COLL. Manuscripts Collections

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The Sidney Greidanus Papers house materials collected and created by Sidney Greidanus. This collection, which dates from 1965-2021, consists of readings, correspondence, and other materials from his publishing career and his time at King’s College.

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The Conrad and Dee Bult Postcard Collection is comprised of 2320 postcards collected by the Bults. The postcards in the collection feature communities with Dutch immigrants in several states, most prominently Michigan. A significant portion of the postcards feature churches.

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The John L. Ubels Papers contain papers from Ubels’s career as a professor and scientific consultant. This collection consists of 1.5 linear feet of reports and published studies written between 1976 and 2008. Many of the reports were written for Alcon Laboratories, Ltd.

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The collection is made up of letters between John Lagerwey and his family. The letters include discussions of family life. They are noteworthy for their discussion of Lagerwey’s evolving religious views of his experiences and work in graduate school and as a scholar of Chinese cultural and religious traditions.

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Rev. George Vander Weit (1942-2013) was a CRC pastor and passionate advocate for social justice, both within the church and out in the greater community that surrounds it. His work made significant changes in the CRC; especially for women, minorities, and the average churchgoer.

Abstract This Collection consists of letters Louise Brinks of Holland, MI received from her pen pal, Miny Roffel, who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The first letter is dated March 10, 1947 and is addressed to Miss Louise Dykstra. Starting in 1949, Louise had married and the letters are addressed to Mrs. Roger Brinks. The last letter from Miny in the collection is dated December 21, 2012. In 1980, the Brinks travelled to Amsterdam and met Miny and her husband, Roger Verleur. Louise was born...

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The Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Collections contains compiled thoughts, notes, papers, articles, and sermons on various topics in theology, biblical studies, and modern culture. The writings are by various authors, including some students, but have all been compiled by Plantinga.