

Box 10

Folder 1: Card Topics:

Item 1: Hellenistic Academics

Item 2: Medieval Sciences

Item 3: Philosophy of History

Item 4: Manuscripts

Item 5: Academics

Item 6: Varied subjects, as Asceticism, Humanism, etc.

Item 7: Historic personages as Dante, St. Augustine, etc.

Box 11

Item 1: Archival Manuscripts, Microfilms (12)

Series 10: Writings --- 1953-1986

Box 12

Folder 1: "Origins"essay manuscript on the Supremacy of God --- undated

Folder 2: "Beginnings"review by George Marsden of a chapter of a proposed book by MHR.  Other related writings on same topic --- 1977

Folder 3: Critique of H. Dooyeweerd's philosophy for De Wachter --- Nov-58

Folder 4: Critique for a history text for the NUCS Social Studies Committee --- 1959

Folder 5: Series of six articles for the Federation Messenger on Communism; "A Christian Approach to History" for the Christian Educator's Journal --- 1961, 1962

Folder 6: "La Dolce Vita"a poem by MHR in Italian; Description of history faculty in poetic style --- 1962, 1984

Folder 7: "The Academics,"an article on the academics as institutions of learning in Italy --- undated

Folder 8

Item 1: "Giovanni Battista della Porta and Renaissance Science,"a dissertation abstract of MHR --- 1963

Item 2: "Giovanni Ecchio Linceo,"an essay publication in Italy for the Accademia Nazionale dei Lencei --- 1968

Folder 9: "Christians and Science, some Historical Recommendations,"for a symposium on campus --- 1969

Folder 10

Item 1: "The Problem of a Christian Philosophy of History,"a bibliography for Fides et Historia --- 1969

Item 2: "Book review on "Events and their After-life"by A.C. Charity for Calvin Theological Journal --- 1968

Folder 11: Parts 1 and 2 of "Lynceographic"writings of the Lynceographum, an Italian Academy of Science

Folder 12: Two Notebooks, translations of Part 1 of the foregoing --- undated

Folder 13: "Giambattista Della"biography written for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography --- 1971

Folder 14: "Gaetano Marini and the Historiography of the Accademia dei Lincei, Published in Rome --- 1971

Folder 15: "Christianity and History,"a bibliographical essay --- 1973

Folder 16: "Ancient Greece in Christian Perspective," for NUCS --- 1975

[HERH DF79 .R5]

Folder 17: "History, Objectivity, and the Christian Scholar" for Fides et Historia. Volume 10, No. 1 --- 1977

Folder 18: "Civil Religion and the Christian,"for Fides et Historia --- undated

Folder 19

Item 1: Book Review: Medieval Aspects of Renaissance Learning: Paul O. Kristeller --- 1974

Item 2: Book Review: Events and their After-life. A.C. Charity --- 1968

Folder 20

Item 1: Book Review: Paradigms and Revolutions: Application and Appraisals by Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science --- 1983

Item 2: Book Review: Piety, Politics and Ethics - Carter Lindberg --- 1984

Folder 21

Item 1: "William Spoelhof, a tribute"for Prism --- 1975

Item 2: "Reflections on Grand Rapids" for Dialogue --- 1976

Item 3: "Medieval and Renaissance Education" for Chimes --- Feb 1981

Box 13

Folder 1: "War is Obscene,""Sunday Legislation,""Pride or Avarice,""Common Grace,"for Federation Messenger --- 1971

Folder 2

Item 1: "Police-Provocation-Responsibility," for Root, a Grand Rapids publication --- 1971

Item 2: "Grand Rapids - Random Reflections from a political outsider" --- undated

Item 3: "An Officer has been shot," from Grand Rapids Press --- January 1975

Item 4: "Victimless Crimes" --- March 1975

Folder 3

Item 1: "How a Commissioner handles his commitment to Christ and his political role,"for Grand Rapids Independent Voice --- 1976

Item 2: "Christian Love in our Neighborhoods" for Banner --- March 1977

Item 3: "Christianity and Politics" for New River Free Press --- March 1976

Folder 4: Articles for the Organizer a Grand Rapids News Publication --- 1979-1980

