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A. C. Van Raalte Institute 1
A. C. Van Raalte Institute
Annual Report 2006-2007
Hope College
Holland, Michigan
2007 3
A. C. Van Raalte Institute
Annual Report 2006-2007
Hope College
Holland, Michigan
2007
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Applications Invited
Visiting Research Fellows Programs for
Academic Year 2008-09
The Van Raalte Institute at Hope College invites applications from
quali ed scholars for a fellowship offered through the Visiting
Research Fellows Program. Up to two fellowships per academic
year, each for not more than ten weeks in duration, will be awarded.
Stipend: Up to $2,500, at $250 per week.
The Van Raalte Institute also invites applications from quali ed schol-
ars for a Netherland-America Foundation Visiting Research Fellowship
made possible by a grant in 2006 from the Netherland-America Foun-
dation. The goal of this fellowship is to promote international linkage
between the Netherlands and the U.S.A. in order to enhance mutual
understanding and respect. Only one NAF fellowship will be awarded
for each academic year, normally for a period no less than ten weeks.
Stipend: $5,000.
Criteria for Selection: Proposals for support must demonstrate
that the proposed research ts the Mission Statement of the Institute
(see following page), that the scholar is quali ed to conduct such
research, and that the resources of the Institute and that of the Joint
Archives of Holland are essential to the conduct of that research. A
current curriculum vitae should be submitted with the application.
The NAF Fellowship is intended solely for respected scholars from the
Netherlands.
Application Process and Deadline: The Candidate is to submit a
written application no later than 15 January 2008 via e-mail, fax, or
post. Further information about expectations, arrangements, and the
application process may be obtained by contacting the Van Raalte
Institute at <vanraalte@hope.edu> or from our website at
<http://www.hope.edu/vri/>.
CONTENTS
A Message from the Director
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Dedication 8
The Classis of Holland in Minute Detail
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Dr. Kennedy reports
An English Fox in a Dutch Chicken Coop
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From Earl Wm. Kennedys essay in A Goodly Heritage
Advancing Dutch-American Studies
11

Dr. Swierenga reports
Albertus C. Van Raalte as a Businessman
12

From Robert Swierengas essay in A Goodly Heritage
Recording History: Reformed, and Christian Reformed, Church
13

Dr. Bruggink reports
Extra-Canonical Tests
15

From Donald Brugginks essay in A Goodly Heritage

Much to tell . . .
16

Dr. Jacobson reports
Sergeant Ben Van Raalte Writes Home
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From Jeanne Jacobsons essay in A Goodly Heritage

Heritage and Homage
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From Jacob Nyenhuiss Introduction to A Goodly Heritage
The lines are cast for me in pleasant places
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Dr. Bruins reports
Excerpt from Religious Life at Hope College in the 1940s
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by Elton J. Bruins
Broadening the Vision
22

Dr. Nyenhuis reports
A Century of Change and Adaptation
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From Jacob E. Nyenhuiss essay in A Goodly Heritage
Publications and Presentations
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Visiting Research Fellows Program
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Mission Statement
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Presentation of Dr. Gordon J. Van Wylen, President Emeritus of Hope
College, for the West Michigan Dutch-American Leadership Award, Dutch-
American Heritage Day Celebration, 16 November 2006. (Jacob E.
Nyenhuis)
The Reformed Church in America: Its History, Nature, and Relationship
to Hope College. Presentation at a Hope College faculty workshop, 29
May 2007. (Elton J. Bruins)

