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Origins: historical magazine of the Heritage Hall Archives

Origins is designed to publicize and advance the goals of the Heritage Hall archives. These include the gathering, organization, and study of historical materials produced by the day-to-day activities of the Christian Reformed Church of North America, Calvin Theological Seminary, Calvin University, and the diverse communities that support them.

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Origins (vol. 30, no. 01) Spring 2012

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Jacob Quintus and the Sheboygan Nieuwsbode by Hans Krabbendam / 11 - Dutch-American Identity Politics: The Use of History by Dutch Immigrants by Hans Krabbendam / 21 - History Preserved by Allison DeWaard / 25 - James Koning Memoir (1906) by Robert P. Swierenga, editor Nella Kennedy, translator / 31 - My Recollections of Holland in 1852 by George Edward Holm / 38 - Immigration Journey Under Sail by Eugene Westra and Robert P. Swierenga / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 29, no. 02) Fall 2011

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Herbert J. Brinks 1935-2011 / 5 - Harmannus “Harry” Westers: Aquaculturist by Harold and Nancy Gazan / 12 - Brother Ploeg: A Searching Saint or a Burr under the Saddle? By Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 20 - “Now I will tell you children . . .” Hendrik De Kruif’s Account of His Immigration by Jan Peter Verhave / 27 - “When I Was a Kid,” part IV Meindert De Jong, with Judith Hartzell / 40 - Rev. Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte 1811–1876 / 42 - Book Reviews by Harry Boonstra and Eunice Vanderlaan / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 29, no. 01) Spring 2011

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - In the Bowels of the City, 1990 by Larry VanderLeest / 10 - Heartside Neighborhood, 1850–2000: 150 Years by H. J. Brinks / 20 - “When I Was a Kid,” part III Meindert De Jong, with Judith Hartzell / 30 - “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” The Bible’s Influence on the Dutch Immigrants by Robert P. Swierenga / 35 - Different Worlds: The RCA and the CRC 1850–1900 by Harry Boonstra / 43 - Book Review by Harry Boonstra / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 28, no. 02) Fall 2010

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - An American Flyer Remembered: Martin Douma Jr., 1920–1944 by Richard H. Harms / 14 - Back-and-Forth Wanderlust: The Autobiography of Jacob Koenes / 25 - One Heritage — Two Congregations: The Netherlands Reformed in Grand Rapids, 1870 – 1970 by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 35 - “When I Was a Kid,” part II Meindert De Jong, with Judith Hartzell / 44 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 28, no. 01) Spring 2010

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - “Inseparable Partners” A Portrait of Two Inter-cultural Relationships, 1925–1951 by Kurt D. Selles / 17 - Murdered by the Mob: The Fate of Chicago Teamster Sipke Hoekstra by Robert P. Swierenga and Ralph A. Hoekstra / 28 - Adrianus G. D. Gerritsen Jr. by Ed Gerritsen / 34 - “When I Was a Kid” Meindert De Jong, with Judith Hartzell / 43 - The Long Lost American Diary of Jacob Van Hinte: Pioneer of Dutch-American Studies / 44 - Book Reviews by Robert Schoone-Jongen and Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 27, no. 02) Fall 2009

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Diary of POW Jacob Fridsma in Germany 23 September 1944 to 22 April 1945 / 13 - Michigan’s Polar Bears by Robert J. Yonker / 18 - Jacob Van Hinte Pioneer and Preeminent Scholar of Dutch American Studies by Peter Ester / 24 - To America: The Diary of Jacob Van Hinte: Pioneer of Dutch-American Studies by Peter Ester / 35 - Building the Reformed Church in Early Wisconsin by Robert P. Swierenga / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 27, no. 01) Spring 2009

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Rowland A. Koskamp: Minister, Army Chaplain, Prisoner of War by Calvin D. Cevaal / 11 - Adrian Jacob Barnouw: A Dutch Cultural Ambassador to the United States by Gerlof Homan / 19 - Memories of Cedar Lake, Indiana by Rich Iwema / 24 - Gatherings in the Grove: Missionfest Comes to Minnesota, 1898–1910 by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 30 - Early Pacific Coast CRC Churches, Part 3 by Howard B. Spaan / 40 - When Holland had a Socialist Councilman by Michael J. Douma / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 26, no. 02) Fall 2008

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - The Congregation of Tuberculosis Sufferers: Maxwell Christian Reformed Church by Angie Ploegstra and Paula Vander Hoven / 13 - Early Members in the Maxwell Christian Reformed Church by Angie Ploegstra and Paula Vander Hoven / 22 - Pacific Coast CRC Churches Before World War II, Part II by Howard B. Spaan / 33 - Notes in a Seventeenth- Century Family Bible by Anne G. Bousema / 39 - “Dear Father, . . .” Leendert Woudstra translated by Gerrit W. Sheeres / 42 - Book Reviews by Henry Baron, Conrad Bult / 46 - For the Future upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 26, no. 01) Spring 2008