Folder 5

Item 1: "Franklin and Fuller" --- undated

Item 2: "Racism in Grand Rapids," for Dialogue --- January 1983

Item 3: "Fire" --- July 1982

Folder 6: "What constitutes a civil right? Reconsidered,"submitted to the New York Times magazine, included reactions and responses to the article --- July 1984

Folder 7: "Civil Rights: Price and Principles"and "Civil Rights reconsidered" for Banner, but never published --- April 1986

Folder 8

Item 1: Account of an emergency arrest (while City Commissioner) --- April 1980

Item 2: Letters to the editor of the Grand Rapids Press --- 1978, 1984

Folder 9: Incomplete random writings on urban subjects

Folder 10: Communication between Stan Wiersma and MHR during Baroque celebration --- 1982

Folder 11: Books and Bread Article: The Christian Academy and the Christian Life-Style

Folder 12: Manuscript: Jesuits in China, University of Minnesota Press --- 1986

Box 14

Folder 1

Item 1: Outline of Introductory Survey --- 1953

Item 2: The Method of Historical investigation --- 1953

Item 3: Realization of reason in history --- 1953

Item 4: A Law of History --- 1953

Item 5: Burchhardt, Valid Critic of Christianity --- 1953

Folder 2: Origin's Contra Celsum, A Study in Christian Asceticism --- 1954

Folder 3: The History of an Idea --- 1954

Folder 4: Bishop Otto of Freising, a 12th Century historian --- 1954

Folder 5: Orosius, a study in historiography --- 1954

Folder 6: Latin Paleography --- 1955

Folder 7: Pythagorean Science and Politics --- 1955

Folder 8

Item 1: Mathematics and culture --- 1956

Item 2: The Quadratic in Arabian algebra: Al Khuwarizmi --- 1956

Folder 9: Historical Activity in New Jersey --- 1956

Series 11: Speeches --- 1959-1984

Box 15

Folder 1

Item 1: "A Christian Pattern for History"given for Protestant Reformed Teachers' Institute --- October 1963

Item 2: "Theory of history and teaching of history"given at Carnegie-Mellon University --- December 1967

Item 3: "World Views and scientific history - an historical perspective"Given for the West Michigan

Item 4: Chapter of the American Scientific Affiliation --- 5/1964

Item 5: "Restructuring Society to Eliminate Racism"Given at a meeting of Classis G.R. West --- 5/1972

Folder 2

Item 1: "Books and Bread"for the Calvin College Centennial Conference, William Spoelhof - some celebrative Considerations." --- October 1975

Item 2: "Calvinism and Higher Education" Outline only --- undated

Folder 3

Item 1: "Fools and Scholars"Calvin College Honors Convocation --- 5/1979

Item 2: Comments on "Civil Religions"at some unidentified conference --- October 1974

Item 3: Chapel speech on Matthew 7:21-23 --- February 1959

Item 4: "The Point of it"Honors Convocation speech --- April 1982

Folder 4

Item 1: "Varieties of ignorance"Calvin Commencement speech --- 5/1983

Item 2: Report on a keynote speech of MHR given at Trinity Christian College, Reformation day Rally --- November 1977

Item 3: "Idealism vs. Realism"at Faculty Board conference --- September 1984

Item 4: "Grand Rapids, Present"A political perspective --- April 1980

Item 5: Outline of a lecture for Grand Rapids Junior College series: "The Prostitute and the City," --- 1980

Folder 5: "Local Politics and Public Justice."Given at the 2nd International Political Conference at Dordt College --- 1978

Folder 6: "Christian City Management" --- undated

Folder 7

Item 1: "Capital Punishment in Historical Perspective"- Park Congregational Church --- 5/1977

Item 2: "Crime and Punishment: Medieval and Modern" --- undated

Item 3: "City-Suburban Relation, a Grand Rapids Perspective" --- January 1983

Item 4: Lenten Lecture series at Central Reformed Church --- 1964

Folder 8

Item 1: "The Lynceograhum - Constitution of the World's first Scientific Society"- Duquense --- November 1972