Religious Life in Early Holland. Presentation for Netherlands Tour Group,
Graafschap Christian Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan, 4 May 2007.
(Robert P. Swierenga)
Research Possibilities in Holland, Michigan, Music History. Presentation
to the Senior Seminar of Music Majors, Hope College, 29 and 30 August
2006. (Elton J. Bruins)
Research Possibilities in the Joint Archives of Holland. Presentation to a
Hope College political science class, 28 February 2007. (Elton J. Bruins)
The Stained Glass Artistry of John Vander Burgh. Illustrated presentation
at the Sixteenth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Advancement
of Dutch-American Studies, 9 June 2007. (Jacob E. Nyenhuis)
Theology in Shape and Form: Church Architecture through the Ages.
Presentation for Western Seminarys Journey Academy, 10 October to 14
November 2007. (Donald J. Bruggink)
A Tourists View of Russia. Illustrated presentation at Hope Academy of
Senior Professionals (HASP), 1 May 2007. (Donald J. Bruggink)
The Uniqueness of Chicagos Dutch Community in Roseland. Presentation
for the Van Vlissingen School June 1949ers Mini-Reunion, Glenwood,
Illinois, 28 June 2007. (Robert P. Swierenga)
A Message from the Director
The past year has been a busy one for the Van Raalte Institute: we
welcomed several Visiting Research Fellows, hosted the sixteenth biennial
conference of the Association for the Advancement of Dutch-American Studies
(AADAS), and celebrated the eightieth birthday of our founding director with
the publication of a festschrift in his honor. Individual reports from each of us
who are members of the Van Raalte Institute can be found later in this report.
These reports demonstrate that the Institute maintains a very active research
program, which can be expected to lead to further publications in the future.

Festschrift in Honor of Founding Director Dr. Elton J. Bruins
Over two years ago, after Elton Bruins had indicated his intention to retire
from his position as the Philip Phelps Jr. Research Professor on his eightieth
birthday (29 July 2007), I began planning for a festschrift in his honor so that
it would be ready in time. On 6 June 2007, at a dinner on the eve of the AADAS
conference, we surprised him with the presentation of this festschrift. A second
presentation was made the next morning, at the opening session of the AADAS
conference.
A Goodly Heritage:
Essays in Honor of
the Reverend Dr. Elton
J. Bruins at Eighty, no. 56
in the RCA Historical Series
(Eerdmans, 2007), contains

fteen essays. The essays
fall into three categories, all
re ecting different aspects of
Bruinss career. The rst ten concern church history and theology, the next two
focus on different aspects of the life of Rev. A. C. Van Raalte, and the nal three
deal with local history. The topics range from religious con ict in the nineteenth
century, to the Civil War, to Hope College history, to the effort to create the Joint
Archives of Holland, to recent ideological con ict in the eld of Reformation
history, to the history of a congregation of the Christian Reformed Church in
Holland, to contemporary issues in the Reformed Church of America.
President Bultman, Elton Bruins, Jack Nyenhuis
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Presentations
Across Time and Language: A Dutch Soldiers Civil War Letters. Society
of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida, 6 June 2007.
(Jeanne M. Jacobson)
The Americanization of an Immigrant Family, 1847-1997. Lecture at a
Hope Academy of Senior Professionals class, Hope College, 8 November
2006. (Elton J. Bruins)
Comments on Son of Secession: Rev. Douwe J. Vander Werp, book
written by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres, at the Sixteenth Biennial Conference of
the Association for the Advancement of Dutch-American Studies, Holland,
Michigan, 7 June 2007. (Earl Wm. Kennedy)
The Formation of Hollands Religious Character in the Nineteenth Century.
Lecture for Leadership Holland Council, 12 October 2006, Pillar Christian
Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan. (Robert P. Swierenga)
Freedom of the Press or Prior Censorship: Albertus C. Van Raalte and
Hermanus Doesburg of De Hollander. Paper presented at the Sixteenth
Biennial Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Dutch-
American Studies, Hope College, 7 June 2007. (Robert P. Swierenga)

From the Secession of 1834 to a New Denomination in 1857. Colonial
Heritage Lecture Series, Graafschap Christian Reformed Church, Holland,
Michigan, 22 April 2007. (Robert P. Swierenga)
The Fruits of the Protestant Reformation in West Michigan. Lecture at
Reformation Day Rally, Messiahs Independent Reformed Church, Overisel,
Michigan, 1 November 2006. (Robert P. Swierenga)
Greece: Spirituality, Art, and Architecture. A ve-week seminar for
Journey Overseas, a continuing education division of Western Theological
Seminary, 15 June 4 July 2007. (Donald J. Bruggink)

Hans Krabbendam and the Writing of Dutch Immigration History. Talk at