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Christina Van Raalte wrote her mother that she did not have another toothache. She has had extensive dental work done. She also reported that she is not yet allowed to cut fabric. That will happen after she has been on the job for four months. She is praised by the shop owner for her fine sewing skills. She receives a letter from her brother, Dirk, every Thursday. He is serving in the Union Army.
Date
11-19-1862
City
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held in the Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection (M300) or the Dirk B.K. Van Raalte Collection (M301) in Heritage Hall, Hekman Library, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI. The Van Raalte material in Heritage Hall has since been reorganized.
https://archives.calvin.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=264&q=
https://archives.calvin.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=262&q=
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 Heritage Hall at Calvin University. Contact the Curator at Heritage Hall.
Recommended Citation
Van Raalte, Christina and Kennedy, Nella, "Christina Wrote a Song to Her Mother" (1862). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 141.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/141
Notes
In Dutch; translation by Nella Kennedy, December, 2001.
Description of the document and reference to the collection at Calvin College Archives 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.