Item 2: Talk and materials on Christian Education in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada --- November 1963

Series 12: Meeter Center --- 1971-1987

Box 16

Folder 1

Item 1: MHR's letter of application for the position of Director of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin studies --- June 1982

Item 2: Program for the Inauguration of MHR as its Director --- September 1983

Item 3: Announcement of a 10 year agreement with the WB Eerdmans Publishing Company for the publication of 3 series of volumes under the title: Bibliotheca Calviniana

Item 4: Sketch history of the Center, John Bratt --- 1987

Item 5: Letter of inquiry o the Alta Antiquarian Booksellers (Netherlands) with a list of other sources

Item 6: "The Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, an Introduction"By: MHR --- October 1983

Item 7: "Reformed Thought and Scholasticism"- J. Platt Leiden --- 1982

Folder 2

Item 1: Reprints of articles re: John Calvin and Calvinism

Item 2: Curriculum vitae of Quirinus Breen which includes citations on Calvin

Folder 3

Item 1: Notes on Printings and Translations of Calvin's Supplex Exhortatio

Item 2: "Humanism and Religion: the case of John Calvin"- Student paper by Cindi Veldheer

Item 3: "Calvinism in Scotland and England"from "The Rise and Development of Calvinism"editor, J.H. Bratt.  Erdmans --- 1971

Item 4: "Calvinism and Racism"- a preliminary statement for a Conference on Calvin's campus --- January 28-30, 1985

Folder 4: Press Clippings

Series 13: Sabbatical in Italy --- 1969

Box 17

Folder 1: Press Clippings prior to leaving Grand Rapids --- 1969

Folder 2: Notes on Linceo Mss

Folder 3: Notes on the academics, including histories, minutes, biographies

Folder 4: Notes on the academics, correspondence, bibliographies

Folder 5-6: Notes on the Ecchio Linceo Mss

Folder 7: Notes on the Stelluti-Mss

Folder 8: Notes on the Carlo Dati and G. Lumbroso Mss

Folder 9: Notes on the Storiografia

Folder 10: Notes on the Alba Lincei

Folder 11: Notes on the Carteggio Mss

Folder 12: Notes regarding Contemplation

Folder 13: Notes on Lincei Library and Mss

Box 18

Folder 1: Photostats of Mss notes and bibliographies; reprints of old Italian works

Folder 2: Albani family notes

Folder 3: Albani Mss

Folder 4: Vatican notes of Albani

Folder 5: Napoli notes of Albani

Folder 6: Unidentified copies in Italian on Stoic Philosophy

Folder 7-8: Notes on Marini

Folder 9: Articles by MHR on: "Heretics and Others in Italy Today""On Being Young and Protestant in Italy"- Banner --- January 1969

Folder 10

Item 1: Copy of: "The Italian Philatelist" --- February 1962-August 1963

(see also box 34)

Item 2: Copy of: "Cronache d'Altri tempi"Containing an article by G. Heckiys Linceo --- 1870

