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Origins (vol. 42, no. 02) Fall 2024
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2 - From the Editor / 5 - Dick Veenendaal – Dutch Canadian Church Builder by Peter Bulthuis / 12 - The “Calvin Seminary Dames” by William Katerberg / 20 - The First Dutch-Born woman on a Mormon Wagon Train to Utah by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 29 - A Puritan in Babylon by Marcia Lagerwey / 37 - Overcoming Prejudice: Black People in Holland by Robert P. Swierenga / 45 - Book Review / 47 - For the Future upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 42, no. 01) Spring 2024
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Dutch-Indonesian Immigrants, Segregation, and the Christian Reformed Church in the 1950s by Anna Verhagen Gamble / 10 - From Calvin College Student to Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council by William Katerberg / 17 - Memories of O. K. Bouwsma by Richard Mouw / 22 - “The Closest of Ties” by Marcia Lagerwey / 29 - “The Spirit Among You”: The Christian Reformed Church in Vermont by Paula Vander Hoven / 36 - A Curious Fraud Michael J. Douma / 43 - Book Reviews / 46 - For the Future upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 41, no. 02) Fall 2023
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - “We Grew Up Together” From Immigrant Neighborhood to Careers in Medicine Dewey Ralph Heetderks Jr., with William Katerberg / 10 - “My Dear Troubled Love” by Marcia Lagerwey / 18 - Reverend Daniel Zwier: Forgotten Citizen of the Christian Reformed Church by Andrew Voss / 25 - A Dutch Immigrant Family & the CRC in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia by G. H. Gerrits / 32 The - Potawatomis, Simon Pokagon, and the Semi-Centennial of Holland, Michigan, 1897 by Pieter Hovens / 40 - From Scab Hill to the Communist Party and Beyond: Lini Moerkerk de Vries’s Search for Social Justice by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 47 - For the Future upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 41, no. 01) Spring 2023
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - A. C. Van Raalte: Dominee “on the go” by Robert P. Swierenga / 12 - Book Review / 14 - Letters from the Kansas Frontier by Dominee Van Raalte, William Katerberg, editor / 24 - “Kerk en School”: Henry Hospers and Iowa’s Second Kolonie by Douglas Firth Anderson / 32 - “Hollanders in Circumstances of Great Destitution”: The Survivors of the Ethel Come to Paterson (1871) by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 39 - The Rivals and the Origins of the Rivalry by Chad Carlson / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 40, no. 02) Fall 2022
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Resilience in Dutch America Women by Mary Risseeuw / 10 - The Work of Her Hands: Working Class Women Emigrants from Groningen, the Netherlands, 1881-1901 by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 18 The 'S' Word by Jane Griffioen / 26 - Three Dutch ‘Maiden Aunts' of Medicine by Rachel Hekman / 33 - The Burggraaff Girls by Laura O’Brock / 39 - The Life and Legacy of Agnes Dykstra Te Paske by Rhonda Pennings / 46 – For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 40, no. 01) Spring 2022
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Transplanting Family, Farm Life, and Church by William Katerberg / 11 - Christian Convert and Communist Martyr: The 1928 Execution of Zhou Huiwu by Kurt Selles / 21 - Rudolf Albert van Angelbeck: A Polished Rascal in Pella, IA by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 31 - Comfort to Spare, pt 1 by James Calvin Schaap / 40 - Comfort to Spare, pt 2 by James Calvin Schaap / 46 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 39, no. 02) Fall 2021
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Western Migrations and the LeCocq Family by Liesbeth ten Hoeve Almendarez / 13 - Abraham Vermeulen: Over the River’s Undertaker by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 21 - Adjusting to Immigrants by William Katerberg / 27 - Promoting Unity: The 1957 Centennial Celebration of the Christian Reformed Church by David Zwart / 36 - Navajo Voices and Christian Reformed Missions by William Katerberg / 44 - Book Review / 46 For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 39, no. 01) Spring 2021
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Audacious Immigrants: Bringing Dutch Reformed Reforms to Canada by Adrian Guldemond / 11 - Learning and Belonging as a Dutch Reformed Kid by William Katerberg / 18 - The 1903 Debate over the Founding of Orange City's "Un-American" Christian School by Earl William Kennedy / 25 - Can We Build a Foundation? Dutch and Reformed Experience in Ontario Christian Schools by Phil Teeuwsen / 32 - Our People: The Banner and the Christian Reformed Church in the 1950s by Justin R. Vos / 40 - Reflections on Janet Sjaarda Sheeres by Rhonda Pennings / 44 - Working with Janet Sheeres by Mary Risseeuw / 45 - Book Review / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 38, no. 02) Fall 2020
