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 16: Miscellaneous

Box 92

Folder 19: Classis Lake Erie - Board of Trustees --- 1977, 1981
Folder 20: Classis Lake Erie - Correspondence --- 1976
Folder 21: Classis Lake Erie - The Lodge Issue --- 1968-1970
Folder 22-23: Classis Lake Erie - Reports --- 1976-1982
Folder 24: Classis Lake Erie - Reports --- undated
Folder 25: RESTRICTED Classis Lake Erie - Recommendations- --- undated: Access Restriction: RESTRICTED
Folder 26: Grant Proposals - ACCS Fellowship --- 1979-1982
Folder 27: Grant Proposals - Dutch Jewish Immigrations --- 1986
Folder 28: Grant Proposals - Fulbright-Hans Program in the Netherlands --- 1974-1976
Folder 29: Grant Proposals - Fulbright Grant, Netherlands --- 1983-1985
Folder 30: Grant Proposals - Dutch in Chicago --- undated
Folder 31: Grant Proposals - Netherlands, Research Travel and Conference Paper --- 1977-1978
Folder 33: "Manual for Computer Assisted Research in History" --- undated
Folder 34: Miscellaneous --- n.d.
Folder 35: Ohio Data Archives - Minutes --- 1973-1975
Folder 36-37: Ohio Data Archives - Correspondence --- 1973-1976
Folder 38: Ohio Data Archives - --- undated
Folder 39: Social Science History - Letterhead --- undated
Folder 40: Social Science History - Progress Report --- 1977
Folder 41: Social Science History - Schedules --- 1975-1978
Folder 42: Material from speeches and lectures, including: speech at Malone College on Marvin Zahniser's paper "Moral Aspects of American Diplomacy", 1981; Panel- discussion of In My Father's House are Many Mansions at the SSHA meeting, 1986; comments at OAH, 1986; speech at Great Lakes History Conference on "The Roles of Religious Colleges," 1980; "Town vs. Countryside in Georgia Politics and Public Policy" at the Organization of American Historians Meetings, 1977; and comments at Conference of the Western History Association --- 1973

Box 93

Folder 1: Material from speeches and lectures, including: "Historians and Computers: Has the Love Affair Gone Sour?" nd; speech at Faculty Colloquium, nd; "Quantitative Historical Data and the Archivist" given to Ohio Society of Archivists, 1973; "Computerized Research in History: A Survey and Evaluation" given at the 25th National Conference of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1970; "Ethnicity in Historical Perspective" given at the Second Annual Iowa Humanists Summer Symposium, 1975; Discussion led at PROBE Workshop III "Can I be Me and Still Earn a Living?" 1975; Various documents re: "Christian Perspectives on the Constitution" at the Conference on Faith and History, 1986; Comments for IVCF Faculty Conference, 1995; and "The Virginia Military Tract" given at Ohio Academy of History --- 1978
Folder 2: Book by E.W. Hofstee: Population Increase in the Netherlands --- undated
Folder 3: Paper: "Dutch Immigrants of Southern California and the Dairy Industry" --- 1920-1960
Folder 4: Photocopied letters sent by Sipke Hoekstra, 1904-1911, with translations --- 2009
Folder 5: Blue books1953-1956
Folder 6: Research Material, Chicago Century of Progress --- 1933, undated