Series 14: Correspondence as City Commissioner --- 1970-1983

Box 19

Folder 1: Correspondence --- June 5, 1970 - August 28, 1970

Folder 2: Correspondence --- September 1, 1970 - December 7, 1970

Folder 3: Correspondence --- January 5, 1971 - May 28, 1971

Folder 4: Correspondence --- June 2, 1971 - July 27, 1971

Folder 5: Correspondence --- August 4, 1971 - December 15, 1971

Folder 6: Correspondence --- January 2, 1972 - May 31, 1972

Folder 7: Correspondence --- June 6, 1972 - December 18, 1972

Folder 8: Correspondence --- January 24, 1973 - May 23, 1973

Folder 9: Correspondence --- June 1, 1973 - December 12, 1973

Folder 10: Correspondence --- January 22, 1974 - March 15, 1974

Folder 11: Correspondence --- March 18, 1974 - December 26, 1974

Folder 12: Correspondence --- January 13, 1975 - June 28, 1975

Box 20

Folder 1: Correspondence --- July 1, 1975 - December 10, 1975

Folder 2: Correspondence --- January 13, 1976 - April 21, 1976

Folder 3: Correspondence --- May 5, 1976 - December 9, 1976

Folder 4: Correspondence --- January 5, 1977 - June 22, 1977

Folder 5: Correspondence --- July 1, 1977 - September 30, 1977

Folder 6: Correspondence --- October 3, 1977 - December 21, 1977

Folder 7: Correspondence --- January 2, 1978 - June 30, 1978

Folder 8: Correspondence --- July 14, 1978 - December 14, 1978

Folder 9: Correspondence --- January 9, 1979 - June 21, 1979

Folder 10: Correspondence --- July 6, 1979 - December 19, 1979

Folder 11: Correspondence --- January 15, 1980 - April 25, 1980

Folder 12: Correspondence --- May 6, 1980 - December 12, 1980

Box 21

Folder 1: Correspondence --- January 7, 1981 - March 27, 1981

Folder 2: Correspondence --- April 2, 1981 - July 11, 1981

Folder 3: Correspondence --- August 4, 1981 - December 30, 1981

Folder 4-5: Correspondence --- 1982-1983

Folder 6: Re: Fire Department --- April 1974 - June 1976

Folder 7: Investigation report --- 1975

Folder 8

Item 1: A Tragic Chronology --- 1982

Item 2: Journals: City Commission: Boards and Commissions --- 1972, 1974

Item 3: Kent CAP Governing  Board --- 1974-1976

Item 4: West Michigan Regional Planning Commission Annual Report --- 1976

Series 15: Grand Rapids City Commission Materials --- 1961-1986

Box 22

Folder 1: Proceedings of the commission, September-December --- 1975

Folder 2

Item 1: Notes on urban chronology --- post-War II to 1980

Item 2: 10-year budgetary comparison of 8 Michigan cities by MHR

Item 3: Copy of ordinance #1396 establishing a Human Rights Commission

Item 4: Budgets of 9 Michigan cities --- 1981

Folder 3

Item 1: Plans for a 6-month study of Fire and Police Service --- 1976-1979

Item 2: Copy of: Police Field Service and Crime, by George Kelling --- 1977

Folder 4: MHR's relations with the Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities --- 1978-1981

Folder 5: Ray Tardy Scholarship Committee --- 1986; Grand Rapids Urban League Materials

1970

Folder 6: National Association for Christian Political Action (NACPA), Michigan State chapter.  Correspondence, materials including a position paper on poverty --- 1973

