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Description
The Orphans House was built at about this time in the Holland Colony with the purpose to house the orphans of many families when both parents were lost by death. A story written about the Orphans House by Cornelius Doesburg was published in The Anchor, April, 1889. The story was written at that time because the building burned down on 26 March 1889.
Date
1848
Source
The original documents are held in The Joint Archives of Holland.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from The Joint Archives of Holland.
Recommended Citation
"Story Written About the Orphan House in the Anchor 1889" (1848). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 191.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/191
Notes
Description of the document and reference to The Joint Archives of Holland by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
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.