George Kamp Collection, 1904-1978 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Title: George Kamp Collection, 1904-1978

ID: COLL/139

Primary Creator: George Kamp (1892-1981)

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Business manager for Standard Oil of Ohio, statistician in the business office of Calvin College, and translator in Heritage Hall. The collection includes: sermons for reading services, correspondence for Calvin College, committee papers on interchurch relations, mission reports, Synodical Youth Committee papers, numerous articles translated from Dutch, book reviews, poems, and personal material.

Biographical Note

In 1904, George Kamp’s family moved from Almelo, Overijssel to Cleveland, Ohio. He was then a boy of twelve. Although he had almost completed his grade school education when he came to the United States, he had to begin again in order to learn the new language. However, he moved through the grades with rapidity and graduated from grammar school as the valedictorian of his class.

Although the Rev. J.R. Brink urged the family to direct George toward the ministry, family circumstances made the ministry an impossible goal. George worked for Standard Oil of Ohio for almost thirty years. For many of those years he was manager of cost and sales.

When George Kamp retired at sixty-three, he was asked to serve the college as a statistician in the business office. He was always keenly interested in the activities of the denomination and the school of the church. Next to his knowledge of the Bible, he knew the denominational Yearbook. He was a translator of many Dutch articles, an arranger of housing for Synodical delegates, an overseer of the flow of reports to the floor of Synods, a friend of ministers and always a willing servant in the church where he served as member. He served often as elder.

George Kamp passed away at the age of eighty-eight, March 14, 1981. His wife, Anna, passed away in 1988.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Sermon Collection, 1939-1942],
[Series 2: Calvin College Period, 1944-1978],
[Series 3: Denominational Material, 1934-1977],
[Series 4: Articles Translated from the Dutch, 1904-1975],
[All]

Series 4: Articles Translated from the Dutch --- 1904-1975

Box 4

Folder 1: Albeda, W. "The Diaconate," Zwolle --- October 10, 1973

Folder 2: Baayan, P. C. "Mathematical Language," Free University --- December 15, 1967

Folder 3: Bakker, G. "Ymedam: Past and. . . Future" --- undated

Folder 4: Beets, H. "The CRC in North America: Sixty Years of Struggle and Blessing" --- 1968

Folder 5: Boerhorst, R. H. "A Talk About the States of America" --- 1935

Folder 6: Broene, Geert. Autobiography, translated by J. Broene

Folder 7: Bucer's Idea of the Relation Between Philosophy and Theology

Folder 8: Goudzwaard, B. "Modification of the Economy," from Kerkenformatie --- Feb-75

Folder 9: Hart, Klaas. Articles from the Wachter --- 1959-1965

Item 1: "Unrest for the Church"
Item 2: "The General Synod"
Item 3: "Church of the Clergy"
Item 4: "A Prayer for Peace"

Folder 10: Haverkamp, William. Editorials from the Wachter: --- 1962-1974

Item 1: "Well-grounded Criticism"
Item 2: "At Last an Admission"
Item 3: "Playing Fast and Loose with the Truth"
Item 4: "A New Writer"
Item 5: "Responsible Separation?"

Folder 11: "Homophilia," a report for discussion in the Gereformeerde Kerken --- 1972

Folder 12

Item 1: Kaardingerbroek, J. "Old Testament Data" --- undated
Item 2: F. W. R. Polman, "New Testament Data"

Folder 13: Kamp, H. T. "Emigration Trip From Almelo" --- 1904

Folder 14

Item 1: Kuitert, H. "Without Faith No One Will Prosper," reviews and reactions
Item 2: Abraham Kuyper, "Sphere Sovereignty" --- October 20, 1880

Folder 15

Item 1: Matse, J. "Significance of Mourning Process"
Item 2: H. Faber, "Role of Life in Mourning Process" --- undated

Folder 16: Meuleman, G. E. Articles concerning scripture, from the Gereformeerde Weekblad --- July - August 1960

Folder 17: Meuleman, G. E. Articles on election and reprobation, in the Gereformeerde Weekblad --- October 1964 - January 1965

Folder 18: Noordewier, J. "An Octogenarian," an autobiography, mimeograph of translation

Folder 19: Noordewier, J. "An Octogenarian," an autobiography, handwritten translation

Folder 20: Report of Christian Reformed Synod, from an article in a Dutch magazine --- 1962

Folder 21: Ridderbos, H. N. Articles from Gereformeerde Weekblad --- 1959-1975

Item 1: "Concerning the Authority of the Scriptures"
Item 2: "A Parting of the Way I - IV"
Item 3: "A Partial Report on Our Travels"
Item 4: "Family Visiting"

Folder 22: Van Andel Genealogy, handwritten translation

Box 5

Folder 1: Vander Houde, C. Review of "The Heritage of John Calvin" in Gereformeerde Weekblad --- February 3, 1974

Folder 2: Van Harmelen, J. Articles in De Wachter --- 1962-1967

Item 1: "A 'Quotum' Letter"
Item 2: "The ARSS"
Item 3: "Blauwkamp's Brochure"

Folder 3: Van't Veer's article on Christological preaching --- 1968

Folder 4: Vos, Geerhardus. Letters to A. Kuyper on the translation of Kuyper's Encyclopedia --- 1886-1897

Folder 5: Verkuyl's "The Purpose and Aim of Mission," translated by F. Klunder

Folder 6: Wierenga, H. "Gereformeerde Kerken Synodical Letter," Gereformeerde Weekblad --- 1974

Folder 7: Wind, A. "Report of Visit to Synod 1974," in Leidse Kerkbode --- October 25, 1974

Folder 8: Woltjer, H. R. "The Age of the Earth," from Christelijke Encyclopaedie

Folder 9: Selected articles --- 1959-1960

Folder 10: Selected articles --- 1962-1964

Folder 11: Selected articles --- 1967-1978

Folder 12: Selected articles, handwritten translations. No authors or sources given --- undated

Folder 13: Blacquiere, H. J. "Coronation Feast of Queen Wilhelmina, North Brabant --- 1898"

Folder 14: Boerwinkle genealogy, first installment by Wilma Wierenga

Folder 15: Infallibility issue. Articles, some translated from Dutch --- 1960

Folder 16: Nymeyer, F. "An Analysis of and a Counter Overture on Divorce" --- 1937

Folder 17: Spoelman, P. "What is Wrong with the ARSS?"

Folder 18: Stek, John. Addresses to Synod of Haarlem, Gereformeerde Kerken --- 1974

Folder 19: Geestelijke Lieder uit den Schat Van de Kerk. Organ score

Folder 20: Miscellaneous translations and articles