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Early Pacific Coast CRC Churches by Howard B. Spaan / 16 - Meindert De Jong by Richard H. Harms / 28 - The Raid by Jenna Vanden Brink / 31 - Our Trip to North America, Part V; Summer 1949 by G. J. Buth, Nieuwe Tonge / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 25, no. 02) Fall 2007

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2 - From the Editor / 4 SS Maasdam: The Battle of the Atlantic and a Dutch Sailor’s Diary by David L. Baatenburg / 12 - Our Trip to North America, Part IV; Summer 1949 by G. J. Buth, Nieuwe Tonge / 20 - The Story of Chinese in the CRC by Peter Szto / 28 - Disloyal Dutch? Herman Hoeksema and the Flag in Church Controversy during World War I by Robert P. Swierenga / 36 - Johnny Vander Meer: The Dutch Master by Calvin Cevaal / 43 - Book Notes / 44 - Book Review by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 25, no. 01) Spring 2007

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Nicholas J. Cook S SGT 483 AAF BOMB GP 1924–1944 by H. J. Brinks / 9 - Church on the Prairie— Martin, South Dakota 1929–1937 by Angie Ploegstra and Paula Vander Hoven / 18 - The Zylstras and the Settlement of Friesland, South Dakota by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 26 - A Family Farm and a Church by Jason Elenbaas / 31 - The Dutch at Imlay City, Michigan by Maria Mulder Brown / 36 - Our Trip to North America, Part III; Summer 1949 by G. J. Buth, Nieuwe Tonge / 43 - Book Reviews by Harry Boonstra, Conrad Bult / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 24, no. 02) Fall 2006

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Frederick Manfred: An Elegy for the Man by James Calvin Schaap / 16 - Holland Marsh by Harry Vander Kooij / 22 - Jacob Maasdam’s Memoir, 1831–1840 by Robert P. Swierenga and Muriel Kooi, editors; Michael Douma, translator / 31 - Bernard J. Fridsma: A Frisian Ambassador in the United States by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 37 - Our Trip to North America, Part II; Summer 1949 by G. J. Buth, Nieuwe Tonge / 42 - Book Notes / 43 - Book Reviews by Conrad Bult, James Evenhuis / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 24, no. 01) Spring 2006

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Our Trip to North America A brief account of our trip to and through America, Summer 1949 by G. J. Buth, Nieuwe Tonge / 26 - What’s the Christian Reformed Church Doing in Cuba? By Daniel R. Miller / 36 - Masselink Challenges the Mob by Robert P. Swierenga / 42 - Cock-a-doodle-do, or, “Wake, Awake for Night is Flying” by Cornelis Van Nuis / 44 - Book Notes / 45 - Book Review by Conrad Bult / 46 - For the Future” upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 23, no. 02) Fall 2005

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Thomas Dairy: A Photographic Essay Forward by Richard H. Harms / 18 History of the New York Bank Street CRC by William Nawyn / 26 - The Short-Lived Perch Lake Christian Reformed Church by Paula Vander Hoven and Angie Ploegstra / 32 - The Christian Reformed Churches of Metropolitan Detroit, 1914 – 2005 by James Evenhuis / 42 - Book Notes / 43 - Book Reviews by Richard H. Harms and Conrad Bult / 46 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 23, no. 01) Spring 2005

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2 - From the Editor / 3 - The First Chaplains by Richard Harms / 12 - A Tale of Two Congregations: Acculturation and Its Long-term Impact on Chicago's West Side Reformed Churches by Robert P. Swierenga / 22 - Johannes Groen An Arduous But Faithful Ministry by Harry Boonstra / 28 - Johannes Groen Groen in West Michigan Society by Harry Boonstra / 36 - Cholera at Sea - 1866 by Loren Lemmen / 40 - Tabinta Journal, September 1947 by John and Patricia Hogeterp / 44 - Book Review by Steve J. Van Der Weele / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 22, no. 02) Fall 2004

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2 - From the Editor / 4 Memoirs of a Lynden Childhood by J. Marion Snapper / 11 - Leonard Kranendonk (1903-2002): A Lifetime of Music by Calvin D. Cevaal / 18 - Martinus Cohen Stuart Netherlanders in Michigan Translation by Harry Boonstra / 28 - Six Names; Six Stories: The people who helped Van Raalte build the first lodge in Holland, Michigan in February 1847 by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 34 - Johannes Bernardus Hulst (6 April 1868- 20 February 1948) by Louise M. Hulst / 39 - The Sabbath Fiction by H.J. Brinks / 43 - Book Notes / 46 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 22, no. 01) Spring 2004

