Henry E. Avink Collection

The collection includes a diary entitled First Book of Chronicles, 1879-1913, detailing Avink's experiences as a farmer at Blendon, Michigan, and Modesto, California; a diary entitled Second Book of Chronicles, 1913-1915, detailing his experiences at Butte City, California, and the organization of the Afton Christian Reformed Church at Afton, California; a diary, 1915-1943, detailing brief daily community and church events at the First Christian Reformed Church, Ripon, California; and information regarding early ministers in California, i.e., J. A. Vissia, F. W. Stuart, P. J. Hoekenga, J. De Jong, and N. De Vries.