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 7: Books

Box 62

Folder 6: Transcribed Minutes of First Reformed Church, De Motte, IN, "In Amerika" --- 1893-1932

Box 63

Folder 1-2: Belgische Immigranten in de Verenigde Staten --- 1987
Folder 3: Copy "De Historisch - Geografische Landschappen Van Nederland"
Folder 4: Dutch Catholic Emigration
Folder 5-7: Correspondence re: writing history of Elim Book --- 2004-2005
Folder 8: Faith and Family --- 1996-2001

Box 64

Folder 1: Copy of Freedom and Food --- undated
Folder 2: Copy of "Het Echec Van Een 'Volkse' Beweging"
Folder 3-6: Copy of The Howling of Wilderness - Book One, Two, Three (pages 1-199) --- undated

Box 65

Folder 1: Copy of The Howling of Wilderness - Book Three (pages 200-313) --- undated
Folder 2: Emigration: Landverhuizing Als Regionaal Verschijnsel --- 1820-1880
Folder 3-7: The Last Illusion --- undated
Folder 8: "List of Documents" --- 1987

Box 66

Folder 1: Nederland Land En Volk by J. Kuyper --- undated
Folder 2: 75th Anniversary Book of Holland American Legion Band --- 1995
Folder 3-4: Sixty Years' Reminiscences; p. 1-161 --- 1906

Box 119

Folder 11: Faithful Witness --- 2015