COLL. Manuscripts Collections

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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and editor of De Wachter (1894-1918). The collection includes an article on John Calvin published in De Wachter, July 14, 1909; an article with translation entitled "Hackensack's Liederen," published in De Wachter, 1908; pamphlets; and a notebook.

Abstract Calvin graduate, professor of literature at the University of Maryland, and a poet. The collection includes correspondence, material for books and conferences, lectures and sermons, articles and news clippings, and poems. His poetry incorporates, but is not limited to, West Michigan; Frisian/Dutch and Calvinist roots; Lake Michigan; family losses; Washington, DC area; world of academia; other cultures; and mystery; imaged through Christian themes and motifs. [See also the Campus Titles...

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Poems in the Dutch language entitled "Werkjes van Harm Israel te Holland Michigan United States of North America," and poems published in the De Grondwet.

Abstract Professor of history at Calvin College. The collection includes academic materials, i.e., minutes, lectures, speeches, and curriculum study; committee of Classis Grand Rapids East re: Reformed Ecumenical Synod; publications; research materials that detail the Indian Mission Field (Rehoboth, NM), church fires, Mission Festival, and people (Dirk Jellema, William Mierop, Edward Becenti, and Isaac Adams); and personal information, i.e., newspaper clippings and genealogy. [See also the Campus...

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Details Peter Ipema work among the Tiv People in Nigeria, including his work on their history, language and translation of English into the Tiv language. Ipema also became a recognized scholar in the cross-cultural contact between Islam and Christianity, as well as Islamic though and philosophy in Africa, and worked to bring the two cultures together. Includes his work with the Samuel Zwemer Institute and the Middle East Fellowship Center.

Abstract Lay preacher in the Christian Reformed Church and board president of the Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes sermons, sermon notes, church anniversary booklets, correspondence (with G. Berkhof, K. Van den Bosch, I. Van Dellen, and Jan Gelok), news clippings, souvenir ribbons, letters, family materials, home remedies, photographs, plus materials about the Psalter Hymnal, printing, and Mormonism. [See also the Campus...

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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, letters of call, supporting materials, and biographical information that details service in Christian Reformed Home Missions.

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Historian and former relations manager of Mobil Oil in the Netherlands. The collection includes a presentation entitled "Suffering and Survival, the Netherlands 1940-1945: A Commemoration"; an article (in Dutch and English) entitled "Be an American: De Amerikanisering van Nederlandse immigranten in Michigan, 1890-1950"; and World War II materials (poems, leaflets, news, etc.).

Abstract Details the lawsuit brought by parents from the Lawndale neighborhood of western Chicago against the Timothy Christian School, a private school that refused to admit Black children in the late 1960s.  Contains filings, correspondence, brief, research files from the plaintiffs, whose legal team was led by attorney Case Hoogendoorn.  The school was closed and the building sold during this time, consequently the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice on 28 February 1972. The Timothy-Lawndale...

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Teacher and principal of the Englewood Christian School, Chicago, Illinois. The collection includes certificates, letters of recommendation, programs, correspondence, notes, and a document pertaining to Marcia Bruin Slot.