Folder 7: Study on disorderly conduct --- 1961-1977

Folder 8: Republic of New Africa --- 1968-1970

Folder 9: Latin American council --- 1978-1980

Folder 10: U.S. Army M.P. School, July --- 1970

Folder 11: Outdoor Advertising --- 1970

Folder 12: Outdoor Advertising --- 1970-1976

Folder 13-14: Association of Grand Rapids Area Governments (AGRAG) --- 1971-1973

Box 23

Folder 1: Affirmative Action --- 1970-1971

Folder 2: Affirmative Action --- 1980-1984

Folder 3: City Strike --- 1980

Folder 4: Pornography --- 1971

Folder 5: American Indian Affairs --- 1974-1980

Folder 6: City Garbage --- 1970-1971

Folder 7: Letter of concern to the President Reagan on Civil Rights --- 1982

Folder 8: General Paper clippings --- 1977-1983

Folder 9: Materials on Elections

Folder 10: City Commission policies on Communications --- 1982-1984

Series 16: Housing in Grand Rapids --- 1963-1968

Box 24

Folder 1: Housing in Grand Rapids: Patterns, Problems, Non-White Problems

Folder 2: Huff Good Neighbors United; Constitution --- 1966

Folder 3: Studies: School, Crime, etc. 1963-1966

Folder 4: Public Housing: an explanation --- 1965

Folder 5: Debate on Urban Renewal, Grand Rapids --- 1965

Folder 6: Urban League Minutes, March 1963-May 1967

Folder 7: Housing Committee and the Board of Directors --- 1967-1968

Folder 8: "Housing Unlimited"CAP --- 1966

Folder 9: Urban League National Conference --- 1966

Folder 10: Housing League, correspondence, materials --- 1966

Folder 11: Model Neighborhoods organization --- 1966

Series 17: Kent Community Action Program (CAP) --- 1972-1985

Box 25

Folder 1: By-laws --- 1982-1983

Folder 2: Governing Board Minutes --- February 1983-November 1983

Folder 3: Executive Committee of the Board --- 1983

Folder 4: Trustee MH Rienstra --- 1984

Folder 5: Finance Committee --- 1983

Folder 6: General accounts and payrolls --- 1984

Folder 7: General accounts and Cash Shortages

Folder 8: Financial reporting --- 1983-1984

Folder 9: Building sale --- 1982-1983

Folder 10: Log of activities of MHR --- 1984

Folder 11: Staff responses --- 1984

Folder 12: Management organization proposals --- 1983

Box 26

Folder 1: The Complexes --- 1983-1984

Folder 2: Miscellaneous programs --- 1982-1984

Folder 3: Headstart --- 1984

Folder 4: U.S. Bankruptcy Court --- 1984

Folder 5: Final Report: Bankruptcy Court --- 1984

Folder 6: Weatherization records --- 1983

Folder 7: Affirmative action projects --- 1981

Folder 8: Affirmative actions, American Indians --- 1980

Folder 9: Affirmative actions, 10 cities --- 1973-1980

Folder 10: Affirmative action, Minority employment --- 1972-1985

Folder 11: CAP-GAP relations --- 1983

Box 27

Folder 1

Item 1: Summaries of Affirmative Action Performance of 10 Michigan cities and the State of Michigan, 1973-1980.  Compiled by MHR --- Summer of 1981

Item 2: Reports of Affirmative Action --- 1983

Folder 2: Correspondence and materials --- 1972-1984

Folder 3: National Conference on Government in Baltimore --- 1983

Series 18: Michigan Advisory Committee on Civil Rights to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights --- 1975

Box 28

Folder 1: Report - An Assembly for Action on Revenue Sharing --- June 15-1, 1973

Folder 2-3: Proceedings at Public Meeting --- November 12, 1975

Folder 4-5: Proceedings at Public Meeting - Afternoon Session --- November 12, 1975

Folder 6-7: Proceedings at Public Meeting --- November 13, 1975

Folder 8-9: Proceedings at Public Meeting - Afternoon Session --- November 14, 1975

Series 19: Michigan Advisory Committee (MHR secretary) on Civil Rights (MHR) --- 1970-1984

Box 29

Folder 1

Item 1: Report to the U.S. Commission: "Civil Rights and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974"Vol. 1: Livonia --- June 1975

autographed by President R. Nixon

Item 2: Report to the U.S. Commission: "Civil Rights and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974"Vol. 2: A Comparison with Model Cities --- June 1976

Folder 2: Report: "The Chippewa People of Sault St. Marie, Michigan"Vol. 3, --- November 1976

Folder 3: Report: "Affirmative Action in Cities."MHR Chairman --- December 1982

Folder 4: Materials: Model Cities Commission --- 1970-1974

Folder 5: Minutes of the Meetings of the Committee (MHR secretary) --- April 1975-June 1976

Folder 6: Minutes of the Meetings of the Committee (MHR secretary) --- June 1976-June 1977

Folder 7: Materials: Civil Rights and Correspondence in Michigan --- 1982

Folder 8: Civil Rights in Michigan Materials and Correspondence in Michigan --- 1982

Folder 9: Civil Rights in Michigan Materials and Correspondence --- 1983-1984

Folder 10: Materials on Revenue Sharing re: Grand Rapids, including actions by the City Commission, CAP, Better Communities Act, HUD, etc.

