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Description
Officers of the Council of Hope College were elected by ballot. Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte was elected president; Rev. J. S. Joralmon, vice-president; Rev. Abel T. Stewart, secretary; and Rev. E. C. Oggel, treasurer. Students were examined at this annual meeting of the council. The meeting took place over several days. It was resolved that Samuel B. Schieffelin and his brother, James, be requested to provide "a suitable building" for Hope College.
Date
6-15-1870
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., "Meeting Minutes of the Council of Hope College" (1870). Van Raalte Papers: 1870-1879. 12.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/12
Notes
Transcription by Mary Otterness, 2004.
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.