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2 - From the Editor / 5 - The Dutch Immigrant Dilemma: Become One of Them, or Defeat Them? by Robert Schoone-]ongen / 11 - "Couldn't You Be Great Like Abraham Lincoln?" Congressman Drukker Versus the Suffragists by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 19 - Jacob Den Herder - Presidential Elector / 22 - "Trying to ride two horses at once." A. J. Muste: Dutch American Peace Activist by Michael Douma / 30 - White Hot Politics: Holland Christian's Bid to Close 20th Street Becomes a Political Fight over Christian Education by Robert P Swierenga / 38 - Searching for Voters Amid the Tulips: Iowa and Michigan Governors Participating in Tulip Time (1936-2019) / 44 - Book Review / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 38, no. 01) Spring 2020
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - The Ill-Fated Wilhelmina Colony in Maryland by Rachel Hekman / 11 - The Queen Wilhelmina Colony and Other Dutch Farming Colonies in California’s Central Valley in the Late Nineteenth Century by David Zwart / 19 - Murder Will Out: the Bergman Mystery by Loren Lemmen / 27 - Emigration as Escape: The Wynsen Sjaardema Saga by Janet Sheeres / 32 - Johanna Timmer: Calvin’s First Dean of Women and Founder of Kuyper College by Rhonda Pennings / 44 - Disease and Death in the Early Years of the Michigan Colonies by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 37, no. 02) Fall 2019
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Dutch Furniture Manufacturers in the United States by Mary Risseeuw / 14 - Lost in Translation: the Dutch, the Churches, and the Grand Rapids Furniture Strike of 1911 by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 23 - From Bekius to Bekins: Dutch Brothers Launch the First Nationwide Moving and Storage Company in North America by Robert Yonker / 30 - “If you can’t find a job, create one!” The Beginning of a Successful Furniture Business by Joyce Bouwkamp Cammenga & Ronald Cammenga / 36 - Sacred Furniture by Janet Sheeres / 43 - Book Reviews / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 37, no. 01) Spring 2019
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - The Dutch of Lancaster County, Nebraska by James C. Schaap / 14 - A Woman’s Voice from the Plains: The Diary of Gertrude Vande Riet by John Timmerman / 22 - After the Honeymoon: A Visit to the Plains during Drought and Depression by Joyce Vander Lugt / 28 - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS: Celebration of the Dutch Settlement at Hull and Westfield, North Dakota on 6 October 1910 / 30 - The Spanish Flu: How It Affected and Afflicted Hollanders in the USA by Mary Risseeuw / 39 - The Dutch Immigration/ International Society: End of an Era by Janet Sheeres / 45 - Book Review / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 36, no. 02) Fall 2018
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Flames in the Night: World War I Flares Up in Peoria, Iowa by Robert Schoone-Jongen / 13 - Being a Calvinist at Camp Custer during WWI by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 23 - Love Interrupted by War: Venna Eelman’s diary and Bernie Lemmen’s letters, 1916–1918 by Loren Lemmen / 31 - Deeds of Love and Mercy: Dutch-American Women’s Volunteerism during the Great War by Julia Bouwkamp / 40 - A WWI Postcard Essay Edited by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 44 - Book Reviews / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 36, no. 01) Spring 2018
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - The Christian Reformed Church and Woman Suffrage by Nicholas Huizenga / 13 - The Tien Sisters— Harm’s and Alie’s Daughters— Mothers in Israel by James A. De Jong / 22 - Maartje’s Story: from Dutch Polderland to American Heartland by Kenneth A. Schaaf / 29 - Dutch-American Women History Writers by Rachel Hekman / 37 - Before God and these Witnesses: Five Cases of Contested Marriages in the RCA and CRC by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 35, no. 02) Fall 2017
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Of Making Many Books . . . Dutch Immigrant Book Publishers in Grand Rapids: The Early Years by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 14 - Kindred Spirits and a Common Origin Recapturing Material on a Reformed Legacy by James A. De Jong / 22 - Finally, A Little News from Lark, North Dakota by Paula K. Vander Hoven / 31 - Two Continents, Three Countries, and Many Generations of Reformed Faith Come Together by Anthony Elenbaas and Femke Visser Elenbaas / 43 - Books for Sale by the Archives 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 35, no. 01) Spring 2017
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Jack Schipper: God’s Providence in Action by Clarence Schipper / 10 - The Groanings that Cannot Be Uttered by James Calvin Schaap / 24 D. van Dijk, Hoe het was en hoe het geworden is by Richard H. Harms, translator / 32 - Peter Lepeltak: Pioneer Pastor, Caring Shepherd, Father to the Homeless by Kenneth A. Schaaf / 42 - Early Means of Transportation in New Mexico / 44 - Book Review review by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 34, no. 02) Fall 2016
