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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. 17, no. 02) Fall 1999

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2 - Montana-Wrong Side Up by William Recker / 12 - Henry Beets and the Mission Work in Canada by Willem Niemeijer / 17 - Highland, Indiana -- The Dutch Settlers of Highland by David L. Zandstra / 24 - Recollections of Arnold (Dick) Zandstra-1999 by H.J. Brinks / 29 - Dutch-American Immigration Issues During the Truman Administration by Jay Weessies / 43 - A Dutchman Among the Apache by Henry Ippel / 46 - Lammert Jan Hulst by Cornelis Van Nuis / 50 - As I Remember It by Art Van Groningen / 60 - Book Notes / 62 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 17, no. 01) Spring 1999

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2 - Montana: Introduction - The Trek / 3 - The Trek to the West Begins by William Recker / 17 - "For Sale": Advertising in Dutch Immigrant Communities by Harry Boonstra / 21 - Van Raalte and Scholte: A Soured Relationship and Personal Rivalry by Robert P. Swierenga / 36 - Reinder E. Werkman--Promoting Western Land for Immigrants by Donald Van Reken / 40 - Worship Reminiscences by Harry Boonstra / 44 - Americanization and Language Conflict by Walter Lagerwey / 49 - Book Notes / 53 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 16, no. 02) Fall 1998

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2 - Janet Huyser's Recollections / 11 - From Colony to City: Holland's First Twenty-Five Years by Robert P. Swierenga / 17 - Reinder E. Werkman The "Gilded" Hollander 1855-1931 by Donald Van Reken / 20 - Holland, Michigan: Industrialization and Social Transformation by Hero Bratt / 25 – Profiles: Biography of William Haverkamp by William Buursma / 27 - Klaas and Claude: The Evolution of a Young Friesian Boy into an American Citizen by Leonard Sweetman / 36 - The Colsman Family -- Mayflower Gulch by Helen Vander Meulen / 39 - Henry Beets, 1869-1947 -- A Man for All Seasons by H.J. Brinks / 49 – Profiles: Gerrit Siereveld by Paul Zylstra / 50 - Profiles Jan Schepers, Pioneer Pastor by Richard Harms / 53 - Book Notes / 54 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 16, no. 01) Spring 1998

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2 - Introduction (Worship & Liturgy) by Harry Boonstra / 3 Worship Rumbles by Harry Boonstra / 11 Preaching and Worship According to H.J. Kuiper by James A. De Jong / 16 - Accompanist of the Gospel by Johanna Oranje / 17 - The Hymn Question in the Christian Reformed Church by Bert Polman / 22 - Peter Spoelstra--Organist Extraordinaire by Carla Wikkerink / 25 - Kalamazoo Mail from Kalamazoo, 1886-1911 by H.J. Brinks / 31 Celery by H.J. Brinks / 34 - From Celery to Flowers John Gernaat / 36 - Church History via Kalamazoo 1850-1860 by H.J. Brinks / 43 – Profiles: Meet Mr. Meeter by Clarence Boomsma / 46 - Burum's Claims to Fame by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 49 - Book Notes / 50 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 15, no. 02) Fall 1997

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2 - In the Beginning by H.J. Brinks / 7 - B.D. Dykstra and Californie / 8 - Through California by Bicycle in 1936 by B.D. Dykstra / 17 - California Immigrants 1928-1929 by H.J. Brinks / 20 - Grand Haven Fishing by H.J. Brinks / 29 - Grand Haven, Michigan Fishing Families by Alan G. Vanderberg / 30 - Profiles From Grand Rapids to Denver -- the Experiences of the Joling Family by Helen Vander Meulen / 33 - Come and See by Chris Stoffel Overvoorde / 39 - Friesland, Minnesota: A Little Town That Couldn't by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 46 – Profiles: Jappe De Boer (1861-1941) by Paul C. Zylstra / 47 - Books reviews by Conrad Bult / 50 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 15, no. 01) Spring 1997

