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 12: Lecture Notes

Box 86

Folder 3: Ancient Near East and Egypt --- 1966-1968
Folder 4-5: American Economics and Business --- 1989
Folder 6: American Economic History --- 1970-1989
Folder 7-8: American History, Calvin College --- 1954
Folder 9: American Religious History --- 1993-1994
Folder 10: Civil War and Reconstruction --- 1840-1877, 1970's

Box 87

Folder 1-2: Civil War and Reconstruction --- 1840-1877, 1970's
Folder 3: The Coming of WWII --- 1966-1968
Folder 4: Communism --- 1966-1968
Folder 5-6: Colonial American History --- 1979-1990
Folder 7: Course Syllabus and Lecture Notes for Methodology in History --- undated
Folder 8: Darwin and Social Darwinism --- 1966-1968
Folder 9: Early Europe --- 1966-1968
Folder 10: European Politics, 16th and 17th Centuries --- 1966-1968
Folder 11: Fascism --- 1966-1968
Folder 12: France, 17th and 18th Century --- 1966-1968
Folder 13: The Greeks --- 1966-1968
Folder 14: U.S. History Courses --- 1987-1993

Box 88

Folder 1-2: U.S. History Courses --- 1987-1993
Folder 3-4: U.S. History 1789-1840 --- undated
Folder 5-6: U.S. History Course-Kent State --- 1980's, 1995

Box 89

Folder 1-2: Historical Writing Seminar --- undated
Folder 3-4: U.S. History Course-The Western Movement 1763-1890 --- undated
Folder 5: Imperialism --- 1966-1968
Folder 6: Industrial Revolution --- 1966-1968
Folder 7: Islam and the Crusades --- 1966-1968
Folder 8: Jefferson-Jackson Era Courses 1789-1840 --- 1990-1996

Box 90

Folder 1: Jefferson-Jackson Era Courses 1789-1840 --- 1990-1996
Folder 2: Medieval Mind --- 1966-1968
Folder 3: Nationalism --- 1966-1968
Folder 4: Perspectives of Philosophy, Calvin College --- 1957
Folder 5-6: Reformation --- 1966-1968
Folder 7: Renaissance --- 1966-1968
Folder 8: Revolution and Counter-Revolution, 1815-1850. --- 1966-1968
Folder 9: Rise of Christianity --- 1966-1968
Folder 11: Rise of the Dynastic State --- 1966-1968
Folder 12: Rise of Russia and Prussia --- 1966-1968
Folder 13: Roman Republic --- 1966-1968
Folder 14-15: Syllabus --- 1966-1968
Folder 16: 20th Century Mind --- 1966-1968
Folder 17: Enlightenment --- 1966-1968
Folder 18: World War I --- 1966-1968
Folder 19: Western Democracies, 19th Century --- 1966-1968

Box 118

Folder 2: "Calvin Stories in the History of Holland Michigan" (CALL Lecture) --- 2014
Folder 5: "Defending Orthodoxy--Religious Struggles in the Dutch Immigrant Churches of Western Michigan" --- undated
Folder 6: "The Dutch in West Michigan: The Impact of a Contractual Community" Keynote Address--Great Lakes History Conference --- 2001
Folder 15: "Groniger Hoek: Chicago's West Side Dutch" --- 1999
Folder 17: "Industrial Holland: The First Century" (Leadership Lecture) --- 2008

Box 119

Folder 1: Address to Pine Rest Hospital Board of Trustees (Re: Christian Identity) --- April 17, 1985
Folder 2: "Retrospective at Eighty on a Scholar's Life and Calvin's Shaping Influence" Calvin Alumni Lecture --- 2016
Folder 3: "Revolutionary Christianity" Class Notes & Speeches --- undated