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Description
Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte was not able to attend the first meeting of the Council of Hope College because he and his wife were on vacation in the Netherlands. Members of the Council at this meeting were Elder Solomon Cummings, M.D., Rev. Peter J. Oggel, Rev. Seine Bolks, Elder A. Kuyper, Rev. N. D. Williamson, Rev. J. S. Joralmon E. P. Livingston, Dr. Philip Phelps, and Dr. John L. See, Secretary of the Board of Education of the Reformed Church. Rev. A. T. Stewart, also present, was elected secretary of the council.
Date
7-12-1866
City
Holland, Michigan
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
Stewart, Abel T., "First Meeting of the Council of Hope College" (1866). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 377.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/377
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.