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2 - New Jersey / 3 - A Centennial Sketch by Richard N. Ostling / 8 - Lay Leaders / 10 - Sam Remembers Sytze by Sam Greydanus / 12 - Bill Hiemstra's Teachers (1920-1926) / 14 - The Aletheans by Henry Beversluis / 15 - Pella, lowa: Tulips in a Crumbled Castle by John Huizenga / 19 - Solving a Problem Like Mareah by Muriel Byers Kooi / 21 Pella in 1855 by H.J. Brinks / 24 - Scholte Trivia from Title Abstracts by Viola by Hugen Van Der Weele / 25 - William Mierop, Camp Worker by Henry Ippel / 36 - Bernard J. Fridsma -- Frisians to America, 1880-1914, With the Baggage of the Fatherland a book by Annemieke Galema / 41 - Grand Rapids Law and Order a Century Ago by Loren Lemmen / 44 - Books reviews by Conrad Bult / 48 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 14, no. 02) Fall 1996

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2 - Eastern Avenue and Baxter, 1920-1950 / 6 - The Pastoor Brothers / 9 - Baxter Years by John Pastoor / 18 - Netherlanders in the Muskegon, Michigan Area by Tressa M. Rop LaFayette / 23 - Montague - Once a Dutch Colony / 26 - Muskegon Lumberman by Jan Vogel & H.J. Brinks / 30 - Promoting Ethnic Pride: The Dutch-American Social Clubs of Chicago by Robert P. Swierenga / 38 - Dear Queen by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 43 - Books reviews by Conrad Bult and Anthony Hор / 45 - For the Future upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 14, no. 01) Spring 1996

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2 - Home Builders page / 6 - Meat, Bread, and (sometimes) Oranges! by Susan Sinke / 9 - Women on the Frontier by H.J. Brinks / 16 - Pictures of the Dead by Rob Kroes / 25 - Garden Farming in Roseland by Jacob Brouwer / 32 - Farewell to Windmills and Dikes by John Clover Monsma / 39 - Water Before Plumbing--Not Plentiful -- Not Pure --But Free by Henry Wierenga / 42 Books reviews by Conrad Bult / 45 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 13, no. 02) Fall 1995

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2 - The Wreck of the William and Mary by Loren Lemmen / 10 - The West Side / 11 - West Side Letters 1880-1923 by H.J. Brinks / 24 - West Side Memories by Walter Lagerwey / 26 - A Polander Remembers The West Side Dutch by H.J. Brinks / 27 - Grand Rapids West Side Story by Paul Zylstra / 29 - Andrew and Anna Zylstra by Paul Zylstra / 31 - West Side Glimpses / 32 - A Typical West Side Story by Paul Zylstra / 33 - The Polish-Dutch Connection--Then and Now by John Witte, Sr. / 35 - Henry Wierenga: Sunday Isn't Sabbath by H.J. Brinks / 42 - Books reviews by Conrad Bult / 45 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
Origins (vol. 13, no. 01) Spring 1995

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2 - Recollections of John Nicolay / 13 - 50 Years Ago US Veterans from World War II by H.J. Brinks / 18 - Johannes Jager: The Prophet Visits Iowa, 1914 by H.J. Brinks / 23 - Menzo Dornbush Minister on the Canadian Prairies: 1950-1962 by David Zandstra / 39 - Turf Shipping by Nicholas Fridsma / 43 - Books / 45 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 12, no. 02) Fall 1994

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2 - Whitinsville, Massachusetts by Annemieke Galema / 8 - Recollections of Whitinsville by Jacob Kooistra / 11 - From Whitinsville to California by Annette Poelstra Yff / 16 - The Dutch Down Under by Gary D. Bouma / 22 - Lynden is Not Another Pella by Howard Spaan / 30 - A Proper Little Calvinist by Allan Ramerman / 33 - My Grandmother's Truth by Alma Roberts Hoogland / 35 - Hard Times in Grand Rapids: Marten and Frouwke Schoonbeek, 1873-1890 by H.J. Brinks / - 39 The Early Church at Polkton by Loren Lemmen / 43 - Books by Conrad J. Bult
Origins (vol. 12, no. 01) Spring 1994

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2 - The Brickyard: A Dutch Neighborhood in Grand Rapids by Henry Ippel / 9 - R.T. Kuiper: Developer of Churches by Hans Krabbendam / 17 - Holiday by Michael Vander Weele / 26 - Memoirs: Rev. Arnold Brink 1913-1990 / 34 - The CRC in the 1930s The Era of Henry J. Kuiper by H.J. Brinks / 42 - Books by Conrad J. Bult
Origins (vol. 11, no. 02) Fall 1993

