Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Kip Odell, 2001; Ed Gerritsen, 2013

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert P. Swierenga Collection, 1830-2013

ID: COLL/404

Primary Creator: Swierenga, Robert P. (1935-)

Extent: 46.75 Cubic Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte Research Professor at the A. C. Van Raalte Institute, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1996-present; professor of history emeritus, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1968-1996; assistant professor at Calvin College, 1965-1968; and a writer and editor of books and articles in the field of Dutch-American studies. The collection includes correspondence; research materials detailing ship passenger lists; Dutch immigrant and emigration statistical records; published materials detailing Canadian emigration and Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora; lecture notes; conference materials; recordings; photographs; and personal records. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

As of 2013, this material is still being actively collected.

Administrative Information

Repository: Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Accruals: Further accruals expected

Alternate Extent Statement: 120 Boxes

Acquisition Source: Robert P. Swierenga

Other Note: Acc. No. 00.39, 03.45, 04.54, 05.34, 06.49, 07.51, 07.59, 08.03, 08.60, 10.18, 10.30, 11.17, 12.05, 13.10, 13.20

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Research Correspondence],
[Series 3: Emigration & Immigration Records],
[Series 4: Passenger Lists],
[Series 5: Recordings, Conference, Scrapbook, 1968-1981],
[Series 6: Dutch Material],
[Series 7: Books],
[Series 8: Research Articles and Papers],
[Series 9: Papers],
[Series 10: Jewish Material],
[Series 11: Books and Reviews],
[Series 12: Lecture Notes],
[Series 13: Conferences],
[Series 14: Course Material],
[Series 15: Newsletters],
[Series 16: Miscellaneous],
[Series 17: Photographs],
[Series 18: Video Tapes],
[Series 19: Dutch-American Population Census Lists],
[All]

Series 1: Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 1: Inventory
Folder 2: Correspondence and Related Materials re Center of Hope and Other Failed Christian Reformed Church Fund Raising Projects --- 1977-1978
Folder 3-5: Computers and Comparative History --- 1970-1975
Folder 6: Computers and Comparative History --- undated
Folder 7-8: Dutch Genealogy
Folder 9-16: Dutch Project --- 1968-1976
Folder 17-18: Fides Et Historia --- 1985-1988
Folder 19-21: Genealogical --- 1985-1991

Box 2

Folder 1-4: Greenwood Press --- 1972, 1974-1976
Folder 5-10: Iowa State University Press --- 1965-1970
Folder 11-12: Iowa Land Record Collection --- 1968, 1970, 1987
Folder 13-16: James C. Malin --- 1973, 1981-1986
Folder 17: Kent State University and Hope College Correspondence --- 1997-1999
Folder 18: Miscellaneous (originals and stamps in vault) --- 1970-1993
Folder 19: Paul M. Thyer (RESTRICTED) --- 1991-1992: Access Restriction: RESTRICTED
Folder 20: Personal Papers --- 1965-1998

Box 3

Folder 1-25: Recommendations (RESTRICTED) --- 1969-1996: Access Restriction: RESTRICTED
Folder 26-28: Rutgers University Press --- 1982-1988
Folder 29-31: Yda Saueressig --- 1977

Box 4

Folder 1-13: Correspondence --- 1959 - Oct. 1967

Box 5

Folder 1-15: Correspondence --- Nov 1967 - Sep 1970

Box 6

Folder 1-13: Correspondence --- Oct 1970 - Dec 1972

Box 7

Folder 1-15: Correspondence --- Jan 1973 - September 1975

Box 8

Folder 1-15: Correspondence --- Oct 1975 -Sep 1977

Box 9

Folder 1-14: Correspondence --- Oct 1977 - Oct 1979

Box 10

Folder 1-12: Correspondence --- Nov 1979 - Feb 1982

Box 11

Folder 1-11: Correspondence --- Mar 1982 - Dec 1983

Box 12

Folder 1-11: Correspondence --- Jan 1984 - Mar 1986

Box 13

Folder 1-10: Correspondence --- Apr 1986 - Dec 1987

Box 14

Folder 1-13: Correspondence --- Jan 1988 - Dec 1989

Box 15

Folder 1-12: Correspondence --- Jan 1990 - Dec 1991

Box 16

Folder 1-14: Correspondence --- Jan 1992 - Feb 1994

Box 17

Folder 1-11: Correspondence --- Mar 1994 - Dec 1995

Box 18

Folder 1-6: Correspondence --- 1996
Folder 7: Correspondence --- Undated
Folder 8-10: Correspondence --- 1997

Box 19

Folder 1-2: Correspondence --- 1998
Folder 3: Articles for "Ethnic Forum" --- 1983
Folder 4-7: Correspondence --- 1999
Folder 8-10: Correspondence --- 2000

Box 20

Folder 1-3: Correspondence --- 2000
Folder 4-7: Correspondence --- 2001
Folder 8-9: Correspondence --- 2002

Box 21

Folder 1-7: Correspondence --- 2002-2004

Box 22

Folder 1-2: Correspondence --- 2004

Folder 3-6: Correspondence --- 2005

Folder 7-10: Correspondence --- 2006

Folder 11: Correspondence, including --- Jan-Jun 2007

Item 1: letter from Larry VanderLeest re: manuscript with introduction by Robert Swierenga; --- 2010
Item 2: letter from Gerry Gerrits re: thank you for "Annual Report"; --- 2006
Item 3: e-mail re: Netherlands Reformed Group Visit to Hope College, CRC 150th Anniversary, research questions, Van Raalte Institute, Sheboygan Conference, Archives grant proposal, Moerdyk memoir --- 2007

Folder 12: Correspondence --- 2007

including: e-mail re: research questions, AADS Conference, Origins, and Garbio by Larry Vanderleest

Box 23

Folder 1-5: Correspondence --- 2008-2012

Box 97

Folder 5: Correspondence January - July 2013 --- 2013
Folder 6: Correspondence August - December 2013 --- 2013

Box 114

Folder 1: Correspondence - Miscellaneous --- 2013-2014
Folder 2: Correspondence - Joan's Death --- 2014
Folder 3: Correspondence --- 2015 (January-May)
Folder 4: Correspondence --- 2015 (June-December)
Folder 5: Correspondence --- 2016
Folder 6: Correspondence Re "Holland, Michigan - From Dutch Colony to Dynamic CIty" --- 2014

Box 119

Folder 7: Letters to Marie Hoekstra (Mrs. John R. Swierenga) --- 1930s

Box 120

Folder 13: Correspondence --- 2017
Folder 14: Correspondence --- 2018
Folder 15: Correspondence --- 2020
Folder 16: Correspondence --- 2021
Folder 17: Correspondence --- 2022