Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.
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Leiden University Exam Records of Van Raalte
Leiden University and Cornelia B. Kennedy
Records of this date and of other dates dealing with exams of Albertus C. Van Raalte at the University of Leiden. Also a university document dated 1834, which lists Van Raalte. This document may relate to military service, either being exempted or having served.
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Leiden University Document Attesting the Study of Universal History
Leiden University and E. W. Kennedy
A document attesting the study of Albertus C. Van Raalte in universal history at Leiden University.
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Leiden University Document Attesting the Study of Logic
J. Nieuwenhuis and E. William Kennedy
A document attesting the study of Albertus C. Van Raalte in logic at Leiden University.
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Leiden University Document Attesting the Study of Dutch Literature and Langauge
M. Siegenbrik and E. William Kennedy
A document attesting the study of Dutch literature and language Albertus C. Van Raalte at the University of Leiden.
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Leiden University Document Attesting the Studies of Mathematics
F. J. Englenbreuk and E. William Kennedy
A document attesting the studies of Albertus C. Van Raalte in the field of mathematics at Leiden University.
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Student Almanacs of Leiden University
Leiden University and Cornelia B. Kennedy
Excerpts from the student almanacs of Leiden University which give the names of the students and where they lived. In 1830, Albertus Van Raalte was living on Langebrug at Nortier, the same place in 1831, but in 1832, he is living on Breedestraat with Widow v. d. Meij, and also with her in 1833 and 1834.