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2 - Silk City: News from Paterson's Mill Workers by H.J. Brinks / 12 - Dirk Nieland's Funny Business by George Harper / 17 - A Footnote on Columbus, Montana / 18 - The Anglo-Boer War Dutch-American Reaction, 1889-1903 by Henry Ippel / 32 - Theodore F. Koch, Dutch-American Land Promoter by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 45 - Books by Conrad J. Bult / 46 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 11, no. 01) Spring 1993

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2 - Peter Lankester - Milwaukee and Grand Rapids by H.J. Brinks / 13 - Growing Up in Sheboygan County by Steve J. Van Der Weele / 24 - Church and School on Chicago's West Side, 1913-1921, Part 2 by Henry Stob / 30 - Johanna (Gelderloos) La Maire: Notes from and About the Past by H.J. Brinks / 34 - Ralph Dekker's Englewood by H.J. Brinks / 36 - Paradise Lost: Columbus, Montana by David Zandstra / 45 - Books / 46 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 10, no. 02) Fall 1992

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2 - A Boy's Life in Holland, Michigan by Henry ten Hoor / 14 – Church and School on Chicago’s West Side 1913-1921, part 1 by Henry Stob / 20 - From Polder to Polder: The William Plaisier Family's Immigration to Grand Rapids by H.J. Brinks / 37 - Klaas Schilder, the Man by Peter DeKlerk / 44 - Books by Conrad J. Bult / 45 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 10, no. 01) Spring 1992

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2 - Dutch Survival in Bellflower, California by David Bratt / 11 - Going Dutch in Redlands by William Gabrielse / 16 - Samuel Myer Isaacs: The Dutch Rabbi of New York by Robert Swierenga / 23 - Worden Street in the Twenties Growing Up Jewish in a Dutch Neighborhooр by June Horowitz / 27 - A Dutch Family and its Iowa Roots: Introduction to and Commentary on a letter Written by Hendrik Beltman on April 18, 1878 by Brian W. Beltman / 35 - An Elusive Peace in Pella by Muriel Byers Kooi / 38 - Books / 39 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 09, no. 02) Fall 1991

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4 - The West Side Dutch in Chicago by Hans Krabbendam / 9 - Henry Stob / 18 - Chicago's "Far West Siders" in the 1920s by Rev. William Dryfhout / 23 - H. P. Scholte to Sara by Muriel Byers Kooi / 26 - A. C. Van Raalte to Christina by H. J. Brinks / 29 - The Gift Mins Reinsma / 31 Halifax, Heit, Mem and Dr. Beets by Jennie Visser / 36 - Germans in the Christian Reformed Church 1857-1872 by H. J. Brinks / 44 - Books / 45 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 09, no. 01) Spring 1991

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2 - Missaukee County-A Wilderness Colony 1869-1938 by H. J. Brinks / 4 - Frederik Diemer Letters 1894-1928 / 10 - The Meekhof Farm / 13 - The Twenties in Highland Michigan by Rev. William Vander Hoven / 19 - County to Province / 24 - Grace and Glory Days by Thomas Boslooper / 31 - Raised in Zeeland 1915-1929 by Lester De Koster / 37 - Impressions of The "Old" Country 1848-1940 by H. J. Brinks / 46 - Books by Conrad J. Bult
Origins (vol. 08, no. 02) Fall 1990

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2 - "Fear and Hope Justled" by Helen Westra / 16 - The Yff Family and the Kuiper Connection by H. J. Brinks / 25 - Sports and Sabbath Desecration by John Byl / 30 - To Train A Teacher by Peter De Boer / 42 - The Auction by Mins Reinsma / 44- Books / 46 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 08, no. 01) Spring 1990