Series 20: Michigan Advisory Committee on Civil Rights to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights --- 1977-1984

Box 30

Folder 1-3: Annual Conference in Washington D.C. --- 1982-1984

Folder 4: Materials of State Committee --- 1982-1984

Folder 5: Materials of State Committee --- 1983-1984

Item 1: Binder: Correspondence and materials of State Committee --- 1977-1981

Box 31

Item 1: MH Rienstra's Scrapbook on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights --- 1982-1983

Series 21: CRC Race Commission --- 1950-1972

Box 32

Folder 1

Item 1: Outline of Plans --- 1965-1971

Item 2: Material for 11th grade catechism classes

Item 3: Testimonies given at first meeting --- June 1969

Item 4: Plans for financial assistance to minorities --- 1971

Item 5: Proposal for Leader Training Institute --- 1971

Item 6: Report of visit to Lawndale and Garfield CRC in Illinois --- 1970

Item 7: Offer of assistance to Chicago churches

Item 8: Financial report --- July 1970

Item 9: Proceedings of meeting --- September 1970

Folder 2: CRC Race Commission correspondence, minutes, materials, reports, discussions, proposed budgets --- 1970-1972

Folder 3

Item 1: Scriptural bases for solving race problems --- 1950

Item 2: Credo on Race Relations --- 1957

Item 3: Covenant on Open occupancy --- 1961

Item 4: Inventory of races --- undated

Item 5: Congregation inventory on racial concerns --- undated

Item 6: American Indian problems --- 1970

Folder 4

Item 1: Correspondence, minutes, articles, resolutions including Timothy Christian School and Lawndale --- 1965-1971

Item 2: Reports of Classis Chicago, North

Series 22: Miscellaneous Items --- 1962-1969

Box 33

Folder 1: Christian School Financing Study Committee (MHR Chairman) --- 1968-69

Folder 2: Vietnam Forum --- May 5, 1967

Folder 3: Proposal for a book on Communism --- 1963

Folder 4: Seminar on U.S. Foreign Policy --- 1967

Folder 5: Christian Service Club --- 1966-1967

Folder 6: History of the CRC --- undated

Folder 7: CRC Resettlement Committee --- 1964

Folder 8: TELL Stamps --- 1964

Folder 9: Citizens for Educational Freedom --- 1962-1963

Folder 10: Laymen's Inter-Faith Conference --- 1964-1965

Series 23: Selected Books --- 1950-1983

Box 34

Item 1: The Waldensian Church, by Achille Deodato, Rome --- 1953

Item 2: The Waldensian Church, Edited by Claudiana Torento, Italy --- 1967

Item 3: Christian Perspectives, Edited by J. Guillaume for the Association for Reformed Scientific Studies --- 1960

Item 4: Christian Perspectives, Edited by Paul Schrotenboer for the ARSS --- 1962

Item 5: Constitution: Association for Reformed Scientific Studies --- 1961

Item 6: Symposium, Edited by Kenneth Kuiper, Professor of English, Calvin College.  Collection of writings from Plato until today --- 1969

Autographed

Item 7: Rupert of Dentz, by John H. Van Engen.  University of California Press --- 1983

Autographed

Item 8: Short Chronology of Intellectual history from Thales to Boethuris - by J.T. Huston --- 1950

Folder 1: Selected Articles on: faith, modern humanism, Secularization, Worldly Christianity, Interpretation of history

Folder 2: Lecture materials on Ethics and Philosophy --- 1953-1954

Folder 3: Lecture materials on Philosophy of history --- 1951

Series 24: Miscellaneous Material --- 1968-1986

Box 35

Item 1: Memorial Resolution #867 "to the life of Dr. M. Howard Rienstra"from the Senate of the State of Michigan, --- July 1, 1986

Item 2: Miscellaneous Materials gathered on MHR's Italian Sabbatical --- 1968-1969

(see also box 16 and 17)

Item 3: Scrapbook (red) on the Urban League

Item 4: Scrapbook on MHR's career as a City Commissioner --- 1970-1983

Box 36

Item 1: Scrapbook on MHR's career as a City Commissioner --- 1970-1983

Series 25: Addenda and Varia --- 1975-1987

Box 37

Folder 1: Article: "Civil Rights: Price and Principle"The Banner --- April 14, 1986

Folder 2: Article: "What Constitutes a Civil Right"Dialogue, Vol. 19, No. 1 --- 1986

