COLL. Manuscripts Collections

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Professor of education at Calvin College. Papers, including a dissertation entitled "The Struggle about State Aid to Voluntary Schools in Great Britain"; student notes; outlines of Biblical History; chapel talks; correspondence; speeches; poems; and articles. On microfilm there is a doctoral thesis entitled "The Struggle about State Aid to Voluntary Schools in Great Britain," 1931.

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School librarian, missionary to Nigeria. The collection includes correspondence, mementos, clippings, pictures, slides, letters sent home from Nigeria, a fictional autobiography of Reinder Edward Werkman, and pamphlets.

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Teacher. The collection includes manuscripts entitled "History of the Mission Industrial Store," "History of the Grand Rapids Board of Evangelism," "Memoirs of John R. Brink," and "Ruth Brink Hoekema: Memoir & Remembrances."

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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church, missionary to the Navajo in Arizona, and missionary to the Zuni in New Mexico. The collection includes correspondence, sermons, papers, historical sketches, pamphlets, programs, and published articles.

Abstract Michigan state lawmaker from Hudsonville, Ottawa County; and author of the Michigan crime victims' rights amendment, which became a national model. The collection includes bills, resolutions, public acts summaries, photographs, correspondence, research materials, memorabilia, news releases, video tapes, audio cassettes, compact discs, awards, and interviews.  The materials detail the following subjects: abortion, assisted suicide, clergy-child abuse, concealed weapons, crime victims' rights,...

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Dean of women and professor of education at Calvin College. The collection includes correspondence, files on faculty committee activities, teaching, counseling, and student housing.

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Strong advocate for women in church office and director of development for the Committee for Women in the Christian Reformed Church. The collection details the CW-CRC organization including extensive materials on the scholarship fund for women attending Calvin Theological Seminary; photographs of the scholarship recipients; topical videos; and activities of CW-CRC. See also RGD5.7 and Ms. Coll. 358.

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Professor of biology at Calvin College. The collection includes class lecture notes; correspondence; book reviews; chapel talks; pamphlets; subject files; genealogical information; and notes detailing the history of Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church at Grand Rapids, Michigan. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Abstract Articles entitled "Over de wereldzee naar de grote stad: Pieter Ypes Groustra met zijn gezin in Chicago rond de eeuwwisseling" (translation also provided by author); "Now I Will Write You Something About America: Dutch Migrants' Views of the United States 1880-1914"; "Transplanted Network: A Case Study of Frisian Migration to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, 1880-1914"; "Se binne nei Amerika tein: Aspekten van Friese landverhuizing naar de Verenigde Staten rond de eeiwwesseling"; "Kriminele...

Abstract Professor of history at University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The collection includes a thesis, entitled Dutch Immigration to Canada, 1892-1940, doctoral thesis, University of Toronto, 1975; an article published in Canadian Ethnic Studies, "Canada the Last Illusion," 1979; and twenty microfilm reels called the Ganzevoort Canadian Immigration Project. The microfilm reels detail backup immigrant documents, i.e., Toronto, Ontario; Canadian origins; Hamilton, Ontario; Holland Marsh,...