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2 - Ocean Voyage Accounts, 1856-1920 by H. J. Brinks / 5 - Jan George Zahn, 1856 / 9 - DeJonge Family, 1883 / 14 - Roelof Ruiter, 1906 / 21 - Mrs. J. Medendorp, 1920 / 24 - Ward's Island-the hospital, 1906 / 26 - Emigrants Meet, 1850-1910 / 30 - My First Year in America by Mins Reinsma Cover: Southwest corner of Oakdale and Eastern, H. De Vrucht shoeing shop / 33 - Oakdale Park 34 - Introduction by H. J. Brinks / 36 - Childhood Memories of Oakdale Park by Dena Korfker / 41 - Oakdale Corners by Harold Kuizema / 42 - Oakdale Park by John Vandenberg / 46 - Boston Square in the Depression by G. G. Harper / 50 - Remembering Boston Square by Jay Van Andel / 52 - Oakdale's "Service Economy" by William Huizingh / 53 - Books / 54 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 07, no. 02) Fall 1989

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2 - Patriotic Pressures WWI: The Dutch Experience in Southwest Minnesota During World War I by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 9 - Peoria, Iowa-The War Years by Garret Pothoven / 11 - Comments on Garret Pothoven's "The War Years" by Hermine De Leeuw Terpstra / 12 - A Letter from France by H. Holstege / 14 - Pease, Minnesota--Saga of One Hundred Years by Fannie Smith / 23 - Sour Milk and Bitter Honey-The Quincy Flood of 1929 by Henry Ippel / 33 - The CRC and WWII by H. J. Brinks / 42 - A Man Called Schilder by A. J. Heynen / 43 - A Call to Arms-Recruitment of Dutch Nationals in the United States for the Netherlands Armed Forces in the Second World War by Gerlof D. Homan / 51 - Books / 53 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 07, no. 01) Spring 1989

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2 - Cramersburg: A Prairie Experiment by David L. Zandstra / 12 - Sioux Center: Thumbnail Sketches of Memorable Sioux Centerites by Syne Bierma / 18 - Dutch Pioneers in the American West by Rob Kroes / 23 - The Dutch-Immigrant Congregations of Alto, Wisconsin 1845-1900 by Elton J. Bruins / 34 - The "Vander Aa" Church of South Holland, Illinois, c. 1869-1876 by Gerrit Bieze/ 39 - The Psalter Hymnal from Its Dutch Roots to the 1987 Edition by Bert Polman / 43 – Books / 45 - For the Future
Origins (vol. 06, no. 02) Fall 1988

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2 - Factory to Pulpit by H. J. Brinks / 16 - And Now, About Chicago / 19 - Samuel Volbeda and the Christian Reformed Pulpit by Rev. Charles Greenfield / 22 - Sioux Center from Knee Pants to Long Pants (Part 1) by Syne Bierma / 28 - Christian Seaman's Home in Hoboken 1915-1962 by John J. Dahm, Sr. / 33 - A Dutch Journalist Visits Hoboken / 36 - Canadian Dutch Calvinists:Neo-Calvinist Social Involvement in Canada from 1945-1980 by Harry Kits / 45 - Commemorating a Sesquicentennial / 49 - For the Future / 50 – Books
Origins (vol. 06, no. 01) Spring 1988

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4 - Dutch American Reactions by H. J. Brinks / 19 - View from Iowa Translations by Mr. E. R. Post / 23 - Avoiding the War by Christine Jacobs / 26 - Chicago: The Americanization of Bernardus De Beij (1815-1894) by H. J. Brinks / 32 - The Passport by Jennie Visser / 36 - Dutch Silver / 42 - For the Future / 43 – Books by Conrad Bult
Origins (vol. 05, no. 02) Fall 1987

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4 - The Era of Ymen P. De Jong (1920-1950) by H. J. Brinks / 16 - Grandville Avenue Christian Reformed Church (Parish and Pastor) by Johan Westra / 22 - Lee Street Christian Reformed Church (Daughter Church of Grandville Avenue CRC) by Rev. Charles Greenfield / 23 - Abraham Kuyper: 150th Birthday Anniversary by James D. Bratt / 28 - Rural Life: When the Farmer Prospers Translation by Tina Minnema and H. J. Brinks / 36 – California by H. J. Brinks / 46 - Recollections of a Serviceman by Steve Van Der Weele / 52 - Service in Alaska by Jacob De Lange / 57 - For the Future / 58 – Books by Conrad Bult