Folder 3: Boldgett Hospital Class of 1953.  Reunion - Mrs. Howard Rienstra --- 1986

Folder 4: Cancer Patient, Butterworth --- 1982

Folder 5: Correspondence - M. Monsma's acknowledgement of paperback books --- December 15, 1986

Folder 6: Director of Meeter Center

Folder 7: Friesians and Cousins, a Baltic past --- 1980

Folder 8-10: Legal Correspondence --- 1984

Folder 11-12: Legal Correspondence --- 1985-1986

Box 38

Folder 1: Legal Correspondence --- 1987

Folder 2: Netherlands - American Bicentennial Commission year-end report --- 1982

Folder 3: Requiem Prayer at Funeral

Folder 4: Review of books

Folder 5: Planning Commission of Salvation Army --- 1982-

Folder 6: Serving Sherman CRC

Folder 7: Slides of Strasburg and Geneva

Folder 8: Stuttgarter Antiquariat

Folder 9: Synodical Study Committee for Ethical Decisions about War --- 1975

Folder 10: "Who is in Control?"Responses

Folder 11: "Who is in Control?"Testimony --- September 18, 1981

Folder 12: Gerald R. Ford Museum Commemorative

Folder 13: The Philatelist

Series 26: Calvinism and Racism International Conference --- January 28-30, 1985, 1978-1985

Box 39

Folder 1: Attendance

Folder 2: Brochure --- 1985

Folder 3: Film Presentation Materials, Southern Africa Media Center --- undated

Folder 4: Preliminary Questions to Stimulate Discussion

Folder 5: Registration Material

Folder 6: Schedule

Folder 7: Service of Worship --- 1985

Folder 8: Speaker Information

Folder 9: Planning: Preliminary Statement --- 1984

Folder 10: Planning: Proposal and Report

Folder 11: Planning: Bibliography --- 1984

Folder 12: Correspondence --- 1983-84

Folder 13: Correspondence --- 1985

Folder 14: Research: Agreement, Grand Rapids, MI --- undated

Folder 15: Research: Cloete, Daniel, "Puritans, Pigments, and Paupers" --- 1985

Folder 16: Research: Chronology --- 1984

Folder 17: Research, Du Toit, Andre, "No Chosen People" --- 1983

Folder 18: Research, Eisenstadt, S.N., "The Protestant Ethic and Modernization”

Folder 19: Research: Erskine, N.L., "Black People and Reformed Church in America" --- 1978

Folder 20: Research: Fredrickson, G.M., "White Supremacy" --- 1981

Folder 21: Research: Hexham, Irving, "Dutch Calvinism and the Development of Afrikaner Nationalism" --- 1980

Folder 22: Research: Heyns, J.A., "A Cry for Life" --- 1978

Folder 23: Research: Hill, Herbert, "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission" --- 1983

Folder 24: Research: Hill, Herbert, "New York City Terminal Market Controversy" --- 1983

Folder 25: Research: History of Racism

Folder 26: Research: La Reforme Calviniste

Folder 27: Research: Lucas, Isidro, "I am a Person" --- 1985

Folder 28: Research: Lucas, Isidro, "Racism and Religion: A Catholic Perspective" --- 1985

Folder 29: Research: Moodie, T.B., "Calvinism and Afrikaner Nationalism" --- 1981

Folder 30: Research: Moodie, T.B., "Rise of Afrikanerdom" --- 1975

Folder 31: Research: Ngubane, Jordan K., "Conflict of Minds" --- 1979

Folder 32: Research: Scully, "Left's New Love" --- 1984

Folder 33: Research: Smiley, Xan, "Misunderstanding Africa" --- 1982

Folder 34: Research: Thorn, G., John Calvin, "Calvinism in South Africa" --- 1982

Folder 35: Research: Van Rooy, J.A., "Image of Man in White Theology" --- 1981

Folder 36: Research: VU Magazine --- 1985

Folder 37: Research: Wilmore, G.S., "Black and Presbyterian" --- 1983

Folder 38: Research: Wilmore, G.S., Letter to the Editor --- 1984