COLL. Manuscripts Collections

Scope and Contents The collection deals with three generations of a matrilineally related family. The documentation begins with Allen Duwayne Pease (1840-1922) and his wife Ella LeGard (1943-1933); and continues through their daughter Pearl Dessie Pease (1881-1976) and her husband Arthur Leonard Peck (1879-1924); and their daughter Carol Myrtie Peck (1914-2013) and her husband Peter Haven (1913-1966). Allen Duwayne Pease (1840-1922), who served with the 6th Michigan Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War and whose...

Abstract AADAS encourages research in all aspects of North American/Netherlandic relations. The collection includes the publications of the various research papers given at the biennial meetings; the constitution; articles of incorporation; membership lists; correspondence; conference materials; proceedings of all the conferences; Newsletter/AADAS News; and subject files on other related Dutch-American organizations, i.e., Dutch Heritage Club – ...

Abstract Henry Beets (1869-1947) was born in Koedijk, the Netherlands. He emigrated to the United States and was a minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection details his theological training, his parish ministries in Pella, Iowa, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and his interests in ecumenical contacts and mission outreach, particularly to the Zunis and Navajos of the western United States. He was a prolific writer on the Christian Reformed Church, Reformed religion, Dutch Calvinism, Dutch...

Abstract

Calvin alumnus and philosopher. The collection includes: neo-Calvinist research materials of persons [i.e. Kuyper, Dooyeweerd, Runner, plus many others who espoused the philosophy of Wijbergeeerte der Wetside]; of organizations [i.e. AACS, APJ, NACPA, ARSS, CAF, CFF, CLAC, ICS, etc.]; and also select, supporting periodicals.

Abstract

Executive Director of the Commission of Legislative Appointment for the State of Michigan; Clerk of the Michigan Constitutional Convention; and Director of Elections for the State of Michigan. The collection includes back-up documents; minutes; and records of the 1961-1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention.

Abstract Historian, Assistant Director of Mackinac Island State Park Commission, and editor. The collection includes articles, pamphlets, and lectures relating to the Mackinac area; and clippings, articles, papers, research materials, manuals, booklets, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and biographical material on the Hmong people who settled in the Lansing, Michigan, area through the efforts of members of the Covenant Christian Reformed Church, Grand Ledge, Michigan. [See also Hmong...