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Two Prosperous Dutch Emigrants to North America by Richard H. Harms / 15 - Pioneering in Northern Michigan by Cornelia Feringa Vanderhoven / 25 - “It will always be my honor, to say that I am an orphan from Neerbosch” The emigration of one hundred orphans to the United States 1886–1903 by Anton van Renssen / 35 - Retrospective at Eighty on a Scholar’s Life and Calvin’s Shaping Influence by Robert P. Swierenga / 45 - Book Note / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 34, no. 01) Spring 2016
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - A Dutch Midwife in Missaukee County, Michigan by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 14 - Garrett Heyns: “We Don’t Change Other People’s Lives” by Richard H. Harms / 24 - The Promised Landing by Mins Reinsma / 34 - Our Ministry in Leighton, Iowa Rev. Cornelius Witt, edited by Saramae Witt Vander Ark / 40 - Hendrik Merckens to Albertus C. Van Raalte by Nella Kennedy / 44 - Book Review Response by Mark T. Mulder / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 33, no. 02) Fall 2015
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Rev. Zachary J. Sherda: Feeding the CRC Flock for Forty Years by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 13 - Letters from World War II captions by Richard H. Harms / 22 - Not Without a Struggle: The Life of Reverend J.I. Fles by Kenneth Fles / 29 - Fred Postma and Family at the “Stink Factory,” Globe Station, Illinois by David Postma / 38 - A Letter from a Soldier, 11 April 1865 by Loren Lemmen / 44 - Book Review by Michael J. Douma / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 33, no. 01) Spring 2015
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Marrigje Hendriks Rook Vanden Bosch by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 14 - Edward John Wolters: A Glimpse into the Life of a Young Teacher in the 1920s by Lloyd Wolters with Robert P. Swierenga / 25 - Migration in 1848: A Case Study Jan van Bolhuis / 31 - The Dexter, New Mexico, Christian Reformed Church: A Sprout of God’s Planting by Paula Vander Hoven / 43 - Book Review Robert Swierenga / 45 - Book Note / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 32, no. 02) Fall 2014
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - C. Kuipers, Mission Novelist— A CRC Story by James Calvin Schaap / 20 - Simple Farm Life— Graafschap, Michigan by Carolyn Van Ess / 30 - Journalist, Author, and Zionist —Pierre Van Paassen by Gerlof D. Homan / 36 - An Immigrant with Pretensions by L. Vogelaar / 42 - Book Reviews by Richard Harms, Eunice Vanderlaan / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 32, no. 01) Spring 2014
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Montana Journal by Minnie Voetberg Brink / 14 - The Christian Reformed Church in Hamshire, Texas, 1929–1946 by Paula Vander Hoven / 22 - Members of the Hamshire Christian Reformed Church by Paula Vander Hoven / 31 - The Dutch, and Texas, and a Hurricane by Angie Ploegstra / 39 - To Go or to Stay— Jan Hospers’s Dilemma by Douglas Rozendal / 44 - Book Review by Richard Harms / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 31, no. 02) Fall 2013
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - An Old Note of Sympathy: Considered for Eight Days by James C. Schaap / 13 - The Baerts of Zeeland, Michigan and the Development of Medical Education in the Nineteenth Century by Richard H. Harms / 23 - A Memoir of One Who Served by Kenneth Vander Molen / 32 - Big Star Lake: Growth of a Love Story by William J. Braaksma / 40 - Rev. A. C. Van Raalte on Slavery by Michael Douma / 43 - Book Reviews by Harry Boonstra and Eunice Vanderlaan / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 31, no. 01) Spring 2013
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - The New Heritage Hall by Richard H. Harms / 16 - Doing the Right Thing by Edward Boersma / 21 - Abraham Van Der Puy; Evangelist and Radio Minister by Calvin D. Cevaal / 26 - New Country — Familiar Name The Christian Reformed Church of Nederland, Texas by Paula Vander Hoven / 33 - Nederland, Texas, Christian Reformed Church Members by Paula Vander Hoven / 40 - The Theodore Roosevelt Chair by Robert P. Swierenga and Kenneth Bus / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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Origins (vol. 30, no. 02) Fall 2012
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2 - From the Editor / 4 - Twenty-five Years a Missionary Family in Nigeria From the letters by Ralph and Coby Cok / 14 - Sam and Gertrude Sterk: One Immigrant Family’s Story by Sharon Joy Gordon / 22 - “You Know What You Got Now” The Texas Experiences of My Huyser and Hoekstra Grandparents by Ralph A. Hoekstra / 29 - From a Calvinist Cradle to a Catholic Grave The Unusual Odyssey of One Dutch Immigrant Woman by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres / 37 - Sometimes “‘buried’ treasure” lies in plain view! G. E. Boer’s copy of Aegidius Francken by James A. De Jong / 42 - “Realms beyond the Sea” by Richard J. Mouw / 45 - Book Notes / 46 - For the Future: upcoming Origins articles
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