COLL. Manuscripts Collections

Abstract Minister of the Afscheiding churches in the Netherlands and professor of systematic theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The collection includes a banquet speech in Bavinck’s honor; a pamphlet entitled Mijne Reis Naar America, edited and annotated by G.Harinck; a bound manuscript, i.e., an abbreviated anonymous version of "Gereformeerde Dogmatiek" by Herman Bavinck, with separate [7] page notes entitled "De Wederkomst van Christus"/Bavin[c]k [iv]-422, and an index, [4] pages at the...

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Professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary and minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes class notes and lectures.

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 Professor of history at the University of Oregon, former minister in the Christian Reformed Church.  A biographical sketch; newspaper clippings explaining the reasons for Breen's resignation from his pastorate in the Christian Reformed Church; a speech entitled "My Reflections on Professor Ralph Janssen and on the Janssen Case of 1922"; and articles on subjects such as Calvinism, Dutch Colonialism, Humanism, Roman Law, Philosophy, Protestantism, and the Renaissance. Also includes speeches...

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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.

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Psychiatrist at Pine Rest Christian Hospital, 1946-1977. The collection includes speeches, articles, and policies regarding electro-convulsive treatment.

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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church and professor at Calvin Theological Seminary. The duplicated holograph volumes written in the Dutch language contain class lectures and textbooks on church polity, liturgics, and theology. The papers also contain letters of M. Borduin, 1895, and Beuker's children, 1900. Translations: Tubantiana, and 'A Trip West' published in 'De Gereformeerde Amerikaan,' Volume I, Number 8, 1897.

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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church.  Includes a call letter, bulletins, and church records of the church in Whitinsville, Massachusetts; Board of Missions minutes, and sermons. Also a notebook containing a listing of Bible texts sermonized during his ministry in the Lucas, Michigan, Christian Reformed Church, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding the congregations in Lucas, Michigan; Whitinsville, Massachusetts; and Sully, Iowa.

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Author and Hudson Valley Dutch dialect expert. The collection includes a manuscript entitled "Laagduits of New York," also known as Albany/Jersey Dutch; and an article entitled "Het Poelmeisie: An Introduction to the Hudson Valley Dutch Dialect." The Bachman Manuscript Collection is at New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York.

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Professor of religion and theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. 'The imitation of Christ theme in the cultural-ethical ideal of Herman Bavinck,' submitted to the University of St. Michael's College, 1982.