Dutch Americans -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dutch Immigrant Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: COLL-078
Abstract
The Dutch Immigrant Letter Collection includes a wide spectrum of Dutch immigrant experience-Protestant, Catholic, and secular-and it is the only major collection of its kind. To assemble the Immigrant Letter Collection the archives conducted four major manuscript collection campaigns in the Netherlands and the United States between 1976 and 1990. These efforts accumulated at least eight thousand items-letters, travel accounts, immigrant memoirs, and photographs.
Of the 4,970 letters...
Dates:
created: 1786-[ongoing]
Found in:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Jacoba N. Robbert Collection
Collection
Identifier: COLL-205
Abstract
Jacoba N. Robbert was a founder of Pine Rest, daughter of Dr. Henricus Beuker, and wife of Rev. Jan Robber. This collection contains her notes on books of the bible, materials from Pine Rest, and correspondence with her son, George.
Dates:
created: Undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1890s-1950s
Found in:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Willem Van de Wall and Blanca Crooswijk Van de Wall Collection
Collection
Identifier: COLL-585
Abstract
The Willem Van de Wall and Blanca Crooswijk Van de Wall Collection consists of a series of letters and photographs from members of the Van de Wall family from 1856-1939. Subjects of the letters include Willem Van de Wall, a harpist who contributed to the field of music therapy.
Dates:
created: 1856-1939
Found in:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library