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The Joint Archives Of Holland Celebrates 25 Years Of Service, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Nov 2013

The Joint Archives Of Holland Celebrates 25 Years Of Service, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

This year marks the twenty-fifth year since the founding of the Joint Archives of Holland (JAH) as a cooperative program at Hope College. Since then, the staff, comprised of dozens of students, dedicated volunteers, a secretary, and professionally trained archivists, have collected, processed, preserved and given access to thousands of feet of archival resources to countless researchers around the world. Prior to the 1988 founding of the JAH, over three decades of archival work by volunteers and part-time staff had been done at Hope College, Western Theological Seminary, the Netherlands Museum and City of Holland, to pave the way for …


Slavery-Era Disclosure And Atlantic Commerce, Keith R. Allen, Jelmer Vos Jan 2008

Slavery-Era Disclosure And Atlantic Commerce, Keith R. Allen, Jelmer Vos

History Faculty Publications

Explores the connections between greater Atlantic Ocean commerce and those northern European businesses that invested in and profited from the slave trade, from the 16th century to 1888, the year that Brazil outlawed slavery - the last country in the Americas to do so. Presents the results of an in-depth case study of the predecessors of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO regarding their financial involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and its extensive commercial network in the Western Hemisphere, which was centered on the Americas.


New Amsterdam, Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

New Amsterdam, Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

New York City was originally called New Amsterdam. Established by the Dutch West India Company as a commercial center for the colony of New Netherlands, New Amsterdam was noted for its religious and ethnic diversity. When England pressed its claim on a virtually defenseless New Amsterdam, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant surrendered and the city was renamed New York in honor of James, Duke of York.


One Hundred Years In The New World, Christian Reformed Church North America, Crcna Jan 1957

One Hundred Years In The New World, Christian Reformed Church North America, Crcna

CRCNA Histories

No abstract provided.


Semi-Centennial Volume: Theological School And Calvin College, 1876-1926, Calvin Theological Seminary Jan 1926

Semi-Centennial Volume: Theological School And Calvin College, 1876-1926, Calvin Theological Seminary

University Histories

Oorsprong der School / Reverend J. Noordewier -- The history of the development of the theological school / Reverend G. D. DeJong -- A history of Calvin College 1894-1926 / Dan Albertus J. Rooks -- Memorial articles on pioneer teachers and deceased faculty members / Reverend W. D. Vanderwerp -- Our ministry of yesteryears / Dr. Henry Beets -- Our school's reason for existence and the preservation thereof / Professor Louis Berkhof -- The school and Christian education / Professor J. G. Vanden Bosch -- The school and our social task / Reverend I. Van Dellen -- The school and …


The Proposed Calvinistic College At Grand Rapids, Barend Klaas Kuiper Jan 1903

The Proposed Calvinistic College At Grand Rapids, Barend Klaas Kuiper

University Histories

No abstract provided.


An Outline Of The History Of The Christian Reformed Church Of American, Henry Van Der Werp Jan 1898

An Outline Of The History Of The Christian Reformed Church Of American, Henry Van Der Werp

CRCNA Histories

No abstract provided.