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Zuidema, George D. (1928-2020). Papers, 1897-2009, 1948-2009.
Collection
Identifier: H05-1581
Abstract
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George Dale Zuidema, son of Jacob and Reka Zuidema, was born in Holland, Michigan in 1928. In 1953, he married Joan Houtman and together they had four children—Karen, David, Nancy and Sarah. Zuidema was a graduate of Holland High School in 1946, Hope College in 1949, and Johns Hopkins University in 1953. He served in the United States Air Force Medical Corps and completed his surgical...
Dates:
1897 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1948 - 2009
Zwart, David. Papers, 2007.
Collection
Identifier: H08-1672.30
Abstract
Collection includes the Michigan Historical Review article “Constructing the Homeland: Dutch-Americans and the Netherlands Information Bureau during the 1940s.” (2007) (Z)
Dates:
2007
Zwemer, Adrian F. (1902-1961). Papers, ca. 1917-1926.
Collection
Identifier: H03-1500.10
Abstract
Son of Frederick James Zwemer and Anna Klumper Zwemer. Attended the Holland public school system and Hope College Preparatory School from 1917-1921; Hope College class of 1926 graduate; member of the Knickerbocker Society (fraternity), Science Course, Men’s Glee Club and Pre-Medic Club; earned a teaching certificate from Michigan State Teachers College and a master’s degree from Michigan State University and continued graduate work at New York State Teachers College in Albany and at...
Dates:
ca. 1917-1926
Zwemer Family. Papers, 1881-1970.
Collection
Identifier: H88-0212
Abstract
Adrian Zwemer (1823-1910) moved his family to Holland, Michigan, in 1856. He was ordained by the Classis of Holland, Reformed Church in America, in 1858. He graduated from Hope College in 1887 and from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1890. That same year, Samuel Zwemer traveled to Arabia to become a missionary for the Reformed Church in America. In 1929, Samuel, his wife (Amy Wilkes), and their four surviving children (two died) moved back to the United States as Samuel had...
Dates:
1881 - 1970
Zwemer, Frederick James (1858-1903). Papers, 1885-1902.
Collection
Identifier: W88-0212.50
Abstract
Born in Holland, Michigan, on January 24, 1858, Frederick was the son of Adrian Zwemer. He graduated with an A.B. from Hope College in 1880 and then went to McCormick Seminary. He was licensed by the Classis of Wisconsin in 1885 and ordained by the Classis of Iowa in the same year. He served as a pastor at Charles Mix, South Dakota (1885-1887), Grand View, South Dakota (1887), as a missionary for the Classis of Dakota (1887-1892), as a pastor at Graafschap, Michigan from 1892-1896, as a...
Dates:
1885 - 1902
Zwemer, James Frederick (1850-1921). Papers, 1907-2001.
Collection
Identifier: W88-0127
Abstract
Born in Rochester, New York, on September 1, 1850, to Adrian and Mrs. Zwemer. Received his B.A. from Hope College in 1870, a D.D from Western Theological Seminary in 1873, licensed and ordained by the Classis of Holland in 1873. Served as the pastor for the Fynaart Reformed Church in Fynaart, Michigan, from 1873-1880; Spring Lake, Michigan, from 1880-1883; Alto, Wisconsin, from 1883-1886; Alton, Iowa, from 1886-1888. Served as an agent for Western Institutions for the Reformed Church in...
Dates:
1907 - 2001
Zwemer, Samuel M. (1867-1952). Papers, 1867-2019.
Collection
Identifier: W88-0128
Abstract
Minister of the RCA and missionary to Arabia, India, and Egypt; professor of missions at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1929 1952. Many pamphlets on missions, including “The Ship That Sailed and the Keel That Never Kissed the Sea” (Missionary Ship); published articles by or about him. See also W88-0060 for additional correspondence.
Dates:
1867 - 2019