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Neal and Jacoba Mast Life in Occupied Holland by Abram Van Engen / 11 - Emigration by Abram Van Engen / 19 - Dutch Grand Rapids and the American Civil War by Peter Bratt / 24 - To Go or Not To Go (To The Movies) by Harry Boonstra / 33 - New Jersey Dutch, part 2 by James J.H. Storms and John C. Storms, edited by George G. Harper / 43 Book Notes / 46 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 21, no. 02) Fall 2003

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Wilhelmina Bolier Pool's 1917 Whistle Stops Introduced and edited by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 10 - Subject Index to Origins Volume 1-Volume 20, 1983-2002 / 45 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 21, no. 01) Spring 2003

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Making Room for Rehoboth by Henry Ippel / 14 - Twelve Rehoboth Mission Pioneers by Henry Ippel / 19 - Richard H. Pousma and the Rehoboth Hospital by Peter P. DeBoer / 29 - "Richard H. Pousma and the Imbroglio at Rehoboth" by Peter P. DeBoer / 39 - Student Life at Rehoboth by Henry Ippel / 43 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 20, no. 02) Fall 2002

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4 - For the Humblest Worshipper by Richard H. Harms / 13 - Coming of Age in the 1940s by Claude Venema / 21 - Frisians to Paterson, New Jersey by James J. de Waal Malefyt / 28 - My Part in World War II by DonaldE. Boerema / 34 - New Jersey Dutch by James J. H. Storms and John C. Storms; edited by George G. Harper / 40 - Book Notes / 42 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 20, no. 01) Spring 2002

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - An Old Country Veterinarian in Oostburg, Wisconsin by Calvin D. Cevaal / 11 - Holland-America Line / 18 - Douwe Johannes Vander Werp: Forty-two Carriages and Forty-three Calls - Douwe Johannes Vander Werp in the Netherlands by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 26 - Douwe Johannes Vander Werp: The Fourth Wife by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 33 - Douwe Johannes Vander Werp: Forty-two Carriages and Forty-three Calls - Douwe Johannes Vander Werp in Michigan Janet by Sjaarda Sheeres / 39 - Theology in Court: Holwerda v. Hoeksema by Harry Boonstra / 49 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 19, no. 02) Fall 2001

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Albertus C. Van Raalte: Leader of the Dutch Emigration to the United States, 1847-1867 by Elton J. Bruins / 12 - Albertus C. Van Raalte A Look at the Autumn Years of His Life (1867-1876) Michael De Vries / 19 - From the Recollections of Gezina Visscher Van Der Haar, 1820- 1901 translation by C.L. Jalving, 1954 / 27 - Children of the Day; Not of the Night: The Background of the Afscheiding, 1834 by Leonard Sweetman / 34 - Henry Dosker, between Albertus C. Van Raalte and Abraham Kuyper by George Harinck / 42 - Book Notes / 45 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 19, no. 01) Spring 2001

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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Hope College: Its Origin and Development, 1851-2001 by Elton J. Bruins / 14 - Western Theological Seminary The First Century 1866-1966 by Donald J. Bruggink / 22 - Calvin Theological Seminary: Vocation and Education by Richard H. Harms / 31 - Calvin College: From Preparatory Program to Liberal Arts College by Harry Boonstra / 39 - Northwestern College by Earl William Kennedy / 47 Central College, 1853-2001: A Brief Historical Sketch by James E. McMillan / 54 - Grundy College: Undying Legacy or Broken Promises? By Alan Waddilove / 61 - Reformed Bible College: Higher Education for Lay and Mission Workers by Dan F. Bloem / 67 - Book Notes / 69 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 18, no. 02) Fall 2000

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2 - The One-Way Journey of Dutch Emigrants on the Castel Bianco by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 10 - Not So Distant Cousins: Thoughts at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Canadian Reformed Church by John Knight / 24 - Klaas Schilder and the 1944 Secession by John Knight / 29 - The California Gold Rush and a Few Dutch Argonauts from Pella by Brian W. Beltman / 36 - Calvin College School Life in the Early 1900s by Harry Boonstra / 44 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 18, no. 01) Spring 2000

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2 - Foxhole Religion in the East China Sea by Donald H. Bouma / 7 - Rev. Leonard Verduin, 1897-1999 / 10 - Profiles Things Remembered by Leonard Verduin / 12 - Houston, British Columbia CRC: Recollections of Its Third Pastor, Rev. Wilbur De Jong / 21 The Jan Veldheer Family of North Holland, Michigan by Joel Veldheer / 23 – Klompendancing through America by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 30 - Grand Rapids, Michigan Wealthy Street--Eastern to Fuller, 1930-1960: Dutch is Spoken Here by Marvin Van Dellen / 39 - Hollandale, Minnesota / 44 - Oeds Kuiper's 1882 Travels to Buffalo, New York by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 48 - Book Notes / 50 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles